Reaper

You should check at a local machine shop. Mostly they'll be set up for metalwork, so they might say no, but that would probably be your best shot.

Speaking of notro, can it be applied over duplicolor without issues?

Well... nitro's nitro, and Duplicolor tends to produce either acrylic lacquers or enamels... you'd be mixing paint types. Definately try it on scrap first, and I wouldn't hold my breath.

Ying-Yang

Night/Day

They are one of my favorite bands, although their older stuff is better than the new stuff. It's too bad not too many people really know who they are.

What he said.

I think I might knock up something

Come again?

Anyway, applying a load, like southpa said, will burn out the motor. Your best bet is a pot.

The thumb sounds like a solid plan to me. Keep in mind we're talking about the fretting hand here. Now that it's out there, in fact, I think the thumb might be the BEST option for fretting the low notes on the E. This is hardly "new" or even "poor technique" for that matter. Some chords you can only finger this way, others it just makes it a heck of a lot easier.

Nice that somebody had a good reference, thanks Reaper!

No problem.

sorry i misspelled "mute". anyways, i didnt mean it is stupid, it certainly isnt and im sorry for saying that. what i meant is that it may work for some, but the easier method is clearly just fingerpicking. how is reaching from 2nd fret-5th fret "contorting" your fingers?

It's far more work than a wrapped thumb... the 4/5 thing is the same setup as an open D chord (but two frets up), and I find that it falls in very naturally. The only thing left is the low E, which is taken care of by the thumb.

theres no wrapped thumb thats stupid you dont need one. just either finger pick, or hybrid pick, either way you cant play the song if you use just a pick (unless you must a bunch of strings)... anyways tears in heaven is a relatively easy song, just practice, and ull get it.

It's hardly stupid: it's far easier that contorting your fingers, and it sounds just as good.

And learn to spell.

You mean left hand wise? You can barre. I wouldn't recommend it based on getting unwanted notes from the A and D strings. I have to admit, I've never seen the unplugged vid, so I don't know how EC does it. I would play the E with my index, G with middle and B with ring.

FWIW, the tab book I found had a wrapped thumb on the low E...

function band? ive never heard that before..

I would assume "function" would mean parties, weddings, and the like...

I am getting ready to put a finish on my first guitar, do I need to put any type of finish on the fretboard??

Thanks

Chad

You don't need to (AFAIK). IMO, maple fretboards look best with a gloss finish.

get a nice eppiphone les paul, you can get a nice one for around 400-500 canadian.

or get one from ebay.

I would say go for the Epi G400.

Pawn shop special giutar (univox or something), Boss DS-1 distortion. cheap amp. There ya go. Kurt Cobain's studio setup.

I thought (I may be wrong) that Cobain used a DS-2...

Howdy

I try not to let the name on the guitar decide if i like it or not, if it feels and sounds good to me then ill like it.

There isn't any specific brand that feels better to you in general? I really like the 60s slim-taper neck found on many gibsons.

I'll definately agree with that... the neck on the epiphone G400 (modeled after a 62 SG) is one of my favorites, and offers far more access than even the AANJ.

Any one know where i can buy some 7 string pickup mounting rings from that are metal (chrome)?

Big Tom

warmoth carries them

now if it only had a 1/2" deep gloss finish....

I like it the way it is, with the flat finish.

There are tutorials for this on the main site...

Best stuff I've seen was a two-part we used in school... I don't know a brand name.

nope

for 150 im guessing its not a solid top but meh, if it sounds good to you and plays nicely, then you cant go too wrong - well at least not in the short term anyway

Hope it goes well

I really don't know... it doesn't appear to be ply.

Here's what the specs say: "Dreadnaught Acoustic Guitar with Spruce Top"... don't know if that tells ya anything.

i got a korg- ca30

its small and accurate, and you can plug the guitar into, plus its chromatic so you can tune to any note. and it uses onlt 2 aaa bateries and it runs on that for over a year of regular tuning

I don't think I have that model, but something similar.

I'd recommend any Korg tuner that can be found for less than $20.

Autodesk is going to be the bomb this summer

We used inventor in school... awesome program.

I've kind of been in "need" (you know what I mean...) of an acoustic guitar, so today I went out and bought myself one... I'm not a big spender, so I kept the budget low, and wound up with an Aria (AGP-001N, if anyone cares) for about $150...

(not mine, but the same model)

If nipples are so important for an avatar.  How about these?

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now it just looks like a dancing spam...

Thanks, Dr. Freud...