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Ouch!!!!! Schallers are expensive. As looked at all 3 of my guitars I noticed that on the one that needs tuners, the tuners are not attached with a little screw like the other 2. I e-mailed Art & Lutherie to find out what brand of tuners were original. Unless Pix knows what they are. I didn't see any Grover or Gotoh that weren't attached with screws.

I would say that this damage is caused by customers. There are so many people that get there hands on these things that stuff is bound to happen. If it's not theirs, they don't care. At those prices I don't think they would leave the factory that way. Unless they come out as factory blems. This I don't know. I don't imagine that the high-enders fly off the racks, so the longer they are in store the more of a chance to get damaged.

That's my 2 cents anyway.

Happy NGD!!!!

So do you have to go with the wife jewelry shopping now? Give and take, ya know.

Hi Chimmy, welcome aboard the Chordie express.

Don't know how long you've been playing, so my first thought is just practice. A few other tips, keep your elbow close to your body and pull with your arm, don't squeeze with your hand. Maybe tip the neck up a little bit so you can get your hand around the neck more. Keep your index finger straight and roll it over a little to the side.

Check out Justin's lesson
http://justinguitar.com/en/CH-006-BasicBarres.php
http://justinguitar.com/en/BC-161-F-chord.php

Good luck and keep practicing!!!

I agree with you both. Heart and soul is what makes music. Notes on a page don't bring anything to life. Without talent music would not move us. Reminds me of a couple things....

I think it was a post here, about a music project around the world. Getting diff people to play Stand by Me in their own way. The little old guy from Louisiana I think was awesome. Gandpa Elliott was his name. Old and road worn but had soul coming out of his ears!!
http://www.flixxy.com/peace-through-music.htm

Another is a little song from Alanis Morrisette from her Jagged Little Pill. It's the hidden track, "Your House". No music at all, but man you can feel the heart she puts into this song. Very cool to listen too.

Jeff, do we know how many miles it has traveled thus far?

Would be really cool if it hit every continent on the globe!!!!

No body taught him how, how how how how

This loud Cuban band.....

So why are you not satisfied with your progress? If you don't have a plan and don't set goals then how do you gauge yourself? Are your expectations too high at this point? I ask these questions because I have been playing for about 2 years also and I couldn't be happier with what I have learned. I'm actually surprised at my progress. I'm not bragging!!! Just saying that the first few years you should be growing by leaps and bounds. I find myself at a plateau right now, progress is a little slow with barre chords and all. But I know I will get thru it. So maybe you should step back and look at what you have learned and make sure that it is all polished and to the best of your ability. That will make new stuff easier to take on. Then decide on what you want to learn next and start your journey again.

Lessons can be a very useful route to go especially if you need a structure to stick too. I imagine that every instructor is different. All you can do is talk to them and find out how and what they teach.

Good luck

The Apx500 is a very nice guitar Simon. I got one last year (blue burst) and I love it. Very easy to play and sounds great.

Just keep at it and the pain will turn to pleasure.

I love watching shows about the ocean and all it's diversity. Blue Planet was an awesome series on the Discovery channel about the ocean. The subject of ocean exploration always irks me. We spend billions of dollars exploring the empties of space, looking for life that isn't there. Yet, our oceans are right here and we have only seen about 3% of them. And we know that there is lots of life there. On an ocean discovery show I saw, a man said the for the price of launching a space shuttle, he could dive in his submersible twice a day, every day for like 5 years. Hmmmm... let's see, launch a space shuttle once to find nothing or launch a diver 3000 times to find the most wonderful creatures that have ever lived. My money is on the ocean.