Friday 10/18/2024
Did several things today. First thing I woke up knowing how to finish the “un-commitment” pledge and edited that into the prior day’s post. I’ve been living with an inner dopamine glow from yesterday afternoon to now, so pleased am I with those insights. I got the same glow back in the day as a software developer when I solved a really tough bug.
I took the standard walk, all good. Then reviewed guitars at the Martin website, learning about the one that I tried and liked yesterday. After lunch I dropped off my ballot and drove down to Gryphon and bought the guitar, a D-18 (but you know, they all look pretty much alike). It’s somewhat smaller than the one I’ve been using, and incredibly light, yet noticeably louder. You ask, how can an acoustic guitar that is smaller, be louder? It’s all in the structure. They talk about how there’s a layer of carbon fiber under the bridge and the internal bracing and the sitka spruce top, blah blah, whatever; bottom line, smaller box, more noise. Importantly, it’s more mellow than the old one, and lacking that nasty ringing on the top strings that’s been bugging me.
Edited the video from the presentation I ran last night and put it up on our Vimeo channel. So crossed off almost everything on the day’s to-do list.
Codgerville 