tailsawaggin
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Time for the new kid at school to do show and tell, so this is Ginger. She's not the subject of today's NGD, but she's kind of the impetus for it, so it wouldn't be fair not to feature her in a glamor shot.
Found her in the local Craigslist. Now I'm a new guitarist, been playing about a year, and don't know a lot except that I don't know a lot, but I did get to play a late-70s Guild when I went to buy a case for another guitar. That experience turned me on to the idea that I like Guilds, so when I saw this 12-string pop up, I went to give it a strum. Loved the sound, and so a few days later she was mine.
Fast forward a handful of months, and I'm still plugging away at learning how to play on my GS Mini, and getting the 12er out from time to time. At some point I'm playing a song and I realize that not only does the 12 sound better than the Mini -- it should, so no surprise there -- it's actually easier to fret and play. That doesn't seem normal, but it is what it is, so I decide right then that what I really want is a six that plays and sounds like my 12.
Now it might be obvious to a lot of you here that the thing that should sound and feel most like a D-125-12 is a D-125, and in hindsight, it certainly is. Gotta admit, though, that took me a few days. I may not be thorough, but at least I'm slow.
So, the search begins. At about he same time a cherry '73 D25 comes up on Craigslist, I see this cherry D-125 pop up on Reverb. The old guitar is beautiful, but it is an old guitar, and I'm a new guitarist, and he describes it has having medium strings/medium action, and that sounds a lot to me like the "bluegrass action" dog whistle for "might need some expensive work," and I'm getting a little nervous. I reach out to him anyway -- the ad is only 12 hours old, so if nothing else maybe I get to look at it and see -- and he tells me he's out of town for a week and we can reconnect when he's back.
Who puts up an ad and then leaves town for a week? This is just weird. Meanwhile, Reverb guy is 100% positive on a large number of transactions, the price is right, the guitar is eight years old instead of 48 . . . right or wrong, let's do this.
So, here she is -- Rose. 2012 D-125 in cherry. Plays and sounds like a dream. Like a 73? Probably not. I don't know and I'm not sure if I care. She's mine and I love her.
She and her sister make an attractive pair.
There may be one or more USA Guilds in my future -- the GAS is real -- but these two are a great place to start. Thanks for taking the time to read my little novel. :fat:
Found her in the local Craigslist. Now I'm a new guitarist, been playing about a year, and don't know a lot except that I don't know a lot, but I did get to play a late-70s Guild when I went to buy a case for another guitar. That experience turned me on to the idea that I like Guilds, so when I saw this 12-string pop up, I went to give it a strum. Loved the sound, and so a few days later she was mine.
Fast forward a handful of months, and I'm still plugging away at learning how to play on my GS Mini, and getting the 12er out from time to time. At some point I'm playing a song and I realize that not only does the 12 sound better than the Mini -- it should, so no surprise there -- it's actually easier to fret and play. That doesn't seem normal, but it is what it is, so I decide right then that what I really want is a six that plays and sounds like my 12.
Now it might be obvious to a lot of you here that the thing that should sound and feel most like a D-125-12 is a D-125, and in hindsight, it certainly is. Gotta admit, though, that took me a few days. I may not be thorough, but at least I'm slow.
So, the search begins. At about he same time a cherry '73 D25 comes up on Craigslist, I see this cherry D-125 pop up on Reverb. The old guitar is beautiful, but it is an old guitar, and I'm a new guitarist, and he describes it has having medium strings/medium action, and that sounds a lot to me like the "bluegrass action" dog whistle for "might need some expensive work," and I'm getting a little nervous. I reach out to him anyway -- the ad is only 12 hours old, so if nothing else maybe I get to look at it and see -- and he tells me he's out of town for a week and we can reconnect when he's back.
Who puts up an ad and then leaves town for a week? This is just weird. Meanwhile, Reverb guy is 100% positive on a large number of transactions, the price is right, the guitar is eight years old instead of 48 . . . right or wrong, let's do this.
So, here she is -- Rose. 2012 D-125 in cherry. Plays and sounds like a dream. Like a 73? Probably not. I don't know and I'm not sure if I care. She's mine and I love her.
She and her sister make an attractive pair.
There may be one or more USA Guilds in my future -- the GAS is real -- but these two are a great place to start. Thanks for taking the time to read my little novel. :fat:
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