LOSTVENTURE
Squier-holic
I'm re-learning some Roseann Cash stuff from the 80's. I started with the Gretsch 5622, then an Epi 339, and wound up using the Professional Strat.
Looking forward to seeing what y'all are cookin up!Soon, you will find out. Surprise, hehe...
Oh yes indeed! No one touches a guitar in my home without having first washed the hands.Just remember to wipe those fingers before handlin yer axe! I know yer supposed to keep yer fretboards hydrated with oils, but methinks pizza oils wasn't intended to be part of the fretboard menu...![]()
In my place, the rule's simpler: nobody touches my guitars period. Nobody else plays the guitar anyways, LOL!Oh yes indeed! No one touches a guitar in my home without having first washed the hands.
My Wife will pick up my guitar and play some simple chords and my kids will pick it up and marvel at how it looks! Yes they try to play but right now are clueless about the guitar. Thus, I am buying the Squire Bullets to give them some lessons and also to teach them how to take proper care of what they own. It makes me smile how they treat my guitar with such respect. Lift it up off the stand I have it on so softly and move slowly with it to sit on the edge of the bed and tinker with it. The sounds of "ooohs and ahhs" coming from their admiration of the looks and sounds it can make. Priceless!In my place, the rule's simpler: nobody touches my guitars period. Nobody else plays the guitar anyways, LOL!
If I owned something very expensive like a flat top Martin or higher priced gem, then the law would be hands off! M kids are super special in many ways and doing what they are asked is one of them. They amaze me with how good they are.In my place, the rule's simpler: nobody touches my guitars period. Nobody else plays the guitar anyways, LOL!
My boys are 3 and 5. They have their own squier affinity mini strat that I can't believe is in one peice still. I have a cheap ltd ec10 lp style guitar in the house. They don't usually touch it. But I wouldn't trust my kids to respect or not break anything. They break stuff all the time. They seem to know the mini squier is junk and always want to play a guitar I have instead.My Wife will pick up my guitar and play some simple chords and my kids will pick it up and marvel at how it looks! Yes they try to play but right now are clueless about the guitar. Thus, I am buying the Squire Bullets to give them some lessons and also to teach them how to take proper care of what they own. It makes me smile how they treat my guitar with such respect. Lift it up off the stand I have it on so softly and move slowly with it to sit on the edge of the bed and tinker with it. The sounds of "ooohs and ahhs" coming from their admiration of the looks and sounds it can make. Priceless!
Mexican surf? Currently the closest I get to that is playing this Mexican Vihuela as a 5-string baritone ukulele on the beach!...we are trying to learn a Mexican surf tune this time.
The kids I have are all adopted and had no choice in anything in their life. I run a compound that educates and feds and clothes and gives full medical for kids that have literally been tossed out of their homes by parents that are simply evil. Throw away kids even as young as 1 years old, tossed off a bus and most have been badly beaten or abused. The compound is in a Third World Nation and suffers from financial and moral poverty. I first had contact with some children that were housed in that very same compound when I was only a teenager and at that time the current owner asked me to be a pen pal. Time came to when that man passed and the older children there and the two people living their helping to run it asked me for financial help.My boys are 3 and 5. They have their own squier affinity mini strat that I can't believe is in one peice still. I have a cheap ltd ec10 lp style guitar in the house. They don't usually touch it. But I wouldn't trust my kids to respect or not break anything. They break stuff all the time. They seem to know the mini squier is junk and always want to play a guitar I have instead.
Wow the workmanship is sweet on that, I can imagine how deep the sound is.Mexican surf? Currently the closest I get to that is playing this Mexican Vihuela as a 5-string baritone ukulele on the beach!
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It's 19.5" scale length is close to the baritone ukulele's 19" scale length. However the incredibly deep back gives this instrument a phenomenally loud and deep voice compared to a normal bari uke.
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Yes, as far as I can tell it was hand made in Mexico (the country) in the 1970s, possibly in 1971. I have NO idea what woods went into its creation but yes, its a beautiful instrument that sounds fine!Wow the workmanship is sweet on that, I can imagine how deep the sound is.