mikey19504

The first guitar I ever had was a piece of dirt out a friend's closet when I was 13 years old. It was a warped, steel string monstrosity from which I got the music bug. I was not, however, stupid enough not to see it's shortcomings so I started mowing lawns and doing odd jobs in the neighborhood. A couple of weeks later I had the scratch to buy something new so I headed to the shop where I was taking lessons and bought "Carlos", a model 236 classical made by Carlos in Korea. I spent $40.00 which included the chipboard case. That was 1978. I have had a lot of guitars come and go through my hands in the 36 years since I bought Carlos and some of those guitars have cost me 50 times what I spent on him but he's the only guitar in the WILL NOT CONSIDER SELLING category. The decades have only made it more beautiful and resonant. It's a keeper. As for the conspiracy theorists, it's possible that first time postings here are due to the same reason I am posting for the first time. I Googled Carlos Korea and a link to this thread came up. I wasn't aware that the only people with anything to contribute are those that troll the forums endlessly. Sarcasim intended...