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"Thomas, for starting out on any fretless, make sure that you are properly tuned...(…" Wichita Sam replied Oct 10, 2012 to songs to learn for a begginer.	30	Jan 4, 2013 Reply by Patrick Curley
"learn with any song you like. find it on youtube and play the heck out of it. I us…" Wichita Sam replied Oct 9, 2012 to songs to learn for a begginer.	30	Jan 4, 2013 Reply by Patrick Curley
"no problem.... easy once you've done it a few times.... grab the "embed" code from…" Wichita Sam replied Jun 2, 2011 to Do you really need to use a slide?	12	Dec 5, 2011 Reply by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw
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"" Wichita Sam replied Jun 2, 2011 to Do you really need to use a slide?	12	Dec 5, 2011 Reply by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw
"Oh, my brothers, I've been silently watching the conversation and I can honestly s…" Wichita Sam replied May 22, 2011 to Ok So I Can Play My Power Chords with Confidence. Now What?	54	Dec 4, 2013 Reply by Pete Turner
"Dan, Old Frog voices are great for the blues... don't worry about musicalllity, ju…" Wichita Sam replied May 19, 2011 to Ok So I Can Play My Power Chords with Confidence. Now What?	54	Dec 4, 2013 Reply by Pete Turner
"Dan, One of the tricks of old blues men was to pick out the melody and sing while…" Wichita Sam replied May 18, 2011 to Ok So I Can Play My Power Chords with Confidence. Now What?	54	Dec 4, 2013 Reply by Pete Turner
"err, ok, what?... if you and shane are 'on the same level", then let's see some vide…" Wichita Sam replied Oct 10, 2010 to Excited to start... But now what????	41	May 3, 2011 Reply by Mark Bliss
"Eric, Go ahead and build that 3-string CBG.... 3 and 4 stringers are very different…" Wichita Sam replied Sep 7, 2010 to Excited to start... But now what????	41	May 3, 2011 Reply by Mark Bliss

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Wichita Sam's Discussions (1,235)

"Thomas, for starting out on any fretless, make sure that you are properly tuned...(…"

"learn with any song you like. find it on youtube and play the heck out of it. I us…"

"no problem.... easy once you've done it a few times.... grab the "embed" code from…"

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"Oh, my brothers, I've been silently watching the conversation and I can honestly s…"

"Dan, Old Frog voices are great for the blues... don't worry about musicalllity, ju…"

"Dan, One of the tricks of old blues men was to pick out the melody and sing while…"

"err, ok, what?... if you and shane are 'on the same level", then let's see some vide…"

"Eric, Go ahead and build that 3-string CBG.... 3 and 4 stringers are very different…"

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