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Welcome to Chordie, 832F ...

I did a bit of digging also, and came up with no info on Samson guitars. There is another Israeli guitar maker (B&G Guitars) which are getting some attention, but that's all I could find. Sounds like you have a rare treasure!

My hearing at age 60 is still very good (thankfully) and I credit my Dad for always making me wear earplugs when using a chainsaw or power tools. Any kind of age related impairment (hearing loss, eyesight dimming, arthritic joints, etc.) is hard to contend with. We remember how life was when all this stuff worked well, and miss it when it deteriorates.

We then look to find devices or other "work-a-rounds" to compensate, which becomes a topic for conversation when the seniors meet for daily coffee at a local coffee shop. Dad also used to say he'd lost his mind years ago, and didn't miss it a bit.

I'll usually get a a notion for a guitar riff while I'm doing something mundane, like mowing the lawn or driving alone for some distance. Unfortunately, it usually never blossoms into anything more than that.

Substituting lyrics is something that arises in a situation, when someone does something ridiculous, and changing the words to a song to suit the situation happens. My first year roommate at university was incredible at it, and gave us lots of laughs at each other. Weird Al Yankovic made us all smile with his re-writes, like his "The Saga Begins" using the music for Bye Bye American Pie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU

Happy NGD, Ed !

I've never heard of Wechter's either. The specs look fantastic, and the solid spruce / rosewood body must sound incredible ... even in an 000 size. Like you, I appreciate a wider nut for my finger size. My Cordoba is 1.8" at the nut and it's my favorite.

CG ... glad you enjoyed it! I have used an online file converter to save a lot of YouTube music as MP3's, so I could do the same thing. I had a large vinyl collection at one time, but it was all lost in a fire over 30 years ago.

Bill ... I've always loved Genesis, but for me the musical creativity went downhill somewhat when Steve Hackett left, not Gabriel. Of course that's just a matter of personal taste. Phil, Mike, and Tony decided to go into the pop music genre to make more $$$, because ... let's face it ... prog rock is not usually a huge money maker.

Your sharp eye spotted Bruford playing along with Collins for that tour, which put two of the best drummers of that era on the same stage together. Apparently Bruford would have stayed with Genesis full time, if they'd wanted him for studio and stage work. But of course Phil did the studio work, so it wasn't a good enough deal for Bruford. Not long after, Chester Thompson came along, and spent the next decade or so touring with them.

Thanks for the confirmation. We don't usually see "Eurovision" here in Canada, but I knew it sounded familiar.

And by the way, a big welcome to Chordie! We're a global community of guitarists / music lovers, with talent levels ranging from beginners to professionals, and we all love music from many genres. We hope you'll take an active part in the Discussion Forums. The supportive sharing of information and constructive tone here works for the benefit of us all, in a non-competitive environment.

Wasn't it "Eurovision" where the pop group ABBA made their way into the public spotlight?

I totally agree, Bill ... I've featured them both several times in "Tuesday's Flying Fingers". I just had Chapdelaine in last week's edition. And Mike Dawes has the longest, leanest fingers imaginable ... and I'm very jealous.

Here's a grand piano version of Pink Floyd's "Echos" by Ukranian pianist Viktoriya Yermolyeva ... very well interpreted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI0fyOaD94Y

Great choice on the Masterbuilt, Russell ... I'm a real fan of Epiphone products, and the DR500 is a very nicely priced, all-solid-wood guitar. I've played a few and they sound exceptional.

I'd never seen the Xvive wireless system, and it certainly is compact compared to the usual wireless packs out there. How's the signal transfer? You aren't getting any CB McCall crosstalk I hope? I was also wondering if a person could run one Xvive setup from guitar > effects array, and then another from the effects array > amp?

Hi Bill ... here's how I have to play a B. My long thick fingers will not fit three-aside on the strings, except on a classical with a 2" nut. So I simply barre the D, G, and B strings in the 4th fret with the ring finger, and the rest with the index. My one variation of this picture is that I turn the knuckle on my ring finger backwards a bit, so that the barred E-string still sounds the F#. It's dead simple, and really fast for transitioning to and from other chords ... give it a whirl.