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Hi, everyone. I live in Portland, Texas USA and have a passion for music and photography. I am old, sort of (62) so my user name fits. I play guitar and violin (although we don't refer to them as violins in Texas) Here, we call them fiddles. I mainly play folk and country with acoustics. I have one acousitc/electric, but I seldom play plugged in. The main thing I'm trying to do now, is to get my songwriting skills honed. I have three acoustic guitars (2 Martins and a classical Yamaha) as well as a Knilling violin. That's about it. This seems like it might turn out to be a first class web site and a great place for pickers to hang out.

Lou

Welcome aboard mate. I'm only 16 myself, so I look forward to possibly learning something from you. I'm sure I could learn alot, just by reading a few of your posts, and its really a great honor to have such an experienced musician join the site. I hope you enjoy your stay, and stick around for a while.

-Shane

Likewise, thank you for joining us and the rest of the team, and we hope you enjoy your stay!
The site is still very much in its infancy, but its becoming a growingly useful place to hang out... I hope that you can stick around and post now and again, I think your wisdom and experience could benefit the younger guys and gals on here just as much as they could benefit the guitar seniors!

Thanks for being a apart of our steadily growing community, Rikki

Glad you can join us Lou

Hello there, how are yall doing out there ? Getting hot yet? Man, you got 2 martins, want to tell us about them?

Bluelew,

Yeah, it's hot here. It'll stay that way until October. As far as the Martins go, I stopped playing guitar for a long long time and swore that if I ever took it up again, I would get a Martin. I've always liked the sound of them. I got an HD-28 around the first of this year. It was simply the best sounding guitar that I ran across and of course that is a very subjective thing. What sounds good to my ears may not to someone else. I also purchased a 000C-16RGTE and there were a couple of reasons. The smaller size is very comfortable to play while lounging and I wanted something that plugged in. The second reason turned out not to be so important as there are very few (in fact none) times that I need to be plugged in to an amp. The 000 also has, to me, a wonderful tone. I wish I had been able to get them earlier in my life, but I just feel fortunate to be able to enjoy them now. Whatever you play, if it gives you pleasure and keeps your creative juices flowing, it's a wonderful thing. Be thankful that you're able to participate in such an inspirational endeavor.

Lou

Man, I love those guitars. I've been trying to save up for for an HD-28 but by the time I get to about about $1500. I get an offer I can refuse on something else. I think the triple0 has a really nice tone also. Hey I want one of each for sure, well Happy trails.