tomteriffic

Alright, this is getting reedonkulous. Shoot me a reasonable offer.

Keb Mo is still using his on the road. Sounded great.

I'd forgotten about the Recording Kings. Very nice for the money. I'd also suggest a Taylor GS Mini. They play bigger than their size.

OK, back from a health induced absence. This needs to be absent, nice though it is. Tell me something reasonable.

Love me some Albert Lee! Although there's plenty of red-hot chicken pickers around, He pretty much made the mold and broke it, at least to a wide audience, with this one from 1971. On Jerry Reed's electric classical, no less.

I have a friend (!) who has had a Rainsong grand concert sized as his main gigging/touring guitar for easily a decade, maybe more. He lives in Upper Michigan but tours all over the country with it. It sounds decent, maybe even good for a grand concert but he uses a mag soundhole pickup live so, hard to say. Seemed nice enough the few times I got to fondle it but it was always in a noisy environment. One thing's for sure though, it's amazingly rugged, the tone never changes and he leaves his more exotic/wood guitars in the studio.

Aaaand safely arrived at Casa Del Mrjamiam! Thanks, James!

Still here. Why?

Saw him last year, touring with Taj Mahal as TajMo. No M3 but Gaw-DAYUM did that music feel good!

Thanks for all you do to keep this dandy little corner of wonderfulness going, Ted. Best one on the TripDub! I'm sure we all stand ready to help if needed!

😅 Might be true! Spent 35 years appraising commercial real estate and yes, there was an occasional SWAG over that time. But pricing anything but the most commonplace guitars for sale almost always is.

They advertised pretty heavily in Guitar Player for a minute. Wish I'd been able to get my mitts on one to try out. That one there is an absolute beaut.

My wife has something similar, but less ornate. From the size, I'd call it a djembe. Hers was made from a hollowed out west African mahogany log, so maybe that's a clue to it's origin. The guys at the store said some guys with African accents rolled up with a pickup truck full of them in various sizes and they bought a few. Hers rattled the store windows from a good 50 feet away (you couldn't really how low it went until you got some distance away). Tuning is by temperature and humidity 😅.

Thanks, Gene. Nudder little boomp.

Yep!