What will I indulge in if I were a rich man one day (fat chance but will entertain the idea for this blog entry!)? I was thinking about this a couple of days ago and came to this conclusion (not foregone) – that I would like to build a special room where I could store different models of guitar – acoustic and classical – and play and sing songs according to the mood or genre of music. That would be nice, wouldn’t it?
My dream collection would be several models of Ovation guitars. I know some people dislike this round-back guitar for their personal reasons. I fell in love with this design back when I was 15 when I walked past a shop in Peace Center in Sophia Road. It looks so cool and I suppose what caught my eye was the rosette design at the sound hole. A beauty to behold indeed. Alas, at that time, the price was beyond my wildest imagination. Today, it still is as far as brand new models are concerned. Thankfully EBay helps us to realize our dream of having one via second hand or whatever number of hands by the time it reaches us.
My dislike with Ovation is their cutaways model. I think it’s ugly and their holeless models too. Maybe it’s because I’m old fashioned. L
Anyway, apart from that, I might just indulge in Taylors, Epiphone, Washburn, or Martins. Somehow these doesn’t catch my fancy. I’m sure they are quality stuff but somehow it doesn’t appeal to me.
Of course, several guitars that I would collect would be Yamaha, Ibanez, as those were brands that I had used before – for sentimental and maybe nostalgic reasons.
Of course, if I were rich, I would retire and then hire a guitar teacher to teach me formally. Then I could play some pieces by sight rather than by ear. My dream piece is the theme music from the movie, The Deer Hunter, which I think it is entitled Cavatina. That would be the day.
Anyway, it’s time to come back to reality. It will not be happening anytime soon – not at least I won a special lucky draw or some real distant relative died and left me a huge sum of money. I will announce it when it does happen J
In the interim, I will be contend to live in my HDB four-room flat, and enjoy my Yamaha FG-512II (12 strings); Ovation Custom 1117 legend; Ovation 1997 collectors’ edition Parlor style, and perhaps Concert Classic 1616. and Hofner classical HF-12.
