rvschulz

sorry for your loss(es). they look like they were good companions. you will see them again.

many funny comments ... and mostly exactly accurate. obviously, the RS people never heard of jazz. and until i started listening closely, i never realized how much better most of the guys i listen to sound than almost everyone on this list. so ... if i only look at popular rockers ... it;s a decent list. otherwise, purely entertainment.

i agree with the previous posters concerning a string change. i thought my j-45 was a 'little dull' but i attributed that to old strings. most of the recommendations for that guitar suggested .013s ... i went with medium light .012s ... i like them. i do like to play a lot open chordings and play 'up the neck' a little so ... i think a major consideration for you should be your playing style. i do know that if i was some sort of finger picker i probably would have ended up with a different guitar ... but i've got a keeper to my ears. of course, it could be laziness and being older that keeps me in this guitar ... not that completely particular concerning the sound ... or maybe not

thanks to everyone who has responded. i feel a lot more comfortable about my knowledge about this stuff. i am not into it nor would i ever be - i have enough pain in my art without getting physical pain involved for decorating my skin. several of my college friends and many fraternity brothers over the years have gotten tattooed. most of my exposure was on the beach watching some semi-fine ass girl walk by with (what i still think of as) {censored} ME HERE written in some Oriental symbol just above her ass crack. More recently, as some of my exposure has increased to some of the local immigrants, i have notices several women getting their names tattooed on the side or back of their necks. by the way, i've seen ALL of the tattoo fail pics/posters - i collect those demotivational posters and they are the best. i don;t have any particular affinity for or against them. my recent personal experience is at a local block party in the old downtown. i wandered into the popular bar for a water and a very pretty young lady started flirting a little. i flirted back - really intrigued because she had a very cool almost floor length skirt with a long slit down the side. not overtly sexual, really stylish. and very nice legs. after a few minutes, she spun around a little more and i noticed her leg was tattooed wither with a dragon or a snake. very elaborate. started around the ankle and ... well i could see to mid-thigh it was still going strong. i must admit i'm curious about the ending. she's an artist - some sort of glass-blower/sculptor. i hope is see her later in the summer with a little less clothing ...

okay, i don;t have any tattoos and don;t plan on getting any. Several of my son's friends have one or more. none are prison tats, yet none come anywhere near what i think would be considered "art" - you know a pretty sleeve or an "integrated" set of tats. Okay - how much does this cost in your area, and how much have you personally spent in your life and at one time ? Obviously, if you have only one tat ... one payment. however, i don't think many of you have gotten multiple tats at one sitting, and i bet some take several sittings. educate a tat dunce. thanks.

i prefer plain tops too i don't mind a good flame top though damn - i LOVE that.

It is great when you find "THE" guitar. It does tend to ruin it when you think you want another guitar only to find they do not live up the the expectation that you have from playing "the one". amen. all i have to do is pick up my old LP deluxe, 335, or am. strat and bye bye GAS. plugged into the LSC or Mk IIIs ... bye bye Amp acquisitions. hook up the vertical 2x12 - see ya later cab desires. it's helped my bank account to settle down with the gear.

if she had her wits about her about playing mean on custody, and had a savvy attorney advising her, which is what my wife would do ... she would blindside you with this. Just run you over with a Mack truck. Of course, she could just be a mentally unstable somewhat foolish person. I read all this out of curiosity for the troll ... this is a lot of too much drama for me usually. However, with a sister-in-law in a divorce practice - not in Texas though - here is my take ... You are not playing enough hardball. Period. I don't know what sort of documentation you have, but if you don't have an investigator, it may be money well spent. I personally may engage her in a conversation concerning her enlistment, to get a name/location of the recruiter. I then would do my best to elicit as much information about her from the recruiter as possible. I may even try to get a court order to make them provide her enlistment forms. Discredit her every possible chance you can. Let me tell you, from what I can see ... you are not mean enough to win, no matter how much better it would be for your children. And you. Having said that, good luck to you - sincerely. I don't wish bad things happening to parents and their children, especially good parents - the world doesn;t have enough of those.