Partscaster wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:19 am
That is a great looking guitar. Lemonburst !
Can just about taste the lemony-ness.
I am good with most any classic looking finish. Out of all the ones that I had seen on the Rondo site the past few years, I liked the lemon look and spalted tops.
Funny story of sorts. When I first decided that I wanted to try to learn to play guitar I went to Guitar Center and found a used Epiphone "Slash" model that I liked. It was a pretty light weight guitar I think and basically a Les Paul Special with a nice looking top on it and a bolt on neck as I recall. It had a finish color similar to my Agile. I told the kid that I wanted to buy it and he disappeared. I hung around the store about an hour and had a couple of other people ask me if they could help me and I told them that I wanted to buy the guitar and they disappeared too. After about an hour no one seemed to want to sell me a cheap guitar and I just gave up and left. I was friendly and never have figured out why they did not seem interested in selling me that guitar. I had cash and was ready to spend I think about $130 in cash with basically no knowledge of what I was buying.
I went home and read around on the internet and read that mom and pops were better to buy from. I looked around and found a small music store that mostly rents or sells PA equipment but sold instruments too. I went into the store and told the guy that I did not know anything about music but wanted to try to learn how to play a guitar, told him the kind of music that I liked, etc. He showed me my Jay Turser (Les Paul cherry burst color copy), plugged it into a nice amp, and told me to have at it. Was sort of embarrassing, but I told him that I had no idea how to play a guitar and I asked him if he would play it for me. He did and I liked the sound so I bought it along with a strap. He adjusted some things on it, gave me some shop logo picks, and sent me on my way. They called back a couple of weeks later to see if I was happy with the guitar. I told them yes, I was learning how to play A, D, and E chords, lol. I struggled with it for a long time and understand why people would quit within a year of playing. Guitar is not an instant gratification thing but over time the practice pays off I think and you begin to sound OK, figure out what you like and what you want to do with it, and figure out the kind of instruments that you like.
Anyhow, if I had known then what I know now, I would have just ordered an Agile. Learning to play guitar at middle age with no help is a daunting task. I guess at the end of the day I ended up with a guitar that is well made, sounds good, plays well, and looks really cool to me and what I should have bought to begin with if I knew then what I know now. I had planned to put my Jay Turser on Craig's List but my wife seems to like that guitar and I put some blood, sweat, and tears into it to just learn to play a little so I think I will keep it and I still play it some.
We just love to hear to each others playing!
