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Yes Jim, I am VERY SPOILED! 

Pete - I really did NOT realize that we had so many guitars around here.  I will admit, other than the Martin they are all under $300 each, but still.  Mind you, I don't usually play his guitars and he generally doesn't play mine.   Oh, and since I got my Martin my husband is now GASSING for a Gibson.  At some point, we will have to remove some guitars from our bedroom before there's no place for us to sleep.  My three all have a purpose (a classical, a beater, and a Martin) and so do his, (an electric, a beater, and a Fender).  I see how difficult it can be to get RID of guitars now though.

Oh...  Say "Whoot Hoot" out loud.  It's just a hoop and a holler. 

Yup, New Guitar Day... it took me a little bit upon joining to catch up too.  That, and GAS... I actually just taught my hubby what that meant a couple weeks ago.  He was amused by my using it in a sentence. 

ready to skype... if anyone's interested... hop on now.

I'll assume the spam msg was removed and now it just looks like Auxi is calling herself out as a spammer.  ha ha ha ha!  NO, do not ban her!

COOL story Toots!

I am scared of snakes, even garden snakes.  Once, a one foot long garden snake about as wide around as a pencil reared up at me by my drivers side door of my car.  YES, like the girl I am I went around to the passenger side to get in (and then I ran the snake over and killed it).  LOL!

Mike - the 000-15M is pure acoustic.  I don't have enough use yet to get a guitar with electronics... and I don't think I know enough about electronics to buy one.  Maybe someday I'll put a pick up in it, but for now a mic will suffice if I need to amplify it for any reason. 

Honestly, my Mother in law had a stroke this week, and now I have a fever and have been so darn sick I haven't had a lot of time to play it.  As soon as I'm feeling better I'll do a recording with my Zoom and upload it to youtube.  I'm sure that sound will be much better than what some of you heard on skype.  It's quite heavenly. 

DJ - yes, the blingless appearance actually makes me like it that much more.  My husband and I were actually commenting on that... and wondering, those guitars that are LOADED with pearl, is their sound sacrificed in the end?  Seems it might be... possibly.

Rattlesnake rattles.... if you get one and send it to me, I'll put it in my guitar!  I like the good luck idea behind it. 

Yes, well it's spring here now and no more heater running so we've absolutely got enough humidity.  But I do plan on getting something as the weather changes again here soon.  I even noticed my Laminate Epi seemed to get a bit off this winter, and I suspect it was a humidity issue.  I certianly don't want anything happening to my beautiful Martin.  It feels weird to keep it in a case and not hanging on the wall... but the guys at the shop said it would be better for the guitar/humidity/etc to keep it in there rather than hanging on the wall.  I guess we'll just keep the cheap ones out.  Never fear though, the guitar case isn't in a close or anything... it's always close by!!!!

Alright... I have a program, and tested to see if I could record something off youtube and it worked.  I will probably have to make many small recordings, and edit settings to include my own portion of the jam before doing my own recording, but then I can meld all the little recordings together and throw them up on youtube.  Sounds like a fun little project to work on WHILE hosting the skype.  So... I guess we just need to figure out WHEN we're all going to get tog again.  Any suggestions anyone?  I'm pretty sure I can do next Thrusday (have plans next friday night)... maybe can do a little bit tomorrow if anyone's game, but I do have to work tomorrow night.  Starting next Saturday I'll be working every night for 19 days straight... so we'll have to plan for this week and coming week, and then perhaps BGD or another with a premium can host another.  Let me know what everyone thinks! 

edit to add 19 to my days of straight working

Ya know guys, I've heard of people getting ham radio interference with their cable television service - yup, ham radio going right through their TV.  Those people are never happy, but I don't think there's much you can do about it except to - like everyone else has said - limit the length of wires that may be acting as antennas.  There's so many FCC regulations and notices on allllll electronic equipment stating that they are within regulation and fine print about possible intereference that I don't think there's much you can even do legally to prevent such issues.  Like JX3 said though, maybe God's trying to tell you something!  ha ha! 

I would absolutely try plugging into a different outlet and wrapping the chord up so it's not stretched out, and try being as close to the outlet as possible and see if that makes a difference.  Radio waves are often hindered by metal doors and mirrors too... so perhaps there's a little decoration you could put up to help the issue out!    Just some thoughts!

WELCOME TO CHORDIE Paul! 

As you can see, we were all very impressed by your post on craigslist.  We're happy you decided to join us here.  Please, take some time and wander around the forums.  Also check out the songs that are available... chordie works more like a search engine grabbing the songs hosted on other sites and putting them into an easier to read/find format.  Check the "Chat Corner" http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=16 every now and then to find out about the Skype Jams.  They really are much more like picker circles than jams though.  With Skype, we can really only hear one person at a time... but if you wanted to play along with another you could completely mute your mic and go for it, for the fun aspect of playing along.  In order to join the Skype gathering, you just need to make sure you download the most recent version of Skype for free (at least 5.0), have a free skype account, have a webcam and mic and speakers, and then add me in (I'm mekidsmom there as well as here).  I say ME because I have a premium account and at least ONE person has to have one of those on Skype in order for the group video call to work.  I believe BGD also has one, and perhaps another member but I'm not sure yet.  No one else... so far... has said they do.  I haven't figured out my personal schedule yet and planned another skype call as of yet, but I will be soon so keep your eye on the chat corner.  We just had a call last night and it was pretty fun.  Now mind you... on a scale of 1-10 I think I'm about a 2 or 3 as far as playing goes, but I can sing alright.  Some others are probably closer to an 8 but their voices may not be wonderful.  We're a group of folks who encourage one another with what they've got!  I do hope you can join us!!!!

Amy

I was a little late getting the Jam started, but we're in full swing.  msg me on skype or add me if you aren't already my skype friend... I'm mekidsmom there as well

Toots... I LOVE this song!  My girls like to sing it too.  I think they mostly like that the chorus is easy to remember   If you do write it down, send me the chords, but only if they're easy.  ha ha!