I consider other folks' women, whiskey and mandolins off limits. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> Sender: taterbugmando@googlegroups.com Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:41:18 To: Taterbugmando<taterbugmando@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: taterbugmando@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Please DON'T touch my mandolin Ask before you touch. I think that Mark's point is good; instruments are meant to be played. But, you wouldn't go over to a carpenter's toolbox and pull out his hammer without asking without there being repercussions. It's the principle of the thing. Also, I'd say it would be behoove the owner to take note of who's wanting to take a whack. Have you ever seen what some people can do to a perfectly decent red spruce top over the course of 5 minutes? Yea, okay, I've got scratches and gouges on my mando (not to mention a bit of drool), but I put 'em there. Taterbug On Sep 24, 8:16 am, 14strings <perrypale...@gmail.com> wrote: > Touch without asking? Yes I would mind unless it's a friend.But > honestly I like when other people play my instruments; you truly get > to hear them that way. > > The other night a fellow played my guitar all night at a session and I > was glad because 1) I got to hear it and 2) he was helping to break in > that red spruce top! Of course I had to play my mandolin all night. > > But on the other hand I'm not too crazy about a complete hack playing > my Gil. My carbon fiber on the other hand....I'd let the cook play it > in between orders :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugma...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugma...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.