February 2026 Challenge Response

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- March 13, 2026 at 6:10 am #409889
  Laurel C
  Moderator
  Hi there Fellow Am’ers, It’s been a while since I have been able to make a Challenge deadline, not that I haven’t tried. This is Ep594, I was inspired from Dieter’s. – ‘Showcase Your Playing’ recently where he played this Ep on his Telecaster. I so wanted to learn this on my telecaster and because it is Key of D, perfect opportunity to pursue it for the Challenge. With perseverance I was able to get a result, it didn’t look too promising when I first started on it.
- March 13, 2026 at 8:33 am #409915
  Guido
  Participant
  Well, your perseverance definitely paid off, Laurel! Very well played with confidence and expressiveness on your tele, which sounds and look beautiful! Great work!
  
  Guido
- March 13, 2026 at 8:42 am #409920
  JoeD1
  Participant
  That Tele twang really took hold amongst your beautiful playing Laurel. Very nice.
  
  Joe
  
  The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
  Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
  --Graeme Edge
- March 13, 2026 at 10:12 am #409961
  AndréM
  Participant
  Very nice country feel.
  Great playing.
  You got the tone right on this beautiful Tele.
  
  AndréM
  
  AndréM
- March 13, 2026 at 12:16 pm #409994
  Michael L
  Participant
  Hi Laurel, great to have you in the challenges again. Wonderful lead playing here. Melodic, good feeling and tempo. I enjoyed it!
- March 13, 2026 at 12:24 pm #410001
  Dieter
  Participant
  Excellent country feeling – sounds great.
  
  Dieter
- March 13, 2026 at 1:29 pm #410068
  sciencefiction
  Participant
  Very nicely played, Laurel! Soulful sounding, and great tone off your Tele.
  Larry
- March 13, 2026 at 1:45 pm #410078
  James B
  Participant
  Sounding good, Laurel. Bending them strings and making it cry. Good to hear you in the challenges again.
  
  James
- March 13, 2026 at 5:13 pm #410145
  JoLa
  Participant
  Great to see you back, Laurel! I’m quite impressed by your performance here, very smooth and confident with a nice twangy tele tone – really good work. I can see why you got inspired, such a beautiful piece by Brian. Glad you made it this time.
  
  🎸JoLa
- March 13, 2026 at 5:20 pm #410147
  sunjamr
  Participant
  I loved it, Laurel! You really got the tone just perfect for this one. Well played!
  
  Sunjamr Steve
- March 13, 2026 at 8:32 pm #410208
  Alan L
  Participant
  Well played! Great time and feel, authentic country pickin’!
- March 14, 2026 at 3:43 am #410259
  Denise
  Participant
  Great choice. I love these sweet country lessons, especially those with pedal steel licks.
  You played these very well. Your beautiful blue Tele with bridge pickup had the right sound for it.
  Well done! I need to revisit that lesson.
  Denise
  
  More Blues!
- March 14, 2026 at 5:40 am #410296
  Bill
  Participant
  Nice job getting this piece together for the challenge. I like the reverb you dialed in, gives a unique quality to the lead. Well played!
- March 14, 2026 at 5:44 am #410302
  Mark T
  Participant
  A really great submission, Laurel – showed some really accomplished playing 👍🎶😎
- March 14, 2026 at 6:18 am #410340
  Carpa
  Participant
  Well played 👍
- March 14, 2026 at 9:52 am #410427
  Pap
  Participant
  Hey Laurel, Ive been out for a while as well. You played well here. Keep up the great work. Cheers. Pap
- March 14, 2026 at 10:34 am #410445
  Manfred M
  Participant
  Laurel, good to see and hear you back at the challenges.
  And what a great lesson choice. I love this EP, because it sounds so beautiful.
  But it’s so difficult to make it sound beautiful when you play it yourself.
  You certainly managed to do that here. I really enjoyed listening to it.
  
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  Manfred
- March 14, 2026 at 11:15 am #410463
  John H
  Participant
  Laurel
  Your performance was evocative and tasty! I love your tone-so reverb groovy. This is by far your best submission. I always appreciate your kind words, inspiration and watching your growth as a player. Really good job, keep it up. Sounded very pedal steel-ish. Is the Tele a new addition? If so, congrats and keep on twangin’!
  
  John
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