Today is Two days ago was the
two year anniversary of this blog. To celebrate, I bought a new guitar. Of course, I was going to buy the guitar anyway.
Lady K, you mentioned in the comments section that the guitar I admired had better be studded with diamonds to justify the price. Well, you've gotten your wish... in a way. My new guitar is a
Composite Acoustic, and it's made out of graphite. I was skeptical at first of the CA, because I knew that the Rainsong graphite guitars were a bit iffy, but the guitar I bought sounded sweet and true. Not only does the CA look and sound good, but it is impervious to temperature fluctuations and casual violence. The guy who sold me the guitar assured me that I could jump up and down on the guitar and it wouldn't break. (He said he sometimes brought in one of his CAs from home in order to demonstrate this stunt to prospective buyers.) As much as I am tempted to share this tidbit with my preschool audiences, I shall refrain. I shall pretend that my new guitar is a delicate, sensitive instrument.
Here is the studio picture of the Composite Acoustic
GX:
I'll post actual home photos soon, complete with dramatic poses. In the meantime, follow the link to check out the specifications on the GX, admire how the body is molded so that I can actually play it comfortably, or shake your head in skepicism that an acoustic guitar could be created from anything besides a tree. Ulric was the one who alerted me to the existence of graphite guitars. If you have to blame anyone, blame Ulric.
Update 11:30 a.m. PST: I just took a proper photo of my guitar. I now open the comments section to any and all references to
This is Spinal Tap:
