bigald18

No. I'm someone else! lol

Great playin' guys.

Whatever feels most comfortable to you would be the best position to play in. I've played classical, folk, some gospel flatpicking and have ine leg that's like a straight out fused stumpl I can't be in any of the recommended positions and I just play to enjoy myself. Still get by though.

Kwak,If you can get ahold of that git, take a caliper and measure the thickness of the top in many areas. Measure the heights and thicknesses of all the braces, especially the top. Doing this will give you your best copy possible and hopefully imitate their sound. BigAl :D2

It's all a matter of personal taste. I had a Yammie LJ6 for a while and it sounded great with the addition of a bone saddle, a nut and bridge pins. It was $500. I sold it to buy a Martin 000-15 which I thought didn't hold a candle to the Yamaha sound wise. I got rid of that for an Alvarez MF350 which was a great solid rosewood guitar. Sold that and now have a Blueridge w/solid hog back and sides. Sounds real good and plays real good. I'm sorry I sold the Alvarez, not sorry I sold the Martin and sorry I sold the Yamaha. I've also owned a Parkwood w/hog back and sides and I'm glad I sold that. Point is the most expensive one was the Martin and I found that to have the poorest sound of them all. Personal taste! BigAl

I got a guitar and decided to change to better strings. Since the strings were off, I figured lets shave down the struts somewhat to bring out the sound. I always heard that brass bridgepins would dramatically change a guitars sound so I put them in. I also replaced the saddle with a bone saddle made of buffalo bone. The new strings and saddle caused me to have to reset the the action on the guitar and the intonation. I made my own custom nut for the neck and that also required resetting action. I decided I was almost there But needed a port hole to bring out the upper range a little more. Out came a hole cutting saw and I did my thing. What a difference that made! Now that the guitar is to my absolute liking I guess I can take some lessons and learn how to play. BigAl :lol:

Who you callin' no one? No one!!! BigAl

Surprisingly, no one has mentioned having the braces shaved on your guitar. While bracing patterns can't be changed, many manufacturers leave their braces thicker than than they need to be because they have long warrantys on the instruments and therefore want them to be more structurally sound. You can have a substantial increase in tone and volume if this done properly. BigAl

Beautiful guitar! BigAl

I don't know how old it is but I could probably guess it's weight! BigAl