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December 29, 2005
Happy Christmas and Birthday to Me
As I struggle with the whole Guitar thing I've noticed that I'm really not rocking that much. Partially because even the songs that I think would be simple have turned out to be really complex (Iron Man, I'm looking at you, easy except for the solos indeed) and partially because if I had some kind of innate talent I wouldn't have waited until my late 30s to start playing (at least I hope not, that would suck).
So anyway, I've been playing a fair amount of non-electric stuff on the electric and that doesn't always make sense from an audio standpoint and also it is difficult to just grab the thing and play, I have to decide which amp to use and maybe wait for that to warm up.
I'm sure you can see where this is going.
Yes, I went and got an acoustic guitar, a Seagull S-6 to be precise. It isn't anything super fancy, but it is a decent quality guitar at a good price. It certainly has better intonation than the electric, so I don't grit my teeth when I play fretted "G" string notes when I'm using it.
If you were "fortunate" enough to get my CD "Recital" for Christmas, Amazing Grace (one stanza anyway, and the linked arrangement isn't the one I used) is played on the Seagull.