Dreams Come True...in Time.
It was years ago but I was fascinated by the song, a number one hit from Gordon Lightfoot called the Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald.
My friend from Australia, Jaan Torv taught me to play that song, long into a winter night in Cleveland Ohio. Even though "we got it' on the guitar it didn't have that special ring on mine. It did on Jaans and I noticed that he was playing a Takamine guitar. I'd never heard of that before that night.
Since then, I'd played on my Gibson Epiphone but it didn't have that ring to it. It sounded like a ships bell which fit nicely into the song.
So, years go by. I'm playing my guitar always hitting that song but never with the same results as old Gordon and Jaan Torv.
So, I'm looking for a new guitar with plug-in capabilities and I put a call in to my guitar store.They call the other night and say, "we have a used Takamine I think you should see and play."
Off I go.
The instrument plays like a dream. It has a tuner insatalled and EQ and all kinds of geeky guitar player things. I buy it.
I get it home, plug it in and start playing. Even my loving wife who didn't beat me up over the price says, "that sounds nice,"
My son comes home and plays it a bit pronouncing it "sweet."
I settle down here in my studio and start playing. It strikes me...the Wreck of the Edmund Fitgerald.
The A sus, the E7 and the G all ring out loud like a ships bell.
Gordon Lightfoot, Garth Brooks, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Chesney, Steve Wariner, all Takamine boys.
I read online that Gordon hisseff' says they way he got the ships bell sound in the song was with the Takamine that has the lively strings. I realize I'm sharing a sound with my Canadien idol eh. That's how music goes.
My friend from Australia, Jaan Torv taught me to play that song, long into a winter night in Cleveland Ohio. Even though "we got it' on the guitar it didn't have that special ring on mine. It did on Jaans and I noticed that he was playing a Takamine guitar. I'd never heard of that before that night.
Since then, I'd played on my Gibson Epiphone but it didn't have that ring to it. It sounded like a ships bell which fit nicely into the song.
So, years go by. I'm playing my guitar always hitting that song but never with the same results as old Gordon and Jaan Torv.
So, I'm looking for a new guitar with plug-in capabilities and I put a call in to my guitar store.They call the other night and say, "we have a used Takamine I think you should see and play."
Off I go.
The instrument plays like a dream. It has a tuner insatalled and EQ and all kinds of geeky guitar player things. I buy it.
I get it home, plug it in and start playing. Even my loving wife who didn't beat me up over the price says, "that sounds nice,"
My son comes home and plays it a bit pronouncing it "sweet."
I settle down here in my studio and start playing. It strikes me...the Wreck of the Edmund Fitgerald.
The A sus, the E7 and the G all ring out loud like a ships bell.
Gordon Lightfoot, Garth Brooks, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Chesney, Steve Wariner, all Takamine boys.
I read online that Gordon hisseff' says they way he got the ships bell sound in the song was with the Takamine that has the lively strings. I realize I'm sharing a sound with my Canadien idol eh. That's how music goes.
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