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Here Is A Simple Lesson That show some Chord Tricks on the B chords That is help full And you can learn a cool song called Sweet Carolyn.

I guess I don't have much imagination. I call mine. 1 "The Martin" or the "D-18" 2 "The Taylor" or the "GS-Mini" 3 and the "Tele" My wife calls them all my babies. (considering them all one) Says she comes third. That's cuz there's a motorcycle in there too. Took me a long time to come up with all those names. Had the wife for 36 years so I guess she rates up there too.

The only one of mine that has a name is the Gibson L-OO.... I call it Curley. But it was named before I got it The name 'Paul Curley' is etched in the headstock from 'who knows how many years ago'. I like that it is there because I consider it a part of the history of this 85 year old guitar. Sometimes I wonder who Paul Curley was, and where this guitar has been

Thanks Ron for the photos. I really like the little guys outfit. My favorite movie cartoon characters! It takes people like Ron and his friend Larry Dunn to make these events happen. Ron sent photos of them loading the truck and kept me informed of the efforts needed to make this happen. Lots more work than simply donating a couple of guitars. As I told Ron in our conversations, it is an honor to be a part of what he and Larry do each year.

Today's Chicago Tribune had an interesting piece on David Bowie today. Irregardless of your musical tastes, he did cast a large shadow over musical creativity of our time. Enjoy! David Bowie - Chicago Tribune.pdf

Randy I just finished video 4. What a wonderful gem. I never knew how much I don't know! Anyway I'm working on restructuring my practice time to, in a small way, try and learn more about music. Thanks again for sharing.

Justin Sandercoe is always a great source for song lessons ;

@DianeB I just ordered the Edly book. Thanks for the recommendation!

Agree with most of the advice and definitely the comment that store ruined a perfectly good guitar for you. If there was nothing wrong with the frets before the string change, there was nothing wrong with them after the change. The guitar likely needed the bridge raised a hair or maybe a touch more tension on the truss rod. As Ice9 said, going from .09's to .10's should not require much tweaking of the guitar. Going more that one size up or down, the nut slots may need work for the thicker strings. If going to much thinner strings you might have to have a new nut cut for the thinner strings.

Sounds like the store took you for a ride. Nothing to do with a string change. Sorry to hear how bad store took you and money Btw Greg Voros of Gruhn's does great job and may help in the price of repair

You need to invest in Greg Voros' Guitar Maintenance DVD. You can change your own strings. If you go up or down more than a string size you need to adjust the neck. Greg does a setup for every string change. I don't know why you would want to put on heavier strings. I think you should stick with the string gauge the guitar was designed for. I have seen comments from people like BB King and Billie Gibbons which basically say "why work harder?". I have maintained my Gibson Les Paul Studio and 3 other guitars for 9 years now. I have done a few minor truss rod adjustments, many string changes, and setups. String change is also a great time for a full cleanup. Taking all the strings off at once is not a problem, but not doing a complete setup when moving to heavier strings is bad. You can do better yourself with a little knowledge. I have never done a fret job. Maybe your guitar needed it, but maybe your technician is incompetent and greedy. Interestingly fret buzz is often caused by the neck being too straight, but I would think with heavier strings it would have been too bowed. The Les Paul has many adjustments that can be made, and once dialed in it rocks. It seems complicated until you see the Greg Voros video. Check out Taylor's website for the "Taylor Method" of string change because it is pretty simple and works for electric and acoustic guitars.

I'm wondering at that comment too... unless you put VERY heavy gauge strings (Like 13's or higher with a heavy .52.on the LOW E.) on a Les Paul which usually has "10's or 11's " (low E 1st string).... The heavier gauge has more string tension and without a neck adjustment could affect the action. The nut slots might be too narrow also.. Sounds like the store really messed up on this one... I wouldn't let them touch anything of mine again if I were you...

I've named mine: Blonde, SandraD, Grandpa!

I would run out of names too quickly. Ben

Apparently our Jack Pearson was honored by the Tennessee State Capital. I say "our" because he has been on our Live Lessons and at the Guitar Gathering. I met Jack last year on the Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea Cruise and what a nice, humble man. I got to speak with him for about 15 minutes after one of his workshops. There is a also video of his playing "Tennessee Waltz" at the Tennessee Senate and I'll see if I can find it and post it as well. I got this from Facebook.