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What the automatic dialers are doing is criminal. No amount of regulation will help. They are generally off shore and aggressive.

Great point.  Another option is c add 9 which will sound good in a lot of songs.

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Yeah try fretting the root C with your pinky instead. or whatever is in that video, if that works for you. I can't watch it as I'm on a plane at the moment.

One note on the long c - you really need to pull your elbow in and get the outside of your palm (near the base of your pinky knuckle) around in order to make that work. It takes some work.

There is no such thing as double jointed. It's just hyperflexibility and dexterity. You can doooooooo it. Here are some tips:
1. Stretch before and after you play.
2. Don't over-fret. Using too much pressure restricts your range of motion and also decreases dexterity. (Also decreases sustain and makes strings go sharp.) Practice playing single notes by using the least amount of fret hand pressure as possible while still allowing the string to sound properly. Lots of beginners correct for bad technique by clamping, as they (we - I did it too) improve, they forget to go back and review the fundamentals of fret hand pressure, pick hand pressure, etc. So make sure you're doing that.
3. See rule #1.
4. Practice moving chord shapes without playing (left hand only). What lots of players think of as poor mobility or poor flexibility is actually underdeveloped dexterity. Just practice fretting C/G/C/G/C/G over and over again without playing a song. Do that with all the important chord shapes you use on a daily basis.
5. Same thing goes for your fingers. Practice chord shapes using all fingers. Omit your index finger and try playing C, G, D with your middle, ring and pinky fingers. It sucks when you start but it gets easier.
6. As a last step, capo 2 or 3. Distance between frets gets shorter as you go up the neck. You might just need a little bit of help. Or play a gibson-scaled instrument.

-JL

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You have some bad code in the blog post amigo. Might only be on my phone, might want to check it on a mobile device.

Trite lyrics and marketing dollars?

I love crappie fishing so much. I just got a canoe so I can explore mountain lakes and ponds. Hoping to get in to some crappie out here.

That's why I go for that sausage roll music
Any old way you choose it.
It's got some back meat you can't lose it
Any old time you use it.
It's gotta be sausage roll music.
If you want to dance with me.

I'll be interested to see how that works with the whammy since you still need to wrap the string.

Two more questions:

What do you mean when you say names are "unsuitable?" Can you give me examples of those names?

What are some names you guys liked that are already taken?

Love me some guild.