February 2026 Challenge Response

[Laurel C]

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.

[Guido]

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

[JoeD1]

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

[AndréM]

Very nice country feel.
Great playing.
You got the tone right on this beautiful Tele.

AndréM

AndréM

[Michael L]

Hi Laurel, great to have you in the challenges again. Wonderful lead playing here. Melodic, good feeling and tempo. I enjoyed it!

[Dieter]

Excellent country feeling – sounds great.

Dieter

[sciencefiction]

Very nicely played, Laurel! Soulful sounding, and great tone off your Tele.
Larry

[James B]

Sounding good, Laurel. Bending them strings and making it cry. Good to hear you in the challenges again.

James

[JoLa]

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

[sunjamr]

I loved it, Laurel! You really got the tone just perfect for this one. Well played!

Sunjamr Steve

[Alan L]

Well played! Great time and feel, authentic country pickin’!

[Denise]

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!

[Bill]

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!

[Mark T]

A really great submission, Laurel – showed some really accomplished playing 👍🎶😎

[Carpa]

Well played 👍

[Pap]

Hey Laurel, Ive been out for a while as well. You played well here. Keep up the great work. Cheers. Pap

[Manfred M]

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.

Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
The next Meetup will be July
There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum
I look forward to meet you.
Manfred

[John H]

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

[charjo]

Nice to see you in the challenges, Laurel. Nice playing and it sounds great on the tele with reverb. Good job on those pedal steel bends.
John

[Raffaele S]

Perseverance must always guide each of us…..well done

[Paul S.]

You really perfected the country feel of this piece. Lots of echo and bends delivered in the slow, deliberate country style. Really well done.

[Andy N]

Great to see you get your challenge submission over the line. This oozed country, you really captured the style. The pedal steel licks and bends were all spot on.
Your gorgeous blue tele is delivering that classic country twang too.

[Mike W]

There’s really nothing to add to all the plaudits written above, Laurel. It sounded terrific – you played it to perfection with a great tone – an excellent submission.

[Martin W]

Hi Laurel, your study of this EP has paid off , you captured the country sound , perfectly with the tone from your tele , played with a delicate touch throughout you got those bends down a treat .
Great to see you back in the challenges.

Martin

[Serena C]

great submission Laurel! great playing and nice sound choice too!

If I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't be the kind of player I want to be. Perfection is dangerous.
It's all about taking risks, sometimes you get to some place, sometimes you get to a different place. (Brian May)

[Richard G]

Well I’m glad you persevered Laurel because the finished piece was definitely worth it for all of us. Beautiful tone which I’m not capable of on my G&L so it was a treat to listen to your Tele. Glad you’re back on the Challenges.

Richard

[David H]

Oh I am hearing some mighty fine tele twang. Great sub.

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