Ok, I made it Nashville for the October camp. The weather is spectacular - sunny, 80 degrees, just beautiful. Having grown up in the Ohio River Valley, I know that October is THE best month of the year in this area, and Nashville is not disappointing me on that front (no pun intendedā¦)
The highlight of my day today was visiting Carter Vintage Guitars. I took my own guitar in with me so that I could compare it straight up with the Martin guitars Iāve always heard so much about. The folks at the store were fantastic. I spent a couple hours picking away. The more I kept playing, the more they kept bringing out guitars as we focused on what my guitar can do and what I might want in a different guitar. Man was that fun! The penultimate guitar was a $25,000 Martin D28 that was once owned by Ricky Skaggs. The ultimate guitar I played today was the 1937 D28 that was priced at $75,000!
I think Iām just about up to the level of competence where I can recognize what good really is. (Kind of like the way a single digit handicap golfer is barely good enough to appreciate just how crazy good the pros are). Anyway, what I thought today was that these guitars really do sound different but the differences only shine if you can push them. I can see how if you were a pro making a living at playing then having one of these tools in your toolbox would be a requirement. But for me, it would be an extravagance. Still, maybe somedayā¦
As a geeky math/engineery kind of guy, hereās my graph of todayās experienceā¦
