We had a little rehearsal yesterday at Jeromes house, and after a bit of fooling around we kicked into an old song. Jerome kept playing while getting up to look for something. He grabbed his funny looking little guitar and started playing along.

WOW! It was great!

He just strummed simple little chords while playing his harp. It was perfect. It added a whole new dimension to our sound.

I think the best part of it all is that because he's new to the guitar, he doesn't fool around trying to do anything too fancy. He doesn't know anything fancy. If we played with someone who had been playing for years, they'd probably be trying to stick in 'neat' little licks all over the place.

Shit, if it was me, I'd be overplaying too!

Congratulations Jerome! In a few short months of playing, you've become a better guitarist than me, who has been playing my whole adult life!!

Oh yeah….. that funny little guitar that he plays (not the one pictured -the one in the link) is a travel guitar. I'm not sure it was meant to be used in this manner. However, the sound coming out of it is vaguely reminiscent of a mandolin. That's a good thing!

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