No, sorry about those last 2 posts (It should have been on the HTML thread)
But yes the guitar is a total bastard. It makes your hands look like the only muscular part of your body, it pisses off friends and family (by your constant humming and jammin')
But why else would you do it?
About 20 years ago a very good mate of mine, Liam Deery, at that time the guitarist/bassist(Sir Toby Fylde) of "Ferdia" came up with the first two parts of Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer". He did it in a standard tuning.
I went home (after several days or weeks, I can't remember which), tuned my axe to G, then Dropped d, then DAF#DAD.
It still is the tune that seperates me from slightly pissediness, or total sobrietyy. I have all four pieces, thanks to Liam.
Because without his interest in the tune, I probably wouldn't have even botherd my arse.
Apropos the worthy Neophyte, in an earlier episode; Why limit yourself to one person's view of things.
I have talked to Monsieur Grossman on this subject.
And he agrees with me (name dropping*BG*), that individuality is the key. I learned "Dallas Rag" from a live recording of his. I do it in DBGDGD. Funny thing was, he recorded it in D, and 'Dropped D' at that.

The Guitar is a weird and wonderful object. The guy who perfected it's design, may he reign in Heaven. I am very grateful to my instruments for putting up with my little foibles, my anger, my empathy, my dissillusionment.
The guitar is a rotten instrument..yes...but only in the context of speaking about a newly married couple who have just had their first argument.

Keep at it, you'll learn to love it (just like New York).
The fingers may bleed, the point of no return passed, then all that's left, is your imagination.>br> Keep on pluckin'
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