Gecko Wins A Guitar!
A few weeks ago I received a friend request on FB from a new guitar shop opening in Kansas City called “The Guitar Syndicate.” No, I don’t know how they got my name–could be because of my famous work for the Lizards From Afar. At any rate, I visited their website and saw they had a giveaway going on that week for a Martin Backpacker guitar. I signed up, then forgot about it. But, lo! A week later, they told me I had won the guitar. I received it earlier this week.
Here I am playing it in my living room (with a capo):
I don’t think I’ve ever won anything before, certainly not a guitar. Thanks Guitar Syndicate!
As for the Backpacker, I don’t have much to say about it that isn’t already said on various guitar review sites: it’s a Martin and is quality work. The guitar is surprisingly loud, but doesn’t sound like a normal guitar–it lacks resonance and bass. The action is a little high, but that doesn’t bother me too much. At first I found it incredibly uncomfortable to play, but with some fiddling I figured it out and now I quite like it (so long as I’m standing up. The guitar is impossible to play sitting down). Overall, it’s an interesting little novelty. I imagine it will turn some heads if I ever play it in public.
March 6, 2010 at 4:27 pm
It must be incorporated into some kind of LFA thing at some point.
March 6, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Of course.
March 7, 2010 at 8:19 am
Ooohh…if it really does sound like a ukulele we should do a ukulele song like that version of “Over The Rainbow”.
March 7, 2010 at 11:01 am
Sure. It doesn’t really sound like a ukelele, though. It sounds like a guitar, but is reminiscent of a uke or even a banjo. There’s something “spanky” about the tone, not rich and deep like a good acoustic guitar.
March 7, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Perfect for a lyric I did a time ago called LITTLE BIRDIE.
Something acoustic weird…pop definitely, but weird.