Boneman
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Ha, yea I gone and done it, despite my comments about 12 strings I couldn’t get these thoughts out of my head:
Those seeds got planted(thanks fellas), but really it was the fact it was a one owner guitar bought new from a shop in Santa Monica that I used to live near, I thought I should rescue this as it has a story to tell and I felt a connection. So be it if I just use it to play a handful of songs, in fact I got to thinking I spent time learning some 12 string songs when I had the D1212 and I was missing them, plus didn’t want the effort to learn go to waste. So I went and looked at it, knew I better grab this before it was gone and I regretted it. It is really pretty clean, almost minty, has a small mar or two, but otherwise yes, very excellent condition and I scored it for less than he offered it for. Just needed some humidity, oiled the fretboard, cleaned it up and slapped on some new strings, man she cleaned up nicely. The maple looks killer all around, only ding really is the gold tuners are fading as gold plating is wont to do, and the salt air didn’t likely help, not sure if I’d change them but I’d probably prefer chrome. It just sings with the D‘addario pb lights I put on too. Without further ado:
I was just playing it while dinner was going and threw all kinds of stuff at it beyond my “12 string songs”, and what a blast, this is definitely a keeper! The guy kept it in fantastic condition, and really I’m smitten with it, and honored to carry the torch and keep it looking good! I actually prefer less bling, the railroad tracks, blocks and abalone on the upper echelon models is too much distraction for me, looks great but messes with my eyes so a few dots is more appealing.
. But I suspect you are recommending the flat back rosewood version yea?
