[Rick Derringer Live Lesson Thoughts]

you can get little soft plastic things to go on your fingers if playing to long hurts my manager bought some on ebay and you can still play the guitar ......  well he is just starting lol

just type  4 Silicone Guitar Guard Finger Picks Protector into ebay search

when I started  learning i was in the navy and i dipped my fingers in bacardi no joke it works, drank a lot of it too but no good if you've cut the finger that would smart

[Entry Level Nylon String Guitar]

On 1/21/2018 at 5:28 PM, rkl312 said:

Thanks Dave.  Do you feel these older guitars are of higher quality?  I guess my concern would be condition of th neck when I can't have anyone check it out.

hold the string at first fret and last fret and see if there is a gap . gap is not good if more than a mm

look down the fretboard from the body and see if it is straight

at the 12 fret there ought to be no more than the thickness of a dime ( 5p if english)

between the fret and the string tiny bit more if you hit the strings hard 

[Favorite Guitar Picks]

On 1/27/2018 at 1:19 AM, UncleHammy said:

I like Jim Dunlop Nylon picks.  I use .38 or .46 mm for strumming and .73 mm for picking.  Great picks last forever and have a nice grip. 

They aren't pretty.  The lighter the color the lighter the pick. The black picks are the thickest and white is thinnest.  

I use the 60 for strumming and the 73 if i'm forced to play lead 

 

[Favorite Guitar Picks]

On 1/27/2018 at 1:19 AM, UncleHammy said:

I like Jim Dunlop Nylon picks.  I use .38 or .46 mm for strumming and .73 mm for picking.  Great picks last forever and have a nice grip. 

They aren't pretty.  The lighter the color the lighter the pick. The black picks are the thickest and white is thinnest.  

 

On 1/27/2018 at 1:19 AM, UncleHammy said:

I use the 60 for strumming and the 73 if i'm forced to play lead 

 

[Favorite Guitar Picks]

On 1/27/2018 at 1:19 AM, UncleHammy said:

I like Jim Dunlop Nylon picks.  I use .38 or .46 mm for strumming and .73 mm for picking.  Great picks last forever and have a nice grip. 

They aren't pretty.  The lighter the color the lighter the pick. The black picks are the thickest and white is thinnest.  

 

On 1/27/2018 at 1:19 AM, UncleHammy said:

I use the 60 for strumming and the 73 if i'm forced to play lead 

 

[What strings on a hollowbody?]

I've been using ernie ball 10's on the gretsch and they work very well my buddies are always saying, what did you play then? that sounded great.

just thinking i tried 9's on the gretsch and i needed to reset it but they were not as good as the 10's so i had to set it up again when i swapped back

 

kyran