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I kind of like a medium.  I'm actually more concerned about the build quality and appearance.  I prefer thinner leather or suede with decorative embossing. 

I think these are the bomb.

The only exception is THUNDERSTICK!!!'s strap.  That guitar weighs a metric ton, so a wide padded strap it is for me.

Everyone knows there's a Starbucks on every corner in Seattle.  What most people don't know is that there is a brewhouse on every other corner in Seattle.   You can go to the same bar every week for a year, and never drink the same beer twice.

It is quite cool.

I use it's big brother, the US-800.  It is a great device and I've had good results with it. 

The two advocacy groups here for recording are Audacity and Reaper.  Audacity is a fairly simple application but you will be able to start quickly as the learning curve isn't that steep.   Reaper is a full blown mixing desk with all the features and functionality that you would expect to find in a professional studio.   The drawback is that it takes a little bit more hiking up the learning curve in order to become proficient with it.

Since they both cost exactly nothing, you can download them both, experiment, and decide what works best for you.

We're getting ready to play a private party, and we always keep a couple of covers in our pocket, just in case.

Right now it's "The Only Hell My Momma Ever Raised" by Johnny Paycheck and "Ain't Glad I'm Leaving" by Justin Townes Earl.

Border Collies are great dogs.

Abandon theory and notation for now.  Teach her three chords, and a dozen different songs that can be played with those three chords.

Success at that will breed success elsewhere, and if she's smart, she will figure out what that means on her own.

It may be a result of a change in humidity.  If you are more or less humid than the store it was stored it, it will change the tone a bit as it adjusts.  It might also be the strings hardening.

Either way, the best three tips you'll get for playing are practice, practice, and practice. 

Good luck, and enjoy!

There is only one picture of  Johnny that should ever be on a stamp.

You know the one. 

My guitar has a cheat code?   That is awesome. 

Real people:  Accept no substitute. 

I think the best computer teaching aid I've ever seen is Apple's Garage Band lessons.  They have them for piano and guitar, and the lesson pace starts at "I've never done this before" to "how to play <genera of choice>."   I think the biggest problem with most of these apps is just exactly what Sat20 is finding.   You spend more time futzing with the computer than you do the guitar.

But if you are going to accept a substitute, don't use a computer, use a book.  Try this:  Buy a book.  Start on page 1.  Do not leave page 1 until you understand and can do everything on page 1.   Then move to page 2, and repeat that process.   You can sit on your couch and do this while watching TV.

I've seen them below $500 the last couple of weeks, which is where I was looking for my price point.    But since I detached my TASCAM US-800 from my desktop and threw it in my laptop bag, I've now got the multiple input portable studio I wanted all along.

But I still want the DP-24, just because it's so damn cool.

That's because they aren't genuine Kalishnakovs.  They're craptastic type 56 knock-offs.   Real Russian Kalishnakovs are some of the finest assault rifles ever built.

Ah yeah..

They should relax, because it's not.  It is long since settled law that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right, and no one wants to change that.   All the "They're gonna take our guns!!!" paranoia is simply hysteria intended to drum up sales.  And if the price of 9mm and .45 is any indicator, it's been entirely successful.