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BWR, on new guitars is now a thing of the past unless the Luither has a supply of stored materials plus ton's of paperword documenting when, how and where it was harvested. Owners of instruments made with BWR must have documention of when their instrument was built, where it was built, type of wood, etc, when traveling or risk their instruments being confistated at custom check stations when traveling. From what I've read, these custom agents are not even trained to reconize the different wood types and will confistate anything that looks suspiscious. This ban cover's many types of wood as well as other materials such as ivory, tortise shell and henways just to name as few. YOU are responsible to provide the proof. This ban includes ANYTHING made with banned materials - musical instruments, furniture, toy's, pen's, eyeglasses and the list goes on. If you want to get a big surprise just look up "banned materials for musical instruments" on the internet.

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TF, good choice. Now as soon as you get the guitar have it set up to a low action. On my 12 string I was given a set of 9 / 42
Ernie Ball Earthwood strings by our local music store and that's what I play. Mine sounds great. Now for a couple of tricks you may be interested in, now or in the future. Install a bone or tqus(sp) nut and saddle. Also think about changing the bridge pins if they are plastic. Do you do or plan on doing a lotta finger picking? On a 12 string guitar all strings are level across the bottom (next to the fret board) a trick a lotta finger pockers use is to miodify their nut and saddle, when changing them to a harder material, is to bring all string level across the top. This gives a better attack for the finger tips. Not all fingerpiclers do this but it may me something you are interested in. Be sure to get you a good quality 12 string capo, a low action and as light a guage strings as you like and she should play very smooth. Also, you may want to tune down a 1/2 or whole step and use the capo to bring back to open tuning. This takes a lotta tension off the guitar when stored. The main thing is to have fun with the 12. I guess we need to start up a thread dedicated to those of us who are playing 12'er now.

NELA

Welcome, Blue_Tit. I see you are an aspiring SWINGER / songwriter. We don't get many of them on here. Lot's of good info on here concerning guitar / guitar playing but not too much about SWINGING. If you are looking for an amp for your acoustic guitar look for either an acoustic amp or a key board amp for the best sound. The Marshall amp H N S mentioned is a good-un. I use a Roland AC30 and find it has a very good sound and all the options I need. Just do a search for "Acoustic Amps" and you will find MANY. Most music stores will let you try one out before you buy if you ask.

NELA

Do not forget to pay your taxes. Big Brother is watching and needs the money to pay their legal fees.

Nela

Another thought, Vigon. When you go to purchase a guitar have your mind made up as to the type of music you want to play and the type of guitar you want. If you are looking for heavy metal, grunge, rock n roll go with an electric. If country is your style you can go with an electric or an acoustic. For folk music go for the acoustic. If you have a friend who play's guitar and has the same musical taste as you, have them go with you to buy your guitar. If he is the same size as you, has hands approximately the size of yours, have them play the guitar for you. Take their comments to heart but make up your own mind on the purchase. Don't let the "bling" blind you as you are purchasing a "start-up" guitar and will be looking to upgrade later on. Don't over spend just because the guitar is all bright and pretty and shines. Buy as good quality as your money allows but keep in mind the accessories you will need. If you buy new or used be sure to have the guitar "set-up" buy a good tech. If you buy new this should come with the purchase. All the advice you've received in the above replies are good ones. Take your time, buy what your can afford but try hard to get the most "bang" for your money.

Nela

Welcome, Vogon. As some have said it depends on the type of music you want to play and how much $$$ you want to spend. Common items would be a capo, strap, assortment of pucks, tuner, cleaners, case / gig bag. music stand and guitat stand. These items will work with either an acoustic or electric. If you go acoustic / electric you will need an acoustic amp and a cable. If you go electric you'll need an electric guitar amp (you can use the same cable). Getting a proper set-up for a low action ang using a light guage (or ultra light) strings well be a blessing for a beginner. This will make things a lot easier on the fingers. Learn your scales and open chords. When possible learn your chords with your middle, ring and little fingers. (Open chords G, E, Em. Am) Learn the open A chord with a one finger barr - I use my ring finger. This will make thing eassier / faster to change between chords and help later when you get into barr chords. There are many, many tips that people can give you but it is very important to listen to your instructor first. With your instructor you need to have an idea of how / where your lessons will go. Give the instructor all your attention and efforts but if the lessons are not going as you want be honest and tell them.  Oh, and expect sore fingers.

Nela

Dino, Happy Birthday. Since beer and cake don't go well together, it looks like you got a decision to make. Just don't eat the candles.

Nela

Long weekend and good times for everyone. Be safe while traveling and don't eat / drink too much.

Nela

Ed, that's one of the vidio's I was refering too, probally the best one. I'd never thought much about bridge pins before. I'd just loosen my strings, pull the pins and proceed to change the strings. Never thought to look inside to see if they were installed right or not. From all the posts on this thread I guess I'm not the only one, either. I know I'm gonna pay more attention when changing string's, now. Still gotta get me some new pins for the 12'er when I change strings. That may be a subject for a new thread - "how ofter to you change strings".

nela

Out with friends last nite, ate a good meal and played music for about 4 hours. That new 12 string sure sounds good.

Nela

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

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