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Would love to hear more of your opinions on the Breedlove. I'm shopping for a smaller bodied guitar for Slackkey and Ragtime and have been eyeing the Breedlove om/sm at Elderlys.... We don't have any locally to try and was wondering how you would compare them tonally to say martin or taylor? Also What kind of fretboard radius do they have? I like a little curve to mine, like taylor or Yairi. Do you know how well they respond to bare finger picking? I know they have pre-war style scalloped bracing so should be fairly responsive but would love some feedback prior to ordering

Hey Maximumod and Welcome to Chordie!

Now lets talk Zager I hate to disagree with your post but am going to Denny Zager sells fairly cheap import guitars (mostly). Solid top, laminate backs similar in quality to almost any other "Martin Copy" import at half the price. All he does is set them up with his so called "String Science" and doubles the price. He widens the string spacing at the nut some and lowers the action... How well he does these are debateable... Several owners I've spoke to have complained about the strings being spaced so far that they have a tendency to slip off the fretboard and buzz during aggressive play. His website is very misleading as to the quality of his guitars and only after having several conversations with Denny himself did I finally worm the truth out of him... Don't get me wrong though, His guitars are OK, But way overpriced for what you get. For the price of his Zad line you can get into some real all solid models that are far better values IMO. It's like they always say "If it seems to good to be true, It probably is".  The problem with getting a custom set up from him is location and enviroment... Chances are the humidity and temp in your area will not match his, so even if he does set it up perfect when he has it, by the time it's shipped out and arrives at your location the set up has changed due to the change in environment. Of course these are just my opinions and your mileage may vary   All the best! -Pix

I will add that I've heard great things about his customer service!!

Yea Fiber optics will rule the market in the coming years! Straight out of college I worked for a company called Sumitomo Electric... I built fiber optic data cables for major airlines computer systems.... When we first started the market was fairly new and was slow, but the last few years the market has really opened up and orders have poured in from other "Consumer based" markets... Audio, video, computer, etc.. are starting to turn to fiber optics. I agree with Jerome, the markets are definitely turning and the consumers will reap the rewards.  Now all we need is for graphene (pure carbon) to hit the electronics market and we'll really be set

Quilted just describes the grain character of the wood.... It will be a laminate top. Essentially it will be a plywood top for that model with a pretty veneer of quilted maple on top for cosmetics. It has no effect on the tone of the guitar. Solid Quilted maple is sometimes used as a back and side wood but seldom used as a top wood. In general Maple is a fairly bright sounding tone wood with a quick attack.. Here's a pic of the quilted maple back on my '95 S&P Pro

The Takamine you're looking at has some excellent electronics and would be a great stage, recording, or plugged in guitar but you'll probably find the unplugged sound wanting... As always ,if you can, try one before you purchase to be sure it will fit your needs. Best of luck in your search! -Pix

Congrats! Jamplay is a great resource for sure! I've used their lessons in the past for Hawaiian Slack Key and was very pleased.

Don't know... Sorry, I just found the site today myself

Happy anniversary to you and wife Zurf! Funny I always imagined you as more folk or country...Never thought I'd hear of you rapping

I used to be able to... I just tried to from your page though and the dowload window wouldn't appear... So they may have changed something... Or sometimes my real player is finicky and won't record for a day or 2 at the time so it could just be a temporary problem. I've got tracks in my library that I downloaded in the past so I know it used to work... I'll keep trying it through the day and If i get it to work I'll let you know how.. A window used to appear when I was listening to the track and give me option to download to RealPlayer...

Hey Roger and Welcome to Chordie! You can string it as a 6 with no real problems... However you may lose some tone. Guitars are made to work with a givin amount of pressure on the top. 12 strings require more pressure to bring it to that resonate state because of their heavier bracing they have to stand up to the tension of 12 strings... If you go to only 6 strings you considerably reduce that pressure and the top won't vibrate/produce sound as well. You can counteract this by using a heavier gauge string to add some of that tension back. I'd start with mediums but you may have to move up to med/heavys before the sounds back were it should be. -Pix

Tacomas are reall great guitars IMO... Was it a new model or a pre-fender buy out model.  The pre-fender ones are getting very collectable and their value is steadily rising. The newer models are great as well. Got a model # for us so we can take a peek

Since we're on this subject.....The other night I gave the boys (I have 3 sons 11,9,& 7) a choice of desserts after supper. The choices were a snack cake, an apple or strawberry jello. The 7 year old said he had to have jello... Curious as to how he said he had to have it, I asked why?? He stated very matter of factly, that he liked jello because it changed his poop to red and that was better than the ugly brown color it usually was

Not exactly a Christmas tune but it's turned into a holiday classic  (sort of)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrd9p47M … re=related It's fun to play and belt out After a few, this is fun to play for thanksgiving...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z27FKwu … re=related Get's lots of laughs!