While I was in Michigan this summer I got a new guitar. I've had it for a while, but I've only recently been able to start recording with it (and blogging about it). My previous guitar was a hand-me-down faux-Stratocaster made by Washburn called a "Lyon". It worked pretty well for me for the last ten years, but lately it has not been doing so well. In the summer, my dad and I went to our local music store under the pretense of looking at guitar strings. I was very close to buying a Fender Jazzmaster. After thinking on it for a few days, we came back and that day the store got in a shipment of Gibson hollow-bodies. I was reluctant because my dad's Gibson ES-335 is so big, but the ES-339 is the same but with a smaller body. Once I tried it, I couldn't go back. The fact that it was about as much as my first car was also cause for some deliberation. Anyway, I bought it and managed to get it back to Providence safely. Here are some pictures:
So far I really love it - sounds great (sustain!), plays great. Now to make some time to record with it ...
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