| "body"> | | | | a Hallmark Holiday OK?). We went into the Acoustic |
| Surgical Sound - | | | | room for a long time. The Acoustic room is like a |
| Last week I went down to Wrigleyville to catch one | | | | huge cigar humidor, only instead of Cubans, it's got |
| of my favorite bands, American English perform at | | | | Martins and such. I started pulling down guitars from |
| the Cubby Bear. The night was steeped in history, | | | | the wall and playing. I was looking for 2005. |
| both Cubs and Beatles. Between sets I walked up to | | | | Technology has invaded all areas of life, even the |
| the stage and took a really close look at the Beatle | | | | relatively untouched realm of the acoustic guitar. |
| instruments that had created that wonderful music. | | | | Many of them had features that I liked but only one |
| To me the experience was much like looking at a | | | | had them all. I had found 2005. |
| museum exhibit--antique objects --basic, simple and | | | | I took her home and ran her through the show. The |
| sturdy. Primitive. It was a wonder that they were | | | | plugged in sound was simply amazing ( the D44 still is |
| able to make so many amazing sounds and songs | | | | the worlds best sounding unamplified guitar). But I'll tell |
| with this stuff. This period really was the stone age | | | | you I was throwin' down some Hoochie Coochie on |
| of rock. I wondered about what they might do if | | | | my new baby and I was just slapping myself with |
| they had all the options that were available today. | | | | the sound on those punchy accent chords-POW! |
| Ever think about stuff like that? | | | | Aural light saber, surgical sound. 2005. I can slice |
| This got me thinking about my own Guild D44. The | | | | peoples ears off with this guitar--gotta be careful... |
| guild is only a handful of years newer than the Beatle | | | | In case you are wondering, I haven't really thrown |
| Guitars--she's over 30!!! The only modernization that | | | | the D44 over though--you'll still hear her magnificent |
| I've added was a 1994 DiMarzio DP132 sound-hole | | | | sound on "Feel Something", after all she still is the |
| pickup in 2002. That's it in over 30 years! I wonder if | | | | worlds best sounding unamplified guitar. I simply |
| people watching me perform where thinking that I | | | | removed the sound hole pickup and returned her |
| was playing with a museum exhibit!!! | | | | back to the way I found her back 1974--pristine, |
| As it turns out my children and I took a little shopping | | | | pure. Dare I say even virginal? I'll always love her--no |
| trip to Guitar Center on Fathers Day (those who | | | | strings attached. |
| know me disregard what I used to say about it being | | | | |