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Atlanta is a ghost town today. We had to drive around forever last night to find a restaurant that was actually open. Roads were not slick but everyone still managed to crash into each other. Little bit more slick this morning but no one was not he road so nothing difficult to get to the client from the hotel. Hoping we can find someplace open for lunch.

It was awesome Colin. I feel sorry for you that you did not have this tonight.

Bourbon Braised Pork Shank

Eating at Oprah's personal chef's restaurant. Had to start with biscuits.

You're right of course I am going to see the Cowboy Junkies. Looks like a lot of other good stuff coming up around here as well.

I need to get back into the whole live music thing. Cowboy Junkies are playing a small theater here in town. There is also the Experience Hendrix show in March looks pretty promising.

Ended up ordering some V-Picks and some Blue Chip picks to try out. I have found that I play the Modified Oval 1 11/16" neck 000-28 much better than I can play the Modified V 1 3/4" D-18. Part of that might be the 13s on the D-18 but the combo of modified V and 1 3/4" is quite a handful.

Anyone tried the V-Picks? http://v-picks.com/index.php Thinking about trying the Acoustic Pack to see if I like them better than the Dunlops and shop freebies I am using now.

Happy Birthday First Lt. Hiccups.

Nice. When you say your only steel string does that mean you have other Nylon string guitars. Haven't played with one of those yet. Froggy Bottoms do look awesome, they are up in VT. Huss and Dalton is in Virginia. I am still really interested in getting a handmade guitar like those but I should probably figure out how to play one before laying down large money to add one to the collection.

Any of the HC crew ever owned one of the Carbon Fiber acoustics available out there? Seems like an interesting idea for a more resilient guitar to travel with and leave out for practice.

Happy Birthday Mike.

Really interested in hearing what everyone else here is playing. The amount of guitars out there to choose from is pretty great and the number of great small builders is very impressive. Up to this point I have only played Martin, Taylors, Collings, Stonebridge and Wechters. Really liking both of the Martins. I am playing the 000-28 more as the 12 strings are a bit more comfortable than the 13s on the D-18. I like the open geared Waverly Tuners a but more than the Grovers. Seem to have a bit more solid feel and I think they look great. Random pic of the D-18

Looks like way too much PS sharpening to me.

Yeah, I am trying various case humidifiers and hygrometers to see what it best. I have found the Planet Waves hygrometer to be very inaccurate but their case humidifiers seem to work better the Planet Waves Humidipak. The Caliber IV that I bought at the cigar shop seems to be fare better than the Planet Waves unit so I need to pick up more of those. The shop I was at last night has a new D-18GE for $2900, which is the lowest price I have seen for them.

Somebody's gotta keep this thread going. Took off early to check out another shop that I had not visited to look for a smaller / cheaper practice guitar to use for lessons, etc. Really nice shop and the people were all great. My salesman reminded me very much of Jacob and I figure since Jacob knows his shit, this guy might as well. Played tons of guitars but came back to my original favorite from when I first started trying out guitars. I really wanted this one when I got the 160. I tried a whole lot of Taylors but really did not like them for some reason. They were all pretty heavy and the 1.75" neck was less comfortable than the 1 11/16 on my two newer Martins. I also tried two Collings guitars and really liked them but not sure that is where I will end up or not. They had it for a really good price so I got a smaller, but not necessarily cheap Martin. I should probably look into expanding my guitar room.

Happy Birthday

Mad Fibers without any doubt for me.

Happy Birthday

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The GS Mini sounded nice but it wasn't really small enough to bother with as it would still be a pain to commute with. I did manage to pick up another Martin, this time a Dreadnaught.

Thanks Dusty I might try that. I have found that a greatly prefer playing the acoustic to the electric. The electric has not been out of the case more than twice since I got it and that was only to play Rocksmith. I went over to JV's last night and saw Anthony Pirog play. Pretty good and the guy uses more pedals than I have ever seen on a stage.

I have a couple of case humidifiers to try and put a Air-O-Swiss humidifier in the room. I am contemplating picking up a Taylor GS Mini for lessons as I do not have time to go home after work before lessons so I need to take a guitar with me to work. Has anyone played one of these little guys? Are they close enough to a full size to be worthwhile?

Went out shopping for stands and ended up with these Hercules stands. Seem to work really well. I also got a humidifier for the room as my house was reading around 23% humidity and it seems I need between 40-50%. Now trying to choose a stool for the guitar room. I can almost play the intro to Sweet Home Alabama without fucking up at this point.

Snow is mostly washed away here but I am contemplating running to REI to get a big puffy coat for tomorrow as I am not prepared at all for the temperatures tomorrow.