Opsimath
Senior Member
First of all this is not about a Guild, but please don't fault me for that.
The story begins only a handful of months into guitar lessons. I had picked up a few guitars and certainly had more than someone just starting out neded to have but for whatever reason I always visited the acoustic room when I was at Guitar Center.
At this particular time, and maybe the reason I stopped in, they were trying to clear out some of their used guitars and had many if not all of the used stock marked 50% off.
Looking through the guitars on hand I spied hanging way up high a guitar I had some interest in. A few months prior I had watched a guitar comparison video where you picked the sound you liked best but didn't know until the end which guitar was which. I discarded the Martin right away as having too much bass and had great difficulty deciding between the remaining two, a Seagull and a Blueberry Groove. It was hard as the sounds were similar but also different. Although it was close I finally made a choice and found I had chosen the Blueberry.
There that day in Guitar Center hanging way up high and covered in dust was a Blueberry Groove. An associate retrieved it for me and with my beginner's limited guitar abilities I tried it out. First of all I considered it positively beautiful. Second, the vibration was such that I could feel it from my chest to my knees. Third, it sounded glorious, at least to my untrained beginner's ears. But, I reasoned, I already had "enough" guitars, and I really needed to be fiscally responsible, and even though it was marked down from $1400 to $700 I really didn't "need" it.
I decided not to leave with it that afternoon.
I couldn't stop thinking about it all the rest of the day and that night I went on Guitar Center's website to buy it, but I couldn't find it listed. As soon as the store opened the next morning I called to get them to hold it for me only to find that it had sold the previous afternoon. Someone bought it after I left.
I have kicked myself over that ever since. Excuse me just a moment while I employ yet another kicking session ....
(pause)
Okay, back now. Afterwards I went on a bit of a guitar buying spree picking up almost whatever caught my eye as I never wanted another such lovely instrument to slip, literally, from my grasp.
I have regretted it over and over for all this time. Will such an opportunity ever present itself again? I don't know about the future but it hasn't yet.
Do you have a "one that got away" story? Maybe hearing a few others will make me feel better about that Blueberry.
The story begins only a handful of months into guitar lessons. I had picked up a few guitars and certainly had more than someone just starting out neded to have but for whatever reason I always visited the acoustic room when I was at Guitar Center.
At this particular time, and maybe the reason I stopped in, they were trying to clear out some of their used guitars and had many if not all of the used stock marked 50% off.
Looking through the guitars on hand I spied hanging way up high a guitar I had some interest in. A few months prior I had watched a guitar comparison video where you picked the sound you liked best but didn't know until the end which guitar was which. I discarded the Martin right away as having too much bass and had great difficulty deciding between the remaining two, a Seagull and a Blueberry Groove. It was hard as the sounds were similar but also different. Although it was close I finally made a choice and found I had chosen the Blueberry.
There that day in Guitar Center hanging way up high and covered in dust was a Blueberry Groove. An associate retrieved it for me and with my beginner's limited guitar abilities I tried it out. First of all I considered it positively beautiful. Second, the vibration was such that I could feel it from my chest to my knees. Third, it sounded glorious, at least to my untrained beginner's ears. But, I reasoned, I already had "enough" guitars, and I really needed to be fiscally responsible, and even though it was marked down from $1400 to $700 I really didn't "need" it.
I decided not to leave with it that afternoon.
I couldn't stop thinking about it all the rest of the day and that night I went on Guitar Center's website to buy it, but I couldn't find it listed. As soon as the store opened the next morning I called to get them to hold it for me only to find that it had sold the previous afternoon. Someone bought it after I left.
I have kicked myself over that ever since. Excuse me just a moment while I employ yet another kicking session ....
(pause)
Okay, back now. Afterwards I went on a bit of a guitar buying spree picking up almost whatever caught my eye as I never wanted another such lovely instrument to slip, literally, from my grasp.
I have regretted it over and over for all this time. Will such an opportunity ever present itself again? I don't know about the future but it hasn't yet.
Do you have a "one that got away" story? Maybe hearing a few others will make me feel better about that Blueberry.
