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He's OK with it. 

- Zurf

I think it's just me.  I can't make my ring finger on the right hand bend the way it needs to, so I have to use both my index and pinky finger to press the three strings that need pressing.  Then to crank down on the strings in the way that I need to to get a good clean sound it's tough because my index and my other fingers need slightly different angles and I only have the one right hand. 

- Zurf

Been practicing it for years.  It's just not coming around.

I still don't have money.  Thinking on Takemine GS330.  Thinking on a Martin X series.  Thinking on a Seagull.  Thinking on a lot of things.

You have put your finger on it (so to speak). 

- Zurf

Tequila Sunrise is easy.  All the lead notes are either on the fourth fret, the second fret, or open string.  It's trying to fit it all together with the strum pattern in a Carter style thing that makes it hard.  The Eagles had a country-tinged rock song with it.  I'm trying to take it all the way Country.  There's no sense in doing what the Eagles already did.

- Zurf

Thanks Jerome.  That's a good idea.  The infamous (within Bluegrass circles) Luckett's Community Center is just up the road a piece.  They just had their big festival last weekend when I was out of town unfortunately.  I'm not entirely sold on a Martin as the ONLY possible guitar.  I'm thinking it might be nice to have a cedar topped guitar for a little different sound.  Seagull and Takemine and Ibanez all make reasonably priced cedar topped guitars.

We're good here.  My brother who lives much closer to the shore is also fine.  We were worried about him.  They're without power, but they've got a ton of coolers filled with essentials and a full tank of propane on the grill.  So they're fine. 

- Zurf

First, welcome to Chordie.  I look forward to your input. 

As far as songs for keyboard and guitar go, pretty much every folk, country, alternate country, rock and alternate rock song ever written, plus nearly all jazz songs. 

That said, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young songs feature both guitar and keyboard and may be a good place to start.  Also Willie Nelson is a genius with country soloing and regularly features his sister playing a honky-tonk style piano, so you may want to spend some time in Youtube looking those up. 

- Zurf

Takemine have a wide range of guitars just as Yamaha does.  Their best guitars are comparable in quality to Taylors and Larrivees and such.  There are many prominent stage artists who use Takemine guitars.  Their lower end guitars are usually good values for the money, but I wouldn't say they compare well to a Martin or Guild or other guitars that start in the middle and go up. 

So I guess it all depends on the model. 

- Zurf

It's pretty all right.  If it sounds like the other Alvarez's I've heard the looks are only half the story. 

- Zurf

I deal with government auditors on a regular basis as part of my job.  Of the ones I have had direct contact with, they've all been of a mind to try to get contractors like ourselves compliant with regulations IF they see good intent.  Of course, when they're dealing with me I obviously demonstrate good intent.  I wouldn't work for a company that didn't have it.  That said, when it comes to law enforcement, it seems like it's a whole different kettle of fish.  The idea there is raid, threaten, take a cut, "settle", let the business go back to going about their business.  It's disgusting that good, honest, hard-working, well-intentioned people such as we have in law enforcement in this country are being abused by their superiors who send them out to act like mob henchmen shaking down a new business on their turf seeking "protection money".  Disgusting.  Absolutely disgusting. 

- Zurf