I had to sell my Fender acoustic and my Ibanez hollowbody electric guitars when I left England behind. My Peavey telecaster clone went to a friend. That was five months ago.
In many ways, that was the moment in which the enormous size of my situation really hit me. No guitars. I had never been without a guitar – my Dad’s was always around when I was a child, and I acquired the first guitar of my own when I was still at high school.
In other ways, I suppose the uncertainty of life here in Thailand had stopped me buying a guitar so far. The feeling that at any point, it could all go wrong, and that I would have to return, a failure, to England.
Today, after buying the pictured Takamine Dragon, I guess I finally feel at home.
Glad you’re happy mate.
…hope you’re keeping your head down.
…I know the weather and tax system is a bit crap here but it’s been a while since we had a coup…
…thinkin of ya.
I would like to apply for the inaugural “most mis-timed blog post ever” award :)
I heard about it online, still haven’t seen a single thing here apart from all the Thai TV channels showing stock footage of the King and playing “patriotic” music. Satellite TV is still supplying feeds of CNN, BBC etc so we’re all being kept informed. The internet still works, and so do the phones.
I haven’t seen a SINGLE TANK!
I want my money back…