Guilty as charged. However I do offer a defence. For someone like me of little experience, simple problems can be huge stumbling blocks. One problem is that you don't know what the problem is. As a beginner, when you find the sound changing you just don't know about things like rosin and cotton and, when you do, sure not sure which is causing it. Questions like "what do I do if my cat throws up in my Gurdy" would probably be written out of panic rather than a browse through the archives (yes, I know it's there). It's knowing what to search for that often confuses. As we gain experience, these simple questions are replaced by more serious ones like "what's the best wood for X" etc. I do hope we newbies don't bore the more experienced. I hope not because I'm sure many would say "I wish this list was around when I was starting". Especially those who don't live near another player. The beauty of the list is the swift responses direct to the inbox (yes, Outlook can separate the emails into their own folder and has a "find" facility) which greatly reduces the worry and panic rather than have to plough through various archives on a forum (usually a lot more difficult to search). I have certainly benefited from the answers to questions (not mine) that must have been posted dozens of times before. I think the list is great. I also feel part of the community. Colin Hill
----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Wascher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [HG] RE: bbs frustration > Hello, > > Am 14.09.2006 um 18:35 schrieb Daniel Musick: > > Seems like everybody who writes here is at least a beginning player. > > I know there is a number of professional and semiprofessional players > and makers are inscribed/sometimes inscribed to this list. > Some of the best are among them. > For obvoius reasons they do not to often post to topics which are > beginners issues, specially if it is discussed all over again. > Some high quallity tutorials wait for their recoverage from archive. > > kind regards, > > > Simon Wascher > >
