I love older men - Cameron Diaz
Reza : Nice guitar..new.? Yamaha ker..? Don't know they have a new model...
My friend looked up at me incredulously, his eyes squinting. He looked pissed like I've insulted his mother or something...
Kawan : Excuse me...it is a Taylor.
He pauses....a short pause. Aww great...there's more to come..
'Limited edition. Only unit in this goddamned country. Look at the serial number, its 237..only 350 is made. Rumour has it that Clapton has the number 3 and 15. U play any...?
'Skit-sikit boleh le.' I replied cheekily.
Kawan : Lemme see u play.
I take the guitar gently by the neck.
Emmm...spruce top, nice cutaway too for a full fingerboard access, unmistakable rosewood back. The top wood is probably aged for 25 years before being cut by the master maker....back wood probably 15 years if not more. Its not at all weird for a master guitar maker to use wood that is 'aged' by his father. Some are not lucky enough to see their aged wood go on to become finished products. Wood like wine...become better with time.
You see...wood is made of cellulose kept together by lignin. The fibers are very flexible and the orientation of this composite produces very different bending stiffness along and across the wood grain. Repeated bending would break some of the bonds in lignin, making it more flexible. Since different antinodes(parts that flex the most in the vibrating top wood) are 'excited' by the different frequencies, ultimately the best effect would be produced by vibrating the top with the notes that you plan to play. Cheap guitars has wood verniers or laminated wood top and the glue plus the laminate prevents the so called 'loosening' of the wood, dampening the wood ability to 'bend'. Thus, cheap guitars sound the same new or old. This guitar however will produce better acoustic and sound, the older it gets.
Looking further, I noticed the strong mahogany neck and nice pearl inlays for the fretboard, nowadays most fretboard inlays are cheap made in Taiwan plastic. This inlays takes time to set.
Nice weight for the instrument...not too light or too heavy.
Wait a minute. What the hell...?? There is a pick-up jack at the back for amps. They put electronics on this baby too..!! A fusion of old school and new...cool, very cool. I can imagine it being in the hands of Clapton himself. This baby isn't shy being in a room or on a stage.
Full satin glow finishing on the entire piece, handmade....no doubt about it. I am holding a work of art. This baby in my hand screamed...I AM AN EXPENSIVE SONOFABITCH. This string instrument can feed a family of four in Africa for a year...nope...maybe 2 years. If you asked the shop how much is this guitar...you probably couldn't afford it.
Kawan : U wanna play it or look at it..?
Reza : Ok..ok. I'm gonna play "Hotel California.."
Kawan : Gimme back my guitar...You're OLD.
