Thanks, Frank!
It needs some adjustment, but once I get it right, it's going to be a
great little guitar. :)
-- Walt
On 10/11/2013 12:11 AM, knarf wrote:
Ouch and yay!
That Jasmine is lovely to look at. If it plays as nice it's a keeper for sure!
Good score!
Cheers,
frank
Walt <[email protected]> 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
“Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel
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