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Howdy Mixter,

  I remember California Flea Markets!  Used to find some good deals down in the LA area a few years back.  You might look up ads for the next weekend and see if there's another going on in your area.... sometimes not selling at one brings the dealers back to others in the vicinity the following weekend.  Just a thought.  I used to bump into the same group regularly all over the South Bay area.  Of course there is never any guarantee that they ACTUALLY owned half the stuff they were peddling..... seems to me lots of car parts!  Car stereos, racing transmissions, wheels and tires, tools, and the kinds of things one could acquire late at night with nothing more than a bolt cutter and a little imagination.  LOL.

Take Care, and Good Luck!
Doug

Hi Torquil,

  I think they are an entry level Banjo of Asian manufacture (not that there's anything wrong with that) the company has been around for awhile and also build Guitars and Mandolins.  Like anything else, do a little research and look it over well for defects and such.... like most things, quality may vary and you can come across a gem once in awhile.

Take Care;
Doug

Roger.... I feel your pain!!!

  Mahogany huh?  Nice straight grained stuff and although it can be a bit resinous, should be able to be re-glued.  It doesn't look like it splintered too much so you might be able to get the broken piece aligned to the point that it should pretty much disappear.  It would be nice to sneak a dowel joint under the beefy end of the break though to get a bit of shear strength so you don't have to totally rely on the glue joint.  I have often considered that the strings should wind towards the center on slotheads so the stress is mostly on the center of the head, and more winds on the tuner posts to make it so.  How'd this happen, impact?

In Sympathy;
Doug

Howdy Elmo and because you are relatively new here,  Welcome To Chordie!

  Sorry I don't see a link for that tune here for you, somewhere out there it exists I'm sure.... just not at our fingertips presently.
Sometimes the song you are looking for (especially if it is a cover of an original recording) will be listed under the person who originally recorded it or wrote the tune.  Searching for the line of the lyric in the search bar on the home page will sometimes come up with it, if it has been "covered" by another artist rather than the Oakridge Boys (in this case).  Tried that? Nope didn't work for me either.

  You might try another site that I have seen referred to here on Chordie in the past: tabs911.com

  Another thing is you might have better response from the membership in guiding you to a source if this had been posted in the "Song Requests" section rather than in "Acoustic".  Please don't be offended if a Moderator comes along and moves your post there before you get back to this.  They are really good at sorting stuff to put it where it will get more views and you get your answer quicker.

  Again Welcome!  to the largest and possibly best Guitar Forum on the Internet!  There are lots of good people here to lend advice, support, and a dash of humour now and again.  Don't be a stranger and jump right in!

Take Care;
Doug

This sounds like a question for Southpaw41L to me!!!

Hang in there though I'm sure advise is forthcoming.  Welcome to the Chordie Forums by the way!

Personally I'm terminally Right Handed, can't blow my nose with the other hand.  Have friends however that seem to "switch- hit" with no problems.... funny though, most of them are in the music business and have the need to do so regularly.  The rest of us just get stuck at one or the other.  It shouldn't matter though to my mind, unless it's one of those "right brain/left brain" things.

Thanks for posting & Take Care;
Doug

Thanks for the update Zurf!

  Pleased to hear that all seems to have gone well.  Please extend our best wishes to Gary and his family from all of us here at Chordie!

Take Care;
Doug

I'll Second all of the above!

  In my mind the guitar is foremost an ACOUSTIC Instrument, and should be held to the same high standards that you give to your other acoustics in the arsenal.  An A/E that sounds bad un-plugged but sounds good amped is a waste of money.... that's why the Guitar God made electric guitars in the first place.  Not that you shouldn't give due consideration to the plugged in feature as well, because the main reason for going that route (IMO) is so you can get more out of it in the venues that require more Oomph.

  Henry is correct about playing as many as you can in your range, and I would add in as many different shops as are available.  Sometimes you will pass on a nice guitar because the shop you played it in had held it on the wall so long that the strings are dead, or it might be poorly set-up, or the place might have such tight quarters and people around that you can't get a good listen to what it is producing due to background noise or cluttered acoustics.

  Don't be in too much of a rush and you will stumble on the "right" guitar for you at a price you'll be happy with.  Shop around and remember you will (hopefully) be friends for a long time.

Take Care;
Doug

Greetings John, and a hearty Welcome to Chordie!

  There are several good tutorials out there to teach the basics of TAB including some right here on Chordie.  Take a gander at the Resources area.... that being said, When looking at a tab score, you will see patterns of fingering depicted that likely relate to chord shapes that you are familiar with (especially if you have the barre chords down).  Basically you are looking at a numeric guide to where the notes are on the fretboard.  Horizontal lines represent the strings high to low/top to bottom, and the numbers represent the fret where each string is fretted.  Stacked it's a chord strummed, and offset is individual notes picked in the sequence they appear.

  What is lacking is the note name and naturally the time signature that you would get from standard notation (like piano sheet music).

  The rest is familiarity and of course practice!  (darn-it!).

Once again Welcome Aboard! and hang on it just gets better and better!

Take Care;
Doug

Hi Butch,

  Yeah had one in my hands for a short while.  Just a matter of personal preference though, felt a bit light and neck heavy.  Pretty good tone, but not that Jazzy depth that we thought it should have.  Sent it back and replaced it with a Dot which IMHO was closer to the tone of the Emperor.... which makes sense as it is also semi-hollow.  The Casino is a fully hollow bodied instrument and didn't sustain as well as the through body models Epi makes.  The Casino is a bit deeper in body as well, put out a bit more bass, but nothing that couldn't be duplicated with amp settings.

  All three of the models I mention here are fairly large body guitars and the necks are very similar in width and profile, comfortable and fast.  I'm 6 foot and medium weight, no problem getting around the larger bodies.  Do like the balance of a neck through, it stays in the angle you strap it to you without feeling like you have to hold the thing up all the time.

Take Care;
Doug

Hi Doug,

  Actually Guitars & Accessories is likely a better place for this topic, but I'll toss in my tuppence anyway.  You know I'm kinda fond of the under-bridge transducers for a couple of reasons:  They are completely passive and don't require any power source so you don't have any battery hanging in a pouch inside the guitar to come loose and start banging around in there.  Installation is fairly simple and non-destructive to the guitar or it's finish, with the elements super-glued to the inside of the guitar under the bridge so no clamps or screws required.  The connection is at the lower strap pin so only that hole is enlarged to install the jack.  They are really small & light so they don't dampen the vibrations of the top, the sound is very much like the guitar sounds un-plugged just louder through the amp. Costs around $85.00 USD last time I had one installed on a friend's Taylor with excellent results. One other advantage is that you can use your favorite acoustic strings and don't need to go to electric like you do with magnetic pickups... Phosphor Bronze, Silk & Steel, whatever floats your boat.

Take Care & Thanks for posting! 
Doug

Howdy Son Hawk & welcome to the Chordie Forums!

Nice to hear from you.  On to your concerns about the internet being a breach in the hull of our privacy.... maybe it is a little late for that worry.  In the grand scheme of things, it is doubtful that any government agency is all that worked up about a bunch of us old folks chatting about music and making connections with others with similar interests, regardless of our politics etc..  There are active monitoring programs running that are searching the chat logs and IM traffic along with the forums on "radical" websites.  Sifting through the torrent of words seeking out the references that have become the catch-phrases of organizations seeking to promote hostility..... but honestly there still aren't enough resources available to do the kind of searching required to infringe on anyone personally, unless you are on some active watch list somewhere because of something you have been publicly vocal about.

  Vigilance is always a good thing, but don't lose any sleep over it for the moment.  This is still the Land of The Free, and even though it doesn't always seem like the People have the power, and those people who we are most concerned about really are OUR Employees (even though they often forget that).  Freedom isn't free though, we have to keep earning it by using the rights we do have to ensure they aren't arbitrarily taken from us by our own inaction.

Semper Fi;
Doug