jreddavies

I bought an FG 335 in a boot sale in the South-east of England more than 30 years ago. It had no strings was full of dead leaves and had been left out in the rain I think. I paid £20 for it and restrung it and it has been a great guitar ever since. I now live in France and I've now given it to my grandson but whenever I go touring it goes with me as a great traveling instrument because it is so well built. It has been to all round Europe to Holland, Belgium Italy, Croatia, Switzerland, Germany and Austria. A couple of years ago it went down through Spain and Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania to Senegal where it sprung a peg while playing with some guys we met near Dacca. It went on to the Gambia where I manufactured a peg from a bit of hardwood I found on a campsite and the peg is still there as a souvenir. It now lives with my grandson in a French boulangerie and I play it every time I'm there to help serve in the shop. It improves with age and compares very well with all my other guitars and was certainly built to last. For £20 who needs more!