If a Pimentel guitar weren't so beautiful to look at, you might be so caught up in ogling that you didn't take a strum. Once you have run your fingers across the strings, you realize you have beheld not only beauty but substance. How you get there is the subject of my article "Scouring the Landscape for a Musical Match," in Issue 16 of naturaltraveler.com. Tone becomes an obsession when you play a musical instrument and even if you think you have found your musical match, the quest for tone becomes an end in itself. A Pimental is definitely a significant step in that quest. Read on at:

http://naturaltraveler.com/article.php?issue=2007/11/16&article=pimental_guitar

To hear a bit of what it sounds like visit: http://myspace.com/stuckinthesixties and choose the track: "Where Are You Now?"

Labels: Albuquerque, guitar, New Mexico, Pimentel

In this week's edition of naturaltraveler.com, is my article on a tour of the Martin Guitar factory in Nazareth, PA. I encourage anyone even remotely interested in the construction of fine instruments to take this tour. There is a wonderful music festival nearby each summer making for a nice combo vacation. You can watch some of the world's best guitarists perform then see how their instruments were made.

Labels: guitar, martin, pennsylvania