I always take forever to reply. My local music shop is where the Avett Brothers took lessons.Like it... don't want to play it. I'm from Rimertown (Rimer, NC now). My grandfather (by second marrige) was a world champion fiddle player. I used to travel over 5 or 6 states with him for conventions, met Roy Clark, Anderson, Flatts and Scruggs, Minnie Pearle, (grandma could care less). He wrote 18 records, never wrote a note, did not know how. I have a few old music books... no score. Played every instrument in the band... he would grab one and say "you do this"... never had a music lesson. Natural talent. I have his best fiddle, 1938 hand-made German thing that can't be traced...no maker sticker in it, it's burned in by the founder of the company. I have many of grandpa's old tools, all German. But the bow is Australian, horse hair, re-strung about 15 years ago. Hangs next to my brother's accoustic Bentley. They started in 83, he was killed in early 86... until four weeks ago it hung with 5 strings loose... I strung it after 30 years. I really would like to play. Grandpa said " boy, I'd teach you how to play... but I don't know how, I just do)! Mom was West Coast Mowtown, "step" Dad was Country, Grandpa Bluegrass, uncle Marine Black Beret... introduced me to Rock.I really enjoy songs about cars, Dick Dale, Hot Rod Lincoln, Mabiline, One Piece at a time...like Justin Johnson, Chris Rodrigues and Abbey the spoon lady (local from Ashville), and Juzzie Smith... I think the most multi-talented individual period?Used to get together under the elm tree at grandpa's... shuck corn, string beans, make lye soap... they would play, we'd cook fish and taters, hand crank ice cream, pitch shoes... miss those days...