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That would require an amp of some sort wouldn't it?

Looks like I am going to be traveling non-stop for the next couple of months so I am thinking about picking up a travel guitar. Potentially a Rainsong P12 Parlor CF unit. Sound clips and videos I have seen make it sound pretty good. Just not sure if it is a $1k better than the Composite Acoustics Cargo Guitar. I assume no one here has ever heard these?

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Yep, better for me now. Thanks Todd.

Interesting. HC was pretty much non-reachable much of the time on my Fios 150MB down 50MB up service. Hopefully it will be back to normal now.

Really slow for me for a few days. Freezes up halfway through loading a page quite a bit of the time if not just sitting doing nothing. Not noticing it on my iPad so I thought it may be Safari.

Happy Birthday Colin. Maybe I'll buy you some cake tomorrow.

Happy birthday.

No pedals around here. I have found the V-Picks to be an awesome pick up as they sound almost as good as the Blue Chip and do not slip in my fingers at all. They are super annoying though being crystal clear as I keep laying them down and then not being able to find the damn things again.

Very informative. I would like to see that Brazilian Steve Anderson. I kind of like the sound of the J45 and this morning most strings were in tune, though E was a bit sharp so that is different. Maybe it is settling in. The case is far inferior to the Martin and Boucher cases so it is difficult to keep the thing at a proper humidity level so I am hoping it is not doing much growing/shrinking in there overnight.

Dog Fish Head Chicken Pot Pie Brent, please note the massive biscuit.

Thinking about returning the Gibson. Every time I take it out of the case it is almost a full step flat on all strings. Can't keep it in tune for anything. Not sure if it is a fault in the nut or bad tuners. I am getting some tinging and minimal changes when turner some of the tuners.

I got sick of constantly having those calls with Mark and gave up on my Rogue stuff a long time ago. Still have an old Magnum 88 power amp laying around somewhere that has not worked forever.

Ended up with a reported 18.2 inches in my neighborhood. That last 2-3 inches that fell after I cleaned up really made for a shitty morning but I made it out and am off to work. Stupid snow froze and stuck to my windows so I had to chisel most of it off. Next time I will come out and night and knock all that crap off. Pretty slick this morning.

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We got 14.5 inches here. Easier to shovel this morning, now that it has rained all day the snow has gotten very heavy so all the procrastinators are paying for it around here.

Snow shoveling sucks.

Also got a very varied selection of picks in the mail today. Red picks are part of the speed pick training system Carbon Fiber grip Jazz IIIs V-Pick starter pack Really like the V-Picks, not as good as the Blue Chips but you do get 6 for less than the price of one Blue Chip. The CF Jazz III are really small and while there is great grip they are not very smooth on the strings. Haven't watched the DVD yet to figure out how to hell to use the red ones yet.

I intend to keep all of the ones I like. I am actually already considering dumping the 000-28 so it may end up going.

Brought another one home today. I wanted to try the Gibson sound and I wanted a Sunburst Guitar so I figured I would try this one to get each. Gibson J-45 Custom. Quite a bit different than the other dreads, 1 11/16 nut, shorter scale. Plays really easy and sounds more balanced than the Martin which I can see is a little bit scooped out in the middle compared to this one. This one has more bling than I would typically look for but I think it looks okay. I also got to try out my instructor's 67 Gibson 335. Thing sounds awesome when he plays it but the neck is thin that it sounds like a mess when my fat, clumsy fingers try to play it.

Well all the Nikon gear is gone. Now I need to decide if I jump back to Canon 5DmkIII or wait a bit to see if anything else pops up I find more interesting. Haven't really used my Nikon at all for months so I am not really in a rush to start buying a whole new setup.

Nope. Evidently Boucher Family owns a large property full of 150 year old forestry and they supplied the wood to all the big guys until they decided to get into the business a few years ago. Now they use their best wood on their handmade stuff. Hand carved adirondack scalloped bracing.

Left the house today intending to pick up a Collings Acoustic Guitar. Went to a few shops and tried several Collings and some Huss and Daltons and really could not find one that I liked as much as my D18. They all seemed to be less dynamic than the Martin. Tried a few brands I did not know that well including Froggy Bottom which was awesome but really a finger picking guitar that could not be played all that hard. Came across this Canadian brand that is all AAAA Andirondack tops across their lines and looked good so I tried them out. Really thought the Dreadnaught was the best I heard all day long so it came home with me. Similar to my D-18 with less bass, a bit more balanced.

I have bikes, I just have no interest in riding them.

My car.