/THE MELODY AND THE NOISE/

So... I love my Tanglewood Heritage...

I've been playing it for years... It's gotten me where I am now, and I'm absolutely still in love with its sound...

But...

Some have mentioned that it may be time for an upgrade, and at long last I heeded the advice...

And the story behind my new guitar is pretty sweet...

6 months back I went into Guitar Center and played the exact guitar I bought today...

I went back every few weeks for a couple of months to play it, but at the time it was well out of my price range...

But, Guitar Center is right near the office of my vocal coach so it didn't hurt to play anyways...

After a couple months or so, I traipse in only to discover it's been sold... Needless to say, it was a sad day for me, but I knew I couldn't have afforded it, and ho hum, I went on living life...

Well, today I made the realization that I've saved up a good bit of money, and that a new acoustic is all that this musician feels he needs to "complete" where he wants to be right now...

(Notice the word 'complete' in quotations and the phrase "right now"... I am under no illusion that my "completion" may only last a week, but for now and for the benefit of my checking account let's hope this is the case...)

So, I went searching for this same guitar I wanted 6 months back on Guitar Center Online hoping that they may have one in another store around the country and maybe I could have it shipped to me, and lo and behold I find it in the store in the same store only now it's $1100 cheaper than it was b/c it's been "on the shelf" for 6 months...

I call them, and they have it...

Guy says it's been in the back for a while now b/c it was suppose to ship but didn't for some reason...

He pulls it out for me. I show up. I play it for like an hour in the store trying to decide if this is the one...

Knowing all the while...

This is the one.

So I buy it.
Breedlove Performance Series Focus Maple

(Somewhere angels are singing...)

I realize that a full maple body has its strong and weak points in sound, but I think with the right equalization I could really make this the sweetest sounding guitar I've ever put through a sound system...

This Sunday will tell the tale, but until then here are some pics... Hope you enjoy... It's pretty even if you know nothing about guitars...