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"Put up" with your toddler!?  She was a highlight! I am sorry that I didn't know Gabriel was coming, else I'd have brought him a practice band and given him a lesson.

When I had nylon strung guitars, I used LaBella at the recommendation of the folks at my local guitar shop. I liked them real well, and they seemed to last a long time too.

Grandolph - First point, thanks for joining us in the forums. Glad to have you here. Don't be a stranger once you get your issue resolved.

Second point is that I'm going to move your post to a forum where I think you'll get more attention, though Classical Guitar may be on to something.  I'll leave a redirect so that you'll be able to find your post when you return.

The first and most important thing is that I just noticed Jx3's new title, and I approve of that message.

Secondly, my life is so upside-down, I don't know whether July or August is better, and I'm just a little confused about which comes first.  I'm away from home pretty much all of March, so it will either take some serious brownie points to get me to BYG this year, or days spent with my funny little honey at New York finger lakes wineries.  I think Sonya would enjoy herself at one of these gatherings, but it would probably top her list of "most redneck things I've done." Especially if Jim is in charge of the fire. City girl, you know.

I should drive down if Beamer is coming!

As for my guitar, I just use a decent cleaner (my favorite so far is a thin cream finish from Martin) and wide it down.  On an acoustic anyway, I'd think that something like wax would have an impact on the resonance of the wood. Maybe not. I could just be paranoid. Or lazy. Probably the latter.

If Jeff puts his J45 in, then I want to be the first recipient.

In my opinion, Genesee is to beer what Big Macs are to burgers. A Big Mac isn't really a burger, but it is burger like. There are much better burgers-like things out there, but sometimes nothing but a Big Mac will do.

I think Whitewater was the last person to have it. He hasn't been on in a long time, and I know he had some serious health issues. I hope he's pulled through, but I'm betting that mailing picks out was not high on his priority list. I can't blame him for that. God bless him. So, I think if we want to restart picks around the world, that would be awesome, but let's have some kind thoughts for Whitewater as we do it and hope the best for him whether on this Earth or otherwise.

Peatle is always welcome at my campfire too.

Unfortunately for Peatle, that's not much of a distinction, because I haven't met anyone from Chordie in real life who didn't become an immediate friend. I still miss Astronomical (who I didn't meet in real life, but on Skype jams) and Chris and his wife BJ (I forget his screen name, and Billie Jo never had one). I get to see Detman every once in a while. He's into archery and doesn't live far from me, so we have gotten together at the 3D range from time to time.

I found some that I like, also the Tortex. I think they're the .73 size. Anyway, I've got a tub of picks that I keep handy and rummage around in it for one that feels like I want to use it at that particular time.

That's a cool song, but I doubt that I'll learn it this month. I will put it in the queue for learning, though. I had never considered it, but I think you're right that it is in my wheelhouse at least picking wise. I could never sing so well as that, though! Not without rubbing the right kind of lamp, anyway. Another that popped out while digging around in lessons was Dog and Butterfly.  I loved that song back in the day and haven't heard it in a long, long time. It fits in perfectly with my Sissified 70's Folk/Pop genre.