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On Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 1:05:46 PM UTC-10, Leo wrote:
> On 2021 Feb 6, , dsi1 wrote
> (in >):
> > Kenny Rankin was one of the last concerts my wife and I went to. He played a
> > Guild guitar that band leader/conductor/arranger Don Costa gave him back in
> > the 60's. It was gratifying to see what a single guy, alone on stage, with an
> > old guitar and a smooth as velvet voice, can do.
> > The last concert we went to was Leo Kottke. We saw him twice. We'll probably
> > see him again if he hasn't croaked and passes through again.

> A small crowd that I was in waited well over an hour once to see Jerry Lee
> Lewis stumble onstage in a minor venue, late and drunk. Unbelievably, he
> could still hammer that piano and hit his notes. Then, he stumbled off into
> the dark. No encore!
> The biggest venue I was ever in was the Reno Coliseum. It's small by coliseum
> standards and with a roof. We watched Willie Nelson and the Outlaws. Willie
> played his famous, worn out acoustic guitar.
> I wanted to find a picture of the guitar on the Net and got this instead.
> That´s it!
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(guitar)>


I've never named my guitar because I've never become attached to one. Perhaps that's what I'm doing wrong all these years.
I''m familiar with that model of Martin guitar. It's not a very good classical guitar because it's built way too solid. Martin builds them like they build their steel string models. The tops are thick and heavily braced - that's good because that keeps the top more stable and it resists warping. The bad part is they don't sound or play like a good classical guitar. OTOH, Trigger has a pretty distinctive sound and in Mr. Nelson's hands, it's magical.