Smellybum
Well-known member
Do you ever think life is very short?
So 2 years ago my marriage broke, lost everything....including my children, got separated, met someone else that didn't last sadly burst 2 discs in my back and was not in a good place mentally.... In recent months have started to repair my marriage and am slowly getting back to a place where I am at peace,
Life is very short.
Why am I telling you all this? -well I presume some of you wondered where I went and why I stopped posting! and just so you know the full story as to why I bought this!
So... I have been a Les Paul guy since I could afford one, always loved the shape of a LP and all my guitar heros played them. when my back broke I couldn't take the weight of a LP and as stunning as my 25th is, it's not the same style. The Armada is so much more than a LP I've admired the Armada since I first saw it, I saw the comments when it came out "pizza guitar" and all that, I remember what BP said, never comment until you play it. Because of everything happening in my world and because I stay in the middle of nowhere I couldn't try one. I turned the big 40 this year, which takes me to life being too short, so I've waited, and I've just broken my own rule about spending so much on a guitar, but do you know what...? this is a phenomenal guitar. It has restored my faith in being a player and has reminded me that Ernie Ball Music Man are always pushing the envelope in design and creating tools for artists. I am far from a great player, but it makes me smile when I play this, and right now that's everything I need.
The fact it's mint-green is a big bonus, am I right in saying these were made for the Dallas Guitar show? -
Anyway I'll stop blabbering on now, here's some pics... if you haven't tried one, do it now, it will make it into your collection I promise you.
Thank your for reading.... (Therapy cheques are in the post
) -
Smelly....back for good. ... (no back joke intended)
So 2 years ago my marriage broke, lost everything....including my children, got separated, met someone else that didn't last sadly burst 2 discs in my back and was not in a good place mentally.... In recent months have started to repair my marriage and am slowly getting back to a place where I am at peace,
Life is very short.
Why am I telling you all this? -well I presume some of you wondered where I went and why I stopped posting! and just so you know the full story as to why I bought this!
So... I have been a Les Paul guy since I could afford one, always loved the shape of a LP and all my guitar heros played them. when my back broke I couldn't take the weight of a LP and as stunning as my 25th is, it's not the same style. The Armada is so much more than a LP I've admired the Armada since I first saw it, I saw the comments when it came out "pizza guitar" and all that, I remember what BP said, never comment until you play it. Because of everything happening in my world and because I stay in the middle of nowhere I couldn't try one. I turned the big 40 this year, which takes me to life being too short, so I've waited, and I've just broken my own rule about spending so much on a guitar, but do you know what...? this is a phenomenal guitar. It has restored my faith in being a player and has reminded me that Ernie Ball Music Man are always pushing the envelope in design and creating tools for artists. I am far from a great player, but it makes me smile when I play this, and right now that's everything I need.
The fact it's mint-green is a big bonus, am I right in saying these were made for the Dallas Guitar show? -
Anyway I'll stop blabbering on now, here's some pics... if you haven't tried one, do it now, it will make it into your collection I promise you.
Thank your for reading.... (Therapy cheques are in the post
) - Smelly....back for good. ... (no back joke intended)
