Redwood and Sycamore

I live right close to Nashville, a lovely city, which seems to host more guitar players per square inch than any other city on earth. At the invitation of one such, which I'll refer to here as PGM, I took three of my instruments on the road yesterday to that fair city for a showing. PGM has sought in the last six months to supplement his keen piano playing skills with a facility for the guitar. Despite a full-time job in a position of great responsibility, he's managed to put in between one and two hours of practice every day sinc commencing his lessons. It shows in his playing!

Anyway, I owe a debt of gratitude to PGM for his immense hospitality yesterday. I had three of my guitars (including the two pictured in the 12/26/06 and 12/28/06 posts, as well as the little maple guitar with the adjustable neck) in a conference room with PGM and several other fine players. It is always useful to me to hear my instruments played; they just sound different from the front than they do behind, and it's easier to gauge projection and balance from a distance. Players' comments are always welcome to me, both positive and negative. It's nice of course when the positives outweigh the negatives, as they did yesterday. I need all the encouragement I can get!

PGM liked the red guitar. He's interested now in having me build essentially the same guitar, but with sycamore back and sides and a redwood top. So I've put the back and side set aside, and will soon be ordering the top and other supplies. HUZZAH!