After the rather significant stress in the last weeks, my husband and I had agreed that I need a visit to the music store…
So I went to check out a Taylor GS Mini e Koa and a Taylor Academy 12e. Tested both of them and both were badly out of tune. I did like playing the Academy 12e, playing the Mini also felt really comfortable, but somehow the real spark was missing. Started wandering around the store thinking which of the two I wanted to have, or whether I wanted any of them at all…
Well… Close to the Taylors were electric guitars. For whatever reason the Fenders didn’t tempt me. But then in the back there was this beautiful tele style guitar. Rosewood neck, matte white finish. I just had to play it, to test how it feels. But then…
The price tag it had, didn’t encourage me. It was an amount I wasn’t willing to pay. Still, since I had it in my hands anyway, I just needed to test it… And it was, I don’t know: Love at first sight or at the first strum, if you will. Yes, it was out of tune as well. Not as badly as the acoustics. The feel, the haptics, the playability. “Warmth” is maybe the best word to describe it. But then… the price… I put the guitar back to where it had been.
When I was turning to continue my internal debate about the acoustics, I saw a brown version of the white tele style guitar. Only that this one’s price tag featured a 40 % discount sticker…
I became hopeful, thinking I can always ask whether the white one is on discount as well. Took it again. Played it. Attempted a proper F. My arch enemy. And… It worked. Not at the first try but at the second. That was when my internal dialogue changed to “I need this guitar, whether it’s on discount or not.”
What can I say? 
It was on discount. It was the last one they had (good because I wanted that exact guitar).
May I proudly present my: Godin Stadium HT Trans White RN
Hmm… And since the guitar was on discount, I bought an amp as well. (From now on it will be only porridge, potatoes and beans for many months it seems. But so be it.)
