April - new and old ...

This April update is late - cos I've been on annual leave, holidaying at home and having a great time!  So.  April was a time of learning new technology.  I had another gig at Banshee's and bought a tablet beforehand, to run an app as a memory prompt for my songs.  Sounds easy enough but as with anything new, it took a while to get everything functioning smoothly before the show.  

As much as there was new technology, I was also working on something older - a 20-year-old bargain guitar that I picked up recently.  

It was an acoustic with a solid spruce top and solid (not ply) mahogany back and sides.  Cort's brand which retails at around $1,000.00 new, though doesn't usually have great re-sale value.  

I cleaned it, fixed a dent, installed a new nut and saddle, removed the pins and refinished everything.  It looked great when I was done.  

I sold it for $200.00 cash - and another guitar.  The bonus guitar is a small-scale, solid Yamaha.  It's very nice and I'm enjoying playing it.

In recent times I also found a $25.00 banjo/mandolin, languishing in an op shop!  

This one was in pretty bad shape but I'm almost finished giving it some long overdue TLC. It's looking so much better!

I'll probably keep it as it's a bit of an antique, possibly made in England in the 1930s.  I haven't been able to find much more info on it and do wonder at it's history, how it came to Australia - and how it ended up in the opshop.  

So many stories ...