Gibson - This is the guitar I would love to have. But I would need to get a hold of a lot of money. The cheapest I have seen a Gibson (used) was $2,000.
Gibson introduced its first solid-body electric guitar and its most popular guitar to date—the Les Paul.
As of now I can't afford this, but Gibson makes a cheaper model under the brand of Epiphone. It looks the same, but it is more affordable.
Another desired guitar, a Gretsch and this one in particular. It runs almost $2,500.
I'm going to take a moment out of my usual posts about books, movies and writing to talk about another love of mine...guitars.
I've been taking guitar classes for over a year. I received my first guitar when I was 23. My husband at the time bought it for a Christmas present. It is a Lotus Electric guitar with a Strat body. I was taking classes at that time, but my son was young and there wasn't much time to pursue it. I still have the guitar and it works fine. And although it has a Strat body, it is not a Fender.
A Short Bio: The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as "Strat", is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top horn for balance while standing.
I had always wanted a Fender Strat, and still do. However, I saw another brand and tried it and fell in love with it. What brand is that? Come back tomorrow to find out. But for now look at all the pretty Fenders! So if my arm was twisted and I HAD to buy a Fender, I'd get the glittery gold one. Oh boohoo....:)
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Originally uploaded by NYC Guitar School
Look what I found on Flickr. NYC Guitar School puts up pictures, I just happened to go through the pictures, to see if there were any of my daughter and there are several.
Here she is looking bored, waiting for the concert to start.
This shot was taken in April 2010.
Today is the start of Nanowrimo, but I hope to at least stop by once a day and post something, Nano related or not. Today is Not Nano related, today is a pictorial of my weekend. Enjoy.
FRIDAY
The weekend started off with Clarissa going to her schools annual Halloween party. She is Alice in Wonderland (the brunette version). She is equipped with rabbit and all. She did her own makeup. Her party was a lot of fun.
SATURDAY34th Street in NYC, is decorated for the fall season. Along the sidewalk they placed pumpkins, gourds and corn around the trees that line the walkway. Very festive, breaks up the stoney gray atmosphere.
The girls who work at the guitar school were in the spirit. Amy and Michelle show us how cool it is to be a cat and a devil. Michelle is not really a devil, she is a sweet girl.
Fellow guitarists, Ken, Ken and Kathy practice their "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash in the lounge. As you can see, they are having a lot of fun.
SUNDAY
In between all the fun, Me and my friend Elizabeth (yes a lot of us are named Elizabeth), had a solo in church. It was just one line of a very difficult but short song. Here we are, you can only see my back, sorry about that. Clarissa was sitting behind, and since it is in the Choir loft, you can't go in the front.
Elizabeth (the other one) and Clarissa before we got started trick or treating. Elizabeth is Michael Jackson, he was her favorite entertainer. Clarissa was cold so no one could really see her costume, but no matter, she got enough candy to feed an army. Elizabeth got so much candy, her back started to hurt from carrying it. She did have her mom along (like Clarissa) to take half the load.
My friend Chris was "Danny Zuko" from Grease. No, he's not smoking, it is fake. He had the jacket and he even had the walk and talk. You don't have to spend a lot of money on a costume, you just need an imagination. And yes, I have a lot of 'young' friends. I don't know why, I guess they think I'm 'cool'.
Trick or treating in our neighborhood is safest when the kids go to the merchants. They are always prepared. They have tons of candy for the onslaught of kids. Here is one store, that had enough for everyone. That is my cutie in the pink trench.
Who said trick or treating is for the young? Here is a group of teenagers taking full advantage of the holiday. Armed with trick or treating bags and all. I don't know, but I am sure that bunny was cold!
And Halloween was not over yet, but the stores waste no time putting up the Christmas decorations. Here is a store in my neck of the woods that has the trees decorated and ready to entice.
I am attempting to do this again. I started doing it when the book first came out back in the '90's. I did the morning pages for about a week and then gave up. I cannot even find the book, I had to download a copy on my Kindle.
The Basic Principles
1. Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.
2. There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life – including ourselves.
3. When we open ourselves to our creativity, we open ourselves to the creator’s creativity within us and our lives.
4. We are, ourselves, creations. And we, in turn, are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves.
5. Creativity is God’s gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.
6. The refusal to be creative is self-will and is counter to our true nature.
7. When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God: good orderly direction.
8. As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.
9. It is safe to open ourselves up to greater and greater creativity.
10. Our creative dreams and yearnings come from a divine source. As we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity.
So among the other things I plan to do (Nanowrimo and Read A Thons), this will fit in. Not like I have a job!! LOL! Well one needs to laugh or they will cry.
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Guitar is going good, we are now learning "House of the Rising Sun", which I pretty much have down pat. I also got my electric guitar fixed. It was given to me by my 1st husband before we were married. I told him I liked Eric Clapton's guitar and he bought me for Christmas a black and white Lotus Fender. Back then, I was learning how to play (20 years ago) but then I had my son, and that had to take a back seat. Over the years, the strings broke, but I just kept it in the corner out of the way. I finally decided to see if it still worked. I took it to my local music store and he fixed it up for me. It still played, and he put fresh strings and polished it. I bought a small amp, and I'm rockin' out now. I don't know when I will be able to by my Les Paul, so for now, this is a good electric to use. I mean, I still have my acoustic and classical guitars so it is not like I am without, I just want to be able to say I can play on an electric, and I can.
Another desired guitar, a Gretsch and this one in particular. It runs almost $2,500.
So if my arm was twisted and I HAD to buy a Fender, I'd get the glittery gold one. Oh boohoo....:)
FRIDAY
SATURDAY34th Street in NYC, is decorated for the fall season. Along the sidewalk they placed pumpkins, gourds and corn around the trees that line the walkway. Very festive, breaks up the stoney gray atmosphere.
Fellow guitarists, Ken, Ken and Kathy practice their "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash in the lounge. As you can see, they are having a lot of fun.
Trick or treating in our neighborhood is safest when the kids go to the merchants. They are always prepared. They have tons of candy for the onslaught of kids. Here is one store, that had enough for everyone. That is my cutie in the pink trench.
And Halloween was not over yet, but the stores waste no time putting up the Christmas decorations. Here is a store in my neck of the woods that has the trees decorated and ready to entice.
od, we are now learning "House of the Rising Sun", which I pretty much have down pat. I also got my electric guitar fixed. It was given to me by my 1st husband before we were married. I told him I liked Eric Clapton's guitar and he bought me for Christmas a black and white Lotus Fender. Back then, I was learning how to play (20 years ago) but then I had my son, and that had to take a back seat. Over the years, the strings broke, but I just kept it in the corner out of the way. I finally decided to see if it still worked. I took it to my local music store and he fixed it up for me. It still played, and he put fresh strings and polished it. I bought a small amp, and I'm rockin' out now. I don't know when I will be able to by my Les Paul, so for now, this is a good electric to use. I mean, I still have my acoustic and classical guitars so it is not like I am without, I just want to be able to say I can play on an electric, and I can.