Having had virtually no prospect of a sale at Cremona, I have been dragging my JB-15 Black Limba from hotel to hotel here in Italy. The good news is that I have a guitar to play. And better, the German string company “Optima” gave me a set of string I had not seen before which I put on. They are geared for a vintage sound, somehow, and though they are labeled 13-55, the owner insisted they actually have lighter tension than conventional 12-53. They don’t seem to have altered the setup, and they really do sound great to me.
The Cremona event was nearly as loud as NAMM, much louder than any real guitar show I’ve attended, and I cannot but wonder if anyone was able to hear my guitar well enough to appreciate it at all. Perhaps I will still have it for Tom’s Guitarapalooza. Then many of you can be the judge.
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