I came, I bid, I won

[ksmith]

So, as I mentioned before, I've been veering toward classical guitar. I've gone back to square one to relearn fingering with my right hand (finger-picking instead of a plastic pick), and will be adding some music theory into the mix to boot. However, I didn't really have the right guitar with which to do this. My Falcon is pure electric, and Renaissance-era music just doesn't sound right with that electric twang.

However, I knew I didn't want to switch completely to acoustic, either. I find them too big, and the fretboard too wide for my hand. I decided that what I would really like would be an electric-acoustic styled along the lines of an electric. Same smaller size. Same narrower neck. My teacher warned me that I would sacrifice some richness and mellowness of sound, since an acoustic-electric isn't going to sound like a pure acoustic no matter what you do. But I was willing to lose a little in that regard. I don't want to give playing other music completely, and I didn't want to have to keep switching back and forth between guitars to play different songs.

So, I searched around online, trying to get an idea of what model I might like. Searched some more.

Searched last night. Googled "acoustic electric guitar" and found pages mentioning Fender Stratacoustics and Telecoustics, a-e's that are modeled after Stratocasters and Telecasters in size and style. Checked out some online prices, then decided 'what the hell,' and gave ebay a check as well.

Note the icon.

It's my new guitar. I won it an hour or so ago, despite another bidder's attempt to snipe me with 30 seconds to go. It's a used Stratacoustic. A couple of surface dings, but overall in decent shape. Bought it from what is apparently a pawn shop in Florida. And the timing worked out pretty well, because my teacher let me know today that he needs me to return the acoustic that he loaned me.

Comments

[aitchellsee.livejournal.com]

Note the icon.

It's my new guitar.

Ooooo, shiny!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I like it, although I admit I wasn't as picky about color as I was about size and type. This model apparently only comes in 2 finishes, black and natural wood. The natural would have been nice, but black works better with all those Depeche Mode and Smiths songs I want to learn to play.

And my Peavey Falcon is a Strat knock-off, so we're keeping it somewhat in the family even though part of it was born on the wrong side of the blanket.

[hoosier-red.livejournal.com]

That looks great!!!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I think it will do.

It was around the time you posted about buying the cello that I was pondering the new guitar. So really, I was not the person to try to talk you out of buying a musical instrument.