[mplpost] Canadian Guitars

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My first guitar was a nylon string Aria my dad brought home one day in the 
early 70's. I must have been about 14 at the time. My father had an 
engineering firm next to a music school in Scarborough. One night someone 
broke in to the school and trashed the place. The back of the Aria had been 
stomped in and one of the folks from the school had attempted to put a new 
back on with only mild success.

But it played, and over time distracted me from my piano and french horn. I 
have no idea what ever became of it.

In the late 70's I bought an Ovation Classical off a fellow UW student. It is 
one of the better US made models and I still have it. My 14 year old son 
Andrew plays it periodically distracting him from his fiddle practicing. 
History repeats itself I suppose.

I do own one Canadian made quitar. Its a Seagull Duet II Rosewood model with 
a Cedar top. This is the one with the fancy LR Baggs pickup in it that scares 
most sound men silly. I bought it in Quebec City in 1998 to replace a 
Washburn dreadnought I'ld had for a few years. I wanted a cutaway instead. I 
quite like it, but I tend to play my Taylor Leo Kottke 6 string a bit more 
(for obvious reasons). James Gordon once described this one as a 'Sustain 
Machine".

I also own a couple of 12 strings; a better Japanese made solid top Takamine 
from the mid 80's that I bought used from Long and McQuade (can't resist a 
bargain) and a Taylor 450 I paid way too much for in Chicago. Both of my 
Taylor's are 96 models.

I don't play the 12 strings much anymore since getting hooked on Fingerstyle 
playing a few years ago after attending one of Don Ross's now infamous guitar 
weekends. That is also where I met Rob Wakelin, who started this interesting 
thread.

Nice stroll down memory lane.

Apparently my guitars are still distracting me from other endevours such as 
sleeping.

Too many guitars. Not enough time. 

Mike Beauchamp
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