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My two cents are'nt worth much , L O L .. But I have to agree with admin .. I was trying to figure out why that topic was posted at all , much less allowed to continue .. In my shop where my friends come to jam , I have a sign on the wall that says :  Do you remember the song ," The One on the Right was in the Middle " ?  Good , leave your politics in your guitar case where they don't have anyone to argue with !!
Hey , like I said , just my two cents ..................
                  Jerry

O M G ...... Arkady said it !!
Wires and cords .........
Now I myself am far from perfect , as I'm sure you have all noticed , L O L ...
But I keep all my cords that we use for music in a gig case and each cord is wound up neatly and secured with a little velcro doodad ... Anything short of that drives me around the bend ...
My little bro. and my bro. in law show up to a jam session and open a bag and dump the contents on the floor and I swear to God it looks like a snake pit .. Then they will spend twenty minutes trying to untangle the mess of cords to find the one or two that they need .... Of course I wonder if they do it because they know that I can't handle it ... Sometimes I will just leave and go find something else to do while this is going on .....
They tell me that I have a cord fetish and I need therapy , L O L ........
Even my pretty little wife has learned not to agravate it ..
One time about ten years ago , she said she was going to vacuum out her car .. Now in my shop I probably have ten or twelve extension cards hanging , all neatly wound up .. Everything from fifteen ft. to a hundred ft. When I was leaving I told her to grab a cord , so she could do it outside , about eight ft. from an outlet ... When I got back there was a hundred ft. cord all wadded up hanging on the hook .. I did'nt say a word , I simply placed it in her car ... The next day it was hanging on it's hook all wound up neatly like all the rest .........
Other than the cord thing , I'm pretty easy going , L O L . Well , except maybe  for those people that think the whole neiborhood wants to listen to their tunes when they drive around ........
                  Jerry

Hi All ,
     Jerry , from Detroit Lakes , Minnesota , U S A ....
Fifty four years old , been playing guitar for forty four of them , fiddle for eight .. Love them both dearly , but can never learn enough , L O L ......
    Hey Jim Busch , did'nt know that I had another Chordie so close , L O L .... You ever get up this way ??
              Jerry

Hi ,
Don't know much about the mandos , but have played and set up lot of fiddles ( or violins ) over the years ... The only difference is the style of music .. Although some fiddlers like their bridge set up a little flatter .. Easier to play three note chords ?? I prefer it the other way . Easier to keep playing after I've had a few ..
L O L .......
   Although I do like the one about the case or the gunny sack .......... L O L .....
                 Jerry

Hey Gecko ,
   I love the way most guitar pickers are terrified of violins .. The way Upyerkilt does it is also the way I do it with mine ( all eight of them ) .. By the way , if the instrument does'nt have fine tuners , you can get them at any music store cheap .. If you don't want the kind that install on the tailpiece , you can use the ones that just slip under the string .. Well worth the little bit of time and money ... Also , if the peg itself is slipping , there's is a product available that stops this , the stuff I use is called " Peg Drops " , and it works very well .. Violins are'nt as delicate as people think .. The two of mine that I use as workhorses take a beating .. The most important thing , is to protect them from abrupt temp. changes , also takes away a lot of the tuning problems ...
                    Jerry

Hey Guildman ,
   Can't help with your posting , but curious about you screen name . What model Guilds do you play  ?
I have three in my small collection .....'99 F-65 CE  ,
  '97 F-30 NT , and a
'65 F-30 ......my little bro's got a '99 D-4 that I play any time I can get my hands on it . L O L .........
                    Jerry

Hey R ,
   I can tell you from experience , that unless these guys are into it , nothing you do or say is going to matter a bit . I've gotten together with people in the past that were such good singers and musicians that they could just go out on their own and make good money playing out , but they just had no motivation whatsoever . If this has gone on like this for this long , you're better off knowing now that they're undependable . That's the last thing you need when you're just starting out . To have people not show up for a gig.....................

                     Jerry

Here , Here.......
  Welcome back Murasame ,
  I guess I must have missed these postings . But if they concerned disagreements , I think we can all agree to disagree at times . As long as the postings are kept in the spirit of good faith and cooperation , I think sometimes we can actually learn from them .........
  One problem comes in when every one involved needs to get the last word in .
( I'm as guilty as anyone ) , but when I see things warming up , I try to just end it on a light note or just walk away ...............
   We want to keep this site educational and fun for everyone ...................

                       Jerry

Hey Guys ,
   I used to love to light one candle , turn off all the lights , crack a beer and sit back with my guitar plugged in to my old four track . Sometimes it would amaze me what would come out . Excellent for getting creative stuff going .........
   Hey Cytania , do you remember the scene in that movie where Dreyfuss's room mate played by Marsha
Mason , walks in to the room and turns on the light , and there he is naked with his guitar ?? It was pretty good............

                     Jerry

C,mon People ,
   Don't tell me nobody slow dances anymore , even with your husbands or wives ??

                      Jerry

Zurf ,
   The Beach Boys song you're thinking of is " Surf City " . I think the first line goes.................
  " Got a thirty nine wagon , and we call it a woody ........
surf city here we come......."
   And how about " Fun Fun Fun , till her daddy takes the T-Bird away...............

                     Jerry

   (  Boy , this stuff is bringing back too many memories ).............L O L .