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Well there you go. I've learned something. There are metal historians. Who knew? What's next disco librarians?

Couldn't have said it better about the smacking right upside the head!! Thanks for the laugh

In spite of Ourselves...great tune. I love Iris Dement's voice with Prine's. @ unique voices that sound great together

Thanks Roger. I was hoping you'd chime in being from that area. Thanks for the link. Anyone else? Is it a like a 12 string mandolin. I've read it's associated with Fado style of music (which is interesting as well). I'd really like a lower end unit to play with to see if I like it. I can only find 1 source here in the states and the models are 600.00 and up. Kind of a lot to drop on a whim without having any experience or even knowing whether I'll like playing it (or whether I can!!!).

I second John Lennon for quality and quantity. McCartney not far behind.

when you spend your whole adult life surrounded by people telling you how wonderful you are I think you're more likely to turn into a sh*^&* bag. I'd love to feel bad for all these lunatics who are off the deep end but most of us normal folks are worrying about raising families, paying mortgages, etc. to act in such a manner. The percentage of rock stars who' s behavior is over-the-top is unbelievable. A lot are sheltered children. I know we all go through phases but to acting like this in your 40's 50's and 60's seems ridiculous.
An excellent question DOC is why does getting everything you ever dreamed of and more result in such behavior and tradegy (Elvis, Joplin, Hendrix, etc.)???????

cHRISTINA AGUILLERA CAN WEAR ANYTHING SHE WANTS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. IT WILL ALWAYS LOOK EXCELLENT ON HER. NOT TO MENTION SHE HAS AN AMAZING VOICE. I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF HER MUSIC BUT SHE CERTAINLY IS THE "REAL DEAL"

Everything Tim says above is true and very helpful. I would echo that it sounds like an action problem. I too play a Takamine (Though it too is a G series) but there are Jasmine players out there and they seem generally content. Did you purchase it from a store? Some suggestions (apologies to Tim0473 for repetition):
-Have it professionally set up
-Try lighter gauge strings
-Try Elixir Strings (they are coated and will "chew" a little less
-wear mittens (kidding!!)

Jerome,
what about the 9 inches of pink Jesus thing?

After years with a meduim pick, 2 years ago I switched to thin and in the last 6 months I've gone pickless. I do some finger picking but I like to strum a bit. I've got a couple of 6 string acoustics 1 with medium strings, 1 with lights but it doesn't matter which one I'm playing

You'll see lots of posts on the topic. A prevalent theme is keep your thumb on the back of the neck and your palm should never touch the back of the neck. Search the previous threads on the topic for much more in depth info.
If you can make an F bar you should be well on your way to making all the chords you mentioned. It helped me to practice making the F first and then practicing removing the finger you need to make the alternate shape, with F and Bminor shapes you can play all of the above by removing fingers...then there's the dreaded B (are you out there Zurf?!). If you're not already familiar with the shapes and what they become as you move them up the fret board, have a look at the chord index on this website. There is a real "light bulb over your head" moment when you realize you can use 3 or 4 shapes and play dozens of chords just by moving them up and down. That revelation is well worth the effort