Hubby told me this morning that there were several container ships stuck at the dock or just floating offshore with no one to unload them, supposedly because of Covid-19 they don't have enough people working on the docks.
A lot of these lower-end banjos and guitars are made in China, Korea, etc., and in all likelihood those new banjos I was trying to find just weren't in the inventory of Sweetwater, Guitar Center, Musician's Friend, or any other online retail site because they have been sitting for weeks on a container ship. Now that I found one I'm sure there will be tons of them on the market within a few weeks, LOL.
There will be lots of instruments for sale if things ever get back to "normal"...but I'm retired and my Martin is not going anywhere !
It’s amazing how popular Bluegrass has become in this quarantine period.
Yes, it's a sure thing that a lot of people who were stuck at home for many more hours than they were used to thought, "I'm going to learn the guitar since I have all this time on my hands." Then they get the guitar and make their fingers hurt and say, forget it. 😀
@shysue That was when I started playing every day. I had the guitars and was just wandering around on you tube trying different things. When the lockdown started there was a guy who did an hour long live lesson for 30 days straight on fundamentals. That's when I really got hooked but I wanted to learn more of a classic country style. That's how I ended up here.
Today is one year this area had its first reported cases of COVID.
@jerseychicadee Hopefully the end of this pandemic is not to far away.
@jrick92 I ended up here because I saw several of Devin's videos on YouTube. I liked the way he did his lessons but quickly got frustrated by the "pay wall." There are a lot of sites out there like this, but his subscription was pretty reasonable compared to some. I've never regretted signing up with CGO 'cause I learn something new every day. Not to mention the great prizes for participating on the forum. 😉
When I first started out I paid for FenderPlay, Yousician, Ultimate Guitar, JoyTunes, Justin Guitar, TrueFire, and a few others I dropped after finding CGO. I’m still Patreon on a couple other. I still watch several other YouTube teachers.
I use CGO for Guitar and Missy Raines for Bass.
I have given a lot of thought to learning bass but I can barely play guitar at this point. I was looking at a couple Bass 6’s
We have a bass guitar that hubby wanted but he never plays it. Maybe once I master the banjo, guitar, and mandolin I'll take on bass. LOL
A few weeks on each should have them all mastered. 😀 😀
@jerseychicadee It's easy playing the country Bluegrass style, Play the 1 and the 5 and your on your way 🤣
Lots of free lessons on Youtube for beginners.
