ICTGoober
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A childhood friend has a 13 year old nephew... the kid has severe aplastic anemia, no immune system at all. He's been in a Denver hospital for 2 years. He is bored to tears. My pal decided the nephew needed a hobby, and how about a guitar? So he tasked me with finding a guitar for the kid and all the accessories. The hospital staff will disinfect the whole rig before handing it over.
I have some generous clients, and many of them know my pal Dave. They wanted to help out with money. So instead of a cheap guitar, I soon had the funds to get something decent. I was looking for something used, but just bought a new Dean spalted maple acoustic cut-away from a local dealer who had extras still boxed up in the back. He had gigbags and all the rest - a strap, picks, some books. The tuner is built in. When I told him it was for a sick kid, he let me have the whole shebang for $150 and tax.
https://www.deanguitars.com/query?upc=814064027763
It's been in the warehouse for awhile, so I need to smooth off the pointy fret ends and polish the frets. Gonna put on fresh strings and set the action low so the kid doesn't bruise his fingers. Tossing in another set of strings, too. It's quite pretty, so he should love it. Will box it back up and mail it off - no cost to the kid or his family. If his mom sends a picture of his smiling face and the guitar, I'll share it here on the forum.
So that's my feel good story for the week. We kinda need one. He needs a BIG ONE. Remember ATLEE. And thanks to the folks at Gartens Music in Wichita.
I have some generous clients, and many of them know my pal Dave. They wanted to help out with money. So instead of a cheap guitar, I soon had the funds to get something decent. I was looking for something used, but just bought a new Dean spalted maple acoustic cut-away from a local dealer who had extras still boxed up in the back. He had gigbags and all the rest - a strap, picks, some books. The tuner is built in. When I told him it was for a sick kid, he let me have the whole shebang for $150 and tax.
https://www.deanguitars.com/query?upc=814064027763
It's been in the warehouse for awhile, so I need to smooth off the pointy fret ends and polish the frets. Gonna put on fresh strings and set the action low so the kid doesn't bruise his fingers. Tossing in another set of strings, too. It's quite pretty, so he should love it. Will box it back up and mail it off - no cost to the kid or his family. If his mom sends a picture of his smiling face and the guitar, I'll share it here on the forum.
So that's my feel good story for the week. We kinda need one. He needs a BIG ONE. Remember ATLEE. And thanks to the folks at Gartens Music in Wichita.
