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New Used Semi-hollow Guitar day. Over the past couple of years, seeing several NGDs for this style of guitar got me thinking I should give one a try so I’ve been playing a few various models at GC the past few visits. This ES-135 was at my local Guitar store and I played it a while back when the price was well above my point. Well this time I guess they decided it had hung on the wall long enough and floored me when I asked what the bottom line was. It was so far below what I expected all I could do was stutter I’ll take it. The guitar is in good shape but not mint. That said this picture didn’t do it justice. It’s a very different animal and I’m enjoying figuring out what it does best.

Definitely in the case is best. It offers protection from low humidity and physical damage. Acoustic guitars are more vulnerable to humidity changes, but all of my guitars stay in the case.

From Taylor guitars, how to recognize the symptoms. SymptomsofaDryGuitar.pdf SymptomsofaWetGuitar.pdf

Has Anybody used the Drone backing tracks to play the pentatonic scales over . Youtube Has A few in the key of A and C . I am sure more. They Have not Time signature so you can play at your own time . Here is a Example .

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

I know exactly where Crystal Lake is. It's a really nice area. We lived in Napervile for a couple years and my son lives in Lyons now. We get back there routinely to see grandkids. One of these next times I'm there we'll get together and jam!?!?

Thank you DianeB for these pdfs.

When I bought my guitar my salesman said to always store in in the case with this little humidifier insert I bought. So I've always done that. In fact when I've left it out overnight after some late practicing I always feel guilty!

Thanks, Justin has quite the song list. I guess what I really want is ten minutes with the Everly Brothers.

Justin Sandercoe is always a great source for song lessons ;

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.

Thanks for the pdf.

Weel done Limatje! Keep us posted on how the sharps and flats are coming along, I will start those myself once I build up more speed on the 5th and 6th strings exercises.

Thanks DianeB

Good luck everyone dealing with the cold!! Luckily, I usually don't have issues anymore with the humidity living in Florida. Normal even in summer is 50-55%. But it has been so cold even here!! It actually dipped into the upper 20's - I know that doesn't seem cold for the northern folks, but our houses weren't built for cold! Pipes are exposed, freezing and breaking everywhere (we insulated ours before it got so cold) and plants going belly-up! My humidity has only dipped to 35%, so still not as bad as a lot of you are having, and we should be back to normal in a few days... When I lived in the mountains of East Tennessee, we had extremes (15-20% in winter, 60-65% in summer). It was difficult to keep the instruments in the optimal conditions. Take care of all those wonderful guitars!!!