Saturday, February 26, 2005
My dad just came by and gave me two things: a balalaika (I don't know where he got it but it's been around a while) and his grandmother's mandolin. I'm really excited. I live with a ton of instruments. Here's the master list:
- ukulele ($35 at West Music, a year ago)
- mandolin (my father's grandmother's; I don't know much about it)
- violin (my mother's grandmother's; she studied at Oberlin, I believe)
- viola (I got it when I was in ninth grade)
- balalaika (my dad had this for unknown reasons)
- electric guitar (Epiphone SG Special I bought used in 2002)
- bass guitar (Epiphone Viola bass, belongs to Danny; I've been babysitting it for a while.)
- acoustic guitar (Fender dreadnought my grandma gave me for Christmas in 2003.)
I've just arranged this menagerie of string instruments on my bed by size and admired them. Damn, I'm becoming one of those people who has a lot of instruments but can't play for shit.
- ukulele ($35 at West Music, a year ago)
- mandolin (my father's grandmother's; I don't know much about it)
- violin (my mother's grandmother's; she studied at Oberlin, I believe)
- viola (I got it when I was in ninth grade)
- balalaika (my dad had this for unknown reasons)
- electric guitar (Epiphone SG Special I bought used in 2002)
- bass guitar (Epiphone Viola bass, belongs to Danny; I've been babysitting it for a while.)
- acoustic guitar (Fender dreadnought my grandma gave me for Christmas in 2003.)
I've just arranged this menagerie of string instruments on my bed by size and admired them. Damn, I'm becoming one of those people who has a lot of instruments but can't play for shit.
