So I've gone and bought another guitar, it's a Takamine PTU441MTB New Yorker. These guitars I believe were a limited run here in the UK. I just missed out on the only other one I had seen for sale online at Guitar Guitar. I kind of spent too much time toing a froing, thinking to myself, "it's a lot of money for someone that can't play all that well just yet".
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| Takamine PTU441MTB |
That said I am learning all the time and I can honestly say in the year I have been learning, there is not a day I haven't picked up one of my guitars and had a bit play around. So my way of thinking this guitar is money well spent, as with this particular guitar if I look after it, it will go up in value.
I purchased the Takamine after seeing it advertised online at AStrings which is based down in Treforest, Pontypridd, Wales. After a few emails and telephone calls back and forth and speaking with Andrew the owner of the shop, who was very friendly and gave some great advice, I decided to treat myself.
Andrew informed me that the guitar would be all set up before sending it off via courier, also letting me know he would send it Monday, with a delivery of Tuesday as he didn't like any of his stuff potentially be held up and stuck somewhere over the weekend. Andrew also asked what size I was and very kindly sent me an AStrings Tee shirt in with the guitar.
As promised, the guitar landed on Tuesday, my dad told me he wasn't in and that it had been left outside the door, so not best pleased with that, not sure who the courier was, just pleased my package wasn't nicked. I'd have been gutted and think I would have struggled to get a replacement.
I had been to work, and when I got in saw the big box my dad had put at the bottom of our stairs. Carrying it through to the sitting room, I carefully opened the packaging and removed the hard shell guitar case. Even the guitar case looks like a canny bit of kit, with Takamine emblazoned on it.
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| Takamine Hard Case |
Opening the gold latches on the case and lifting the lid I got my first peek at my new guitar, I have to say it looked very impressive, I love the tobacco sunburst look. Upon taking it out of its case and having a close inspection, that's when I noticed all the really cool craftsman ship and was very happy with my purchase, even mores so when I had a little play of the songs and some riffs I now know.
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| Love the colour and overall finish |
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| Amazing detail |
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| Pre-Amp |
I even had a go at playing a few songs I have written myself I know they won't be chart toppers or to everyone's taste, but hey I have enjoyed trying to put words together to make lyrics and then to try and get some semblance of a melody or tune. A lot of the stuff I have written is rather melancholy, as it's based on some of my life experience, which let's face it hasn't always gone according to plan.
I'm not a proper musician/guitarist, so rather than try and write a review of how I think this guitar sounds I've popped a link to a few reviews, well if anyone is interested anyhoo.
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