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I change my strings every 3 months.  And I usually take all the old strings off at once and put the new ones on in order from the heavy E string to the lighter e string.  Thats the way my teacher taught me and I can do it fairly easily.  As for the pins that hold the strings at the bottom, once I have all the old strings down it's easier to push them up from below if they get a bit sticky.  I also use a manual string winder just to make the job a bit faster.  My teacher can do it in 15 minutes or less.  It takes me at least 30-45 minutes.  But the sound of new strings is well worth the effort and practice.

"Going to church no more makes you a christian than standing in a garage makes you a car."  --Garrison Keillor

"I am ready to meet my maker.  Whether my maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter."  --Winston Churchill

"In Heaven, all the interesting people are missing."  --Friedrich Nietzshe

"Fall down seven times, get up eight."  --Japanese Proverb

My favorite.

"Imagination was given man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is."  --Sir Francis Bacon

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.

I understand what Zurf is saying.  As well as what others are saying as well.  Hate got us into this mess and it is as natural a part of us as love.  But, we do have a choice, we can let hate rule our emotions as we fight or we can replace it with a cold logical determination that allows us to think properly and make decisions that can achieve our goals.   Hate blinds the mind, and leads us into poor decisions.  WW2 was not fought with blind hatred, it started out that way, but, then cold logical determination came out and we won. 

It's ok to be angry, but if you have to fight, it's better to keep a cool head.

I would be more than happy to donate $20 dollars a month US as my share to keep this place running and get access to more music tabs/chords and lyrics.

My last song was "One meatball" as played by Dave Van Ronk

Woodstock was a singular event, monumental in it's scope and the myth's that surround it.  On the positive side, great music came out of it, great groups added to their legend, many people had a once in a lifetime experience that was positive.

On the negative side, it was a disaster, both environmentally and a corporate legend was created that many have tried to, but can never be duplicated.  Though many have tried.  1.)When it was over the town and state were left holding the bag with the massive cleanup of garbage, wreckage and shattered lives from bad drugs, unprotected sex and std's, The farmer who owned the land had his fields left as a huge quagmire of mud due to the weather conditions and reckless and stupid behavior of a majority of humans who went there. 

Simply speaking, when looked at in the cold harsh truthful light of reality, woodstock was not a "paradise".  Or "camelot" as many would portray it.  What's disgusting to me is the dollar signs that are replacing eye's and brains in so many corporations hoping to exploit the legend of woodstock for their own profit. 

Forgive me my rant, but, I was an adolescent at the time and while I love the music and envy those who actually experienced it.  I am also someone with a keen sense of history (one of my loves) and after much thought and research.   Zurf hit one of the nails on the head.   Altamont is proof of that.  A woodstock wannabe, that revealed the true face of good music, drugs, bad decisions, corporate greed and amoral idiots like Mick and the Stones.   And a bunch of people flocking like sheep to the corporate pied piper music tune. 

Maybe those of us on the outside looking in have better perspective than others. 

But, as a pundit once said, if you can remember the 60's, you weren't really there.  ::-P

I love Blue Cheese dressing <drool>

Looks and sounds good. 

For me, the plus side was I resumed my lessons after 5 freakin weeks and we went over barre chords and their application to various tunes.  And it felt good, my fingers are seriously stiff, but, my mind is determined and I love the fact that I have something new and awesome to play with.

As in Don Quixote tilting at windmills.  A valiant effort at keeping this thread alive, but alas, it seems this thread is fading quickly.