I almost didn't post anything. Blogger changed since I posted last, and I was lost there for a moment on how to post a new entry! Anyway, I'm posting now, so it's all good.
This post is devoted to my New Year's resolution. I'm not big on resolutions, because I never end up keeping any of them! This new year I resolve to pick up my guitar and play something daily. I would be a pretty good player by now if I had done this from the time I started this blog! I have all it takes to accomplish this resolution: I have my guitars and amps, and I have plenty of lessons to learn from; but what I lack is the discipline to play daily! By writing my resolution out here, I hope to accomplish my goal!
In my last post, I mentioned that I wanted an acoustic-electric guitar to round off my collection, but I couldn't buy the guitar I wanted at the time. Well, this past summer I found an acoustic-electric online for a price so low, I couldn't pass it up. It's not the one I wanted in my last post, but it's a very good guitar IMHO. It's a Rogue RA-090 Dreadnought, and I really enjoy playing it. It has nice electronics and a built in tuner. It sounds great (to my ears, anyway) either plugged in or unplugged.
When I ordered it, I also ordered a nice strap for it and I ordered some strings for my first ever real guitar that I got when I was about six years old. That little old guitar became unplayable over the years, but I decided to try to get it playing again. It had fret buzz throughout most of the neck, but I fixed it by putting a tiny wood shim under the saddle, thus raising the action just enough to eliminate the fret buzz. Now it's my practice guitar that I have leaning against the wall next to my favorite chair. It's sort of small for my adult-size fingers to do any chord work on it, but I can still finger pick and do melody work on it. So I'm using that little old guitar as a stepping stone to achieve my goal of playing daily. Wish me luck! Happy New Year!
