Jkater

Inspired by audionet's recent posts, I digged out a few of my jams with Dave over the last while. Like many of his friends here, I'm in awe of mrsully's skills and good taste in creating music and putting it all together in his home studio. The dude is simply awesome.

I'm hardly worthy of putting tracks on his stuff but my repetitive and predictable noodling has been welcomed in the gentle and forgiving environment of HCEG so it's all good. 

Slow Blues

$351?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, why do i never get those kind of deals?

I tried this guitar (same shape, also Aria proII and nice appointments, etc.) and it was in an entirely different league than Epiphone. not even to compare.

As someone who, when he chooses to, has a knack for barely toeing the line (while appearing to some to be getting out of it), jj is one of the best qualified to judge if someone is really breaking the rules in a way that hurts this place. He posseses an uncanny ability to read people's intents and where they're heading to. He's a smart dude. So I vote YES!

Happy birthday, Dave!

That's a lot of people coming to a birthday party!

Awesome job, Mario. Good that your kid is helping!

I drool profusely over the the small body SAS-1500, a "339" version of the SA2200. Only available in Japan.

Amen, brother. An aesthetic blunder on an otherwise beautiful guitar, even if not to my taste.

This particular shape is often seen on high end guitars and many say they dislike it. Personally, I can't find anything ugly in it. I like it a lot, actually. My lag Louisiane has that shape as well.

It says more about you than about R. Thompson. It means you are not someone who simply jump on the bandwagon. Good for you.

Hum, I have so many. Alex de grassi is right up there for me. So is Bensusan.

Funny looking hardware. Overall the kind of look that I don't like. I imagine it to be a good instrument, though.

My SA2200

From my experience, it can grow on you. I used to ponder if I'd sell my LP when I didn't bond with it enough and found it ackward ergonomically, etc. but i kept it and found myself playing it more and more regularily. Somehow, I find it more confortable to play than I used to and it gets the same love as the others. great guitar.

My LP's flame can be subtle or strong depending on the light and angle:

I'm learning how to play with a pick...

Apparently, pink-o-mania is in full bloom at Rondo these days.

Have you ever look at the inside of a Les Paul case?

Is there a BASS you don't want? My guess (and I may be guessing wrong) is that with basses, you might have more specific taste/need/requirements about what really works for you making some basses nice to own, maybe, but uninteresting to play for an experienced bass player who knows exactly what he likes.

My guess comes from my own experience: I would enjoy just about any electric guitar and explore them, etc. but there are high end acoustic guitars that, even if you gave them to me, they would collect dust in my house.

Looks like my last post in this thread just dissappeared...

Twotimingpete, you just got a very nice compliment from the premier illustrator on HCEG.

My family comes first but then I do need time alone between myself and my many hobbies.

Music is the BIGGEST hobby for me but I'm also passionate about playing chess (I'm a patzer), drawing, "wasting" time on this forum, bird watching, etc.

Natural hand oils is better for your playing. get as much of it as possible on your guitar.

Amazingly, my first good guitar would have made me rich if i had kept it and sold it for its vintage market value later. This Gibson SG custom was already "old" when I bought it in the early 70's. I was about 17 years old. I paid something like $500 CAN and sold it for as cheap a couple of years later because... i didn't like the neck.

That's seems like a really good tip.

I would say from my experience that "A" mandolins are a safer bet than "F" mandolins if you want the best bang for your buck. I have an "F" mandolin that I paid rather a lot for ($600) and it's not that good. I would have been happier with a simpler body style but a better instrument.