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No, I need a humidifier during the winter. The wood stove dries everything out, and when its 20 below outside I care more about being warm than having good humidity for my instruments.

Another rainy day here...the sun has only been out for a few minutes in the past two weeks, and we only had one day in the pas three weeks without any rain.

I have had the same problem. It felt like a stomach cramp...like those mushrooms I ate may not have been the right kind...improving my posture and not sitting too deep in my chair fixed it. It would stand to reason that standing up would fix it too.

I don't own an electric, but it is on my list. I would say if you have cash to throw around buy one...even better play around with a friends, or test one at a guitar store, then decide if you want one.

Some people seem to assume electric means loud but I don't see why that has to be the case.
Just because you have an electric guitar does not mean you are playing like the annoying kid in the music store testing out all of the effects-pedals. I can not see why playing an electric means you need to be on a stage or impersonal. Other than the inconvenience of an amp why could you not play an electric in your kitchen same as you do your acoustic?

I was going to recommend "God be With you 'till we Meet Again" but that just would not be appropriate.
All seriousness aside, you need to give us and idea before we can give any to you.

I know I am bringing up an old topic here but...

What about hymns or other songs that don't necessarily have music with them or music that breaks in near the end? Some
A cappella gospel-bluegrass songs ring a bell. "Wayfaring Stranger" is one that I just listened to.

You have to wonder though, seeing as how this is a guitar forum, how often would somebody post an A cappella song?

Really I am just playing devils advocate here, but it's something to think about.
I liked the idea of the poetry section anyway, you just need to be careful when you say what is or is not music.

cheers,
AW

I have a lot of maple and ash available, some mahogany and a little ipe left too. I'll probably stick with just maple or ash though. It will have a solid, contoured body like these http://www.flatearthguitars.com/Flat_Ea … Line.html.

Would it be worth it to do a shorter neck, I don't remember the model or the name but Ibanez had/has a more compact hollow-body electric out. My biggest complaint with most guitars I play is that the neck is to long for me.

Any body do necks that go through the body like this mando has? http://www.manndolins.com/DSC00298.JPG
It's a hollow body I think so I'm not sure it would even serve a purpose for my solid...it looks neat though.

Thanks, this should be a fun project.

I have been looking at this site.

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/

It does not seem too bad.

I don't know the names of all the electronic gizmos or the difference between any of them, it looks like little pieces of plastic to me. Anyone feel like explaining?

The only thing I worry about is the battery exploding, but that does not stop me from using it. I would say even if you could find one that does not use batteries it would not be worth the extra price.
Maybe someone could rig up a Pickup that uses solar power, or maybe wind power from your picking hand. Just a thought

And Headcase, I hope you meant SPARES not SPEARS. You would look awfully funny sticking a spear in you batter case. Not sure how good it would be for the guitar either.

Maybe I am not so lucky. What happens when I have 2 tracks I want to play together?  It is not the speakers either, because it does it with headphones too.

It seems like the static is always there even in the mono recordings but not loud enough to notice, when you add other tracks onto it it gets louder.

I will check out the Audacity forum to see if someone has had the same issue.

Would it help if I gave you a sample of what it sounded like? Maybe static is the wrong name for it...

I have it going from the preamp into the mic port on the computer. The battery is new so I don't think it is that. While experimenting I found that lowering the treble and uping the bass on the preamp makes less static. Why is that?