No,
This isn't a True Romance story. Yes, I agree, thank God.
Anyway, when I was 16 I was wanting a new electric REALLY BADLY. I had snapped the neck off of my Canora electric imitating the Who at a gig a year and a half earlier. My amp had caught on fire too, but that's another story. I hated that Canora guitar! If I could find the remaining Canoras in the world I might pay to recycle them into landfill!
So it was almost Christmas, and I talked my dad into looking at guitars with me. I tried out a violin shaped Kent that was really pretty, but clearly aimed at parents, not players. The shop also had a used Guild Bluesbird M-75 that I played.
It was the first real electric guitar I had ever laid my hands on. Angels sang. The sun came out. It was $250 in 1971 dollars and my dad looked skeptical. I wanted it so bad.
Came Christmas day and there... under the tree... was the Kent.
But, I never forgot the Bluesbird. To my father's credit, he tried to make it up to me by buying me another guitar, but somehow the moment had passed. I didn't get a decent player's guitar until I finally bought a Carvin at age 18. From there, I went through Gibsons left and right. I never saw Guilds new or used in any stores until the 90's.
And then, I finally bought a goldtop Bluesbird. Okay, after a couple of years I sold it. What can I say? My rock and roll moments have mostly passed and I pretty much play jazzy hollowbodies now.
But I eventually got my Guild Bluesbird after all. So there. :wink:
This isn't a True Romance story. Yes, I agree, thank God.
Anyway, when I was 16 I was wanting a new electric REALLY BADLY. I had snapped the neck off of my Canora electric imitating the Who at a gig a year and a half earlier. My amp had caught on fire too, but that's another story. I hated that Canora guitar! If I could find the remaining Canoras in the world I might pay to recycle them into landfill!
So it was almost Christmas, and I talked my dad into looking at guitars with me. I tried out a violin shaped Kent that was really pretty, but clearly aimed at parents, not players. The shop also had a used Guild Bluesbird M-75 that I played.
It was the first real electric guitar I had ever laid my hands on. Angels sang. The sun came out. It was $250 in 1971 dollars and my dad looked skeptical. I wanted it so bad.
Came Christmas day and there... under the tree... was the Kent.
But, I never forgot the Bluesbird. To my father's credit, he tried to make it up to me by buying me another guitar, but somehow the moment had passed. I didn't get a decent player's guitar until I finally bought a Carvin at age 18. From there, I went through Gibsons left and right. I never saw Guilds new or used in any stores until the 90's.
And then, I finally bought a goldtop Bluesbird. Okay, after a couple of years I sold it. What can I say? My rock and roll moments have mostly passed and I pretty much play jazzy hollowbodies now.
But I eventually got my Guild Bluesbird after all. So there. :wink:
