Just kidding. The RG can wait.
Truthfully, I couldn't stop smiling when I laid my eye on this baby.. Goddamn, I'm still smiling now.
NONONO!!
I must not distract myself.. from acquiring... a new toy...
It's been almost a month since I've decided on buying a new guitar and I'm glad to say that I sort of made my choice already. After weeks of pondering, it has become clear that the Ibanez AF75TDG is purely G.A.S. (Gear Acquisition Syndrome?). It's not something that I need but much rather, something that I want (just because it's a cheaper alternative to the great Gretsch White Falcon look). To conclude, it was down to a once in a decade battle between Epiphone Dot and Cort Source.
One BIG problem with me is that when I wanna buy guitars, I always register them for a beauty contest in the deep and dark corner of my mind.. which is a very detestable thing to do in the eyes of so-called "tone purists"?? I don't know the term for these people. Thankfully, I still adhere to the school of thought that says tone is in the fingers/hands. Give me a beauty and I'll try my best to make it sound as beautiful as I can.
As I was saying, the Ibanez is out of the picture. Hopefully I'll be able to get it next year though heheheheh. So... I have the Epiphone Dot in this corner. Honestly speaking, I only want it because it's Epiphone. It's a brand name. It's what Armani Exchange is to Armani. A cheaper alternative. Nothing else. Nil. Even so, it's still more expensive than the other choice that I have, which is the Cort Source
I really like the Bigsby-esque bridge on the Source-BV. The colour isn't that bad too, though I'm not sure if it comes in Cherry Red. But the HEADSTOCK!!! The Cort Logo is so ugly and so bland :( And the pickguard has sharp edges which I dislike on semi-hollows.
BUT THEN!!!
Few days ago I saw something hanging on the wall of Music Master (Gapnap's shop). After a few facebook messages and a phone conversation later, I found out that it is an AXL AE-820. It's a beautiful guitar... It doesn't have the exorbitant price of an Epiphone (for my budget) and the horrendous looking headstocks and pickguards of Corts. BUUUUUUUUUUUUT it doesn't come in the colour that I want *BAWL* There's no Cherry Red but I can settle on the White one that I saw in their official website. I don't know if Gapnap has the white one though hmmm..
Simply put, my current train of thought is to go try out the Source and AE-820 when I get back to KL just to make sure it isn't completely unplayable. Probably confirm the colour selection of the AE-820 later on, which is the deciding factor in this beauty contest. May the best looking guitar win!
p.s. If you're from South East Asia or specifically Malaysia, go get your instruments from Gapnap. This guy is one of the most trustable and reliable sonuvabitch I've encountered.
2 comments:
Dude , i've got a feeling a big guitar wouldn't suit you ! you're too small !
i'm just replying you to increase the comment count, which will appear like a lot of people are reading this shit!
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