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You gotta stop gittin in fights in them road houses. It's rough on them boys ...

OK .. for both your enjoyment and your neighbor I put some Italian songs on http://pjp-songwriting.blogspot.com/ You have to hit page down a couple times to get below the jazz stuff. The htm squinches the chords so you may have to mess a while to figure out the place where chords change (i put the you tube video in too so you'll know how the tune goes). Remember you have to make the tips of all your fingers touch the tips of your thumb -- then wave it and say "eh!" for example "eh! My wrista shes-a hurt now .. how can I play for you? why don't you sing to me? Eh?" also .. a companion is a "goombah" It's time to eat:" Se tempo para manjare" (Vena-qua vene qua) I included some Spanish songs too (since this IS San Diego). [There is a spanish song where the singer sasy "I cheated on you three times -- first for courage, second for caprice and third for pleasure -- they all laugh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjGaQyWo5uQ&feature=related (different kind of love song) Tu, que me dejabas Yo que te esperaba Yo que tontament siempre te era fiel Desgraciadamente, hoy fue diferente Me tope con alguien, creo que sin querer Tres veces te engane Tres veces te engane Tres veces te engane La primera por coraje La segunda por capricho La tercera por plaser Tres veces te engane Tres veces te engane Tres veces te engane Y despues de esas tres veces Y despues de esas tres veces No quiero volverte a ver

Keep in mind that all pain relievers do is to mask pain. The healing takes some time (and pain is telling you to lay off until you have a chance to heal). you seem to be young so you ought to expect fast recovery. Get the wrist into s good position for healing and let it heal. When you are better, you will need to do exercises to recovery strength and flexibility (especially the wrist). THEN you can use magnets, pills and acupuncture but be cautious about all three. Too many pills can do liver things, and too fast can set you back in terms or re-injury. Get some advise on long-term recurring pain or later onset pain (such as arthritis) and do what's best for NOW and long term. Lots of guitar players my age wish they had done something earlier.

Since you are a guitar player (and it sounds like you have good insurance) see a sports orthopedic as soon as you can. Get some exercises you can do and do not do stuff that makes it worse. Also ask about arthritis. I have arthritis in my right wrist that hurts but does not stop me. But I know players in their 70s who have had to stop playing (but magnets will eliminate pain while you're playing) (but not to use near pickups). Tell the Doc you are a "sports jock" and you need to use the wrist a lot. If they give you exercises of PT -- take it, do it, do what they say even if you don't think you need it. The younger you are (of course) the better you heal and conversely. There was an old dude in his 80's -- his hands looked like an old oak tree ... but there he sat playing Hank Williams ever 3rd Saturday -- cowboy shirt and cowboy hat (he had a Martin). But I have not seen him in a couple years. (Maybe he's playing upstairs now).

The problem with this kind of a poll is that it is an "all things being equal" sort of question but all things are NEVER equal. All things are variable. So what is best is a moment to moment kind of things. A couple of years ago everybody was buying $50,000 SUV's using home equity loans. Then the housing market crashed and gas went to $5/gallon and Ford and Chrysler closed SUV/truck plants. Auto dealers went broke and closed too. Once upon a time the VW Beetle was a $1700 car that got 30 mpg and could hold 4 big people. Things change. Variables vary. Guitars come in many brands, many colors and many configurations and then you can continue to change them all the time you own them (after market add ons, etc). One thing that is absolutely certain: a guitar is worth exactly what a willing seller will sell it for to a willing buyer. At that moment in time that is exactly what that guitar is worth. BUT IMMEDIATELY the value of the guitar changes and the new owner may have entirely different valuation and would not sell it for twice as much or may have to pawn it for grocery money. It is a moving target to say the least. Generally speaking Gibsons, Martins, Taylors (and one or two other well known brands have consistently superior workmanship over decades (70-100-150 years) and so that translates into value (constantly changing value). Same for horns, cars, firearms, planes, boats ... and some cars. How do you feel about your Gibson compared to what other guitars you won (or what you see in stores today)? is it worth MORE or LESS? Why? What factors go it to how you feel about your guitars?