Thanks, Chris.
And, yes -- I'm accident prone in all kinds of ways: cameras, lenses,
guitars. But, believe it or not, I've only broken one glass as a bartender.
I'm very selective about the kind of things I break.
-- Walt
On 10/10/2013 1:51 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote:
Oh dear! The Jasmine looks good - a slightly rounded shoulder
Dreadnought. Good that you're able to do a fix on the Lâg as well.
You seem to be a little accident prone with your guitars...
Chris
On 10 October 2013 19:07, Walt <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote:
Welp! As some of you may remember, I was recently bitten by the guitar bug,
so I went out and got a Lâg Tramontane T66D, which struck me as a hell of a
guitar for the money. And I loved it.
Fast-forward two weeks, and . . . well:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/10192635745/
Seems in my haste to get out the door at the end of my shift the other
night, I slung my gig bag over my shoulder without bothering to zip it
first. I was fairly heartbroken -- the closest I'd come to tears in years.
So, in order to help mend the heartbreak, I started trawling around the
local classifieds and Craigslist. And, as luck would have it, I happened
upon what seemed like a great deal: a Jasmine S35 (Takamine's budget line)
with a brand new set of unopened D'Addario strings, a Snark digital tuner, a
Kyser cap, a Stage guitar stand -- all for the whopping total of $50. I'd
owned a Jasmine years ago and really liked it, but had to give it to my
uncle after a friend of mine tripped over and stepped on the one he'd loaned
me at a party. This one, however, I like even more as it has a satin/natural
finish:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/10192719793/
So, my heart has mended quite a bit. I love the way it sounds, and after a
good setup from the guitar shop, I think I'm going to really love the way it
plays. The action is a bit high, but the tone is really nice.
As I see it, I got a good deal on some accessories I already wanted, and a
damn nice guitar thrown in for free. Tough to beat that, huh?
As for my Lâg, I put some Gorilla Glue in the break and clamped it down for
a bit. It still plays like new, and even still very good sustain. The repair
job wasn't the tidiest, but the fact of the matter is, it's a $200 guitar
with a broken headstock. It's not like I was going to be able to get good
money out of it, irrespective of the aesthetics of the repair job.
-- Walt
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