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Don Barnes

Don Barnes

Sam is a husband, father, and teacher who enjoys refactoring complex concepts into tangible analogies and actionable tasks. When not herding cats in the professional world or training budding project managers in academia, Sam enjoys football (soccer for the Yanks), cycling with his wife, and playing music with his kids. He has played guitar for over 30 years and while he has designed a bass guitar for his eldest son, and maintains lofty luthieristic aspirations, he has never actually constructed a guitar (he secretly hopes that his writings will inspire donations to his burgeoning workshop).

▪ bio current as of 2022

The Difficult Case of Getting Too Old

2022
AL#146 p.22               
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▪ Remember those heroic old days when a few of us self-starting hippies dreamed of a forging a renaissance of guitar making in America? Well if you do, you are probably already past “retirement age.” What will become of all your tools and wood? Will your grandkids just toss them out? Time to start thinking about it. Sorry.