You keep looking at those ES-175s Mary :-). …. I inherited the exact one you looked at tag on from. (Thought about sending photo in for your stories as he personalized it)…Wonderful instrument and I won’t ever change a thing on it but the strings. Another great video thank you. Get well soon Norm.
Right!! I mean Guitar Center is like the Best Guitar Store out there. If you ever get a chance to visit one, do it. It makes Normans seem like the kiddie pool next to the GC Ocean.!!! (Im only kidding , haha. But I am glad GC exists to get to see and play guitars otherwise a long drive away.) cheers!! Keep picking!!
It's hard not to see that you are living your best life. With more years behind me than are left in front of me all I can offer in advice is relish this time, these connections, the experiences your are living. You are truly blessed.
Some omg moments (that SG) and yes a long maturing process for your Martin: that 92yr old Martin has been waiting a long time to hear you sing, all am sayin'. You seem very very happy in this video and that's very very pleasing.
It's so exciting to see Mary "Spend-her" time getting so excited doing what she loves. Hey Lemmo, nice couch. The cash register looks pretty classic too. All the best to Norm and his family and friends.. Cheers...
Getting out to Norm's is high on my bucket list. Just getting the opportunity to look at so many exquisite guitars, let alone play them, would be absolute heaven!! Get well Norm. We miss seeing you in these videos.
Really enjoyed how this VOD flowed. Casual, smooth, but with energy of joyful discovery and of course sharing with us the musicians who share your path. Giddy up...
Mary you're living the dream of so many of us right now! Thank you for taking us along with you ❤️ also that SG is going to live rent free in my head for quite some time
Last week I watched Rhett Schull's video from Norm's and now getting to watch Mary there makes for an uplifting experience! I may be delusional but it almost makes you feel that if everyone just sat down and played music together all the other crap would go away. Being a Texan, sometimes I just have to grab a guitar to shut out the world around me. Keep it up, Mary!
It’s so nice to see you pay it forward by giving Mr. Lemmo (who is showing great musical intelligence when playing with you) an opportunity to introduce himself. I listened to the Blue Comet and it is very good. Clearly George Benson was an influence! Serwus!
Thank you so much for letting me vicariously live through your guitar nerdiness - I am not a player (owned many, never learned, woulda, coulda, shoulda), so Norm's and people like yourself are some of those things that make me smile inside and out. Oh and there was some definite magic going on inside the store... wow.
@@Starcraft2Sonic Oh I agree... I've even built my own electric guitar, to simply understand how things work... but honestly I recognize I am just too lazy and give up far too easily... every six months or so i get the itch, so i doubt that feeling will ever go away. for now i am so fortunate to have access to people like Mary, et al and have the time to revel in their greatness...
"Could I be geeking out more...?" "...I realize I am a true, true guitar nerd." Mary, I'm not a guitar nerd. But I am a rabid nerd about other things, and your voice and your expression communicated a feeling I know and understand so well. Your obvious joy gave me joy watching this.
Mary, that tuning you and Lemmo were talking about…OMG, it’s such a beautiful tuning for my style, I’m really enjoying it, thanks for leaving in that discussion so I could try it.
very special glad that you're enjoying my hometown of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. Much love and speedy recovery to Norm and comfort and love and light to the family there. Isn't that store awesome you are so precious Mary your expressions and your genuine heartfelt feelings comes through the video so lovingly. Thank you for sharing your day at norms I miss that store myself. $$$
Miss Mary, I love how you geek out on guitars. It is refreshing to see a person let go of their emotional guards, if even for a second. (He said 56..... and you done for). God Bless you and you passion for the guitar. Be Blessed and be well. P.S. Get well Mr. Norm they need you.
Whoa.. the end of the video spooked me out. It felt like I was physically there. I don''t know if it's because of the acoustics in my basement office, but i have two studio monitors (yamahas), andit was sounded SO real. I heard Mary's playing right in front of me, people talking behind me to the back/right, and the drill came in back left. chills... ...and beautiful playing, Mary. everything felt wholesome, integral to reality, and "in the zone", for the artists who know how that feels. I live for those moments. I think you have that way of bringing others in sync with that wavelength of feeling. Time to head over to Nebula to watch the whole thing...
Thank you so much for taking us along to Norman's Mary---unreal! I've never been, God what an incredible array of guitars. Nothing wrong with some serious geeking out, you do it so well. As usual really nice playing and your voice---there are no words to describe it properly, Cool jam with Lemmo on the Strats...I found myself actually close to salivating when he pulled them out of the cases....wow...God that Martin too. Incredible. Apparently I've lived under a rock, I've never heard of tuning the low A to G, it certainly works. Great song too. Appreciate you taking us along on your travels bopping around.
Well done! It was like having a friend take you into their most inspiring scenario, sharing from the heart and being vulnerable as you also showed your talent and professionalism. A difficult balance that you nailed on this video so well. Enjoy your US visit!
It’s hard to put into words, the emotions I feel when I visit Norm’s. I remember each visit with distinct detail. Norm, you are in my daily prayers, and my dream is to buy another guitar from you soon!
This is a great channel, Thanks Mary for the great content, I particularly like your heavier subject matter videos... like... about how dreams are different now, and... like.. the difficulty of being a musician, helps us all like..... you know... fucking ... keep going lol like we all think about it, and its nice to see all of us think about it together but yeah great work!
the Gibson jam is what makes music so universal. two souls on the same wavelength making beautiful music. i like that you share your interesting journeys with us!
Hi Mary! You're so cool. I've been following you way back here on UA-cam, and the way you're handeling your instrument is fantastic, you are getting better every day, amazing to watch! What you have achieved is so unbelievable. Keep right in there! Best always Kim's Workshop!
I really hope I get to make the pilgrimage to Norm’s one day. What a place. I really enjoyed the jams in the video Mary, you guys seemed to really easily lock in together! Very cool!
Such a lovely and satisfying video, paying tribute to the guitar empire Norman has built and the insane number of very rare and often storied instruments the shop has catalogued. To see a pair of players as talented as Michael Lemmo and Mary Spender put some of these beautiful-sounding guitars through their paces is indeed a treat. Thank you. 👏💯🎸
I've been watching Mary play for years! I just realized I never sub'd before!! That is fixed today!! You are the coolest person I wish I could meet in a guitar store!!! I am a guitar nerd too!! My heart starts to pump harder when I hear just the names!!
If you ever find yourself anywhere near Nazareth Pennsylvania, you should go visit the Martin Guitar facility there. I used to live nearby, and have been there quite a few times. There is nothing quite like the smell of lacquer and freshly sawn wood! The very first time I went, they had a custom guitar that had been in process of being built for something like two years. It had a lot of intricate pearl inlays. They said what it cost, and I think it was about $50,000. The young man who was finishing it up was in process of stringing it for the very first time. We did not get to hear it though, since the tour group needed to keep moving along. They have a small museum section, and a room where you can play the different current production guitars, and even purchase one, if they have it on hand. You would love it!
The true magic about Norms is not the guitars, but the people who come to visit this place… and the magic that happens between them. The tunes you played with Lemmo blew me away!
Hi Mary like the Martin… (Steve) You pass the word along hemoglobin hahaha I like your thoughts and music ears are good classically trained easy going have fun with your plight
I love Norms!! So many nice instruments in every price range. I see they still have the Antiqua Tele I was lusting over when I was in the shop. Norm is so cool to talk to about vintage gear!! Hope he is doing better.
Loved this Mary, you look like you are having an outstanding time, and it is great that people are hearing you everywhere. I did a mild tone over on your voice and there is a song that I would love to hear you sing, because you have such an outstanding range in your voice. You know it well: "Bridge Over Troubled Waters". See if you can maybe make that happen sometime soon ! Keep Happy !!
You keep looking at those ES-175s Mary :-). …. I inherited the exact one you looked at tag on from. (Thought about sending photo in for your stories as he personalized it)…Wonderful instrument and I won’t ever change a thing on it but the strings. Another great video thank you. Get well soon Norm.
Guitar Stores are paradise!
Right!! I mean Guitar Center is like the Best Guitar Store out there. If you ever get a chance to visit one, do it. It makes Normans seem like the kiddie pool next to the GC Ocean.!!! (Im only kidding , haha. But I am glad GC exists to get to see and play guitars otherwise a long drive away.) cheers!! Keep picking!!
It's hard not to see that you are living your best life. With more years behind me than are left in front of me all I can offer in advice is relish this time, these connections, the experiences your are living. You are truly blessed.
Love to hear Mary play. Her style is very unique and all hers, alone. Instantly recognizable. Hope to hear it on her studio album!
Some omg moments (that SG) and yes a long maturing process for your Martin: that 92yr old Martin has been waiting a long time to hear you sing, all am sayin'.
You seem very very happy in this video and that's very very pleasing.
It's so exciting to see Mary "Spend-her" time getting so excited doing what she loves. Hey Lemmo, nice couch. The cash register looks pretty classic too. All the best to Norm and his family and friends.. Cheers...
Swung the door wide and opened your heart to us. What a beautiful video. Many thanks.
Getting out to Norm's is high on my bucket list. Just getting the opportunity to look at so many exquisite guitars, let alone play them, would be absolute heaven!! Get well Norm. We miss seeing you in these videos.
Mary: you continually blow me away: with your knowledge, with your expertise, and your love!
Really enjoyed how this VOD flowed. Casual, smooth, but with energy of joyful discovery and of course sharing with us the musicians who share your path. Giddy up...
Music is the coolest thing ever. It’s kinda like these two are on a date and they’re communicating through the music , I fucking love it.
Mary you're living the dream of so many of us right now! Thank you for taking us along with you ❤️ also that SG is going to live rent free in my head for quite some time
wow great video!. Its the same feeling i have when i go into a music store. Its VERY hard to leave without buying something.
Marie what about a collaboration with Lemmo?
The two of you sounded great together
You two play very very well together. What a musical match
Or maybe more ;) Nah im just joshing, pass that xxxxx like Stockton
Last week I watched Rhett Schull's video from Norm's and now getting to watch Mary there makes for an uplifting experience! I may be delusional but it almost makes you feel that if everyone just sat down and played music together all the other crap would go away. Being a Texan, sometimes I just have to grab a guitar to shut out the world around me. Keep it up, Mary!
6:28 Is the moneyshot. You know your brain is going into overdrive when you get this happy.
Mary is truly a guitar aficionado and player with that reaction - 0:23
😄...👍
Love it.
It’s so nice to see you pay it forward by giving Mr. Lemmo (who is showing great musical intelligence when playing with you) an opportunity to introduce himself. I listened to the Blue Comet and it is very good. Clearly George Benson was an influence! Serwus!
Thank you so much for letting me vicariously live through your guitar nerdiness - I am not a player (owned many, never learned, woulda, coulda, shoulda), so Norm's and people like yourself are some of those things that make me smile inside and out. Oh and there was some definite magic going on inside the store... wow.
I would highly recommend start learning chords - the feeling of just strumming a good guitar is a feeling like no other 👍🙏
@@Starcraft2Sonic Oh I agree... I've even built my own electric guitar, to simply understand how things work... but honestly I recognize I am just too lazy and give up far too easily... every six months or so i get the itch, so i doubt that feeling will ever go away. for now i am so fortunate to have access to people like Mary, et al and have the time to revel in their greatness...
@@adumbratesly Fair enough :) Let that itch come to you and one day perhaps you'll be rocking away :)
"Could I be geeking out more...?"
"...I realize I am a true, true guitar nerd."
Mary, I'm not a guitar nerd. But I am a rabid nerd about other things, and your voice and your expression communicated a feeling I know and understand so well. Your obvious joy gave me joy watching this.
I love the way you are listening to your guests.
Thank you Mary for showing us these amazing places ❤
Esse vídeo vale mais que mil aulas.
Muito obrigado por compartilhar tanta Cultura 😊❤❤
Your guitars at home will be so jealous Mary ;) Wonderful to see you so happy in the land of guitars! All the best.
I've had the same guitar for forty years. I love watching Mary playing all those other guitars that I've never seen before!
Wow!Mary you definitely were in guitar heaven!!
Awesome that you played with Lemmo too!
Simply put, awesome video.
This video put a big smile on my face. Thank you.
Sorry to hear of Norm's illness, so many seem to be down lately, what a music fantasy shop! Thanks Mary, all the best
I’m so excited. I’m heading up to LA this week to go to Norms. My first time there.
Mary, that tuning you and Lemmo were talking about…OMG, it’s such a beautiful tuning for my style, I’m really enjoying it, thanks for leaving in that discussion so I could try it.
love to see you getting the word out on 'spender tuning' haha also cool to see you rocking an sg
Just wow Mary … great video
Norman's makes every guitar player emotional.
Cheers.
Norm's would be a holiday destination for me.Thanks for taking us along!
very special glad that you're enjoying my hometown of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. Much love and speedy recovery to Norm and comfort and love and light to the family there. Isn't that store awesome you are so precious Mary your expressions and your genuine heartfelt feelings comes through the video so lovingly. Thank you for sharing your day at norms I miss that store myself. $$$
That was awesome. Thank you mary
Man, that OM was lovely! Obvs also the amazing other guitars, but that just sounded so sweet, how she was playing it!
Miss Mary, I love how you geek out on guitars. It is refreshing to see a person let go of their emotional guards, if even for a second. (He said 56..... and you done for). God Bless you and you passion for the guitar. Be Blessed and be well.
P.S. Get well Mr. Norm they need you.
Oh wow, that Martin is YOU! That song is mezmerizing Mary...I didn't think an instrument would change it up like that. amazing.
I Always love to listen and watch you play your guitars you are so very talented, and your vocals are so lovely.
Good for you Mary! It was wonderful to see you geeking out so hard over these guitars, as you rightfully should. : )
Michael Lemmo! I just went and looked up his channel and album. VERY high end Jazz. Thanks Mary for that interview!
That light blue Strat needs to follow you home.
One of my favorite people at one of my favorite places! Thanks Mary for making a bad day so much better.👏👏👏✌️
Excellent! I was waiting for your Norman's video to come out
Nice got the VIP treatment :) very cool guitars
The Tone of that Martin, is like every perfect tone' playing behind some of the best wilderness documentaries🏞️ Beautiful playing Mary🎼
Just listened to Blue Comet and it’s great!!👍🏻👍🏻
Wow - jamming with Lemmo, what a treat, and Lemmo getting to jam with you - a treat in both directions!
Nice!
Love Norm and the crew!
This video was through and through wholesome and warm. Loved it.
What amazing tone and super playing! A whole album recorded in Norm’s would be a dream!
Whoa.. the end of the video spooked me out. It felt like I was physically there. I don''t know if it's because of the acoustics in my basement office, but i have two studio monitors (yamahas), andit was sounded SO real. I heard Mary's playing right in front of me, people talking behind me to the back/right, and the drill came in back left. chills...
...and beautiful playing, Mary. everything felt wholesome, integral to reality, and "in the zone", for the artists who know how that feels. I live for those moments. I think you have that way of bringing others in sync with that wavelength of feeling. Time to head over to Nebula to watch the whole thing...
acoustic guitars just sound better with age . great video Mary . the strats are simply awesome . nice sg as. well
Some great playing on some great guitars. So cool.
Let that 92yr old guitar sing!!! Love what your doing Mary, so keep up the great work!!!.
Thank you so much for taking us along to Norman's Mary---unreal! I've never been, God what an incredible array of guitars. Nothing wrong with some serious geeking out, you do it so well. As usual really nice playing and your voice---there are no words to describe it properly, Cool jam with Lemmo on the Strats...I found myself actually close to salivating when he pulled them out of the cases....wow...God that Martin too. Incredible. Apparently I've lived under a rock, I've never heard of tuning the low A to G, it certainly works. Great song too. Appreciate you taking us along on your travels bopping around.
Lovely video. And is that the original Stonehenge from the movie? That's a cool find!
I popped back to this one Mary and it's great to see the passion. Life would be so boring without these moments 😉
Well done! It was like having a friend take you into their most inspiring scenario, sharing from the heart and being vulnerable as you also showed your talent and professionalism. A difficult balance that you nailed on this video so well. Enjoy your US visit!
I'm always happy to know that you're here in the states. I'm sure Norm was happy to know that you came by.
Wonderful vocal- wow!
It’s hard to put into words, the emotions I feel when I visit Norm’s. I remember each visit with distinct detail.
Norm, you are in my daily prayers, and my dream is to buy another guitar from you soon!
Mary. You are freaking adorable! Never change!
Also, you're a fantastic musician.
I need to get here this year, just hope Norman is back on the shop.
Mary is so amazing to watch thrive in her element.
That was fun to watch!👏 So good!🤗
Mary, you are a charming person; your friends and family are so lucky to have you in their lives.
Acoustic jam at the end was shweeeet!
You have joined the legends and you did it yourself! What a beautiful video and what a gorgeous jam you had on the couch.
Great video, Mary. You were really immersed in vintage guitars there!!! Good deal for you!!!
This is a great channel, Thanks Mary for the great content, I particularly like your heavier subject matter videos... like... about how dreams are different now, and... like.. the difficulty of being a musician, helps us all like..... you know... fucking ... keep going lol
like we all think about it, and its nice to see all of us think about it together
but yeah great work!
what an awesome few moments...
the Gibson jam is what makes music so universal. two souls on the same wavelength making beautiful music. i like that you share your interesting journeys with us!
Beautiful playing
Hi Mary! You're so cool. I've been following you way back here on UA-cam, and the way you're handeling your instrument is fantastic, you are getting better every day, amazing to watch! What you have achieved is so unbelievable. Keep right in there! Best always Kim's Workshop!
When the geek comes out something marvelous happens, especially when Ms. Spener is involved. The passion says it all.
Such a beautiful vlog. Thank you!
This was very cool Mary!
I really hope I get to make the pilgrimage to Norm’s one day. What a place.
I really enjoyed the jams in the video Mary, you guys seemed to really easily lock in together! Very cool!
Lemmo's jazz record is cool!!!
Such a lovely and satisfying video, paying tribute to the guitar empire Norman has built and the insane number of very rare and often storied instruments the shop has catalogued. To see a pair of players as talented as Michael Lemmo and Mary Spender put some of these beautiful-sounding guitars through their paces is indeed a treat. Thank you. 👏💯🎸
I am so inspired, thanks so much!
I've been watching Mary play for years! I just realized I never sub'd before!! That is fixed today!! You are the coolest person I wish I could meet in a guitar store!!! I am a guitar nerd too!! My heart starts to pump harder when I hear just the names!!
I found Michael Lemmo “Blue Comet” record on Spotify, such a great album! Thanks Mary for the tip!
Splendid Spender xox !!
A superb video. 🤙👑
If you ever find yourself anywhere near Nazareth Pennsylvania, you should go visit the Martin Guitar facility there. I used to live nearby, and have been there quite a few times. There is nothing quite like the smell of lacquer and freshly sawn wood! The very first time I went, they had a custom guitar that had been in process of being built for something like two years. It had a lot of intricate pearl inlays. They said what it cost, and I think it was about $50,000. The young man who was finishing it up was in process of stringing it for the very first time. We did not get to hear it though, since the tour group needed to keep moving along. They have a small museum section, and a room where you can play the different current production guitars, and even purchase one, if they have it on hand. You would love it!
Girl,love your music and your addiction to guitars.
Guitars sounded fantastic. great audio too. sweet vid
The true magic about Norms is not the guitars, but the people who come to visit this place… and the magic that happens between them. The tunes you played with Lemmo blew me away!
Hi Mary like the Martin… (Steve) You pass the word along hemoglobin hahaha I like your thoughts and music ears are good classically trained easy going have fun with your plight
I love it! You're like an excited little kid when you see some of those rare pieces.
I love Norms!! So many nice instruments in every price range. I see they still have the Antiqua Tele I was lusting over when I was in the shop. Norm is so cool to talk to about vintage gear!! Hope he is doing better.
Très belle voix Mary,des guitares d'exception comme toi...Merci...
Loved this Mary, you look like you are having an outstanding time, and it is great that people are hearing you everywhere. I did a mild tone over on your voice and there is a song that I would love to hear you sing, because you have such an outstanding range in your voice. You know it well: "Bridge Over Troubled Waters". See if you can maybe make that happen sometime soon ! Keep Happy !!
How could you not get emotional with all that beautiful history preserved and there for you play and buy.
That was a very cool experience Mary!