Guitars

Every guitar seems to have its own personality. Maybe that’s why musicians name theirs. My 6 string Cordoba classical guitar is named Rosie Hitler. She’s a cool guitar. She’s in the shop because she needed some work done. The pick-up system wasn’t getting much signal, so my friends over at Renson Guitars, in Studio City, are checking it out.

My band mates are bringing me a couple of guitars for the gig at CAP, since the pick-up situation will take more than one day to resolve. It inspired me to go over to Guitar Center in Sherman Oaks, www.guitarcenter.com. I’ve been thinking about getting a 12 string guitar. I was primarily a 12 string player for years.

Guitar Center usually has a pretty vast selection of guitars. I played a number of Gibson acoustics, www.gibsoncom, a fabulous Taylor 12 string, www.taylorguitars.com, a Martin 12 string, www.martinguitar.com, and some different Cordoba nylon string guitars. The Taylor 12 was my favorite of all the guitars I played there.

There’s a connection I get with certain guitars. That Taylor 12 string reminded me of an old Martin 12 string I had for awhile. Her name was Butter. This Taylor guitar just rang out like an orchestra. The action on it was so smooth and finger picking was a breeze. I can really dig into a good 12 string guitar and get happy real fast. I was smitten.

It seems that when I start to play on a new guitar it’s easy to write new songs. I didn’t buy the Taylor 12 string but it was fun to check it out. I’m not sure what kind of guitar my next one will be. I want to wait and see how my pick-up situation pans out with Rosie first. The nylon string sound is nice with my voice.

Blessings!
Laura

You can check out a couple of different guitars I’ve recorded with in the online store at:
http://www.LauraCohnMusic.com
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