artyman wrote:I still have my 500 chord shapes as well, though the Bert Weedon tome has long since disappeared, an original is probably a collectors item now!
Never used a capo for strumming, never been a finger picker. Can't see anything wrong though if it helps with the sound, or helps older fingers function, why not. Alfred Black's modern chord method was my first book. I still have my Play in a day original. I also met Bert once.
I was outside the venue when his car pulled up next to mine. I asked him if he would kindly autograph
some records for me and he said "Certainly, come inside with me and I will do it backstage. My wife and I followed him
backstage he signed the records, we came out we were treated like royalty, table reserved and waited on, as they mistakenly thought
we were with Bert. A great memory a lovely man and on top of that, he sent me a tape of a record I had lost and been unable to replace.