My humble guitar collection: Part 1
Here are the guitars that I owned and played with throughout the years.
The first guitar I ever played was a classical guitar that my godfather bought and was laying around the house. My father was a guitar player also and kept the instrument, as well as a 12-strings classical which alas is no more (note: never lend a guitar to someone). So I picked up this classical guitar and the first song I learned was the main line from the Peter Gunn theme:
I must have been around 10 years old. Well the guitar was too big for me so I played it on my lap, not as good as Jeff Healey of course…
So this classical guitar is an Espana guitar, made in Finland. These guitars were popular in the 60s and 70s in Canada and were sold at Eaton, a retail store that no longer exists today. They were imported by an american company, Buegeleisen & Jacobson in New York City. It must have cost around 100$ CAD at the time, but I find it’s a sturdy instrument that has kept it’s relative spark, through the abuse a teenager can inflict. I played a lot with this instrument since then (about 25 years) and still enjoy playing with it… not on my lap though.
