Acoustic Guitar @ MindSay

i started shopping for a new acoustic guitar today. it was the most fun i'd had in awhile. i went to foxtone and brickhouse and i'm probably going to guitar center... later today? my brother's been looking at drums, too so he goes with me. i can't wait to buy one.

hmmm. i ate at chili's yesterday. my brother ate my burger and i had some fries and 3 glasses of coke. that wasn't very fun but, whatever. bleh.

my friend sarah is having a party tomorrow for her 16th birthday. it's going to be a nice little party with a few friends and her family. i got her a nerf dart shooter and some mix CDs i made. i'm nervous about the party cuz i'll be the youngest one there. i hate being the little one.

Alright...I've packed pretty much all my stuff...heading out tomorrow.

-Computer
-Preamp
-Acoustic guitar
-Electric guitar
-Suitcase
-Electronics
-Sleeping Bag

Verrrrry excited.

Right now my main base for internet use is my mom's laptop.

Gonna have lots of fun.

Don't miss me too bad.

Will update once I'm at Jason's in Alabama.

Have a nice two weeks, everyone.
-Alex

Today was eh. Sitting in the house all day with my family can drive you insane, which is not good since I already am so. Anyway, I want a guitar!! That's gonna be my new obsession I think (besides Jimi Hendrix) 'Cause my bro has a video camera, and he recorded me singing Redemption Song by Bob Marley. I was thinking, "Damn, I wish OI had a guitar to play along to this." So next time we go to Walmart I'm getting an Acoustic Guitar. I wasted $6.00 today on food that was ba quality. That's how I waste money. The food looks so enticing plus I'm an impulse buyer. That's why I usually don't carry money with me. Castles Made of Sand by Jimi Hendrix is an awesome song. I'm taking my natural hair wearing even furhter, I am no longer putting anything into my hair contaning petroleum or mineral oil, and I'm not using shampoo or conditioner anymore. (Don't say ew, my hair is still clean, and I don't need to put chemicals in my hair for it to be clean/look nice) It is part of my self-revolution. I am trying to rid my body inside and out of artificial products. If it wasn't here when humans first arrived, then it is not necessary for life.

Today was fun. The church service was great, and the Sermon was incredible.

After church my Dad was randomly like, "I wanna check out the new Guitar Center."

So I was like heck yes.

And we went home, I changed out of my shirt, and we left. We got to Guitar Center (which was amazingly huge, compared to the other guitar stores in Greenville) and I immediately saw a guitar I wanted to play. Standard Telecaster with an Ash body. BEAUUUUUTIFUL sounding guitar. Then I walked over into the humid room to check out the acoustic guitars. There was this BEAUTIFUL Takamine cutaway 6 string in there that I played with for about 20 minutes.

The EG334-SC:


There were also a ton of beautiful sounding Martins and Taylors in there as well.

But I left that section and went to the section where I could actually buy things.

I got myself some Dunlop Tortex picks, light and medium, along with a new Glass slide, a tuning peg winder, an application for a job at Guitar Center, and a small pamphlet on the proper playing of slide guitar (mainly got it because it listed all of the open tunings and all the partial chords based off of them).

I'm thinking about selling my GNX-3 pedal. For $250. It's a great pedal, don't get me wrong, but I'm thinking about setting up a custom line up consisting of about 10-15 different small pedals so I can get EXACTLY what I want. There are tons of things on the GNX-3, but it's so freakin complicated...I just don't know what to do with it other than play with the preset channels.

Or maybe I just need to read the instructions :P


I am so anxious to get goin on our vacation.

Just a few more hours left in the day today, then it's all of Monday.

But then my vacation starts on Tuesday, because that's when Tommy comes over and spends the night. We leave early Wednesday morning to go to Isle of Palms for two nights, and then leave on Friday for Edisto, to stay in my grandparents' condo that they've rented out. Then the next day it's up to our original vacation spot, Hilton Head Island...Ohhhh yessss.

I can't wait.


Much love and God bless,
-Alex