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New Baby

Posted by narrowband - 06/08/08 at 04:08:51 pm

Ok, it seems like everytime I get myself a new toy I call it my baby. When I first got my guitar (which was a Yamaha) at the age of 14, I called it my baby. Two years later I upgraded to something a little more expensive, which was a gift from my parents. I also called it my baby. And then there’s my camera… my 3rd baby -____-”.

Now to add to my babilicious collection, I’ve just gotten mself the Takamine GS330S. One of the most affordable, mid-range acoustic guitar that produces a sound like guitars twice its price. It feels expensive too (well since it’s supposed to be a long-term investment… it should be!).

It comes with a hard case, which is a standard package. The case can also be locked, perfect for traveling. Inside the case were silica gels, manuals, warranty – stuff that makes it worth the petrol I burnt in getting to the store.

The matte-finish of the nato sides and back. The neck though is made of mahogany. I was trying on another model at the store, which had colours like green and red (a little glossy finish)… I didn’t like them. Greens and reds reminds me of guitars you can get off shelves in bookstores.

The bridge, nothing really fancy. The saddle is just right for ‘medium-action’, which is suitable for most/general playing. ‘Action’ here, generally speaking, refers to the distance between the strings – usually around fret 12 – and the fingerboard.

The strings. The store also bundled in a second set of new EMP strings which costs a whopping RM75 a set -_-”. The strings are packaged in a CD case (not like the conventional paper-wrappers). I’ve never owned a set of strings this expensive before!

That’s a very sexy (and expensive) capo but it does not belong to me. The one I used to have cost no more than RM20. The guy at the store accidentally left the capo on my guitar and we both forgot about it until I got home. Sigh.

I really love the sound and feel of the guitar, thanks to the solid cedar top. I’m particularly impressed with the tones in low and high ranges, which are way better than the current Fender acoustic I’m playing. The medium action also makes it very comfortable for plucking.

Shorttalk: I’ve been doing a number of things – playing my guitar included – lately, taken thousands of photos in two weeks, alot of flash photography… and I’m now actually nursing a bad throat. I watched MTV Asia Awards on TV and I thought it was damn AWESOME!

Shorttalk2: Note to self – Pls refrain from blogging at work in future.

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1. That is one heck of a deceptive title. Lawl.

   Please don’t mislead your gullible readers (like moi!)…

   Comment by rinnah — August 6, 2008 #

2. Ah cool “baby”. It would be great if you could a record a short audio video of you playing it. Curious how it would sound ;-)

   Comment by shen — August 6, 2008 #

3. nice cutaway? haih damn cantik, pity i didnt pass second grade

   Comment by szetoo — August 6, 2008 #

4. Having many babies is good.. haha.

   Comment by day-dreamer — August 6, 2008 #

5. Aiyah kena tipu. Get well soon hor. I’m down with flu.

   Comment by Che-Cheh — August 6, 2008 #

6. wow… tak sangka u so lorman wan.. haha ;P

   so hor… if u were gonna woo a lady using yr new baby, what song would it be?? haaa… soalan cepumas kekeke!

   Comment by angel — August 7, 2008 #

7. welcome, baby no. 3. :)

   what are you going to do with the capo? drive all the way and burnt your petrol just to return it? or pretend it comes free with the guitar? hahaha

   yaaa man you should record something..

   Comment by drumsticks — August 7, 2008 #

8. Very nice instrument. I like the curves! :)

   Comment by cc — August 7, 2008 #

9. woot. enjoy urself bro! :D

   Comment by smashpOp — August 7, 2008 #

10. Congrats on your new baby *hehehe*… and with regards to blogging at work, don’t we all do that once in a while too :P

    Comment by sue — August 7, 2008 #

11. Rinnah – You got deceived? But how? What did you think? Haha. You gullible? Aw c’mon!

    Shen – Gee. I’ll think about that! I’m camera shy!

    Szetoo – Haha… no dear it’s not a ‘cutaway’. I tot I explained what a ‘cutaway’ means already! :p

    Day-dreamer – Really? Like uhm, a football team? Yeah?

    Che-cheh – I where got tipu wor. Really mah. You thought betul punya bayi ka? :p Naive nya my readers ni… Oh I tengah ‘controlling’ my sorethroat so it doesn’t get worse. In fact today feels better than yesterday.

    Angel – Where got! Depends what song you main one ma. Play guitar means lorman dy one meh. Tak betul tu~ Play wat song ah… eeeer…. Depends on person + timing + location one ma! (Berjaya dielak soalan cepumas)

    Drumsticks – I was hoping that you could put your drumsticks (literal) to good use!! Ei you asked a damn good question. I was in a dilemma, cos that guy didn’t have my num, but I had his name card. So in the end u know what I did? I was so worried that he might be looking for me or hoping that I’d give him a call or something.. I actually SMSed him. And you know what his reply was… “Oh, if you hadn’t mentioned also I forgot about it already”.

    I was like “DAAMMMMMNNNNNNNNN~~!!”

    cc – Ehh ya I failed to mention the curves in my entry. I intentionally shot (the first pic) at that angle to bring out the curves of the sexy body :p

    Pop – w00t! YA!

    Sue – Thanks!! :D Employers should allow all staff 2 hours of blogging time as standard working hours :P Reading and/or writing!

    Comment by narrowband — August 7, 2008 #

12. wuah! baby boom!

    Comment by Kim Huey — August 7, 2008 #

13. ya… record something!! i oso wanna hear…

    Comment by eileen — August 7, 2008 #

14. get a real baby lar! ;)

    Comment by cbenc12 — August 8, 2008 #

15. That’s one cool baby you got there bro and for that capo, well .. just treat it like a gift from the store. :)

    Comment by cibol — August 9, 2008 #

16. So many babies you have now, hard time in the night waking up milking them eh?

    Comment by Neo — August 11, 2008 #

17. hmm just wondering whether would u label ur gal (as in a gal companion of ur life) as ur 4th, 5th or 6th baby as well? having them as in the same category of these 3 prior objects? but tat apart, satisfy us bro and upload some of ur clips! damnit trigger us but no products.. hehe..

    Comment by Jian — August 11, 2008 #

18. Wah…Takamine…eh long time din hear u play ur guitar man…
    Remember those good ol days!?

    Now upgrade liao…

    Slurp~~~

    Comment by karheng — August 11, 2008 #

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