None of ya have even SEEN SpaceDog's guitar.

For all you know, it could be already set up just fine...

Here's another "old school" tip that some may find useful and others may poo-poo:

I have always kept at least one guit around that the action is intentionally set higher than it could be, with slightly larger gauge strings on it. This, for practice purposes and building hand strength. The current "POS" practice guit for the past ten years or so is a nice old American made archtop Kay. The idea here is that, practicing on this action, then moving to the fully set up and more modern guit makes it seem like a breeze to play the same thing.

Keeps that fretting hand ready and able to play a long time, or snatch a payphone off the wall backstage, whichever comes first.

Whenever I meet someone who tells me they are a guitar player too, usually at a gig, one of the first things I do is ask to see their fingertips.

Can tell at a glance what's up.


--Mac