So I am reading the latest newsletter from the Toronto Cyclist Union and under the events section there is something that really made me laugh. They are having a Suburban Critical Mass.
That, by itself, is a fine idea. What makes me laugh is the location where everyone meets. The meeting place is the corner of Yonge and Eglinton. Now I know I always make fun of folks who live North of Bloor St… but I don’t think of Yonge and Eglinton as suburban by any means.
Link to newsletter events.
I have been thinking for a long time that I would like to learn to mess around with a guitar. So while I was home in Nova Scotia I saw this sitting in the corner of my parents house.
It turns out that it was left at the house after a party 13 years ago and although Mom asked everyone who was there if it was their guitar no one ever showed up to claim it. So I have decided to give it a new home in Toronto. I went out and bought a new hard case to take it home in.
I have done a quick bit of online research and it looks like it was made in Japan between 1972 and 1981:
The beautifully proportioned, Auditorium size guitar. Excellent tonal projection. The top is of natural finish Spruce with sides and back of Walnut finish Nato wood. Six piece dark binding with pin type bridge. Marquetry stripe on back. Neck of satin finish Mahogany with Rosewood fingerboard and adjustable truss rod. Individually enclosed machine heads. 20 frets; 24¾ inch scale. Size 39 inches long, 15 inches wide, 3¾ inches deep.
Reference to the Marquetry stripe on the back of the guitar made from 1975.
F-25 · 1979 Specification change
The beautifully proportioned Auditorium size guitar features excellent tonal projection. A Rosewood bridge highlights the natural finish Spruce top. A wood marquetry stripe divides the two-piece mahogany back. The adjustable Mahogany neck features a Rosewood fingerboard and Individual enclosed machine heads. Scale length: 24¾ inch scale. Size 38¾ inches length, 14 7/8 inches width, 4 inches depth.
I spoke with a family friend who has used this guitar over the years when he is at my parents house and says he loves playing it and it sounds wonderful. Hopefully I will get many years of enjoyment out of it.
When I die, I want to be cremated.
Low and slow with some thin blue pecan smoke!
