The Carvin Holdsworth H2T. Bought at a discount ('cause the Carvin guys knew I was running Holdsworth's official website), and sold, shortly before my home was foreclosed upon. :) Nice axe... very pretty, but it doesn't play as well as the prototype H1 that Allan gave me. Why is it that all my beautiful guitars never play as well as the ones that aren't as gorgeous? I think there's a life lesson in that for all of us.
Here's another angle/close-up of the H2T (almost required for any figured maple-topped guitar, really). To the left, a regrettably sold Ibanez Signature Series bass (my landlord has it now, and loves it... and it provided me with 6-7 weeks of rent!)..
2 comments :
I know you are taking the situation philosophically, but I, for one, regret that you have had to sell off these instruments that apparently meant a lot to you.
When we moved down to Dallas, Mr. left rev. had to sell off all his equipment, including his twelve string Gibson and his beloved roundback Ovation. He too took it philospohically, but there is something about an instrument that you play for years. You train it and it trains you until you are a partnership. You never feel as complete again with another guitar.
We surprised him one Christmas with a new roundback Ovation acoustic/electric. He loves it and plays it all the time, but it just isn't quite the same. Of all the sacrifices my family has had to make while I've benn in pursuit of my degrees, leaving those guitars behind is the one I feel most sorry for.
left rev. -- I've only really regretted the SG, and the bass, above (but I have visitation rights to it -- I can play it anytime I want), and a bit of a sore spot for an old Ibanez RG-440 Strat-style guitar that I bought with high school graduation money, and sold a few years ago to a guy who'd been looking for one for a long, long time. The rest? Eh, they're just stuff, really. I literally never play, anymore. It's a good month if I've played 10 minutes. I lost interest once my audio computer died -- I only played to write original tunes, and once I could no longer record 'em, it just seemed kinda pointless.
.
Post a Comment