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Adjusted the nut, lowered the saddle, adjusted the neck. Basically lowered the action.

Hi guys - I'm pleased to give you an update. I took my acoustic into my local guitar store (Harry's in Raleigh, NC) and asked the tech to look at it. He said "I'm not surprised you hate playing...

Thanks - that is what I think - although I am pretty average, the fact that I can't get a simple barre chord progression to sound nice on the acoustic is a big source of frustration, and like I said,...

Ok thanks for the info. I think I should play some other guitars to see if it is me or the set up of my guitar. If the latter then I'll have it set up right. If its me- then I better just stick...

I'm an ok player - mostly just messing around at home etc and I think after 18 years of playing that I can make barre chords ok in my acoustic - but most of the time that I play it, it sounds really...

I'm stuck in a rut - basically bored of playing other people's songs (and doing so badly), so I think it is about time I started trying to write some of my own stuff.

I own a macbook with garage...

My rebel 20 has an effects loop which I use for my fender reverb pedal. But when the pedal is engaged it is quite hissy. I thought that this was a problem with the pedal but if I just put the...

Excellent. Thanks

Is the seymour duncan JB p/u a "Jeff Beck" pickup? And why don't they mention his name?
Are all JB pickups about the same?

I am considering swapping out my stock pickups in my dean.

The is some cool stuff. The first bit about moving the scale pattern was really interesting. The end stuff is really reminiscent of a lot of Jeff Beck style playing.

I'm a bit of an excel geek so I think I'll take a stab at this - it'll be a great learning tool for me as well. I had been thinking of mapping out intervals on the fret board around different chord...

That is really cool. I wonder if there is a way to modify it to show the intervals. For example - I enter the notes for a D chord shape and then I see the intervals - i.e. the 3rd, 5th etc.

I like both GP and GW. Sometimes GP is just a bit too intellectual for me. The interviews are a bit too high brow. On the other hand GW often has too much shredder metal stuff. Combined though...

I had never paid much attention to Black Sabbath - but once you look at Iommi's playing in detail - he is the utter master of minimalistic riffage. The dude is amazing. Simple stuff that sounds...

This is a great article on power tubes. I learned a lot. He has other good postings too.

Does anyone else have a fave guitar blog that they check out regularly?

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My Dean EVO special. Its not a fancy or expensive guitar but I think it looks good and plays well.

I probably should mention the Triangle area of North Carolina. Home to Duke U, UNC, and NC State and numerous biotech industries. Apparently we have the highest percentage of PhDs per capita for a...

Hi Rod - what type of music /style do you play?

Welcome!

I've seen Rush a few times and each time they completely blow my mind. A bunch of really nice guys who seem to just really enjoy making music. The Rush documentary that came out recently was also...

Here is the new baby. Sitting on my Fender Bass amp - I really should try and learn how to play bass sometime. In the foreground is my Dean EVO special.
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I took the plunge and traded my Crate V50 in at GC. They gave me $150 for it. But get this - the Egnator Rebel 20 is on sale there because they are not going to carry it in the stores anymore. The...

Well I just sold my Crate V50 at GC for $150. I think that was a pretty good deal. I also negotiated some $$ off some other gear. SamAsh would only give me $100 for it.

Saw your follow up thread - but thought I'd comment here. I was in a rut. Playing the same chord shapes, same tired pentatonic licks - so I've been taking lessons this past month. My teacher is...

Good point - they do seem to have a lot of used stuff there. I guess I lug my amph up there and have them take a look. Selling on Craigslist is a PITA.

I was wondering whether anyone had tried selling gear to Guitar center or sam ash? I know that they buy used gear - but my guess is that they'll offer a terrible price.