Well - I have a bartering proposition for all of you 2nd instrument (from guitar) banjo/mandolin players that might be interested in bartering some time with me.

If there is something I can teach you, I offer 15 to 20 minutes of my time for 15 to 20 minutes of yours.

The idea of finding some people to barter Skype time with where both have something they're motivated to learn from each other has long been a goal of mine, maybe this can be an opening.

BTW - if there are any websites specifically for this, I'd love to know about them. Usually, when I find some people where we have at least ONE think in common - an initial conversations leads us to find several other things.

If you're interested in 'testing the waters' over Skype to see if we can find some mutually beneficial topics - there's no obligations ! I believe I've only skyped with one person on PG so far - my friend and co-personality type - Pat Marr. But I recognize many of your names on this thread. PM me with your Skype address (or other Video Conferencing address) if interested.

I know some people are video shy - but if you give it a try, I think you'll love it and come to know the power and fun of it.

Regards, and thanks for all of your informative comments.

And BTW - my personality is such that if I do some banjo - I'll dapple with ALL the playing styles. That's just my noodling personality.