I'm getting good enough at barr chord formations on my mandolin that I can even play in some damn silly key like B flat when one of our singers decides thats the perfect key to show off their instrument.

We recently lost one of our rhythm guitarists when he took a job out of town. But as luck would have it, we found a stand up bass player that wants to join us - and he's amazing. A great work ethic too. We noticed that we don't even miss the guitar now - the bass fills the holes rather nicely.