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Clayton!!! Thats the name of the pick I was given!!!!
Thank you!!!

Dm

Oh my goodness!! That's awesome!!!

Thanks!!!
You just made life that much easier.

Dm

Hey Jaygordon!
yes, it's the 3 saddle tele style bridge and it sounds soooo good!!

Here are some pics. I will upload an audio file eventually when I find some free time.

The guitar sounds GREAT!! No more death-rattle in the saddles.
No more shifting saddle screws!! No more unpredictable rattling when I palm mute at the bridge! And the guitar actually has more sustain and it sounds mellower. The old bridge had this really harsh trebly sound that I had to compensate for by turning my treble down on my amp. These saddles make the tone more mellow and adds a softness to the sound. I really like it a lot. This bridge is also more comfortable to my hand when I palm mute.

Now all I have left to do is get my frets crowned, polished and levelled and I'm set!!

=]
Dm

Love the stones, but my favorite version of this awesomely beautiful song is by "The Sundays".

This version beats out The Stones' version and is the best I've heard yet.. I don't think it's candy-coated at all, although video's can give that impression sometimes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9lEd5bIbbQ

Dm

Locking tuners have made me WAY lazy!
The last time I changed strings on my acoustic I almost got over-frustrated. I had forgotten how involved changing strings on my acoustic was since I've been playing my electric primarily.

Needless to say, I'm looking for locking tuners for my acoustic...lol.
I know...lazy....

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Dm

Crevs,

    Hey man, good to see you on here again.  I started out playing the minor pentatonic scale up and down just as it's written and let me tell you...ITS BORING!!!

You have to be able to jump around the scale and do bends, hammer ons and slides to vary it up a bit and keep it interesting. Playing scales or improv along with a song is a lot like a relationship. If you don't keep it interesting the partner (Your audience) will get bored and leave.

I started out playing along with backing tracks. I would just do the same one over and over and see how I could change up my scales/lead riffs each time the backing track played.

The extended scales are what set me free too. It's like going from a Scion TC to a BMW 750Li.
The extended scales give you more range and wrap around the fretboard like a spiral.

....for example here is the regular Am Pentatonic on the left VS the extended Am Pentatonic on the right:

-5--8-------|-------------10-12//15--------------------------------------------
-5--8-------|----------8-10//12------------------------------------------------
-5-7--------|--------7-9-------------------------------------------------------
-5-7--------|-----5-7//9-------------------------------------------------------
-5-7--------|-----5-7----------------------------------------------------------
-5--8-------|-3--5//7---------------------------------------------------------                                                                         

See how many more notes you have in there? The "/" indicates a slide so for the first one it would be: 3-(hammer-on)-5-(slide into)-7

Using the Extended version will give you more tonal options when you're soloing/playing lead.
From any point you can convert to another type of scale (Phrygian....blues...major) to get a different sound that matches the chords/chord sequences that are being played by the rhythm instrument or backing track or singer.

You can also use the extended scale to complete a spiral wrap around the fretboard to reach the higher octaves.
What I mean by this is...you see where the extended scale ends on the high-e string at the 15th fret?

e|-------------10-12//15--------------------------------------------
B|----------8-10//12------------------------------------------------
G|--------7-9-------------------------------------------------------
D|-----5-7//9-------------------------------------------------------
A|-----5-7----------------------------------------------------------
E|-3--5//7---------------------------------------------------------             

Well, all you do is after you get to that note on the high-e string....jump down to the low E string at the 15th fret and start the sequence all over again. The connecting sequence looks like this:

e|---------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------20-22------------------------------------------------
G|--------19-21-------------------------------------------------------
D|-----17-19//21-------------------------------------------------------
A|-----17-19----------------------------------------------------------
E|-15--17//19---------------------------------------------------------             

Of course this particular example would be used on a shredder style guitar with 22-24 frets...but you get the idea right?

=p
Dm

I agree with NELA.
Take em to court.
It's what he gets for being a fink about paying you back.

Heck, if I lived closer I'd pay your filing fees.
It's the principle of it all...

>=[
Dm

Wow, this lindo travel guitar sounds good.
Much better than the $20.00 ebay junk I bought 2 years ago while looking for an affordable backpacker guitar.
There's a martin backpacker at the local guitar store but Finance would shoot me if I bought that...lol.

Thanks for the info!

Dm

Thank you Kenny!

One of my Squier '51 board members laid down a lead track on top of my original recording. It sounds GREAT!! I'm so honored and excited!!

Here it is... http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8018213

Dm

Part of the reason I got a Squier 51. Nice FAT neck that fits my big hands.

Dm