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Nice! Good one!    IP gives you away though

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   My messenger name for Yahoo is "paintermanone" I used it before I got back into guitar... I have an easel in the corner of the music room Me and the wife are both into art. I do a lot of sketching, charcoal rubs, and painting. Just an old hobby from the college days when I was really into it. The wife is a better painter though... She has turned her hobby into a nice little side business of painting custom murals.

That's great Wayne! I have a few friends from around the world that I play with online and that may be an option for you as well. If you have a messenger service, like yahoo messenger, you can do a pc to pc call for audio and then activate your webcams for a video feed. This way it's almost like sitting across from one another. You get to see and hear the other person and it's all free! If you're not familier with this and are interested just let me know and maybe I can carry you through the steps and we'll even give it a quick test run, so that you and her can make use of it.  Best of luck and I hope she sticks with it. -Pix

If you have an extra say $25 -35 bucks, I'd recommend ordering a crowning file for the frets. You'll find it very usefull in the long run, that is, If you can keep track of it I seem to have to order one every few months. Stew-Mac or Luthiers merch. are both good suppliers. Sanding them removes the crown and can cause intonation issues and or buzzing, not to mention the fact that you will have to replace them much sooner. Here's a link to the one I usually use  http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting_su … _File.html Though, there are are less expensive ones available that work well also...  -Pix

Check the fret really well and make sure it's smooth. Make sure your fretting finger nails are cut short and are smooth. They can nick the string causing premature breakage... I use aquilas on both of my baritone ukes and have never had any break issues in DGBE tuning. If you want to try anouther brand, Worth strings would be my next choice.

G strings have the smallest core diameter of any other string and are always easier to break. The winding just makes them look thicker than say the B & E strings but they are still the most fragile... -Pix

Have you tried changing it from the profile page??

Cool, That's a good idea! Just for refrence... The sensors and coil do have to be removed by you before they can be checked individually.  They have to be bench tested inside. The scan should pick them up anyway though. I just didn't want you to show up and tell them to check the sensors individually because of my advice

The MAF (Mass airflow sensor) on fords, usually will make it sputter during idle but it usually levels out with some gas....  This is also referred to as a TPS (Throttle position sensor) on most other models...  Ford uses the MAF as a TPS on some of their vehicles... So you may have both or just the MAF.. If it's located on top of the air induction chances are you only have the MAF.  if you have both than it would more than likely be the TPS rather than the MAF, But again that should have shown up on a scan...  Also you may want to check out the Crank or Cam position sensor, These took the place of distibutors when electronic ignition took over and they tell your engine when to fire... They can also cause your problem.  90% of these sensors ( MAF, TPS, CPS, MAP...) can be checked at Autozone to see if they are bad before you buy a new one. Even the coil can be checked. So before you go and buy a lot of parts have them to check them for you. If they say they can't, then ask for the manager and he will make sure it get's done for you. Sometimes the employees love to just say it's not possible instead of actually taking the time to help a customer properly... Sorry I'm just thinking/writting out loud here...:)

There's a guy that stays down the block and drives a very nice Porsche, He has a bumper sticker on it that says "My other car is a Pinto"

I love to cook! I'll chime in with a few good recipes shortly... A little too busy to type them out at the moment

I would offer up a recipe....But from your previous description, I think you allready have my wifes

Cool Norm! I like Ray, I play a couple of his myself... "Forever My Friend" and I've dabbled with "Jolene", but haven't sat down and learned it proper yet. I have trouble with some of his vocals, so I havent' gave him much play time.. Love his work though. -Pix