What more can I say :) except... I have a long way to go and I'm going to need a better accordion to do it! The Hohner is small and portable, it's also been a good way to start but it's limitations and nowhere near concert pitch is a problem playing with others!
Time to call Liberty Bellows and move up... I'll post my progress!
(NUAD = New-to-me Used Accordion Day & NAGD = New Acoustic Guitar Day!)
Yes, that's right, I've been busy!
Weekend before last, my family was in Gainesville, MO, out in front of our vacation house playing acoustic guitar with a friend. Someone started to play the song "Kiss Me" by Six Pence None The Richer and I made the comment how fun it would be to put my guitar down and pic up an accordion and play that actual accordion part in the song!
So I did some research and found a great company in Phildelphia, PA named Liberty Bellows. That's mostly what they do, sell new and used (they refurb all used they sell to perfect playing condition) accordions & concertinas!
I ended up getting the above Hohner MM12 Student model from 1950...something in it's original case. It's fairly used but plays so great!! It has that true french musette sound I was craving. No polkas here...okay well maybe I'll learn the Chicken Dance song, eh? I also picked up the trusty Palmer-Hughes Accordion 1 book that everyone starts on. I may take some lessons from Mr. Bob Boyd though.
Next up:
I sold my beloved 2005 Fender Malibu, with soft v mahogany neck and solid top spruce, solid back mahogany and laminated sides. I loved it for it being so very fender, but unfortunately that also meant it sounded and played like a Fender acoustic guitar.... you know, crap! :(
My good friend Bryon Knight from Little Rock Frets purchased it for his son. Actually, I take it back, it doesn't play and sound like crap, it just didn't meet my needs when traveling. IT was actually a very very good low volume office guitar that I will miss. His son should really love it too!
I replaced it with the Taylor GS Mini Mahogany Top! LOVE IT! It's perfect. Plays like a Taylor. Sounds like a taylor! Nice case too. I plan to travel with it a lot and also bring to the office on a regular basis.
