Anyway, the above isn’t the iced coffee I had this morning. It’s one a coworker found in our fridge a few days ago. She shared some with me, and it’s quite tasty. From Taiwan. "Easy to drink!" Love that.
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It’s been a difficult week in some ways. Some parts of this job are pretty heartbreaking, gotta say. I can’t get into it here.
But I did buy a new guitar yesterday, a Guild GAD-25.
I was out in Weatherford and passed by Craig’s Music. They had an advertisement for Taylor guitars in the window, so I went in.
Now, long ago I decided I’d probably like a Martin or Taylor best. In my recent searches, though, I wasn’t altogether pleased with what I found. I don’t know if this was just because my price range limited me, or maybe if they’re just plain overrated. I’d played a bunch though, and hadn’t managed to fall in love with one.
At Craig’s I was alone in their acoustic room for maybe a half hour, which was a great opportunity to get to know their good selection of instruments. And I did finally play some Taylors and Martins I liked. They were really pushing my price range though.
I kept going back to this one guitar though, a Guild GAD-25 I liked the looks, and the sound was terrific, really a good example of what I was after. Nice ringing harmonics, evenly distributed tones, and very playable. The action is pretty good.
The salesman ambled in, minding his own business while I literally stood there with my hands on my hips, wondering what to do. We started talking, and he singled out that very Guild, in fact. He told me how fond he is of mahogany instruments, and that he owns several. They lend to that smooth tonal balance, as opposed to spruce-top guitars that are more piercing and boomier, meant to compete with other instruments. That’s fine, but not what I need, as I’m primarily a woodshedder (ie, someone who plays alone).
Now, the Taylor was seriously nice, but at twice the price, I couldn’t hear a difference. I also played another Epiphone Masterbuilt, and it was clearly the best instrument I’ve played in this whole search. It was too much money though.
So I bought the GAD-25, and I’m very pleased. Came with a bitchin’ case too. Here are some user reviews, and I’ve got to say that I agree with them by and large.
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BB’s current therapy: “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights,” as sung by Freddy Fender on the Texas Tornados’ Live From Austin, TX
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Congratulations to Nadine, who just landed a bitchin’ internship in Indonesia!
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Happy Friday.
1 comment:
This does sound like a good guitar. I'll have to give it a test drive myself when we come up for Wolfmother.
Michael
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