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banjo brad Super Moderator 
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Dean- Check with Luthiers Mercantile, Steward McDonald, or some of the other suppliers, there is an electrostatic clear pick guard out there that you can put on your guitar without glue or screws. Or, put it in your lap and play with fingerpicks and a thumb pick, like the original Dobro's were intended. (I lost a chance at a free Dobro when the night before I was to go up and get it at my buddies G'parents' place, the spa burned to the ground. (The long story is in an old thread here somewhere.))  Keep on pickin'Brad
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1four5 Approved 
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Thanks for the links Brad! I found lots of pick guard material, but not the electrostatic, interesting idea though! Might check with one of our favorite music stores, where they do a lot of guitar work and repair. After checking out the links, I found the correct "finger rest" pick guard that is supposed to go on arch-top guitars...but I'm not sure if I want to go that far...it's so comfortable the way it is, I would think something like that would get in the way. It's not too big a deal though, I'm not a perfectionist, and would rather beat it up than look at it
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1four5 Approved
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Kind of crude and hastely done...but this weekend I got some time to record something with the Ibanez. It's recorded open air acoustically, so it's the true blue sound of the guitar. I wrote some off the cuff lyrics (Tim will like em, since it's Sunday I put some Jesus stuff in there) and just sat down and jammed my butt off. Total time invested in the song is about 2 hours, so don't expect much, and I left it pretty raw instead of a lot of thought and do-overs. Here's the song: I've Got a Problem Brad..man, thats' too bad about the Dobro! The more I play, and the more I listen to music...I'm really loving the early 1900's reso/dobro type blues. I'm still fighting the urge to part with more than a grand for the National I want. For the last year there was no way I would put that kind of money into this "hobby"...but I'm realizing that this is not a "hobby" it is an obsession/therapy/addiction/recovery all tied in together.  Last edited on Sun Mar 20th, 2005 09:38 pm by 1four5 ____________________ These are the good times! |
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madog99 Approved 
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ha ! Great song , story of my live ! Dishes can wait , what do they know anyway ?Good sound , I like it Must be the day for new guitars , buddy was over with his new Pellerin and we set up 3 mics , live off the floor so to speak . Came up with "Froggy went a courting" but ran out of lyrics . My buddy(Ben) is very talented and his new baby sounds great . Man this guy has the touch ! This is the folk custom job he got , sweet sweet sound ! what to link ? lo-speed I guess ? http://ezfolk.com/audio/play.php?band_id=328&song_id=1247&mode=song_lofi
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Tim3finger Approved 
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Hey Dean Just a killer good sound from that axe.  The style you were playing I think I heard that last week at different times. Definitely up tempo bluesy. Great lyrics! Yes I do appreciate the References to Jesus, but I don't think he will help you get off of your butt to get your chores done. You should start a new post about this song, instead of burying it in this one. I predict it will get a few plays and for a long time too. Good job! Tim
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1four5 Approved
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Hey Madog...that's some sweet fingerpickin! Great sound...wow...is that you or your bud pickin like that! Lets see if I got this straight...Frog's courtin Mrs. Mouse, and along comes Uncle Ratt and the Barnyard cat? I LOVE It! So they is livin in the hollow tree...are their kids gonna be Fouses or Mogs? Hey Tim...thanks man!!! Yep, your heard me practicing that strum last week...actually, the song is a mile stone for me, my strumming and pick control has always been my week point...and I did that song totally with a pick (not like me at all!). Oh yeah...you may also have noticed something else in there...yep, got me a piece of copper pipe and threw a few slides in there...oh baby am I gonna love messing with that!
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madog99 Approved
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Dean , I caught the slide ! Now you gonna neglect your other axes  The talented stuff is my bud , Benoit , flying on his new axe. Well I guess I should get off my butt , got dishes and vacuming to do 
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madog99 Approved
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Everybody getting new guitars , cept poor old me , so stopped in my local pawn shop and came out with this strange beast. Cimar ? Says made in Japan by Ibanez . I figure it 's early 80's or older . In really good shape though . It might have had original strings on it because I had to drill out the holes to get the ball end through the body when I re-strung it . Very loud and bright , I guess it's laminated top ? Seems these were popular in austrlia and europe ? Might stay with me or move on , would be a good camper , could drown out everyone else ? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/madog99/cimar1.jpg
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1four5 Approved
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That's a good looking guitar! Just buy the extra effort on nicely shaping the head and bridge tells me it's not quite a stamped out Japanese cheapo. If it's really booming, it might not be plywood...look at the edge of the soundhole, it's usually pretty easy to tell if it's laminated or not. I also really like the shape of the pickguard, very stylin! Nice find!
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1four5 Approved
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Here's my latest
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stratman Approved 
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Here's my strat. I have a crappy $20 camera so the picture sucks. Attachment: strataaa001.jpg (Downloaded 29 times)
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