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12 string guitars are not designed for long life. The string tension will "belly" the top, pull off the bridge and unseat a neck.  If you want to make it last, use extra light strings.  You might want to tune it down a half step as well. I got mine when it was too late to make a difference.  Now its tuned in open G.  Still sounds great but its unplayable in standard E tuning.

other comparative good news. I work with a guy that complains to me that he and his wife spend
$140 US on cigarettes a week.... With the help of my trusty calculator, thats a new guitar every two months or a new super nice guitar every 4 months..  Just  a thought...

kind of an old post but I would like to see you guys play at the Hofbrau Biergarten in Panama City Beach if that's in your travel plans.  I might be brave enough to bring a mandolin if you can make it up to the "real" Florida.

Oh yeah,  almost forgot..."Almost Heaven, West Virginia..."  Who doesn't know that one??

I own a Godin 5th Ave in black.  A friend of mine brought his girl friends guitar to me to see if I could "fix" it.  It was an Art and Lutherie guitar in the exact same black finish as my 5th Ave. Exactly.  I restrung it with Martin SP's and it was "fixed". I complemented him on his choice of girl friends and gave it back to him. It played really well.

Jerome is absolutely correct.  Galway is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!  Just got back from a 9 day stay in Ireland.  Got to play Gibson pre-war mandolin with a band in a Temple Bar pub in Dublin.  Got to attend Frankie Gavin and De Dannen's latest album release show.  Saw David Gray on a stage right outside my hotel window in Galway on "Arthur's Day".  Seems like everyone there plays some kind of traditional instrument.  I found out that lately, traditional Irish music and Gaelic is compulsory in school.  I like that about a country.  I'm looking forward to a return trip.  By the way, drinking a Guinness in the Gravity Bar on the 7th floor of the brewery in Dublin is way cool.  But drinking a fresh Guinness anywhere is a treat. 
  I was amazed at the number of music stores.  Seems like there's one or two on every block. So the demand is high for guitars, drums, fiddles, mandolin and banjos.  I stayed on a street in Dublin that had 3 guitar shops and an instrument repair shop.  Amazing.  We have two stores in my town and I know that many Chordians have to travel for hours to get to their "local" store. In Ireland, it seems, you can't help but find what you're looking for within walking distance of where you live.

Third lesson and discussing mixolydian scales??  Wow....Either this teacher thinks you are a genius, you are a genius, or he's just full of himself and wants you to know how much more he knows than you do. I've been playing guitar since 1974 and I can only discuss blues scales and whatever Carlos Santana plays. Those two items are not in your teachers list. I get by just fine.  Dorian is a type of column isn't it??  Good luck finding a new teacher.

When I quit 4 years ago , I used the patches, and they burn your skin!  Had to pick a new location every day.. if they had had e-cigs back then, I definately would have used them..Congrats Topdown, stick with it, its worth it.

So these two cannibals are out in the jungle eating clown.

One looks at the other and says, "Does this taste funny to you?

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ARGH!  I shoulda read all the posts first! someone already posted a version of this!

My Doctor prescribed me Voltaren gel (not the pill!) just rub it on and it works.  Ask your doc if its appropriate for you and try to get a sample and try it out. Where I live, its prescription only.

Welcome Sax!

Replacement pickups always come with the appropriate gage wiring attached.  Just solder the ends the where the old ones connected.  Other things to think about are parallel versus series pickup wiring and what you are hoping to emulate with this guitar. I recently had a MIM Strat that had great pickups in it that i would not consider changing.   Your choice of amps will have a huge impact on your sound. Pickups are cheaper to change than amps are but I'd consider amp choice over pickups.  I've got some 40 plus year old guitars with the original pickups that sound great through my amp. Effects pedals are the other consideration.. These are also going to color your sound...Every electric player that I know, has a bunch of them.  But I digress... Your guitar is a MIM Fender Strat.  Fender does not use cheap  or inferior  pickups on their guitars.  So, if you're looking to make it a shred-metal-machine, you might look for those type of active pickups, otherwise, I'd leave them alone.  Good Luck!