Berlin Airlift

I've been thinking about new instruments lately. I was tweeting with Derek Webb the other day, and he suggested the Livid Block to me as a viable substitute for a monome (they're a little more than a hundred bucks cheaper, so yay!)



I've also been thinking a lot about getting a new guitar--not in the immediate future, but just pondering the implications, you know. I'm currently playing a Takamine G-series that's a pretty great guitar: I learned to play on it, and I've spent years leading worship in churches and at camp with it. But I'm not crazy about the sound. Also, it's not electric, so I have to use a pickup any time I want to play through speakers or amps.

So I've been looking for something fairly cheap, but of good quality and sound, with one of the main stipulations being that it has to be electric. And I just happened to stumble upon the Alvarez FFT243CWR. It's a very pretty guitar, and I've seen some videos of it in action. I really like the sound. It's apparently designed specifically as a "folk" instrument.



So let me know what you guys think. I've been thinking about Danger Mouse, Derek Webb, and other electronic/folk/indie musicians lately, and I'd really like to do some bleep and bloop work. If you happen to know anything about this kind of music production, send me an email at operationvittles@gmail.com.

Peace,

Joshua