=-> Quoting Lee Waun to Martin Ridgley re: Canadian Guitars:
 LW> I play all sorts of stuff. Mostly 70's stuff like zeppelin and eagles
 LW> and also some other stuff.
   I used to play some of that stuff, too - back in the '70s and early
 '80s.  But I really got into Pop-Rock in the '80s and started writing
 my own stuff.  Still, it might be kind of fun to get together sometime
 and do some playing?
 LW> I don't seriously write songs but I have some tunes in my head
 LW> I have worked out. But I just don't do lyrics at all.
   Heh.  I know the feeling!  I write songs, but I've always worked best
 with a collaborator.  Lyrics are definitely the hardest part for me, too.
 I usually end up writing some meaningless, generic garbage just to get
 the song finished and then end up not liking it.  ;-\
 LW> It is a Norman B-50 model which is all maple backs and sides with the
 LW> usual mahogany neck with rosewood finger board. They are built by the
 LW> same company that builds the seagulls and Simon & Patricks and in fact
 LW> each is sort of separate line with each having certain features the
 LW> other do not have.
   Oh, okay.  I didn't know that.  I assumed (I know, ..duh!) that they
 were different companies.  (I hope Garry Lawson sees this message.)
 I played a couple of Normans a couple of months ago and thought they
 were pretty good for the price.
   Does yours have a built in pick-up?  If not are you considering one?
 If I bought a new acoustic now, I'd have to have one with a pick-up so
 I've been casually looking at a few models like that as well as at
 after-market pick-ups.
 LW> ...it sounds great and I don't need any other acoustic for the moment.
   That's kind of how I feel about my Fender acoustic.  I've had it for
 about 12 years now, and although I'd love to have a Guild or something
 else better, there have always been other priorities in my music budget
 and so I've made do with it.  It's an adequate instrument for song-
 writing, which is mainly what I use it for.
      Cheers,
               Martin
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