I Got My Guitar A Birthday Present
My acoustic guitar is 20 years old this year.
My wife bought it for me from the guy who built it, Alex Wylie. When he worked for Lowden Guitars (now Avalon Guitars) - he took what was then one of their top-line models (L32CP) and customized it with some alterations. It has a different neck profile, headstock shape, abalone inlay and fret board markers.
For all you other guitar acquisition sufferers out there here's the spec; it has a sitka spruce top with the Lowden bracing pattern, brazilian rosewood back and sides (all solid of course) 5 piece mahogany neck and ebony fret board. Back in 1988 the L32CP retailed for £1600 ($3200).
Anyways, with all my international travel last year and more to come this year it took a bit of a battering at the hands of some, otherwise reputable, airlines. If seemed that every trip produced another hairline crack somewhere despite being housed in a decent Hiscox hard case.
This year I don't want to take any chances so I got my hands on this RockCase I got from Germany
There is a downside though - when it's empty it weighs more than my previous case + guitar + accessories combined!
The extra shipping charges may turn out to more than the cost of repairs in the long run - ah well, c'est la vie!
My wife bought it for me from the guy who built it, Alex Wylie. When he worked for Lowden Guitars (now Avalon Guitars) - he took what was then one of their top-line models (L32CP) and customized it with some alterations. It has a different neck profile, headstock shape, abalone inlay and fret board markers.
For all you other guitar acquisition sufferers out there here's the spec; it has a sitka spruce top with the Lowden bracing pattern, brazilian rosewood back and sides (all solid of course) 5 piece mahogany neck and ebony fret board. Back in 1988 the L32CP retailed for £1600 ($3200).
Anyways, with all my international travel last year and more to come this year it took a bit of a battering at the hands of some, otherwise reputable, airlines. If seemed that every trip produced another hairline crack somewhere despite being housed in a decent Hiscox hard case.
This year I don't want to take any chances so I got my hands on this RockCase I got from Germany
There is a downside though - when it's empty it weighs more than my previous case + guitar + accessories combined!
The extra shipping charges may turn out to more than the cost of repairs in the long run - ah well, c'est la vie!
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