My CD collection is all blocked away with stuff in the basement from the repairs we’re doing down there, so i downloaded Matthew Sweet’s “Sick of Myself” (my copy is not this poor - WMA9pro) on a whim. I had the window open and somehow managed to click on the “M"s (don’t ask me, I don’t know).

After I downloaded it and played a minute or two of it, I looked over to my left and saw the guitar and remembered that it was Matthew Sweet (among some others) that had originally spawned my interest in guitar at all. I picked up the guitar and started to play a little. And I sucked, as usual. Sucked so bad, in fact, that I broke my E string trying to play a D chord. Bah.

So if anyone knows the process (and I suspect that I might have one reader who does) required to most easily fix my poor busted guitar, I’d be much abliged. Right now, I’m going to download some more Matthew Sweet and perhaps some Steve Vai.

Yes, I know. Hopelessly optimistic.