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It is actually a good survial tool ... Have a section of your gear with a pouch of 4 0 steel wool ...have a few 9 volt batteries safely in its own compartment ... If you car breaks down you will be able to start a fire ....? .....hhhmmmm freshly toasted marshmallows and a cup of hot choclate under the illuminated nightly stars .?... Oh yeah life is good !!You can even offer some to the tow truck driver when ever he shows up ? Kenny

Your wellcome Grem ! I'm glad you are taking my words of warning serious .... A fella can work on his guitar all day and deep ito the night and say to himself I'm tired I'll clean up this oil mess tomorrow .... Famous Last Words ??? BTW oil soaked steel wool may be a lot more flamable and may spontaionusly combust a lot sooner than the oil soak rags . To illstrate my point take a bone dry 4 0 steel wool pad and touch it with the termanil ends of a regular Nine volt battery ...it will go up instantly ? dang not having a spell check skucks ? stay safe out there , Kenny

Be careful with your oil soaked rags if your using Linseed , Watco , and any other number of linseed oil based finishing products .The rags need to be soaked ( very wet )before you seal them up and dispose of them ...The same goes for your steel wool if you are using steel wool .... 4 0 steel wool was a fave of mine ... What can happen is they will start to smolder and eventualy spontainiously combust ....I am being polite when I say What can happen ..the truth is it will combust and start a fire ...it may take a few days ...yet It will happen if you don't take the nessacary precautions to safely dispose of them . I used to make and sell butcher block furniture when I was in my early 20 's ....With the resturant grade large butcher block cutting tables we made we always used mineral oil because that works with food preperation and it is noncombustable combination when applying mineral oil with a rag. A large part of the stores buisness was to also make kitchen tables out of Oak Parquet and butcher block ... With these tables we put a stain on the oak tables and then always wet sanded them using steel wool and Watco Danish oil .Then depending on how many coats of oil , we would wipe it down a few hours later and re apply a fresh coat of oil More than once someone forgot to throw the oil soaked rags and steel wool into a coffee can half filled with water ..those rags would start smoking within a few hours during the hot summer months ... 10 years ago I was doing an oil finish on one of my guitars necks ....I didn't have a strong baggie or a coffe can so I soaked them in a store plastic bag and threw my rags out .....A few days later the dumpster had a little fire ........this is for real ....be carefull ... PS my chromebook doesent have a spell check with the browser I'm using ...So if I sound ignorant and my spelling is off ... I guess I have been exposed ? all the best , Kenny

I started a new diet to curb my plugin GAS . It's called The No More VST Acquisition Fast . Kenny

A couple of days late on this one , What is Irish and stays outside all year long . Paddy O' Furniture Kenny

Tmi ? NO !!! If I ever make into Space The Final Frontier ..I'm gonna have to cheat at strip poker when I play with those girls .? Kenny

I just went over to my U tube page to see how my new Jazz Guitar video is doing .... I guesse I'm not as popular as I thought I was since I just found out that I 'm only a breath or two away from being dead . Oh Seven of Nine!!! where ever thou art in this Infinite Universe ...Please answer my humble plea and Assimilate Me .... Kenny

Give it a try . Once you gain some guitar set up skills in all the various areas of action , electronics , intonation , setting up a neck , changing all the parts and fitting them , you will have some chops . The next time you run across a guitar used or new you will have a level of confidence in your abillity to know exactly what you are looking at and where you may stand on being able to determine if the guitar may be a good choice for you with out having to bring it to a shop .If you get good you may even decide you prefer what you are doing most of the time as opposed to sending one of your guitars out to have it set up in a shop. In a lot of cases I prefer what I'm building / Modding over what they are selling over the counter. The only thing I may caution you about is you may need to be OK about the money you sink into this type of activity. You may not ever see it again or get a decent price when and if you try to sell one of your experements in guitar building. Where I'm at just so you know , I do alot of my own work within these parameters . My short list includes changing bridges , necks, pickups, setting action , intonation , stripping a finish , refinishing ( oil or paint can ) basic electronics and wiring ( this one trys my patience and i always need a schematic ) truss rod adjustments , cleaning a fret board and oiling it , As you can see my list includes most things guitars need to have done to them with out the heavy tools and super experience. Things such as taking a plank of wood and turning it into a guitar body or neck , routing out cavities for parts , doing a fret job , and a few other things that invole specialized knowledge , tools and experience are out of my wheelhouse . I enjoy what I'm doing and I consider myself a parts changer that knows a little bit about what he is doing ? Kenny

I'm happy I played something you enjoyed very much ! Thank you for the listen . Thank you Grem ! I'm trying to up my jazz style playing ...Seems to be gaining traction When I open up my guitars case to play later I will give her a strum for you . all the best , Kenny

Ouch !!! After seeing that video it has become super clear too me as to why that muscians mother set up a go fund me page to have her homes basement sound proofed . Kenny

Oh Man ! So that's where all the cool older chicks are hiding ??? Kenny

I don't know man . If I was the Captain of an Intergalactic Spacecraft from another Planet ?I would hit that dude with a transporter beam to bring him back to my home Planet . Then I would get two Lava Lamps , stick him in the middle of them both and let him have a go at what he does . I sure hope he can learn some new tunes . If he does ...... Yup ! he would make a nice Pet Kenny

Pragi ! I'm happy you enjoyed my playing and tone on this video performance . Thank you for the kind words . ? Craigb ! I'm super glad you enjoyed this one . ? The video end of this was filmed using a modestly priced low tech andriod phone . It tried it's best to keep up . My Avatar ? ...There is truth in my desire to represent myself online ....What you see is what you get ? Milo is a good boy and he dosen't seem to mind playing second fiddle to me playing and practicing my guitar . Whole other story when I'm on my computer . He puts his whole 98 pounds into his armpit nudges and sneak attacks for attention . Hi Paulo ! I'm glad you enjoyed my playing on this video . Thank you for the kind words you said ? ? all the best Kenny

Hi all , I have been practicing playing over some Jazz tunes using I Real Pro . I'm posting this video here because I want to keep it low key .. Here is an improvised practice performance I recorded this afternoon of me playing along to the chord changes of Song For My Father . Hope you enjoy some of my melodic phrases ... all the best , Kenny

So if you miss a few important chord changes while playing a song and if it leads to a messy pile up of mashed fingers strewn all over the guitars fret-board . What's the deductible ? & Will this policy pay out ? Kenny

RIP Gary your music left a mark in this world ... I hope you enjoy this harp players performance of your iconic tune . Kenny

The one with the beard ! Kenny

Whoa !!! After reading a few new posts , I 'm starting to get the feeling that some of you fella's around here may cheat a little at the game of pocket pool .... It's OK real men can't help it since we are wired the way we are ... For those of you that need a little clarification of what we are talking about , here is a modern day example of "the benefits of not leaving a witness in your shorts" .? While you are exercising your given rights to express yourself , the first rule and fundamental principal of pocket pool is stated as !!! " Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing " Always remember this !! This principle is the cornerstone that holds the foundation of our manly sport together .? Why ? Because if you end up getting caught cheating at pocket pool it is important to know that when you follow this rule neither hand , the left nor the right hand can give a reliable testimony on the witness stand ??? Kenny

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Yes I hear you loud and clear .I got the same thing inside of me too ? + 1 , I thought the guitar players one finger performance was very good ...it takes a lot to be able to do that and be musical . all the best , Kenny

? WHAAAATTT I'm a guitar player ! My counting skills start to get a little suspicious once I get past the number 4 ... I save the mathematical computations for Keyboard players , Sax players and people with brains . Today's question . How many grains of rice are in a 10 lb bag? According to Wolfram Alpha, a grain of dry white rice is ~0.0023oz, or ~0.000144 pounds. 10/0.000144 = ~69565 grains of rice in a 10 pound bag. all the best , Kenny

Thanks for sharing that ?' As far as guitar players go I'm sticking with the guitar players I have admired and listened to over the decades .I've done a deep dive on all my influences which means not only have I studied my influences and learned what I could from them I also listened and studied the people that have influenced the players I have been influenced by . I have nothing against the new young breed players ,the simple fact of the matter is they just don't do it for me ... On the other hand I am very impressed with the physicality young people display while doing precise physical activities , Younger people have taken it to a whole new level than my generation .. I happen to like to watch clips of people doing stuff like 2 person gymnastics , trick shots , balancing on one hand while taking a selfie on the top floor of a building in Dubai with no safety net . Using their girl as a weight set , bicycle stunts , extreme acrobatics and contortions , I'm old and I'm at the age where if I have fallen and I can't get up concerns me .... I see some of the stuff younger people do and I honestly feel some of them are fearless ..it's like all these young people are a bunch of modern day Evel Knievel's at their chosen sports and physical activities . all the best , Kenny

Courtesy Flush !!! Courtesy Flush !!! Ole smiley the turd is starting to infiltrate the short hairs of my nose ? Oh My !! a true stickler for details . Hey let me ask you something ... When you go to the supermarket do you actually count how many grains of rice are contained in the bag of rice you are thinking of buying ? Kenny

When you happen to find yourself playing "One Note Samba " to a bunch of guitar players with tightly crossed arms and scowls on their faces . Take your one finger and let the bird ?out of the cage for your one finger performance of One Note Samba . Kenny

FWIW , I actually find the videos hosted at PG Music to be of significant value as a learning resource Kenny