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lol a buddy and me were just talking about some of our fellow surfers that urinate in theirs last night/this morning during some stealth surfing....We gave one of the guys a bottle of PO as a hint...:) thought it was funny to get home this morning and find this.   

Time to hit the sack for a few hours... good surf this evening so I get about 4 hrs rest before we head back out  (yawning as I type that, been up for 32 hrs now...)        Green Grass and High Tides my friends! -Chris

Be sure to check the comments section below the song. I've added the strumming patterns in the comments to many different songs here over the years... There's a chance it could be there already. I've been slacking on it lately but will try to get back in the habit of leaving them. Just don't rely on strumming patterns too much. It's always better to learn to feel a song and work it out yourself. That said,
I think a good foundation of preset patterns is a great tool for beginners to pull from for working them out themselves....

Looks great Z!   I could have swore I'd replied to this thread a long time ago........   

I'd say the sandthru on the top is from the factory. Could the reddish brown layer on the back and sides have been the natural or red finish of a different model? It's possible that it was painted black because of the sandthru.....   Is it just the light in the pic or is the top veneer of the top mahogany? I know they use a mahogany/wild cherry/mahogany laminate on the back and sides of some models but most wild cherry models have a WC top veneer like these

Doesn't really matter, it just caught my eye....

Love the soundport! No need to support the inside of the port with that design and it being a laminate sided guitar... If you want to support the center t section of the port, I'd get a piece of an ice cream stick , trim it thinner than your vertical line in the port but about 2 inches longer so it extends past the port 1inch on top and bottom, bend it to match the curve of the shoulder and glue it in place. But as long as your careful not to hit it too hard it'll be fine as is.

Here's the easiest song in the world for guitar IMO...  Let Me Be by Xavier Rudd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS4K28T-eSY

You don't even have to use your fretting hand   Pluck D string then slap strings x2, Pluck G and slap strings x2, and pluck A and slap strings x4.   Repeat and enjoy!

I haven't been playing as much as I should lately but I've been doodling around with "Where's the Love" by Trevor Hall for the past week or so... Here's the song   http://www.youtube.com/user/Guitarpixx? … wdesOZ_5Jk   

Picked this one up last month by the same artist but am still trying to work the percussion out with/on the guitar..... http://www.youtube.com/user/Guitarpixx? … kGH08EpBBc  Really dig this tune 

Not sure of the exact age but it's lower end Alvarez... Nothing special at that price and yea, I'd agree that it's almost surely laminate... In general, adjustable bridges are a sure sign of lower end guitars... Though there are a few exceptions out there... The design didn't take well due to poor sound transference to the top.  I'd suggest looking for a vintage Yairi vs Alvarez. Contrary to popular belief, Yairi and Alvarez are not related and are totally different guitars... Alvarez just happens to be the distributor for the US market, elsewhere in the world they are known simply as K yairi's...  Old yamahas are nice and have great tone (especially the nippon gakki's) but almost all will need a neck reset.  They are known for being weak in that area and most often the cost of restoring outweighs the benefits.

I believe that would be a '79 year model. Nao is correct about the S suffix on taks indicating solid toped models...

Just for a little back ground on the lawsuit models....  Takamine was originally contacted by Martin guitars to build build their Sigma guitars. Takamine already had a large supply of their materials and build plans when Martin backed out and went with a different company for the project. So Takamine went ahead with the guitars under their own name....  So basically the older "lawsuit" Tak's are the same guitars as the Martin sigma's.... Many believe the Taks were better built and sounded better tonally than the production sigma's...    Oh, and there never was a lawsuit, just a threat of one.

Tried master level   Didn't miss any but was a little slow, had 4 left to answer when time ran out.   I can see myself using this a lot!  Thanks for the link!

That was fun.... I scored 530 first try with 15 seconds left on the clock. Seems I'm ready for the next level...   Great practice tool

okay... weren't sure if you were asking for songs for the ladies (that kind of player )