GYPSY TROUBADOUR

28 th of February, I have an idea for a new Master guitar, I'm gonna call this one ‘The Gypsy Storyteller'. I quickly find out that there actually are books with that title. And every time I open the folder on my computer (every Master-guitar gets one) I dislike the name more. Reason: it is a guitar to be done in my first model, the Electric Gypsy, but inspired on my second Gypsy Arrow guitar, the Scheherazade. I roll that concept in my head, and suddenly I know - she will be called the Gypsy Troubadour! We were talking about one of my first real friends and early band-mates in Sevilla, who became a professional musician just when I emigrated to the USA, and whom I suggested the artist name: Tom Trovador... Gypsy Troubadour. It conjures images of campfires, guitars, singing, storytelling, all under a starlit sky. Luck had it that I made just such a drawing for my first USA solo CD, which will make a great engraving! Actually, searching back, I found photos of an El Dorado that I built..

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