uncle fester

Well explained, thank you.

I'm interested to hear what are the characteristics of a good capo. I've got a $12 Kyser that clamps on, so very basic. I only do a couple songs, and no real hard strumming, and haven't noticed any issues. Will be interesting to hear the review says and magic characteristics I'm missing.

Ain’t no sunshine when you’re gone - bill whithers

Mary Janes Last Dance - Tom Petty

People are strange - the doors

fur elise - beethoven

Apologies for the newbie question, but would the below type of changes mirror the type of changes you'd expect an old / vintage (and regularly played) guitar to exhibit, or is it more a way to take the harshness out of a guitar and add balance within and across the registers? And if so, why is that a good thing? Thanks to anyone for input. Rgds - billroy

Good stuff PB!

Before all the educated folks weigh in, I'll throw in my 2 cents. I've got a 2018 J45 vintage, and have a hankerin' for a K&K pick up through a Tonedexter pedal... to me that will replicate the sound of your guitar best, but does require the additional pedal.

:) Trigger Now that's a guitar with character, as noted in the opening statements, 'you hear the guitar and you know it's Willie Nelson before he even starts to sing...' Nice story, thank you for the lead!

I've heard a few folks mention removing their pick guards. Do you use the guitar for mostly / strictly finger picking? If not, isn't there a concern of the pick wearing down / scratching up the front of the guitar? I love the look without them, but do feel they're functional.

On my J45 - the very pointy part of my pick guard under the sound hole is coming up just barely, and does catch on a cloth if I'm cleaning it etc... was going to take it to a luthier to deal with, but there's a couple of tricks in this thread I may try.

Wow Doug, great song... a lot of lyrics are close to home, cheers to you, cheers to good dads. On a more technical side - how are you going about the recordings, are you doing video and sound together - or are they two separate things. What mics, audio recording, video SW are you using - how do you do the picture in picture. Rgds - billroy

On another thread, someone mentioned giving up smoking - this is one i wrote when i was 12 days in to giving up... caffeine. In honor of anyone giving up anything - one day at a time my friend! I call it 'Itch'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-Qakybyx_4

I just put Martin Eric Claptons (13 - 56?) on my Guild. I like them, and is why I switched away from the Martin Retros on my J45 - but maybe a little childishly, I wasn't hot on the idea of putting Martin strings on my Gibson.

Thank you all, ended up going with the D'Addario EJ19s (12-56). I've got to give it a little time to see how it feels overall, but I replaced Martin Retros that I put on it, and I've got to tell you - I'm happy to be back in the PB family.

Hi All, I'm testing out a couple string choices, and was reading this thread for options. One thing stated is most folks are recommending going with 12s... opposed to 11s, and 13s are not even in the discussion. Is there a reason to stay away from 13s (it's what I've been playing for awhile, I've convinced myself they have a fuller sound). Thanks for any input.. Rgds - billroy

Very nice T-Sal, my wife asked if that was Mark Knopfler - I told her it wasn't such a hack. Really like your originals!

Sorry, the link wasn't working Very Pretty Lady

Here's an original on my new J45. Trying to learn to record, and sing... and play - but I got a honey, and she wanted a song. Thanks for listening (or at least thanks for letting me post ;) ! Very Pretty Lady Rgds - billroy

Even though there seems to be more guitars from Japan, I'm still not comfortable buying from overseas. Too many variables and too far to deal with them. Somewhere within N. America (maybe the UK) with a return policy is where I've settled on if push comes to shove and my next guitar comes from the mail order route.

Wow - and a very merry Christmas to you!!! I'll keep my eyes posted on the used front, just nothing out there right now. Good luck to a speedy delivery and enjoy your new family member!

An update everybody, just heard back from Wildwood guitars and Gibson has discontinued the songwriter deluxe standard version. Maybe the reason there aren't many out there isn't because folks bought them and they liked them, but that folks never bought them in the first place. Too bad - it's a fine looking guitar in my opinion.

Thank you all