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Welcome!

I did a quick google but can't find much about them. What I did find suggests that it might be a Chinese brand.

I'm a bit confused. Are you talking about curling your thumb over the top of the neck to fret the thick E string? You say you can't hit the first string with your thumb, but that would be the thinnest string, so I'm not sure why you'd be using your thumb on it. I'm sure you know about Tony Iommi, of Black Sabbath and how he lost the tips of his fingers on his fretting hand. He made prosthetic tips and changed the way he played to accommodate it. Also, Django Reinhardt lost the use of his ring and index fingers so modified the way he played.

That looks great

I'm glad you asked.

PGM30 with an RG neck?

We're not disappointed, just angry.

I've been working on Sex on Fire, Hey Joe and Paranoid as I'm hoping to do the Rockschool grades sometime soon. I've also been having a go at Cigarettes & Alcohol and last week started on She Sells Sanctuary

Have you looked JustinGuitar on YouTube? He also has a website and does a full course of guitar tuition free. He does have a paid for app and seems books, but the free stuff will be more than enough to get you going. It m8ght even get your son interested again too.

There have been quite a few songs I've heard on the radio, in recent years and I've thought "that sounds like Nile Rodgers" and been right.

Which guitarists would you say have the most distinctive sound? Recently, I was playing one of those "Heardle" games, where 1" of a song intro gets played and you have to guess the song and artist. If you can't or get it wrong, 2" gets played and so on. I didn't recognise the song but almost immediately recognised Tony Iommi's guitar playing.

Welcome to the club Luke!

I popped in on Saturday to buy a music stand for my daughter. There was a young lad in with his dad, buying what was obviously his first guitar. Great to see it.

Ooh, I forgot all about them. They don't come with free bottles of beer though.

Two bottles of Grolsch lager. Can you guess why?

I remember getting one free with the Beano

I've just thought of another good argument for physical shops. A few days ago none other than Mr Robert Plant called into Matchetts, in Belfast, to buy a harmonic. Yes a bona fide rock legend might buy something off your website, but you aren't going to be able to get him to pose for a photo.

Yeah, certainly with the lower spec models, like the TE20. Some of their higher priced gear seems comparable with the likes of Squier, so definitely a loss leader or close to it.

I also reeeeaaaaalllly want a Laney Cub Super 12 combo.

The AR520 in black looks fantastic. The AS series has some lovely instruments too (I may be biased though, owning an AS73 TCD). I need to stop looking at the Thomann website. This has caught my eye. Harley Benton TE-70RW Deluxe Series – Thomann UK How can they produce something like that for under £200?

Good grief! What is going on with the frets? They look to be wonky. Is it just the angle in the photo, or are they actually like that?

Welcome Fred!

Welcome Aurora!

I'll plump for the ST62 Deluxe.

Looks interesting. Can't wait to see the developments