Guilders, I am also sort of a foreign language guy. I have found a good jazz guitar site in Spanish hosted by Pablo Mercader, who lives south of Alicante, Spain.
Today I noticed this thread posted a few years ago in which he thoroughly reviews an X-175. There is lots of description, a rundown of the technical characteristics, and a video at the bottom of the page in which he plays the Guild using various tone settings and then jams to a backing track (running the Guild through mi viejo Polytone). At the bottom of the page is a series of small photos (fotillos, i.e "little photos") of this blonde beauty.
Also included is a paragraph about Guild history;
If you read Spanish moderately well you will enjoy this piece. (BTW, reverso is an excellent on-line dictionary). A few words are used in their original English: el binding, la archtop. And since guitarra is a feminine noun, you will notice structures like la Gibson, la Guild, la archtop.
Mercader starts like this:
Cuando empecé a escribir este blog, hace ya cuatro años, la primera review que hice fue sobre mi guitarra favorita y principal caballo de batalla, una Guild X-170 Mini Manhattan que aún sigue conmigo dando guerra. Pues bien, hoy os presento a su hermana mayor: la estupendísima X-175 Manhattan, otra Guild que he adquirido recientemente. Esta en concreto también se conoce como X-175B (B de Blonde).
When I began to write this blog, already 4 years ago, the first review I did was of my favorite guitar and main battle horse, a Guild X-170 Mini Manhattan, which still goes with me to make war. OK, today I am presenting to you her little sister [again, guitars are feminine!]: the fantastic X-175 Manhattan that I recently acquired. This in particular is also known as the X-175B (B for blonde.)
Finally [this is a guitar site not a Spanish lesson :>)], there are some interesting and perhaps amusing guitar terms I have picked up from the page:
Pickups are pastillas: pills, bars (e.g. of soap)
The pickguard is el golpeador: "striker, hitter"
The tailpiece is el cordal (related to cuerda, string.)
Frets are trastes; the author says the guitar Evidentemente ha sido retrasteada. You can figure this one out.
Tuning keys are clavijas ("little keys")
OK, have fun scrolling through the page--and site. And this vocabulary will not be on the next quiz!
Today I noticed this thread posted a few years ago in which he thoroughly reviews an X-175. There is lots of description, a rundown of the technical characteristics, and a video at the bottom of the page in which he plays the Guild using various tone settings and then jams to a backing track (running the Guild through mi viejo Polytone). At the bottom of the page is a series of small photos (fotillos, i.e "little photos") of this blonde beauty.
Also included is a paragraph about Guild history;
If you read Spanish moderately well you will enjoy this piece. (BTW, reverso is an excellent on-line dictionary). A few words are used in their original English: el binding, la archtop. And since guitarra is a feminine noun, you will notice structures like la Gibson, la Guild, la archtop.
Mercader starts like this:
Cuando empecé a escribir este blog, hace ya cuatro años, la primera review que hice fue sobre mi guitarra favorita y principal caballo de batalla, una Guild X-170 Mini Manhattan que aún sigue conmigo dando guerra. Pues bien, hoy os presento a su hermana mayor: la estupendísima X-175 Manhattan, otra Guild que he adquirido recientemente. Esta en concreto también se conoce como X-175B (B de Blonde).
When I began to write this blog, already 4 years ago, the first review I did was of my favorite guitar and main battle horse, a Guild X-170 Mini Manhattan, which still goes with me to make war. OK, today I am presenting to you her little sister [again, guitars are feminine!]: the fantastic X-175 Manhattan that I recently acquired. This in particular is also known as the X-175B (B for blonde.)
Finally [this is a guitar site not a Spanish lesson :>)], there are some interesting and perhaps amusing guitar terms I have picked up from the page:
Pickups are pastillas: pills, bars (e.g. of soap)
The pickguard is el golpeador: "striker, hitter"
The tailpiece is el cordal (related to cuerda, string.)
Frets are trastes; the author says the guitar Evidentemente ha sido retrasteada. You can figure this one out.
Tuning keys are clavijas ("little keys")
OK, have fun scrolling through the page--and site. And this vocabulary will not be on the next quiz!
