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On the thumb pick - I cut it to a low profile pick.

It's a bunch of musicians.  I thought that was a given.

I think Amy advised gel treatment for nails.  For the life of me, it sounded like a fiberglass & resin buildup for canoe repairs.  Which would probably work.  I tried some super glue and paper fiber layering and filing and it works in the short run.  Proper mesh instead of paper fiber, and proper resin instead of super glue would be a whole lot better.  Still probably wouldn't be the thing for finger picking a 12 string, though, because the nails get awfully thick that way. 

I'm going to have to do some shaping.  The metal Alaska picks are flat, and have to be curved around the fingers.  I did it by hand yesterday, but the result was poor curves that caught on one another.  So I'll redo it this weekend with some proper tools (which fortunately means a trip to the adult toy store of Harbor Freight Tools!).

Cool! That venue looks like one that is literally in my backyard.  Ok, their property literally abutts my back yard, as long as we're being literal.

Nothing like a great guitar to encourage practice.

All the most mediocre fat guitar players are wearing them... And Wayne.

Here's a link to my SmugMug album of the event.  It's all raw.  I haven't edited for content, duplicates, eyes looking where they shouldn't (sorry Wayne but your wife is a knock-out), or any of that stuff.  I did label best as I could, but a lot of names I didn't catch and some I didn't care to remember. 

http://zurf.smugmug.com/Other/Chordiest … 495_mtStGP

If you don't have time to look at all 8 pages, here are some highlights:

Jeff "Topdown" Taylor. If I ever leave my wife, it will be for that Gibson J45 Jeff is playing. 

Roger Guppy (aka The Troubleguppy)

Robert Steven "Topdawg" O'Neal, Jeff "Topdown" Taylor and Cowboy Keith Fulp (aka N.E.D.)

Wayne Baye

Two of the original Chordians, Toney "Southpaw41" and Roger Guppy meeting in person after 10 years of cyber-friendship.

Roscoe Jones playing and singing in Jeff's house.  Topdown was tickled pink.

Yours truly (Zurf), and Ken "Dirty Ed" Willis seated, Wayne Baye standing behind. 

Ken "Dirty Ed" Willis. 

And there is photographic evidence that I played at least one song. It wasn't all just hugging beautiful women (though I'm pleased that there was a lot of that).

Chordiestock. If you can make it. Go.

Call it fusion and take another trip around the buffett.  You sure made it sound tasty.

Nevertheless, the gold lame` suit would be a riot.

I'm glad you guys had a good time.  I always enjoy watching his videos.  He seems to have a very good time playing the guitar.

Excellent!  Happy NGD. 

I used to fast on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  One year, I had just started a new job and received the first invitation to come join some of the fellows for a drink after work.  So I went and had a couple beers on an empty stomach.  Bad choice.  So that I could sober up before going home, I shopped a bit at a pawn shop and in my appropriately disinhibited state purchased a bass guitar.  Turned out it was a heck of a deal - because it needed some work.  But I did the work and have a real workhorse of a classic bass for $125 at the pawn shop and a couple hundred in parts spread over the course of several years.  Then I took up guitar and the poor things been gathering dust. 

- Zurf