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Tone is all in the fretting hand. Having a 'vice grip' on the strings produces the best tone and longest sustain. Players should always be moving up to heavier strings during their careers. Sure, it's harder to play in the beginning but you build up strength and all of a sudden it becomes easy again...

...and always remember to wipe-down your guitar, including the strings, after each playing - especially after club gigs and the like. Keeping your instrument clean is a good habit to fall into.

Thank you! It would be nice at this point to find a sanctuary for a year or two, to post my music among knowledgeable musicians.

Nice old-time feel - cool!

Great sounding guitar - well played!

So well done - flawless!

Sorry but no one on the Internet will ever know my real name - that is, the name my parents gave me. That's a freedom choice too, isn't it? I've been on the 'Net since the 1980's and have names within names. That was what it was like then - cyberpunk ala William Gibson. One would never release 'real...

This is a transparent candy finish - not metal fake. Mr. Collings thought that the finish was too labor intensive for production guitars and only painted this one. As you can see from the signature photo, it's over TV Yellow. If I had thought about it a little more, I would have asked for a black un...

Bill's-Signature.jpg On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Mark Althans <repairs@collingsguitars.com> wrote: Hi XXXX, Your candy apple tangerine 290 is almost complete! All of the finish work is done, and it is now in our setup room waiting to have all of it's hardware and electronics reinstalled. This i...