Sold my 1985 MESA Mark III Black Stripe. It was a cool amp and I don't regret buying it, it served its purpose well and it held up nicely in a few great jams but the Lonestar has completely eclipsed it, I've barely touched the Mark III since, and I'm itching to buy a new guitar anyway. The post on Craigslist got three responses in less than 24 hours, impressive.

Selling my banjo as well and hoping the combined cash will give me a good head start on my first Gibson. I've fallen madly in love with the rare and fabled '69 SG Custom and have been daydreaming about tracking one down. It's my next target, although I have a feeling this one will take a long time to find, and when I finally do find one it'll probably be way too expensive for me to cave on.

The '69 is by far my favorite but there are a lot of other late 60's SGs that have caught my eye too, might settle for a different year.

http://i.imgur.com/E4zfXZT.png

Schwing!!!!!

All of them are naturally relic'd by now too. The faded gold stamped hardware, all of the white pickguards have gone cream, the oldschool Gibson tremolo, the faded binding, and that old faded natural burgundy body, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. This is the only time I've been completely won over by a white pickguard too. Not to mention the thing sounds absolutely stunning. Just ****ing beautiful, pure guitar porn.

Bought myself this thingy.
http://news.edrumpro.com/wp-content/...Sample-Pad.jpg
My sense of rhythm and timekeeping is terrible, so I thought I might try to improve it a little.
It's so much fun to drum away at five in the morning.

I have not played in years, but I use to play the violin fairly well. My personal violin is a Wiessmeyer. It is ok but the one that I use to rent when I was taking lessons was by far my favorite. I loved the wood finisg and the clarity of sound. Wish I remembered what the name of it was! Maybe one of these days I will get back into it!:)

Finally been getting some decent practice in on my acoustic, which I am a total amateur at. Anyhow I've been noticing a fantastic kind of whistling noise playing a short little stanza half step below standard. Google says people hate it, I think its pretty ****in cool. Adds another dimension to the music, kinda like polyphonic singing. Anyone have any super simple tunes, or even just tricks to add to what I'm playing, that pull that sound out more? And hopefully you know what the hell I'm talking about?

No idea what you're talking about. Elaborate.

Been a while since I've posted, dropping in for an update.

Recently got my hands on a Limited Canadian Edition Larrivee D-03R, 1 of 12 made and sold in Vancouver before Larrivee consolidated their Canadian division and moved most of their production to California with the rest of the big shot guitar manufacturers. Canadian spruce top, Indian rosewood back & sides, African ebony fretboard & bridge, Mahogany neck, and Bubinga maple leaf inlays and binding. The 12 of them retailed for $1600 back in 2010, I stumbled upon this one in near mint condition (original receipt, packing, and case) for $1000 on Craigslist, the guy barely played it for 5 years, kept it more as a collector's item. I've been learning fingerstyle blues on it, a genre I've always adored but have been too intimidated by to learn, after playing rock and roll with a pick for 10 years it's very difficult to rethink the way I use my right hand. It's coming along, though.

Here's a short recording of what I've been learning, Day 2:
Fingerstyle Blues - Day 2 - EPOCH6 - picosong

http://i.imgur.com/3zpRojp.jpg?1

And this is a Phin, possibly from Thailand, that I got off some crazy old lady for $30 (she thought it was just a fancy kids guitar from Walmart, I didn't tell her otherwise). The fret spacing is diatonic but kind of inaccurate, which is interesting because it seems like the people who make these just fret them to sound nice to their ear, rather than following what musical theory would dictate. It had some nasty strings on it when we got it so we threw a few mandolin strings on in their place hoping they'd be similar gauge but it kind of backfired and now the strings are way too tense and it's very difficult to play / keep in tune, but I'll find some proper strings eventually. Every Phin out there has an ornate hand carved dragon headstock, it's pretty bizarre.

http://i.imgur.com/VIet6I4.jpg

Beautiful guitar, sounds amazing, and killer playing.

Thanks for the encouragement man. I'm literally starting from scratch with fingerstyle, 3 days into it, after 10 years of only using a pick, so my phrasing and timing is still pretty awkward (but it's the blues so it fits anyway). That recording is this guitar at its most reserved, playing quietly in my room, excited to show you guys what it sounds like when its played with confidence. I'll be posting more progress recordings as I fumble through this.