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  1. ^ Great. Now we have mods necro-posting. This thread is a year and a half old.
  2. Looks good. You're about due for some good luck so I hope it turns out well.
  3. Les Paul Lover MKII wrote: . . . How do we post pics here these days? My attempt with the old method wasn't quite a success.... Click on the icon that looks like a pic of a tree and follow the prompts.
  4. Welcome back and congratulations on becoming a dad. Your life will never be the same.
  5. grayson3410 wrote: I was also a long time electric player for a few years before I started playing acoustic, and now, after 10 years of playing, it is still my go to acoustic. I still primarily play electric, but I love the 000x1 That's cool but this thread is over three years old. Make a new thread and introduce yourself.
  6. She's definitely planning on getting a better guitar also. She's been looking in the $2,000 range but I'm strongly advising her not to spend that much on a gigging acoustic as, with as many shows as she / we play, and as careless as she is with equipment, it will surely be stolen or crunched. I'm recommending a little Martin 000 for around $800 or less as a compromise between tone and lack of dread while gigging. . . . A used pro-level Takamine, maybe a NEX (mini jumbo) would probably do nicely. They have excellent electronics and make great stage guitars. Keep an eye on your local CraigsList or equivalent. A straight acoustic with a good pickup is also a good option.
  7. Years ago I played a guy's Giannini 12-string that had a brass ball point pen refill (hollow) for a saddle. I remember it sounding okay but there wasn't much break angle.
  8. Sweet. Never even been in the same room with an Ehlers. Looks like the nearest dealer is in Nashville, TN. 300 miles is a bit far even if I could justify the purchase.
  9. Yea, It's the one at Cash Generator, thay had it advertised for
  10. Is this it, by any chance? http://www.cashgenerator.co.uk/acoustic/tanglewood-black-mountain-wildwood-model-tbm-110l-by3258. It's the only one Google could find. In any event, I've liked the Tanglewoods I've run across. My guess (and that's all it is) would be that it's probably all solid wood. If the one in my link is the same guitar, I don't know how long it will stay around but $800+ (
  11. All laminated, probably worth $75 on a good day. "Solid" in this case probably means in good condition.
  12. Depends on the guitar's condition and price. There's something to be said about an older guitar with some character but there's also something to be said for having a warranty.
  13. Hard to go wrong with Grovers and I personally think the tuners they put on Seagulls are ugly. However, first make sure they fit. Measure your existing tuners (I don't own a Seagull so I don't know what brand of tuners yours has) then go here: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/Guitar,_solid_peghead_tuners.html and find something that will fit. You don't necessarily have to buy the new ones from StewMac but they're a great source of information.
  14. Originally Posted by dragons i cant seem to post pictures how do you do it? Im still new to this? There are a couple of ways. You can upload the photos to Photobucket, Kiwi6, xs.to, or some other hosting service. This will give you a link you can insert into a post, between image tags by clicking on the button that looks like a mountain. You can also click on "Manage Attachments" and embed a pic in your post that way.
  15. Wound up buying it. The guy said he'd received it as a gift 2 years ago... and I'm pretty sure the strings were that old, but it felt pretty good, so I'm hoping some new strings will liven it up a bit. Congratulations. Happy New Guitar Day. Pics soon, please.
  16. Bentleys were cheap and cheaply made. Back in '74 when I was shopping for a 12-string I looked at a brand new Bentley 12-string that had a noticeable gap under the bridge. I'd been thinking about getting one but that did it for me.
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    The saddle doesn't need to be glued in place. The strings hold it there. Sometimes the saddle fits snugly enough that it's not prone to falling out anyway. I'll leave the string slack question for someone else because I generally get it wrong when I change strings. Finally, it's normally not necessary to "scrub" the fingerboard and anyway some makers like Martin recommend avoiding lemon oil. A tiny amount of linseed oil on a soft cloth occasionally, followed by wiping off as much of the stuff as you can, is all you need. It doesn't hurt to go over the fingerboard with 0000 steel wool from time to time but you really don't need to scrub it and you certainly don't need an electric toothbrush.
  18. Dean Markley Vintage Bronze strings are available in a composite gauge called "Tight Light" with the gauge becoming progressively heavier toward the lower strings. Should do what you want but I've never used them. You might also want to go to The Annex and check out the String Test. Click on "Tech Stuff" and then on "String Test."
  19. Fred Kelley dot com and they are nice little picks Sorry but that turns up a plain white page with the words "Please visit QuitSmoking.com to quit smoking". Fredkelly.com doesn't do it either. It's http://www.FredKellyPicks.com/. Anyway, $3.00 for a guitar pick (4 for $12.00) is a bit rich for my blood but thanks for the recommendation. And if anyone is interested, Maury's is clearing out the left-handed version for $2.00 each: http://www.maurysmusic.com/inc/sdetail/616.
  20. Congratulations. Happy New Taylor Day. May you play it in good health.
  21. Some of those look pretty cool, but I'm wondering how they'll hold up over the long haul? I've seen cheap guitars that had stick on position markers from the factory. In fact, my first guitar did. It's nearly 40 years old and they're still attached. Also reminds me of what I did with my banjo: Since you can play major chords with one finger, I stuck small pieces of masking tape on the side of the neck with chord names written on them.
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    One guitar with a solid top and laminated back and sides. Everything else is laminated; my 12-string, my beater, my first POS guitar, our daughter's Epi, all lam. Don't feel bad though; while he was a shepherd, David wrote his psalms on a harp that was lambinated.
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    . . . What do the other have if they don't have back and sides?! Large rear-facing soundholes.
  24. DeepEnd

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    It's made of kryptonite dude . . . Hey, that explains why Superman never visits! Seriously, it's made of some species of wood, clearly laminated, but what species is beyond my understanding. I guess I should've been a bit more clear.
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