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DrtyDzn -- if I have one beer, I will be looking for the next 12. I don't think that is common to most, but it is common to me. And it runs in my family. Other folks can have one drink, and let it go. I have to practice total abstinance (sp?). For me (and others like cman) it's the only way to go. Whether or not it is peculiar to alcoholics is a moot point for the likes of us. Results (positive results) are what we are looking for, with deliverance from bad choices made in the past.

I was going with *first thought*. It's yours to use. No infringements involved. Now -- back to cman, and his thread, eh??? ;)

Your writing a tune called *I Heard That*??? Get the CB Radio in there. *I Heard That* is the most common phrase I hear on the CB, when traveling. You could take a song ANY direction with a phrase like that, incorporating the CB as the catalyst for the *message* you might come up with, for the body of the tune. (Just my IMO). Good luck!! ;)

Right about now --I wish I lived closer to you. It's minus 1 (below zero) outside right now. :(

I do all my own clothes here at the house. The last time I was in a laundromat (sp?) -- I took all the throw rugs I have here at the house, and washed them there -- so it wouldn't muck up my washer. :unsure: Since I wash them once every coupla years -- who knows what was in there!

No -- not going to AA, (though I probably should). Quitting on your own is harder than I thought, though still *do-able* (for me).. All I meant was I was one of the anonymous viewers of this thread. :)

If cman is one of the anonymous folks here, I'm the other.

Chas -- do you all have Garage Band with that too?? I've heard lots of good things about it.

Likeaneagle --- The beer pictured in your attachment is from Wisconsin. Leinenkugel's is made in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin -- 150 miles from me. Actually --Oakspear met Jake Leinenkugel a coupla years ago. You can read about it HERE, from the GS Archives.

Rickenbackers -- Man did you ever pick at, and open an old wound there. :( No fault of yours, but I used to have one, but not no more. Back in the '70's, a friend of mine had more instruments than he could handle. (This is a good thing -- for other musician friends of folks like this.) :) He had a Rickenbacker 12 string, he never played anymore, and *loaned it* to me (what was originally thought by myself) ---- permanently (he said he didn't want it anymore). I had the pleasure of using that guitar for about a year, when I heard about a job opening for a guitar teacher, and knowing he needed work, referred him to the store offering the job. Upshot of it all is -- he wanted the Rickenbacker back, so he could teach 12 string guitar to one student. When he said he wanted the guitar back, I balked. But he made it known in no uncertain terms, that that was HIS guitar, and I'd better deliver. Sadly -- I had to comply. Sweet memories. Sweet guitar. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Loves won and lost. :(

Thanks Clay. Looks like I have some down loading (and reading), to do. :) You take care, eh???

Dadgum it Socks -- I was fixing to go to bed -- and you put out all those links!! You BAD BOY YOU!!! I want a note to my employer from you as to why I'm gonna be late to work tomorrow!!

Dunno about that --- but he did once comment on sponges growing in the ocean. "Sponges. They grow in the ocean. That kills me. I wonder how much deeper the oceans might be, if that didn't happen."

Weout ---thanks. SALUTE --to you, your mudda, and especially your fadda. I don't know what else to say, except your fadda would have been proud of your tribute. .

You're welcome!! Ever since discovering You Tube, I have realized that I am adicted to it, so ----- I'm in the You Tube 12 step recovery program. You have to admit you are powerless over You Tube, then enter 12 names of performers you want to view, and then ----------- oh wait a minute, that's not how it works! (Glad you liked it. I've liked Stephen's work from the first time I saw him. Truely a refreshing act, that not many can pull off like he does.) :)

Grover makes nice machine heads. I've a set on the '68 Martin D-35 (they came stock), and they work perfectly. The best set of tuners in the house though, are on the 1917 Gibson F2 mandolin. They're Handel inlaid tuners, and work flawlessly -- even if they are 90 years old. :) I think I posted a pic of them on page 11 (or so) of this thread -- but here they are again. Gold wire inlaid with mother-of-pearl into the tuning pegs, making a flower and vine effect. And the machining for the practical use (versus the aesthetic looks), wasn't compromised. Here's how they look on the full pic of the mando --- Another thought about your guitar NOT staying in tune, Dan --- Meebe an adjustment in the truss rod?? Dunno -- just a suggestion. :)

Shiner Bock all the way around!!

One of my favorites! Happy birthday STEVEN WRIGHT

THE ;) (click THE link, then click a page -- any page) Entertainment better than any tv show (these days).

Ps --on a side note (no pun intended) ---) My guitar is set up for playing rhythm at square dances (fiddle tune back up), and for flat-picking lead solos (at bluegrass sessions) --- so I'm gessing my strings are set higher than yours, Mine is LOUD --which is what is needed for me when I pick it, at either session. But my strings are still too low for this thing (extender) for my comfort --- when I install it, and try to play slide stuff. Maybe your best bet (if you're comfotable with it), is to get a new nut entirely. One that is high enough to get the strings WAY above the fingerboard, and outta the way of those frets beneath. The only problem with that is -- unless it is an easily interchangeable nut -- you'll render your acoustic unplayable for acoustic (regular playing) music, and relegate it to slide only.

Ha! Guess what I just did. Yup -- you guessed it. I got out the guitar, loosened all the strings, slid the nut extender in there (which I think I said I'll never use again) under the strings, and tuned to an open G chord. I don't like the sound using the bar even with this thing on. Doesn't get the strings high enough. even at the 3rd, 4th, and 5th fret -- I get that ^&*^&*^&* buzzing sound. :( But -- forget my woes. I've got the fiddle to fall back on. :) Good luck to you, and your endeavors.

Huh??? Dobro's have a VERY high nut, so no extender is needed. Dobro strings are already higher off the fingerboard than the acoustic guitar string, so naturally he wouldn't need one, whereas you do. But -- are you hearing a rasping sound, when you use your slide down around the first coupla frets or so?? Lord knows I do, on my Martin --- if I try to play slide, with nothing to get the strings *up there* clearing the frets. It's irritating as can be. Sorry -- but I feel that if you are going to play slide, YOU NEED THOSE STRINGS HIGH -- ESPECIALLY AT THE FIRST AND SECOND FRET! (My IMO) I can't understand how he would equate a dobro, to an acoustic guitar played via slide. It's not the same instrument. Adaptions need to be made. The techinique is the same -- but the axe isn't. The guitar (my guitar), has low to medium action on the strings. I'm guessing yours does too, a little higher than an electric axe. Even so -- the strings hover just above the frets, and pressing down on them with a slide, and getting *quality* notes from it -- means pressing down with the slide, and if you have no extender on the nut to raise the strings -- your bar is gonna come in contact with the frets, and give an unwelcome raspy sound. Totally detrimental, and unwelcome in your playing. Noise you DO NOT NEED. I know for a fact mine does. What was he thinking??

Rocky -- thank you. :) I was serious when I asked what his source of info was. Thanks for the link.

P & S --welcome to GreaseSpot.:) There is no *old twi* anymore (as I understand it). The *new and improved* twi doesn't recognize it anymore either. However there are offshoots, like CFFM that teach a lot of stuff from docvic. And there is also CES/ STFI, who hang on to docvic's teachings, but are moving on from them, and into new territory (especially in the Holy Spirit field). I looked for a CES fellowship for the Albequerque (sp?) area for you, and there is nothing nearby your area. If you're looking for an honest, *down home* fellowship with God-loving believers --- there are probably many in your area. Personally -- I found one in a Baptist church several years ago. I also found one in a Messianic Jewish church and also one in a non-denominational Evangelical church. For reasons of my own -- I've moved on from each of those, but the fact remains, there's good people right where you are.:) Not meaning to derail here or get but what do you do for a living?? I read you mentioned the 24 hour shift, and I wondered if you were in health-care, or a group home? I work at a group home, and am familiar with the 24 hour shifts, and the nights and the week-ends as well. Regardless -- welcome, and I'll be putting in prayers for a job relocation for you, that meets your needs, so you can take care of your other needs. :) David

Who was in the game?? There must've been some Athletes of the Spirit there, eh? (With Rainbow uniforms???)