Hello, New Lovely.

posted by mihow on November 4th, 2005

Last night, I visited the guitar shop on 1st Avenue and 10th street to get some strings for my hand-me-down acoustic. I left with a new guitar.

My fingertips are killing me.

18 Responses to “Hello, New Lovely.”

  1. DaveJ Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 06:22 AM

    Long time no surf for me. Congrats on the new axe (snerk, I think it’s funny when people call guitars that). I though tthis site would interest you, because you’ve long been interested in where your readers are. An excellent Google hack. Shout out from DC!!

    http://www.frappr.com/

  2. mihow Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 06:28 AM

    Long time, indeed. Thanks for the link, Dave.

  3. keep on rockin in the free wor Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 06:34 AM

    back in the summer of 69 i played until my fingers bled, things haven’t been the same since. well, what is it? the new guitar? non-name? or brand-name?

  4. Amanda B. Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 06:41 AM

    Ooh Ooh Ooh! Is it accoustic or electric? What kind? This makes me very happy in my pants!

  5. tobyjoe Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 06:45 AM

    She got an acoustic by Alvarez. I also ordered one from Bill Blue at Liberty—a biscuit bridge bell brass resonator.

    Liberty Style-O

  6. mihow Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 06:47 AM

    Mine is still a cheapy. But man is she ever purty. :] And, yes, it’s a girl. It sounds amazing. I am very happy with it. Came with a case and everything.

  7. greg Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 06:49 AM

    this is really awesome, i’m happy for you guys. i hope to see you soon on your “live in your livingroom” tour. tobyjoe….she looks sweet

  8. mihow Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 06:57 AM

    Livingroom is right. Last night Toby said, “I don’t have the option to use a strap. Probably because they’re too heavy.” I said, “Yeah, I didn’t one either. I probably should have since I ended up getting the larger sized guitar. But it’s not like we’ll be playing out or standing up ever.” Toby replied, “Yeah, we’ll play for our livingroom.” “We’ll play from our couches for our cats.”

    It’s true.

  9. Silly Nessa Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 07:03 AM

    but you’ll play together and that is so cool!!

  10. home invaders Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 09:12 AM

    Will you play for us when we visit in exactly 13 days? Mike plays guitar too :)

  11. nifkin Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 09:28 AM

    In the latest issue of Make there’s an article about how to make a cigar-box guitar that has me all excited to go borrow a bunch of my dad’s power tools.

  12. Closet Metro Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 10:14 AM

    Amanda and I share the same brain. I immediately said “Ooh Ooh Ooh! Is it accoustic or electric? What kind?” Although I didn’t say “This makes me very happy in my pants!”

    (we don’t share the same pants)

  13. mihow Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 11:40 AM

    I got an acoustic. It’s a cheapy Alvarez. It’s darker wood. I’m totally loving it. :] It’s my third acoustic and it’s by far better sounding than my other two. My electric guitar is one from the 80s. And it ran me 50 bucks at the country fair. I told the guy about it last night and he was super excited about it. He suggested I bring it in that something I might consider useless might actually be worth something. Funny.

  14. Closet Metro Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 12:18 PM

    if it’s from the eighties, it’s “vintage.” I go to Willies Guitars and drool at the cool old stuff. If it’s old, it’s expensive. If it’s old and beat up, it’s really really expensive.

  15. mihow Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 12:20 PM

    now, I am so unbelievably curious. It might actually be worth like five bucks.

  16. Sherri Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 03:33 PM

    OMG, how weird…I just bought a new (to me, at least) guitar tonight. Acoustic. Yamaha F310. I taught myself a few chords tonight (I’m a beginner) and my left hand is about to fall off. Maybe once I learn a few more tricks, we can go jam in the subways for cash. :-)

  17. Amanda B. Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 05:17 PM

    This is so exciting. I hope we get a chance to play some when we head that way. I don’t know that I’ll be able to bring my guitar but I’ll try!

  18. ginar Says:
    November 4th, 2005 at 05:47 PM

    i bought a banjo at the flea market 4 years ago and it is still sitting in the corner collecting dust. Everytime i pick it up i break a string, then i go buy new strings, and then i break another one. Maybe i need lessons. Or maybe i just needed inspiration from your hot looking guitars!

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