After church today, Katherine and I had lunch at La Madeleine. When we finished, I took my Martin acoustic guitar to Guitar Center (across the street) to have new strings put on it. (I played the original strings for more than a year and a half!) The young man helping me told me that it needed to be "set up" as well. I didn't know what this meant. He explained that the strings appeared to be too far from the fretboard. He could and would adjust the guitar for me. I was happy to hear this and more than happy to pay for it, because the guitar was starting to sound tinny to me and to hurt my fingers (because of the additional pressure needed to bend the strings). Before we left the store, I went into the soundproof guitar room to play some expensive guitars. Katherine snapped this picture of me (click to enlarge) as I played a $3,300 guitar. Earlier, I had played a $2,400 guitar. Needless to say, both guitars sounded much better than my $500 guitar, so I may be due for an upgrade. Watch out, Neil Young!
