Weekend Wrapup (NaBloPoMo Day 12)
Cody’s birthday is just around the corner, so this past weekend, we took him down to Guitar Center to look at guitars. He’s been needing a new electric, as my old one that he uses needs some serious work. Or just recycling. Cody has been saving his birthday, holiday and allowance money, along with picking up side work here and there for some neighbors. He originally found an Ibanez he wanted, but I think it was just because it was black and sharp. Playing guitar myself, and knowing what *I’d* like, I begged him to at least try out a few different models. When I played the Ibanez, the feel was awkward, the action on the fretboard was incredibly shallow (in my opinion – that actually might be a good thing, I don’t know enough about playing to say for sure, but it just didn’t *feel* right) and it didn’t sound good. That might’ve been the amp though.
So the whole family went down to the store on Saturday, and I got Cody to try a few. He played a Dean, another Ibanez, and finally, the one I was pushing for, a Paul Reed Smith. He liked the PRS one the best. Yay! So, along with our birthday gift to him (more money), he was able to order a nice PRS. And it’s a sharp looking one too. Not your basic black.
Myself, I was all over that store. Found a beautiful Martin Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic-Electric, went and played a few different basses, sat in the Pro-Audio room for a bit tinkering on Keyboards and Synths, wishing I had the new Logic Studio and a MacBookPro to go with it, and finally ending up back at the guitars where I sat and played a beautiful Gretsch Chet Atkins model. Man, what a sweet, sweet sound. I’ve never played a Gretsch before and it was quite a pleasure. Apparently Gretsch has a Brian Setzer Hot Rod series as well. Those would’ve been fun.
Yesterday I went and auditioned for “A Christmas Carol” – unfortunately it might not get made as I was the only one to show. It’s a rewrite of the Dickens classic, written for only 6 people, who play multiple parts. I’m really looking forward to doing this show, and am hoping the director can pull it together. The play is scheduled to open in 5 weeks. Talk about no time to practice!
After that, I spent the remainder of the weekend doing what I always seem to do; fold laundry, watch the Redskins collapse (groan), watch the Steelers pull one out (yay!), and listened to Gail tell me about her day that she spent out investigating a supposedly haunted house. She has fun at least 