Today didn’t go as expected. As it was a nice day, I decided to visit Guitar Village. They had a used Peerless Martin Taylor archtop that I was anxious to try. I did, and also a similar spec Eastman too. They were very nice but neither insisted on being taken home.

Then I tried the nicest looking PRS Core Custom 24, Blue Quilt with ebony board. I had admired this on the website before. Finally there was one CE24 which I certainly would have bought had the finish been to my liking. Before leaving I asked the assistant (Sam) what had happened to the CE24 Reclaimed Wood that I had initially bought last December. Did it ever arrive? Was it bought?

 This had been a failed attempt to buy a ltd edition guitar (100 year old wood previously used as dwellings in Brazil last year. I eventually cancelled and looked elsewhere as the months went by. Andertons then had some and I ordered one there. Then my order was cancelled by the shop due to a reduction of builds from USA.

Sam said he thought there might be one in the storeroom. That suggested to me he wasn’t conversant with goings on with the model. So anyway, a few minutes later he appears with THE GUITAR!

He told me it had arrived in the shop that morning. What are the odds? I had given up on it weeks ago.

It had been a pleasant day out. Sam had been helpful and attentive. The warmest April day since the 1940s in the uk.

I had recorded a few seconds of video, but it had mutated into a single frame when iCloud got it. But at least the pictures are ok.

I haven’t had a chance to set it up yet, but it plays pretty good as it is. Nor have I created a custom tone patch for it on my signal processor but the Ric 650 one sounds pretty good.

I have a gig tomorrow, and so does the CE24 Reclaimed.