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That's cool - yeah, I noticed that they have instruments for sale by a number of independent builders. Can't start the drinking just yet - I'm typing the last few paragraphs of my thesis at the moment. It's killing me, but I'll be having a few drinks over the weekend. Cheers.

Hey, thanks! I'm not sure about the Greek connection - it could well be used there. To be honest, I know very little about it - this is very much a learning experience. My birthday isn't until August, so this was an early surprise!

Scale length is 400-410 mm (slanted bridge, as I'm sure you guessed). It's a three string. The catalogue said that 6 string versions had all steel strings, and I was worried about the effect of 6 steel strings on a neck without a truss rod. Plus, the 6 string models sound quite like a...

Oh, sorry. Here: It's a Russian 3-stringed instrument. Scale length is around 400mm. It's strummed rapidly like a mandolin.

So, my parents bought me a balalaika for my birthday. It's a prima sized instrument, if that means anything (I think it's the most common size). They got it from the Early Music Shop for 75 pounds sterling. I'll put pics up in a couple o' hours. Here are the bad points first (although they are...

:D I heard you earlier on...."Dude, where the hell is your clip-on tuner?"

Me neither, it takes me ages.

I use these guys....work great for me:

He's saying take your reference note (like a tuning fork or some such) and then rely on the two big tuners that God gave you (you know, the ones he stuck on either side of your head :D)

What about us poor suckers who weren't blessed by the Big Man with good ears?

I have a similar outlook to mikeh above, but because I'm a poor student, a 1,000 dollar instrument is worth a fortune to me! Heck, even my 300-400 dollar guitars took weeks of saving to buy. The only guitar I am casual with, and thus 'relic', is a 50 dollar beater acoustic. That has been...

Funny you should mention that...I know a guy who did some pick wear (on an acoustic :eek:) with one of those battery operated coffee frothers with a piece of weedwhacker line attached to it. It looks fairly convincing, and doesn't take too long.

I'll get the smart answer out of the way, will I? Play the guitar for forty years... On a more helpful note, I believe Yuri Shiskov, the Fender custom shop luthier, has a technique whereby he sprays a nitro finish with a household furniture polsih aerosol (something like Pledge, Mister Sheen...

I see what you're saying, but it appears that the pickups are surface mounted, which means that the tenon could extend for a long way into the body...maybe not, though.

:D Played some banjo and guitar tonight - no problems at all. I'm gonna keep a close eye on this, though.

That's cool - random acts of kindness are always appreciated.

Hey, just back from a few days holiday. The hands are both fine now, although I haven't been playing much guitar. I'll try later on, and report back. Thanks for all the suggestions, guys.

Thanks Tony, I had an ice pack on my right hand for most of the day. I'll get some Ibuprofen. And my brother was only involved to the extent that it was his Telecaster that caused the pain. My Strat would never injure me :D

:D I'm from Ireland, not some third world place. Our hospitals are just fine, and they're free. :p Thanks for your concern, though. I probably will see a doctor tomorrow.

Guitar playing might be out of the question for a while. :( :mad: This afternoon, I was doing some work around the house - running some cables under the floorboards in my living room. I was drilling into the floor when the drillbit (a hole-cutting bit) got jammed tight. The drill started to...