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AS a side note,,, how heavy a grip are you using? this can cause a lot of stress on the thumb.  Have you ever concidered electric?put 9s on there and you can use a feather touch. run it though an amp on a clean setting with a bit of delay and chorus or reverb and chorus  and use your middle or neck or combo of the two P/Ups.  This can can keep you playing and you may not have the pain.

You might also want to consider talking to a guitar instructor who really knows proper form.  I have read that this can cause lots of pain for some people and he might be ablel to advises you on better ways to hold your guitar for doing the chordings you like

Kate,
the way skype works is that one person at a time palys in a circle up to 10 people.Look me up in skype  Scott Sailer  or  beamer or beamer326  I can not remember which one Im logged on as.  What type of music do you like to play?  most of the stuf is on an acoustic, but I have busted out my SG for some distortion   Electric is good no matter what, always find a clean nice tone for most. 

Welcome to Chordie, every one here is great.  ON skype also look for Zurf (He is a Mod here and host a lot of jams and Amy - The chick Mod-   )  Also keep an eye on the general chat box.  that is where ppl post up for the jams.  also its always fun even if its just a one on one jam.  its always better than playing alone.

Peace Love and chickenfried steak!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m0bI82Rz_k

not heavy atall

Bunbun, Collective soul was a great band.  Hints lies and allegations is my favorites
and this song (even though it got over played at the time > with atlanta youth symphony >
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKROlUWkbsQ

Zebra seemed a little two pop for my taste but theyare avery good band.

Do you remember Days of the new>   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z78Y4_WkCAw

A very cool cool that never saw the radio airwaves was Devile Boy by 7Mary3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOPURyjqd-g

keep an eye on my friday threads. i think ill  be posting from these 3 bands some.

Dont paly live for ppl but Im the guy who will try everything i have with the guitar.  flange sounds cool and so does phase.  chorus and delay work good together also.

four dogs.    All pound pups or off the street. and I quit counting cats at 3 house cats. (I cant keep track of the ones we feed from the porch) not to mention one unofficial young raccoon  who has been coming around since a baby. 

I agree a house needs critters! (but damn the vet and food bills!)

As my not to long ago post for NGD showed, Im a big Ovation fan!  back around 93 I found its cusin.  A Kamen SPS that I found at a guitar/pawn shop.  It was made in Mexico, stamped as a second,, it has an imperfect finish on the neck and some other minor stuff,, I traded my Fender tele and a crybaby for it.  It has been my road guitar for 18 yrs and sailed around the world curtasy of the USN.  I recently inheareted a Ovation Pacemaker. It is 37 yrs old and THE BEST 12 STRING! easier to play than my Fender 12.   As to the round backs, it takes slight getting used to but honestly It has never been an issue for me.

heck you can probably get one from MF new and just as cheep if you just need a guest guitar.  Congrats on your 12, I just got  my NGD last month and love it!  Tuning down a half step is less "tinny" sounding on the high strings and less stress on the neck and bridge.  I have found that you need standard tuning for most of Gordon Lightfoot's stuff and a good capo.  Im using a standard capo,, but want one for a 12  It will mute the strings better.

Enjoy your 12!