Is it sport, or is it art?
I don’t know, but it’s incredible.
Sweet Things
My new guitar!
I won it in a contest. It’s autographed (and doodled on) by the members of the “baroque pop” group Evelyn Evelyn – Amanda Palmer (of the Dresden Dolls, a band which I have heard of but don’t know anything about :/ )and Jason Webley, neither of whom I had heard of before… though they both seem like interesting characters. As soon as I have listened to their music, I will let you know what it sounds like. I don’t know yet because they sent me two vinyl LPs of their album, but failed to include a CD or MP3 download code… and my record player is currently in another dimension.
Anyway, the guitar is a Wildwood Artist Deluxe acoustic-electric from the company Daisy Rock. I’ll be honest, I was a bit apprehensive when I saw that the company’s mission was about making “guitars for girls” because it seemed to say that girls aren’t tough enough for “regular” guitars. However, upon pulling this baby out of her case and taking her for a spin, my opinion changed completely. One of the reasons I had been playing my other guitars less frequently was because they were pretty tough on my fingers – I have smallish hands and when I don’t play guitar constantly my fingers get out-of-shape, which can make pressing all of the strings down on a 12-string guitar more than a bit difficult.
(Yes, they doodled ALL over it.)
But the Wildwood has a very narrow neck, so my fingers can easily press down all the way across; it has a smaller body so it is more comfortable to sit down with, and the strings are very easy to press (but not too easy!). Most importantly, the sound is great and much, much better than I expected from a company with “daisy” in the name.
I’m very grateful to the giveaway organizer, VenusZine (which is also a pretty cool magazine, guitar or no guitar), the band and Daisy Rock for my beautiful new instrument.
Lesson learned: don’t judge a guitar manufacturer by its flowery logo.
(Disclaimer: this is not a product review; it’s simply me gushing about my new toy. I wasn’t asked or incentivized to write an opinion about this gorgeous guitar or the music.)