Recent content by BluesRiffer

Merry Christmas Brothers and Sisters, Things have been the roughest it has ever been except when I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 10 years ago. Yes and I'm still kicking. I like this forum but I've have been busy taking care of sick people. I do have a rather brillant...

Hello There, I got this guitar in a trade a while back. Besides haveing a nine piece maple/Rose through body neck with an ebony fingerboard; rosewood front, maple middle, mahogany back body, it has an ergonomically designed neck that is slightly twisted making it easy to access the...

I like to use D'Addiros 12's but I don't like a wound G string as they stretch too far to get a whole step bend and I run into to the other strings if I have one. Elixers I use to practice as they seem to last a lot longer but D'Addiros seem to sound the best. I have found that the...

Hi Everybody, The way I keep the frets level is that I hold one of those el cheapo sandpaper nail files perpendicular to the frets lightly sanding applying even pressure with the finger tips. Then I look at them with a magnifying glass and get the original shape back. Then I use the...

Hi Everybody, I am certainly glad that ya'll have taken interest in the Atchafalaya Basin. It was a beautiful place and I hope that our combined efforts can help bring it back. During the high water 1972 or 73 a Army Corps of Engineers clocked the river flowing at a latitude even...

Hello Everybody, I'm new to this forum and I would like to introduce myself. I live in South Louisiana near or considered in the Atchafalaya Basin, a huge fresh water swamp. A lot of people when they drive over the I-10 Bridge over the Atchafalaya say "Oh what a Beautiful Place." Due...

Hello Everybody, This is Post numero uno. I have been finding PawnShop Guitar Beauties and with a little TLC I have a great set of Guitars IMO. However, often you will find that these Potential Gems often need the frets to be dressed or slightly resurfaced to get out those pesky dings...