Pete, where are the free online lessons that you did?

I'm pussyfooting around with my Mandolin as well!!!! I'm going to try the ones you are working on when I get home tonight.

Perhaps all three of us should get together at each session and just find a quiet spot and chat to each other and chivvy each other along.

Mine is a lovely Crafter that Mr Bridge bought on my behalf, and Graham, who plays Banjo for my morris side, did the setup on it - so I DO want to get to grips with it if I can.

I think that learning to play is a bit like going to the gym - if you go with someone, you egg each other on to do better - if you go on your own, you start of with good intentions, but end up in the sauna or jacuuzzi ----- just like learning to play!!!

At this rate, we could have a couple or three brace of Mandolins at each session :-))

Kev