My Christmas Present

[edwelly]

Ok, I don't normally sing songs of praise for myself but I must tell you about the Christmas gift my fiancé got for me. I have wanted a Martin acoustic guitar for quite sometime now and she got me one. GOD love her! After talking about which model she got me (a DR) and doing some research, she has “allowed” me to return it for an upgrade to a D-28!!!!! I am so excited that I am shaking! For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Martin brand and/or what model, here is a quote from Martin’s web site “Since its introduction in 1931, the Martin D-28 has remained the standard by which all large bodied, steel-string acoustic guitars are measured. The D-28 utilizes solid East Indian rosewood for the back and sides. Genuine ebony is used for the fingerboard and bridge. Additional features for the D28 include solid spruce top, solid rosewood back, and sides, polished gloss finish, a hand-fit dovetail neck attachment, and comes with a FREE case” SWEET a free case
--edwelly

p.s. anybody else want to share what they got. This was not meant to brag but to share with my family!!!

It sounds beautiful, edwelly Are you going to post a pic of it on the Gallery?


Edit to below - Tell eve I said thanks! hehe

That is sweet -

Harddrive - for this machine - had to grap it on xmas eve - it was clicking - lumpy - too much vibration. spent xmas rebuilding the drives.

eve loves your hairdo socal!

wiz

[edwelly]

Thanks for replying. I was actually going to delete this because no one had responded to it. I thought I might have made some one mad. After reading my original post, I guess it does sound a little like I am bragging but I was so excited and I wanted to share it with all of you. I hope no one has taken this the wrong way. If this post has bothered anyone, just PM and I will delete it, no questions ask...
good night to all...
--edwelly

p.s. wiz, did you get everything fixed?
Socal: I will post a pic of it with me holding it when I get it. I should get it in about 2 weeks... Thanks for asking my good friend!

I can't understand how anyone could be mad (jealous, maybe <g>)

I think it's great to be excited about getting something cool that you've always wanted - it's fun Sounds like you have a heck of a fiancee, too

Now maybe we can get you to upload a recording of you playing it? hehe

[vass0922]

DELETE IT!
I'm jealous

LOL J/k!!!

From the way it sounds, you have bragging rights so we'll allow it this time

Not a big guitar player, always wanted to learn the bass guitar personally. After listening to bands like TOOL... love the bass guitar!!

[Tomteriffic]

Ed, congrats on the D-28. It really is the benchmark dreadnought acoustic guitar. And, just think, it's only going to sound better and better as time goes on .

Make sure it's in a humidified environment during the winter months. Dry air can raise h@!! with the glue joints and cause the top to shrink. Don't over do it, but a room humidifer kept where it's stored is a big help.

You do, however have one new problem to deal with. People tend to keep guitars like a nice D-28 pretty much forever. You get to decide who you want to leave it to. I'm still deciding about my matched pair of Martins and a couple of Taylors.....

Oh, enjoy it, won'tcha? It only sounds better and better if you play it on a regular basis, even if it's only beating a G chord on it for a few minutes a day

[jerrygarcia]

Cool christmas! I have to share mine. My wife is wonderful too!
Have a great and safe holiday season!



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[vass0922]

My christmas presents thus far!

damn.... joke didn't work LOL
I tried to link to "about:blank" for IE/mozilla and "opera:blank" for opera but you can't like to them


I gotta drive for 15 hours to get the mine LOL

Bad joke that doesn't work

Yo, Erik, post the picture on the member picture area when you get it.
You really sound excited. And you are lucky. Congrats.

Shahani