The Metaphysics Of Buying An Acoustic Guitar
There is another side of acoustic guitar buying that I seldom hear discussed. You might call it the metaphyscial side.
I am one of those new age types that believes the life of the wood worker is crafted into the instrument. Sometimes you can feel the vibe of an instrument while it is sitting on the stand, or hanging on the while even before you pick it up for the first time. A guitar that was crafted in darkness will carry that darkness with it!” Might be a good choice if your strictly into the blues. An instrument generated by the life of the creator will in turn generate life to its owner.
A factory or machine made acoustic guitar is not void of soul. Each guitar is the result of an idea that someone had. The wood used to be a tree growing in a forest somewhere in this wide world. The body of that guitar is contains the life of the tree that it was made from? Perhaps hundreds of men and women around the world helped to get that guitar to you? If the truth were known would more of us prefer to frequent a guitar store than a museum displaying the art of dead Van-whoever. I sometimes like to look at dead.
There was this time I was shopping for a new acoustic guitar at the local establishment. I had about $400 in my pocket and was ready to buy a guitar. I had been looking at a particular Takamine acoustic electric. I picked it up and played it again, for the umpteenth time. I liked the looks, the sound, and the feel of this instrument but I was somehow not satisfied with it. There was this very small feeling of buyers remorse starting to set in. the guitar was back on display as I moved towards the door with my money still in my pocket. As I reached for the door handle I kind of glanced to the right and looked in the direction of the corner of the store where all the used guitars were displayed. I was in that area of the store a few minutes before. I noticed an electric solid body but was not interested.
I went back to the used guitar corner and immediately my eyes zoomed in on a Tobacco Sunburst Crafter. I had always thought of Crafters as kind of cheap guitars. This one looked pretty nice. This guitar and I were made for each other. That guitar came home with me. that instrument sent a message to me.
I admit it, the guitar resonated with me before I saw it. Now I am revealed to be a crystal hugging new age kind of guy.
Call it an accident if you want but I believe it was metaphysical. I am convinced that music can be a metaphysical experience that has no limit to its depths. Even while shopping for a fingerstyle acoustic guitar.Enjoy your fingerstyle guitar purchase experience!
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