Thank you for the kind words, and the congratulations for my BSN.
I feel like I am one huge step closer to my ultimate goal: Master's degree in Anesthesia, Nursing. Then I will be qualified to sit for the certification exam to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. (The guy that knocks you out and makes sure you wake back up - it's kind of a big detail.)
Next step is a year of experience in an ICU. I have to do that before I can go to anesthesia school, which will then be another 27-29 months.
Whew, it sure sounds like a long road when I spell it out like that, but time passes whether you're sitting still or moving forward, so might as well keep moving.
I'll be nearly 40 when I'm done, but it will grant a better life for my family and personally I will be putting my talents to a greater use.
Back to guitars. With a young baby at home, and my plans for school, I don't see myself getting out much in the next few years. That is my rationalization for making a considerable investment in my two guitars. They will be my respite, solace, relaxation, expression, etc when I can steal a few moments between diapers, naps, studies, dishes, laundry and all the other things that fill the day and night.
Okay, really, back to guitars.
This Kennedy is outstanding. Nothing against Taylor, but when I sat in the store, playing the little OM, and FEELING the sound pulsing through my stomach/chest and forearm as it reverberated like a piano, I KNEW it was MY guitar.
And it wasn't a fleeting crush. I visited three times before I jumped, and each time I became more convinced, no second guessing.
It still has the Elixir's on it that it has had for awhile. Not sure for how long, it's possible they are the ones it was built with (11/2011), but I can also imagine The Podium restringing it during that interval.
Jeff threw in a new set of EXP16's (lights), which are the ones specified by the builder on his home-typed word processor instructions. I'm looking forward to hearing those, I'll probably give in to curiosity sooner than later. I'm also thinking of dressing the fingerboard with some boiled linseed oil - looks a bit dry to me.
Oh, an interesting feature, if you're looking at the headstock, is that it looks like there is no truss rod.
But, there is! It is accessed through the soundhole.
Very slick!
The neck also has twin rectangular carbon fiber rods running the length of the fingerboard for added strength.
I'm just at the start of a long friendship with this instrument, and I think it's going to be fantastic!
-K
