A member called JETS told me about Mudcat over 10 years ago. I sorta snuck in without any intro, and one of my first experiences was asking about the nature of the grains in a guitar top. That is, if close grains had more sound than wide ones, and Spaw was all over me like a cheap suit! "That crap has been covered over and over again"...on and on ad nauseum. If I was easily intimidated I would have left at that moment, but no one heaves me around!

Since then I've made many good friends, (including spaw) and even met my present wife.
The best part of Mudcat is the sense of community. With only a few exceptions, everyone I have met is welcome to visit me anytime, and I can't say that about some of my own kin!

The worst part is the frustration of knowing that some members are too far away to ever meet. Australia is literally on the other side of the world.