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G Man

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  1. I suppose that depends on whether you want to stay in that sad space and relish it, or find a way out. If the former, lots of dark alt-country stuff, ala Wilco. If the latter, live Dead from the late 70s. YMWV.
  2. Got mine today, very nice quality and layout, looking forward to sitting down and reading it.
  3. mc2, while I like your post, you may want to remove the image as per the qoute below.
  4. Just got the email from Shiffer Publishing that my book shipped yesterday via fedex.
  5. Nice, I'll be looking into those "other avenues" when mine arrives. A book signing/HFC get together sounds fun.
  6. Slowly, very slowly, I improve a bit, year by year. I have spent the past couple of years trying to unlearn bad habits from my previous 25 years of un-taught guitar playing. I almost always form an open G with my pinkie on the high E string now, that took way too long to feel normal. Also been working on bringing my left pinkie finger into my lead work more as well, starting to see results there too. Both of these things have opened new avenues in my playing, which I like to think of as improvements. Ultimately though, for me, music is for fun and relaxation, so if I don't see any vast improvement over time, I do my best not to worry about it and remind myself why I pick up the guitar at the end of every day. I also really love the sound a good gear, so there are times where I just noodle night after night while focusing on my tone more. I guess if tone is all in the fingers, then I like to think I am improving in this realm as well.
  7. I grabbed his new disc a month or so ago, good stuff, for the most part.
  8. Just got my order in. Should be a fun read. Thanks for all the hard work to all involved.
  9. Nice, I always think banjo when I think of Tony Furtado, can't say I've seen him play guitar, although he obviously does so quite well. Thanks for this one.
  10. I agree with the others, look for the local/regional micro-breweries and you are apt to find some terrific beer. Stay away from the big names, its all crap.
  11. The wood on the vector is indeed sweet. As nice as the white pearl is going to look, I'd be real tempted to go au natural on that one.
  12. Home for the afternoon with the kids, taking off for the weekend of partying with friends, so I got a bunch of house chores done today. Works for me.
  13. While I'm not going to bother going through all of the guitar gods who do nothing for me, I would like to point out how nice it is now that we can check out an album for free, or at least several cuts, online now before laying our money down. Grooveshark/Spotify/Pandora/Youtube have all saved me several $$s over the past recent few years.
  14. Damn Daesin, that is one hot guitar. Love it, and the back story is the icing on the cake. Nice!
  15. The first one is a US Special, that has been painted by someone named Frida in 1989, judging by the signature in the 1st pic. If the art works for you, or the price is right why not? The second one is not, regardless of what the seller says, a US Hamer. The prototype has seen some serious action, bet it sounds great, but may be too far gone, even for the asking price. Still might be worth a look though if its local to ya.
  16. Happy B Day, ya grumpy bastid.
  17. Yes indeed, delayed PM notifications by a day or two. But not consistently.
  18. Congrats on a classic, looks like a great project.
  19. I will admit to being late to the party. I only got into playing electrics, after many years as acoustic only, about 6 years ago. About a year later I was fortunate enough to pick up the phantoglide. I no longer own it, but it was the guitar that got me into Hamers and many have since followed me home. If it wasn't for the weight, I would still own this one.
  20. That is easily the nicest korina top I have ever seen. Stunning.
  21. Not that I was in the market for a CO, but damn, that is just shitty news.
  22. The grain definitely looks ash, and my ash bodied daytona comes in at just over 7 lb.s, so makes sense to me.
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