Not in the market, no, no, no. Surfing the web this rainy evening, and I went to the website of the guy who built my classical guitar. What should I see but THIS - he’s gone into steel-strings as well.
I’m not in the market, no, no, no. Even though I absolutely love the classical he made for me, I don’t need another steel-string, it’s probably going to be expensive, I need to pay off the piano.
I think I need to swing by his place and play it sometime soon though. We’ll be driving right past his workshop while we’re on vacation…
That looks fascinating; I suspect, given his nylon-string roots, that it would be geared to fingerstyle, either fingerpicked folk/ragtime, or more modern stuff? I assume it would favor an even, precise attack - balanced sound and separation, not strummy, although I am sure it would do jazz pretty well…
Yeah, the lack of a (visible) pick guard made me wonder about vigourous strumming, too. He does have this 1mm clear plastic stuff that he has used on his flamenco instruments as a golpeador. I’ll try to file a report when I get a chance to try it out.
What am I saying? If I ever get a chance to try it out. In a few weeks when I’m back. On the way to the waterslide park…
AAUUUGH! GAS! GAS!
Gotta go; I’m (supposed to be) on vacation. (Hate vacations - all that playing time wasted!)
If I saw someone playing one of those, I wouldn’t be able to listen 'cause I’d be too busy squinting and turning my head to try to make the guitar straighten out.
Nah, just a carrier of G.A.S., a highly communicable disease you catch from other people who spend way too much time fingering their guitars. Guitar is a nasty habit - and if you keep picking it, it’ll never heal.
As it turned out, we walked past Fred Eaglesmith’s Hobo Java store just after it closed. I was not allowed to remain in the vicinity to see when they opened today. Too bad - there was a really cool harp guitar in the window…
