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by Laurie Pace
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This past week’s journey took us to the Tone Guitar Shop in Southlake. I have been in there a half dozen times, looking or with someone buying a guitar. It was to be an expedition as I decided to trade in two of my guitars for one newer something. This is the only place to go. Everyone there is one of the best I have worked with. I laughed over this photo…I had them all trying to find my guitars for values and they had each picked them up and played them and truly felt the beauty of them….and to work they went.
The photo was my second trip of three to accomplish this. I have an injured arm, my right arm is out of commission until I go through Physical therapy. Richard, the far left on the photo has worked with us many times…when I arrived the second day, he played several guitars for me, until I heard what I wanted for sound. Then I carefully played gently for about ten min. My daughter was with me. She came and sat down and told me it sounded like her happy mama singing and playing! It was indeed the one. Not flashy and overly sparkly, but with a partial titanium build, the resonance is deep and rich.
We left them to finish up and I had all the info I needed, and Terry and I returned in the morning to pick up the new baby. I left with the guitar, a goody bag, a t-shirt, a new stand and one set of emergency back up strings, a new bottle of polish, and a humidifying bag . Promise photos later once I can hold her and play her.
I could have sold both of my two guitars outright, but there was additional savings and I received decent offers on both of them. I had preset in my mind what I had to have and they met it exactly. This new one and my first guitar, a pre 1965 Alvarez Classical will be the ones of my playing years ahead. I cannot wait for this new journey. Thanks to my Dad and Mom this was possible for me. I miss them both daily. They bought me the early Alvarez at a pawn shop in Sherman Texas in 1966 when they took my older brother to school at Austin College. I was in love, and after all my years in piano and still in piano, I self taught the guitar and then me and my bestie, JJ, sang and wrote music together; on the other afternoons we were on her tandem bicycle riding the hills around White Rock Elementary School in Dallas. Music is part of breathing for me just like painting.
I am taking everything a day at a time and we will watch together what comes to be. I am so glad you are here with me on this journey since fall of 2006.
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Psalms 55:22
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
Laurie Pace - A Texas Artist
Laurie is an international artist, her paintings are collected in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, DuBai, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, St Thomas, Romania, Greece, Croatia, and Ecuador.
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