seamac56

I'm an old fart whose back isn't what it used to be-anyway, I borrowed a friend's Les the other night-great ax, but after about a half hour, my spinal column started acting my age-any suggestions for a dual-humbucker electric that comes close to the sound without the weight?

I'm trying to get that Les Paul tone without the weight-I have nothing against Gibsons or Epi's-(I used to own an Epiphone)

-I play mostly blues

I've a talented 10-year old son who has a distortion pedal on his Christmas list. (BTW, not only is he talented, but doesn't have to be reminded to practice-that came from his mom's side...)Any suggestions for a good pedal to put between the Squier Strat and the Frontman? I play myself, but I'm strictly acoustic....

OK, I'm out looking (or fantasizing, until I can talk my wife into letting me buy it) at a Les Paul Studio. What are the major differences between say, a real Gibson LP studio and the Epi copy? Is it more or less like the difference between an American Strat and a Squier? I play a Strat and a beater Cort 'Mustang' copy at the moment. Once I set the Cort up, it played great! I was going to look for a good used Gibson, but I've been hearing some real horror stories about counterfeits-particularly Les Pauls- out there, particularly on eBay and places like craigslist. I'm not gigging, just jamming with friends. For example, is the Epi harder to keep tuned and intonated?

I've been playing for a while now, and I guess I could call myself an 'intermediate' player- I was working on this blues rhythm riff in C the other day from www.wholenote.com. I can't give the exact addres, but the lesson is called 'Stretch Blues'. In it, it calls for playing the 3rd(C) fret on the A string and the 8th fret on the D string(B Flat) simultaneously-my acoustic is a full sized dreadnaught with a 25 1/2" scale and I don't exactly have huge hands to work with-any good stretching exercises out there?

I handle government marketing and sales for my company- every morning, I manually enter about search terms on the solicitation website-I have about 15 terms to enter- is there a way to automate the search? The website does not have an autosearch feature that will let me use keywords. Thanks for the help

I play blues at jam sessions with friends- no gigging- I've been shopping for something with tubes for my Jimmie Vaughan Strat -I've played through both at GC-can't seem to make up my mind- any input either way? They're both 15 watts, the Fender is about $100 more than the Epiphone, but if we disregard the price tag...I'm not looking for volume, just good reasonably-priced tone-and if anyone can point me to a low-priced tube combo amp besides these two, that would be great also..Thanks-

Seamus

PS- I've been checking out AX84.com-brings out the DIY'er in me, but that's a project for another day-after the lawn, the painting, the bathroom remodeling, the new fridge....

I did my first DIY Grizzly kit earlier this year- I'm looking at either a Martin or Stewart MacDonald Dreadnought or 000-but does anybody make a DIY kit for a 12-string?

I'm about to spend my hard-earned cash on my first good electric axe- I'm down to 2 candidates: The Epiphone Les Paul Goldtop and the Fender Jimmie Vaughan Strat. I'm primarily blues (I won't be gigging, at least at the moment. They're both about the same price($600.00)-Pros and Cons for each? Thanks

That early '50's Goldtop is on the shopping list for after I hit Powerball, but for right now, I'll settle for an Epi....

1) Is a band a'traditional' Irish band if they have a guitar or either a standup/electric bass player?

2)Where does "Trad" leave off and "non-trad" begin???