My Baby....

It's one of the best thing in life so far.... having been able to get something I wanted to get for the past 20 years.  It never crossed my mind to think of getting it. Not when I saw it again in Melbourne last year when my cousin asked me about the 15/16 size of guitar.  Love this Baby Taylor.  I never fancy branded guitar.  I settled with Ibanez for the past 16 years, when I came back to Malaysia.... with all my things went into the sea.  My dad asked if i need a guitar.  Of all thing, i think he knows guitar is my best companion.  So, my only graduation gift was my Ibanez AW50.

I have 4 guitars in UK, all passed on to me by those who left UK.  I gave them all out before I leave.  I have no recollection of memories of what they looks like now.  But it's just guitar, not one belong to me.  I only have this Ibanez AW50 with me.  I have no idea why I picked up Ibanez and why without pickup or cut in.  Most likely i just want something simple, something sounds nice, my favourite dreadnought shape and colour with the non-expensive price.  Speaking price, it's about RM890 then... now could be about RM2K? I am not sure.  It's pretty cool.  I used it when i was serving as worship leader and musician in Christ Church Likas.. until one of the flat came off and i didn't want to spoil it further until i fix it.

That was years before i took up distance learning LLM.  My goodness, God knows how much this LLM causes me, financially and physically.  It consume most of my time ... and even TV i have not spend time to finish a series properly since then.  It's summer holiday and I am not going anywhere for this year and next and so, I think the Ukulele somehow brought me back to my passion for music... and my love for guitar.

Taylor came across my mind and it's not as expensive as before - think i can afford it better now.  It's the size i want as it's a size which i can bring it around everywhere I go and I need one which I carry and yet, my leg can sustain well and it's not heavy, it is easy to move my fingers around.  I did thought of Martin LX1.  But i don't like the shape of guitar. Dreadnought Junior is my kind, but it's bigger and more expensive.  So, I was looking around and back to Baby Taylor.  It's just so handsome and nice.  I couldn't resist that temptation any further.

With all the hassles with one of the music stores and the complication of the authorised dealership and lots of yes or no for warranty and all, I finally got my dear baby ...

I love with Ibanez never ends.  They serves different function.  At least, for now, I don't need to worry about spoiling Ibanez.

After so long, I finally am happy to tell the world, I have a BABY TAYLOR!

- My Baby .... -