I could just sit around makin' music all day long...
If you said, "Mac Davis, 1971, and the song is: I Believe In Music," you get 20 bonus points. (No partial credit - all or nothin')
No, I didn't sit around making music all day long. Just a couple hours. I had dropped off my gear in my music room after the last time I got together with the guys. Finally time to get it put away. Because one of us said, "It's time to get that stuff put away."
I had taken two guitars last time: my venerable X20 and the diminutive X7 that I had in Nashville Tuning. The X7 sounded a bit shrill through the amp I was using that day, so I played the X20 for most of that practice.
I picked up the X7 today and gave it a strum... sweet, with a bit of zing. Hmm, that sounds like some kind of food preparation. That guitar wanted to be played... I complied. I played a bunch of songs that would sound good with that kind of tone. Then, I finished picking up gear and hung the two guitars on the wall.
Back to the living room. I picked up the X10 that I keep on the wall there, and played for Joan and Murphy...
Unlike Izzy or Rufus, Murphy doesn't come running when I pick up a guitar. He seemed to enjoy the music and sat beside me. Joan doesn't generally take just one photo of something, so I have many photo options...
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Maybe he doesn't come running, but at least Murphy isn't a music critic. Duke tends to leave the room when a guitar is picked up. Maybe I play and sing too loud for his tastes?
Been playing the new-to-me Sable, and liking it more each time. The odd flatwound Thomastik-Infeld Swing strings are becoming more familiar, but I look forward to changing them at some point. It is $30 set so if I don't like my other options, that will be an expensive (??) swap. But with every guitar I have learned it takes a few trial sets to settle on what *it* likes.
Those are some pricey strings. I generally wait until Elixir has a sale on the strings I like so I can get them for around $12-$13/set in a triple pack.
Murphy doesn't run off when I pick up a guitar. The situation and floorplan was different at our Texas house, so it was easy for any feline family member to be "right there" when I would play. Even though I have the music room you and I played in here in Arizona, I play most often in our living room, unless I am recording something or testing out a bit of gear.
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