ellengtrgrl
Guitar Old Timer
As some of you may remember, due to the nickel frets in my guitars, aggravating my nickel allergy caused dermatitis, I have to refret my guitars with nickel free (and stainless free for that matter [I'm also allergic to chromium, which is used to make stainless steel]) frets. The cost is not cheap - $300-$400 per guitar, making it not very economically viable for me to refret lower end guitars, since a refret job could cost as much as the guitar is worth. I only have one lower end guitar at the present time - a Seagull Entourage 12-string acoustic. Unless I want it to spend most of its time as a case queen, it'll have to go bye-bye. So, with that thought in mind, I've made my first guitar upgrade. It arrived today at work from Sweetwater. The photos are photos they sent me of the guitar via e-mail last night:
The guitar is a Gibson J-35. Originally, they were sold from 1936-1942, but Gibson started reissuing them last year. I read good reveiws about the J-35, and it sounded good in YouTube videos. It's chunky, vintage-style neck was also a major plus for me (I prefer chunky necks over thin necks). So, I took the plunge, and bought what is by far the most expensive acoustic I've ever had. I think it's a real keeper too. I love the way it plays and sounds. So do other people.
As some of you may recall, I'm playing guitar in the employee Xmas band for my company's Xmas party. Due to a mixup in communications, it turned out that what was originally supposed to be rehearsal tomorrow, ended up being rehearsal today! The other guitar player (a manager, who is the band leader) claimed that I should have been informed by an e-mail he sent a few days ago. Well, I don't recall ever receiving one from him, and I found out about it the hard way - he showed up in the office where I work, while I was unboxing my J-35, and asked me if I remembered that there was band practice today! I got a surprised look on my face and told him no, and that my Tele (which I was using until my Country Club gets back from its refret), and my Blackstar amp were at home. I told him all I had to play, was the new J-35 I was unboxing, and it would have to be unplugged (I forgot to mention that the guitar came with a transducer installed in it)! I was told that the J-35 would do in a pinch. It turned out, that everybody in the band liked the sound of my J-35 so much, and the way it blended into the mix, that they asked me to use it, instead of my electric! So, the J-35 is going to be my axe of choice for performing at the company Christmas party. Like I said, it definitely looks like a keeper. It's going to be the next guitar to get re-fretted.
The guitar is a Gibson J-35. Originally, they were sold from 1936-1942, but Gibson started reissuing them last year. I read good reveiws about the J-35, and it sounded good in YouTube videos. It's chunky, vintage-style neck was also a major plus for me (I prefer chunky necks over thin necks). So, I took the plunge, and bought what is by far the most expensive acoustic I've ever had. I think it's a real keeper too. I love the way it plays and sounds. So do other people.
As some of you may recall, I'm playing guitar in the employee Xmas band for my company's Xmas party. Due to a mixup in communications, it turned out that what was originally supposed to be rehearsal tomorrow, ended up being rehearsal today! The other guitar player (a manager, who is the band leader) claimed that I should have been informed by an e-mail he sent a few days ago. Well, I don't recall ever receiving one from him, and I found out about it the hard way - he showed up in the office where I work, while I was unboxing my J-35, and asked me if I remembered that there was band practice today! I got a surprised look on my face and told him no, and that my Tele (which I was using until my Country Club gets back from its refret), and my Blackstar amp were at home. I told him all I had to play, was the new J-35 I was unboxing, and it would have to be unplugged (I forgot to mention that the guitar came with a transducer installed in it)! I was told that the J-35 would do in a pinch. It turned out, that everybody in the band liked the sound of my J-35 so much, and the way it blended into the mix, that they asked me to use it, instead of my electric! So, the J-35 is going to be my axe of choice for performing at the company Christmas party. Like I said, it definitely looks like a keeper. It's going to be the next guitar to get re-fretted.
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