Random useful thoughts

One of the biggest criticisms of the Ibanez GA5TCE that I have seen is that Ibanez don't make a hard case for it. This wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't such an unusual size and shape for a classical acoustic, meaning you can't just use a generic case. After trying pretty much all of the cases in my local guitar shop they noticed that the Ibanez has a similar shape to the Alahambra slimline guitars, such as the 3 C CT , and Alahambra do make a hard case for them. The case has the catchy name " Cut-away thin Guitar Case 9565 " and turns out to fit the Ibanez GA5TCE almost perfectly. The case itself is black with a leather textured finish and copper coloured clasps. Inside it is black and fluffy like most cases. The guitar body fits snugly with effectively no movement. The neck is slightly thinner on the Ibanez than the Alahambra so the neck can move a few mm at the support. However, when the case is closed it seems very secure because the strings sit in the ...

Since my last post about it, the method to upload via Garmin Connect has stopped working. It relied on using the old version of the Garmin website, which has been taken down. I now use GPSBabel with the front end gpsbabelfe (listed as gpsbabel-gui), both available on the Linux Mint repos. Using the input options: snwhite=0,get_posn=0,power_off=0,erase_t=0,resettime=0 and output options: course=0 Works well and can be uploaded straight into Strava.

I recently bought an Ibanez GA5GCE and absolutely adore it. It's as if Ibanez put everything I like about my RG570 into a classical acoustic guitar. Thin neck, low action, easy high fret access, slim body, perfect! My only gripe was that the cable connecting the electronics inside was loose, which caused a rattle when moving the guitar around and an annoying buzz on certain notes. I googled and found other people having similar issues with different guitars. Their fix was to remove the strings, put your hand inside the guitar and reroute the cable in a position that wouldn't move. I tried this but couldn't fit my hand inside as the body is so small and thin and I have quite large hands. In the end I fixed the problem by removing the electronic control panel and tightening the wire as described below. Unscrew the four screws that hold the panel in place. It comes out easily as shown. Inside the guitar you can see that the offending cable is the one connecting the jack...