bwillard

My daughter and wife both mentioned the same thing. I'll have to add my Taylor. Thank you!

So in the new forum I can't display a list of my guitars (too long for the signature) so I created a website for my guitars. You can click on the My Guitars link below in my signature. It is a work in progress and I'm missing quite a few pictures. It was a fun little project to work on. I showed my wife last night and she was impressed that she was mentioned so many times. She even sent a link to one of her co-workers. Is that license to get another one? Let me know if you see any errors. Ben

Yep. It is part of the setup I do on them. First thing I usually do when I get one home is change the strings, oil the fret board, and do a complete set up. Thanks Greg Voros for the set up course!!! I buy most of my guitars at Guitar Center. I don't trust where most of those teenager's hands have been.

I adjust the pickup height in all of my guitars when I purchase them. I also adjust the individual pole pieces to match the radius of the fret board. I know you can't adjust pole pieces on the mini humbuckers but you can adjust them to factory specs at the high and low E strings. Ben

In the old forum I posted my NGD for my new ES-339. In the post I explained that my wife bought me an ES-335 Studio for Christmas and totally surprised me. She even hid it over at my parents house so I wouldn't know that she bought it. I pretty much thought that Christmas was over and she brought it out. A TOTAL surprise! The only problem is that I already have an ES-335. There was the ES-339 at the local Guitar Center that I had my eye on. I asked her if it was OK to trade in the ES-335 and get the ES-339 and she told me that whatever I wanted to do was fine. I played the ES-335 for a day and really liked it, but there was that ES-339 on the wall at Guitar Center. I took her with me the day after Christmas to show her the ES-339 and she thought it was an awesome guitar too. I guess the biggest factor in my decision to trade in the ES-335 was that it was used and missing the Certificate of Authenticity. So back it went. I really like the ES-339 and played it for a couple of weeks. I just kept thinking about that darn ES-335. My wife has never actually bought me a guitar before. She's been there almost every time I purchased one, but never gone out on her own and purchased a guitar. I was feeling the guilt. I was actually at Guitar Center talking to one of the employees I know (which is most of them) and I mentioned that I would love to have that guitar if it had the Certificate of Authenticity. He told me he would see what he could do. It hung on the wall for a couple of weeks and I kept dropping by and asking about the Certificate. The Guitar Center employee kept saying that he was too busy and he would see if he could track it down when he got a chance. I learned later that someone came in and played the ES-335 for about an hour and was close to buying it. That made him remember that he promised me he would check on the Certificate. Luckily for me, the guy didn't buy it and they were able to track down the Certificate. Short story long, here is my new-to-me 2016 ES-335 in Ginger Burst: A closeup: And the beautiful back too: It did have a problem with the bridge pickup. This was my first time working on a hollow body with no access plate and let me tell you - it sucks! I had to pull the pots through the F hole, work on them, and pull them back through. Not fun. It's working great now! Part of the reason I bought it back was that it sounded so good (and, you know, because my wife bought it for me)! Ben

I'm on the Advanced workout. I can get to sixteenth notes at 80 BPM but really struggle above that. The more I try at the higher speeds, the easier the lower speeds seem to be. Another one that I just need to stick with. Has anyone conquered the Advanced workout yet?

Although I have a love for Gibson guitars, I don't really care for the acoustic models. I REALLY like Taylor acoustics. I have a 210e that sounds great. Someday I will probably upgrade to one of the higher series of Taylors. Ben

lol. Yeah, my wife would KILL me! Ben

Another question I don't think I can answer. Ben

I have to pick one? Can't do it.

I really like that color. Congratulations!!! Ben

I've always wanted to go to Chicago Music Exchange. Maybe someday!

Thanks Steve for everything you do!!!