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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by VeeKaChu:
After my first night on the job with the Yammy, my fingers are killing me. Can anyone here tell me where's a good place to get a lefty nut for this beast?
I'm sure as hell not gunna give ya' MY left nut for a guitar that makes your fingers hurt! :)
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Location: Central Oregon | Btw, I'm really enjoying reading about great playing Pacemakers, especially 12 string Pacemakers. Mine should be here next Wednesday!
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by cliff:
It's funny, now that you mention it . . . a lot of times I'll look at the cost of something and relate it to number of gigs . . . . "I can just play four gigs and buy that" . . . if it's coming from the proceeds of what you enjoy doing in the first place, it makes it a little less painful.
That makes sense. If I keep the empty root beer cans to trade in (Oregon refund 5 cents!), after I play at 2-3 parties I could get a new pick!
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Location: Lombard, IL | Originally posted by MWoody:
Try stewmac.com for replacement parts. That *is* a sweet site, thanks. They even have nuts right on the front page. Blank ones. And about a eleventy-hundred dollars worth of tools to properly fashion what I need... ;)
Nils- I don't mind that it hurts some- after all, as I've stated I'm intentionally playing this l'il folky with the higher action and heavier strings so that when I get home to my O it seems even more of a joy (this is my fourth attempt to become proficient with the git in 45 years, though the most earnest, and I *will* get it this time).
But I do think that with the RH nut it *is* unecessarily high and not ideal within the guitar's intrinsic context. But, as Procul Harum sang, I will soldier on... |
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Location: Central Oregon | Only a bad joke, never mind.....
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Location: Lombard, IL | NP Nils, just making small-talk! ;)
Back on topic, I just came back to my desk after playing some scales out by the elevators.
OMG, if you can bring a guitar to work, AND you work in an empty 17 floor building with an open brick atrium, ooh, chills!
Too bad I'm so self-conscious though- heard the elevator bell begin to ding (night security doing rounds) and I scurried back into my office... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Vee,
Two suggestions:
1) Use open chords in E such as Asus 002200, Bsus 024400, C#m 046600, E 079900, Fm 044200, G#m 066400 et al. This will allow you to "open up" the guitar's sound - especially in an open "auditorium" like what you have.
2) Next time you anticipate the security check coming through - be prepared. Set up by the elevator with your case open and a sign that reads "Will Play for Increased Security"! You'll make friends with the only armed personnel in the building and it may be a high spot on their routine!
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