John Samples's Page

"Yes David Grier has several tunes he has written that i would like to learn .But there all hard to play . his playing is a lot differant than most but i have really taken an interest in his playing. thanks for the kind words"

"That's a hard tune to play.I appreciated your effort to play this tune. Very nice and nice sounding guitar too!"

"Thanks Jake , I thank its so cool that you and your father play together .and you have done a lot of playing together it really shows on whiskey before breakfast , i hope to learn that tune sometime . you guys really sound good together."

"Great pickin! You must have heard Clarence play this tune a few times. Check out Tony Rice and David Grisman doing it on Tone Poems, it should give you some inspiration. You do a great job mixing in Clarence's licks with your own. I look…"

"A little more attention to the setup ,especialy the string spacing and string action would make a huge differance . cant understand why they slack off when it comes to the this"

"I agree Blueridge makes some outstanding guitars sound wise .I have owned several 160A BR70 three of the 160A blueridges souded awesome , but rhe setup is pretty bad on most of them i noticed the string spacing is off really bad , but this can be…"

"It is an Eastman AC 420B thanks Kerry"

"I highly rerecomend Eastman either the AC320 or AC420B outstanding guitars in every way ,the one i am playing is the AC420B solid adirondack top,solid east indian rosewood back and sides. sounds and plays like a dream for around 850.00 or the AC320B…"

"were very fortunate to have so many great flatpickers today . but plain and simple tonys playing inspired most of the outstanding pickers playing today you can read FGM pretty much every artist being interviewed talks about tony . he made all of…"

"I had the pleasure of going several years ago and have only been that one time ,but it was without a doubt the experience of a lifetime,worth every dime you pay ,simply unforgetable , hope to return someday"