Alvarez NGD!

Normally, I'm with you all the way!   This time though, just regarding this guitar, I consider this almost like insurance.  he he.  I mean, if I were to ever let this guitar go, I deserve to be bonked. 

And, like I said in a previous post somewhere, this is also the first guitar my wife has even noticed and liked.  So.....you how it is.......happy wife....happy life! 

Greg Ballantyne , Thanks for asking! 

I'll start with the only down side to this guitar, ........... I don't have enough time to spend with it! 

I want to make the review vid so bad, but just don't have the time lately with this new job, but I'm working on making the time.

In the meantime, the time I do have with it is amazing.  It reminds me of when I had my Cole Clark and the first few weeks with my Taylor (though, not saying the love affair with the Taylor is anywhere close to over either! ).  The love and satisfaction is off the charts and complete for me. 

I could go on and on about the tones, playability etc. but I'll just talk about one fun little game I've been playing.  When playing a song that ends with that thing where you do that single strum of a chord to end the song: when I hit that final chord I hold my breath and see if I can hold it until the guitar stops resonating.  lol.   

Now, given that I've just finished singing a most likely up tempo song with a good amount of energy coupled with the great sustain on this guitar, that game is a very fun challenge.  ( face has turned different shades of a different colors a few times!) 

Looks wise alone adds another layer of "something" to her as well.  When I pick her up and play or even just look at her, it's love, love, love.  She really feels like something extra special even before I play.  Starting to really understand why so many love the high gloss look.  It does add something nice.  I'm not quite sure I can articulate what that something is, but it's definitely there.  The wee bit of tastefully done abalone accents really add a tone of class to her looks as well.

The love affair is still going strong, honeymoon's end nowhere in sight yet; if there's even going to be an end to it. She's even inspired a couple of new songs I'm writing, but again, I need time to finish them!    So the main and only thing I'm pining for really is more time to spend with her and at the very least, time to get the review video done.

It's a great problem to have and something to constantly look forward to; having 2 guitars that you love so much that there's just never enough time when you're playing them.  With my previous guitars, even the Cole Clark because of how BIG she was, there always came a time when I'd think: "Meh, ok, that's enough."  But not with these beauties. 

Thanks man!  Ya, after going through so many bloody guitars in the last 10 years or so, it's nice to finally have a couple where I'm not saying to myself: "Gee, it's great, but if it only did or did not have this one thing." lol.

  LOL!    I can't tell you how many times I've thought that too!  There's a big part of me that just wants to quite working and make a go of it gigging at pubs and etc instead.

If I was just a little bit better with a little bit of a better memory........

Yep, I hear ya.  I'm hoping that this job is only for a season or few, and then I can move on to better options that will give me some regular down time again.  We'll see what the future holds.  For now, not much time.   

We don't make a lot of cash so I can't expect the wife to support us on her income while I go out there and try to make it as a musician.  I'd be dodging frying pans if I even suggested it I think. 

Greg Ballantyne, and ladyssolo, ....

To quote from one of my favorite movies.......

"Time is like a predator, it's stalking you.  Oh you can try to outrun it with doctors and technology, but in the end, Time is going to hunt you down and make the kill."
- Soran.

Can you name the movie?   
( No cheating!  Google not allowed! )