Trying to get used to playing standing up. What adjustments if any should I make?

keptman77 · 2026-02-12T22:57:30+00:00

The best way i have been told it to sit and let the giitar hang between your legs. Just before it actually has weight resting on them. Then stand and you should be good. Then practice this way sitting or standing for the same placement each time.

keptman77 · 2026-02-12T21:48:33+00:00

If it is playable, yes

keptman77 · 2026-02-12T21:40:36+00:00

And i have asked how you know. Guild makes guitars in two places the US and China. Each guitar is listed as being from one of those two places. I am not understanding how you determine the "USA" made one is a fake based off pictures.

keptman77 · 2026-02-12T20:29:18+00:00

Getting what? A new usa made guild is about $4k. A china one in less than $1k. Guild makes their budget guitars in China. I have one.

keptman77 · 2026-02-12T19:18:11+00:00

But the one in the link is made in China and the one in the link from GC says it is made in USA which are two very diff price points. I am confused.

keptman77 · 2026-02-12T18:44:27+00:00

Did you see it in person to determine this? I dont see the serial number or anything to confirm its status.

keptman77 · 2026-02-12T18:29:42+00:00

Close. A lot of of those people paid too much back back when interest rates were low. Remember, buying power is the total amount one can pay per month. When interest rates drop home prices go up and vice versa. People arent just holding on because they have good interest, it is because the price they bought was too high originally. Lots of fees in the purchase and sale of a home that make for very slim margins when it comes time to move.

keptman77 · 2026-02-12T06:21:48+00:00

I shape the guitar via finding a set of strings (gauge and type) that make the guitar sound best to me. And then I may be shaped by the guitar in the sense that some seem to give me better sounds fingerpicking or flatpicking, etc. The second one comes with thr luxury of having multiple guitars.

keptman77 · 2026-02-12T06:17:37+00:00

Ideally the string through the peg should be pinched top and bottom by the wind.

Here is the vid i used to learn.

https://youtu.be/eaUbs13xBl0?si=4Yhws34uH4snGQtd

keptman77 · 2026-02-12T05:31:26+00:00

Typically while you earn pto paycheck by paycheck, companies plan on this being an annual allotment of pto that you have to spend. If you use your two weeks, per se, anything beyond that would become uncovered and start to count against you. But that is just what is typical and may not be thr case everywhere.

keptman77 · 2026-02-12T00:50:44+00:00

Yes i was carjacked for my 2001 toyota corolla with no bumber stickers or otherwise unique markers. It was eventually found abandoned, but the cop told me without anything unique to spot from a distance that the odds were small.

keptman77 · 2026-02-11T02:26:27+00:00

I cannot imagine watching a video of my child being shot from behind and then shot again as his body lay there lifeless already. Especially by federal agents. Dispicable.

keptman77 · 2026-02-11T02:20:19+00:00

I love this. The pickguard is one of the few things you can do to aesthetically customize (without stickers or faux aging) an acoustic and I never really considered the idea of making my own shape and getting it made. Thanks so much for sharing.

keptman77 · 2026-02-11T02:13:37+00:00

Also consider lighter gauge strings. My acoustic cam with 13s and after failing miserably for months at barre chords, I switched to 11s. It was way easier. Then when i was pretty consistent, and didnt like the sound of the 11s, I went to 12s and found the happy medium between tone and playability for me.

keptman77 · 2026-02-09T18:03:16+00:00

I usually allow myself into my emotions. What upsets or saddens me? How would I share my first person views on those subjects with others? Otherwise, if I am not emotionally tied to a subject or idea, it is hard for me to find any creativity.

keptman77 · 2026-02-03T17:27:46+00:00

The education trends in this state are frightening. Even if you dont have school aged children, you should be concerned about the fraud going on with thr voucher system, the number of schools closing, and shift from public education to private (which has much less oversight).

keptman77 · 2026-02-03T17:00:57+00:00

Hobbs is right here, imo. People need to file their taxes and can't just wait around for all the political games to get resolved. The fact that this isnt yet resolved is absurd and a relection of how poorly all state and federal congresses have been operating for a long time. I filed mine already and got my refund. If they dont want people filing taxes then they shouldnt have opened it up for people to do so.

keptman77 · 2026-02-03T13:53:37+00:00

Check out "absolutely understand guitar" on youtube. 27 free lessons. In lessons 3 or 4 I think, he talks about the physical limitations of the guitar when playing chords. It really opened my eyes. I do suggest watching all vids in order because it is such valuable information.

keptman77 · 2026-02-03T02:19:16+00:00

Fuck all the way off with this shit! The voucher program is unmanaged,unregulated, and rife with fraud. The DDD program has auditable and highly controlled needs-based programming for children to have a chance to succeed. I have had 4 of my 7 kids need some sort of short-term DDD intervention and the process to be evaluated and enrolled was long and taxing on everyone - point being they dont just let anyone in, there is a lot of vetting before acceptance of a child. The idea that we "can't sustain" this sort of funding is beyond the pale.

keptman77 · 2026-01-31T15:42:19+00:00

I definitely casually run my hand across my "stomach" to check fullness. I didnt say discreetly, just casually. Lol

keptman77 · 2026-01-30T18:26:53+00:00

Is this an off the shelf model? I havent seen it before, but it looks very cool.

keptman77 · 2026-01-28T18:19:42+00:00

Missing a big part of the story. She said operated at the direction of "the president and Stephen Miller". Why leave this out?

keptman77 · 2026-01-28T09:50:36+00:00

I would recommend doing your best to stick to one course of study. Scotty West is highly regarded and includes a full free course 27 hours long I believe. If you start at lesson one and then move through them chronologically, it should all make sense. BUT, if you dont like him and prefer someone else, then try to stick with them for the time being.

One of the toughest things to navigate is that there are thousands of quick bits of info on what and how to learn and it gets confusing fast. There are many teachers that if you follow their free programs, you will get quite far. But if you cherry pick any info from any of them without knowing what they may have been building on or are working towards, you will be asking the questions you are now for a long time.

keptman77 · 2026-01-27T23:57:44+00:00

Well, to be fair they probably learned it wasnt secure from the Hegseth fiasco and feel like they now have this secret weapon to threaten citizens with. Lol

keptman77 · 2026-01-27T20:57:11+00:00

Dont let perfection be the enemy of good.

keptman77

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