Thursday, March 31, 2011
It's a Strav-II Signature!
Sophomore year of High School, I decided I wanted to learn guitar. So, I took the one hundred dollars I had saved up, had my mom take me to guitar center, and started browsing. Considering how much money I had to spend, I inevitably ended up in the 'used gear' section of the store. I walked over to the used guitars and saw only one there. The blue, fender-looking monstrocity that was within my price range. I took it down and played around with what I knew at the time on the guitar. I loved it. The action was perfect for me (though others seem to disapprove of it), and it was a solid, light guitar. All the tuners, knobs, switches, and everything were intact. I asked the guitar center rep about the guitar, and he seemed annoyed that I was asking questions and that he didn't have any of the answers. He didn't know a single thing about the guitar. Sad day, right? Well, I got it anyway. Turns out it was a good decision. Jump ahead to Sophomore year college (now), and I've really taken to playing guitar seriously. I have an acoustic now and I've started to really get into my electric playing, but I was still frustrated that I knew NOTHING about this guitar. I didn't even know the model! I just kind of assumed based on the other models what it would be called. But today, after a year or two of searching, I found out the specs of my guitar. Let me tell you, I couldn't be happier. I bought the guitar for $100, it's worth $349, and scored higher ratings on several venues then the $700 Fender Strats of the same year. Suddenly my interest in Fender has diminished and my interest in a new Gibson has risen. Any Gibson will do, too. Gibson Studio guitar (the faux Les Pauls), a Les Paul, an SG. My only real problem now is that I saw a Strav-II Signature...in a green sunburst rather then my blue. Wouldn't it be great if I had BOTH guitars? The green one was just so pretty! Okay, I'm done. I'm signing off. Peace!
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