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Very good advice and comments from previous posts. Now here's my take on the situation. Writing music is an internal release of artistic oxygen. It has to be let out and contrarily fresh material has to be absorbed. If one isn't getting the response from his/her peers that one feels as though they should, perhaps music is being created for the wrong reasons. Creating art is about pleasing the creator. If the maker of the art is happy and satisfied that's all that matters. Don't put so much importance on the approval, or lack thereof, one receives from his/her peers. Do what you do man. Here's a bit of my own poetry that hits real close to home on this topic.

"Adopt, a new outlook, on the way you see yourself,
'cause you are with you, more than anybody else.
Learn to like this being, living under your skin,
talk to your soul, do it time and time again.
Listen to your wishes, your wants, and your desires."
** verse taken from Toney Hall original composition "Turn It All Around"**

Leiven my friend do not get discouraged, you're doin' much better than most could. Practice makes closer to perfect.

Hey Pat,
I can empathize with you on this one. I'm a 24 year veteran of the live music scene and I, like you play mostly acoustic guitar for me live gigs. Many factors come into play when assessing feedback issues. Flooring (concrete,wood,terra firma,etc), ceeling height, room space, microphone trajectory, other musicians sound frequency waves, etc. I could go on all day, been there done that too many times to count. The best investment for me personally to elimate or greatly reduce feedback issues with my guitar without sacrificing that "sweet, ideal sound" is, ready?, drum roll please, a Boss GE 7 Equalizer. It's a 7 band EQ foot pedal.  I usually have to adjust the lower bands a notch or two and my feedback is gone and my sound I like is still there. I actually have 2 of them . I run one continous and the other I have set up in a Vee formation for a nice clean boosty jazzy sound that I stomp during my solos. It works for me..............................Good luck

It's official folkes! I just looked up "idiot" in The Merriam-Webster Dictionary and and picture of this girl popped up. Coincidentally, her picture also appeared under twerp, simplton, halfwit, dope, moron, dolt, ninny, blockhead, nincompoop, jerk, dummy, and boob. Welcome to chordie gerry woods, no go away or change your ways.

Great posts here. It all comes down to this; Don't buy the hype, buy what feels and sounds right. Too many times people pay way too much money for the writing that's on the headstock of a guitar. Go to music stores and play every guitar in the dang store. Use the same amp to ensure a consistent sound source. Many times when I'm playing out people will come up to the front of the stage, squinty-eyed, looking at the headstock of my guitar. If I know for sure that I'll not be trading a guitar  in the future, I'll black-out or tape the logo on the headstock. It's all about sound and feel, not heritage and prestige. My personal rule of thumb, so to speak, it once a year I'll allow myself my average weeks pay, from playing music, to purchase a guitar. Only once have I spent the full amount. I can't stress this point enough, it's all about comfort and feel for the specific individual, Hands on, ears open, preconceived notions left at the door, select what best suits you and you alone.

Sorry, I thought you were talking about something else..........

Everythings seems to be working fine here. Luckily I have no need for the stuff.............

I hear their music often on Sirius's "The Jam" station. Cool band.........

I bought my wife, I mean I have a friend who bought his wife one of those vibrating rings. I found out, I mean he found out that the ring doesn't go on her finger??????..................

My wife and I were driving north on I-95 and off to our right there was a huge billboard sign that read "space for rent". My wife, an EED doctoral candidate, looked at me with a bewildered look on her face and asked me, "Now who in their right mind would want to live up there?"..............................................

TRUE STORY ah-hem?!?!?!

2 things factor greatly with me as far as breaking strings go;
1) If my picks are getting worn down and have snags in them, the pick will catch on the string, thus eventually causing the string(s) to break before their time. Keep a close eye on your picks. Toss them when they start to show signs of wear.
2) If I am playing in a humid environment my strings have a tendency to break much more often than playing in a non-humid or climate controlled enviroment. Keep your strings wiped down as often as you can and place your instrument in it's case (closed) while on break.

I wouldn't be too upset that you're not breaking strings while playing. Most of the time when one breaks a string one's instrument goes awfully out of tune.(mine do at least) Some people, like Stevie Ray Vaughan, can break a string and make it look cool. SRV used such thick strings that when one broke the rest were tight enough to prevent his guitar from sounding so out of tune. Most people lack the prowess SRV had and most peoples instrument's sound like poo-poo when a string goes pop-pop.......

This is an easy one. You have $6,000 to spend correct? Buy a LesPaul and a Strat, top of the line(or close to it at least) and you still have some $$$ left over to buy some beers( and buy an inexpesive 5 watt  class A tube amp) to throw a party for your 2 new bestest friends....................I'm a proud and very owner of one each(  Gibson LesPaul and Fender Strat) and I can honestly say, in my heart, mind, and hands, there are no finer guitars made than these 2 beauties. They're kinda like salt and pepper, beer and pizza, no-naggin' from the wife and watchin' football, socks and shoes, catch my drift?...............