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I found the lyrics and tabs at  www.countrytabs.com   you will have to sign in to view the tabs. It is a free site but requires signing in. I would copy and paste but , it will still make you sign in to see it anyway.

It's listed at the Top of Waylon's songs under "A Love song I can't sing Anymore"

Amy,

Maybe look at having your husband build you a bone saddle and also try some Tusq bridge pins. It will really wake your guitar up and you will like it even more. Seems when the sustain is increased it makes a fuller sound and you would think it would clutter the effect but it will make your notes ring clear and make you sound more better

I played a guitar the other day that was very similar to yours a AJ-100 and was really surprised at how well it played and sounded.

I think the Martin SP lights 12-54  would be really good on this guitar. Most of the shops sell them way too high, 15-18 is too much when you can buy them for 5-6 bucks on line, with free shipping. Hope I don't get beat up too much about buying online, but paying 3 times as much doesn't cut it when you play alot and have a few guitars.

Stills is one of my favorite acoustic players ever. One of the first songs I learned was "Helplessly Hoping" .

The video with Dick Cavet is pretty cool. The musicians in the circle had all just played Woodstock , that's been awhile ago. I have really liked 4+20 a long time . Don't know why I haven't done it before. I am playing it in open E tuning and my martin guitar just loves that tuning. It sustains like I have never heard an acoustic do, I am just amazed and having so much fun.

Heya Selso,

I seem to relax on songs that I have been playing a long time and am comfortable playing alone or in a crowd. When I don't have the lyrics down or have to think to hard I get uptight. It seems practice and more practice going over the same old songs really seems to help.

I don't think Russell gets to uptight anymore, I haven't been playing as long as Russ but I'm startin to mellow, as the years go by you will wonder what you were so uptight about

Red Wine also works, and I know Kenny has loosened up with a couple beers , Some fellas smoke a cigarette or even a lefthander. Then some folks chill out with a little Ice Cream , do whatever gets you in the zone

Amy,

My first good guitar was a Takamine and it really doesn't matter if you have a high end one or an entry level one, they all sound great plugged. You will see lots of  musicians playing them , they kind of set the standard for years because of the great electronics in them. My daughter has a small bodied cutaway that is pretty quiet , but plug it in and it is really good.

I believe most resonators are set up to play like a six string guitar and dobro's are setup to use a slide. Resonators can be loud and really like precise pickers playing them to sound good. I think you would get alot more use out of the Takamine. Please don't take it the wrong way please .

I play with 2 different players that play resonators , one guy sounds great and is one of the best players in this part of the country, the other guy is an average guitar player and sounds much better on his guitar than the resonator.

This is just my 2 cents worth ,

Heya Badeye

Here's one from my favorite present day Blues Man, oh Buddy Guy is too ! Eric is a lot younger and has some great blues vibes in him like some of the original blues artists,

Eric Bibb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmgmU818 … re=related

Aw what the Heck , just one more

Going Down Slow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewUWOjuG … re=related

I have a story about a guy that played a righthanded guitar upside down. I've told this story before on the forum but it's been awhile.

I was livin in North Dakota at the time and I had heard a little bar about 50 miles away had open mics on thursday nights, so Lizzie and I loaded up the guitar and decided to check it out. When I got there , a couple a guys were playing and sounded real good. There weren't alot of people there and after a 1/2 hr or so the two guys playin asked me if I wanted to take over and play.
I said sure so I grabbed my guitar and got plugged in to the PA and jumped on a stool. I asked if they would like to play with me and one guy said sure. I started playing and singing and was a little nervous and playing without a songbook and after awhile it finally dawned on me that the guy playing with me was doing a lot of upstrums. I think I played Hotel California, and House of the Rising Sun can't remember what others and he was throwing in some mean lead licks. I really didn't realize till after I had played about 6 songs with him that he was playing the guitar upside down. I guess I kind of had tunnel vision concentrating on lyrics and being in a new venue. It got kinda busy and I didn't even get the guys name or talk to him afterward.

About a week later I was at the music store in Dickinson N D  and was visiting with the owner and I was telling him about the guy I played with. He said that's interesting where was the guy from. I said  I think someone said he was from Fairview Mont. The owner said Oh, I know the guy he has been in here several times. He said did he flip it over and play it right handed to, I said not that I noticed. He said the guy could play it just as well right handed too. I sure wish I woulda had my little Q3 then to video it, when it happened.

I still feel dumb for not realizing what was going on around me

Howdy Flester,

If they have a PA system they should have a mixer of some sort. Most mixers usually have from 4 inputs on up and you can just plug your acoustic in and you can set the volume level on the mixer and on your guitar. Yes most have 1/4 '' inputs . I always have the bad habit of setting my guitar volume too loud , if you have time have someone listen and give you some help with your volume and mix,

Wayne P

Amy,

That is really good, you should be very proud of yourself ! The recording is really nice and clear too.

Great Job !!!

Wayne P

Sorry Kenny,

Glad you had it figured   I'm just an ole Hill Hippie that knows three songs and three chords so when you throw a monkey wrench at me, I don't know what to do.

I'll go lay by my dish........................

Wayne P