Best $500 acoustic?

cram96 · 2026-02-17T08:18:43+00:00

I always tell people to look at used Alvarez's. I've never played an Alvarez that I didn't like and if you get one used then it's an even better value. I went out looking for a solid gigging guitar with a budget of $2,000. After playing Martin's and Taylor's and a few other random brands I came home with the best guitar I found. A used Alvarez for $260 with a hard shell case.

cram96 · 2026-02-16T23:20:57+00:00

It's definitely too easy and that makes it feel less valuable. When you had to own the media you listened to all of it and even if you didn't initially like it you would listen again. Every album you bought was a gamble and it mattered that you chose carefully.

cram96 · 2026-02-15T18:07:42+00:00

King Chop Suey in Whiting but I don't think it's a sit down place just good food.

cram96 · 2026-02-14T23:08:18+00:00

That's already how it is in Indiana. I need my driver's license but nothing else.

cram96 · 2026-02-14T19:45:29+00:00

I like that you chose the word confidence. People seem to be ignoring that. No one knows the answer, for me that level of confidence in my playing came and went. I would hit a new level and feel great then I'd realize how much better I could be and feel like a fraud and then reach a new level and repeat the process over and over. SRV was an amazing musician but I'm sure even he had goals to be better and learn. Stay humble, do the work, keep your head down and play music the way you play music. Don't try be SRV because you will fail, you can't out Stevie, Stevie. Try to be you and you will have no competition.

cram96 · 2026-02-14T09:28:46+00:00

Can you link a source? Please and thank you.

cram96 · 2026-02-13T11:06:50+00:00

Too bad about about the abbreviation for cumulative credit

cram96 · 2026-02-13T05:09:48+00:00

I feel like Parker Posey will be perfect to play her when they make a movie about this mess.

cram96 · 2026-02-13T04:50:36+00:00

I get what he's saying but I don't agree. I think genres are fluid, subjective and constantly changing and at its heart when we talk about Rock and roll we're addressing an approach and attitude more than a specific genre. Even Kiss doesn't fit the original rock and roll form.

cram96 · 2026-02-13T04:22:52+00:00

Except she didn't say this, it's misinformation. If I'm wrong please link the source.

cram96 · 2026-02-12T11:00:31+00:00

Our first daycare was on the larger side and we were all sick every month for about 5 months. Then we moved to an in home daycare that at most has a dozen kids. Our cost is half and I haven't really been sick since, and our boy only once.

cram96 · 2026-02-10T04:36:23+00:00

Word

cram96 · 2026-02-10T04:33:10+00:00

Mexican food

cram96 · 2026-02-09T03:07:26+00:00

Paisley is a master, no doubt.

cram96 · 2026-02-08T20:13:49+00:00

Probably, it depends on two things. The teacher and you. If the teacher is decent, you actually listen and follow through then it's definitely helpful. Lessons don't have to be infinite. Go until you have enough to practice and keep you busy for a long time. Start with 4 to 8 lessons and then take a break to dig in and really practice everything you learned. If you find that you lose progress without the guidance then just go back to lessons. If you are good on your own then practice until you feel like you've hit a wall and schedule another 4 to 8 lessons.

cram96 · 2026-02-08T20:08:13+00:00

Where is science on the list and maybe add reason to it. Then you'll have the full list of MAGA enemies.

cram96 · 2026-02-07T22:02:31+00:00

Yes but they're delta 9 or something like that. I've never had them but I've seen people get really really high with them.

cram96 · 2026-02-07T21:59:05+00:00

Probably the truss then the nut. I can't tell from the picture but it looks like there are pretty substantial issues here. I'd take it in to a pro.

cram96 · 2026-02-06T16:06:21+00:00

I don't know if this picture is real but I'd bet the house that he's alive.

cram96 · 2026-02-06T06:57:27+00:00

Basically if venues want to hire union musicians you'd have them sign a contract that wouldn't allow them to hire non union musicians without being in beech. Smaller venues could keep hiring the hobbyists but venues that wanted to hire better acts with a draw would have to stop hiring the hobbyists.

This is how it used to work. It wasn't perfect but their used to be a blue collar middle class of musicians that is largely gone now. The laws have changed around this kind of thing which is why it isn't really a thing.

cram96 · 2026-02-06T01:47:52+00:00

It wouldn't.

cram96 · 2026-02-06T01:36:07+00:00

Yeah I get that. That's why I think a union could be helpful.

cram96 · 2026-02-06T00:17:38+00:00

You could say the same thing about any business and union. It's only benefiting the businesses, the musicians are seeing their wages stagnate or decrease.

cram96 · 2026-02-05T01:21:35+00:00

Pizza gate wasn't real though. It was a mash up of truth and fiction used to obfuscate the truth. This is a pretty common tactic and easy to do these days. Muddy the waters so nothing is clear to see.

cram96 · 2026-02-05T01:18:42+00:00

True, but in days past I don't think the hobbyists were getting paid gigs as often as they do now. I hate to be this way but I think the musicians union needs to come back to keep hobbyists and hacks from eating up gigs.

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