How Now Brown How...

Here it is! My new custom John How Grand Concert delivered straight to my door. I've been breaking it in since I got it, and it sounds sweet! It has a very dark, warm, even tone; incredibly balanced with a good bass presence. The best thing is that it also sounds amazing plugged-in! This baby has a K&K pure western in it and, I have to say, it suits the guitar perfectly. I've gotten more unsolicited compliments on this guitar's sound than on my Gibson or Collings, both of which sound damn good. In a couple of weeks this here guitar and I will be up in Healdsburg, California at the bi-annual Healdsburg Guitar Festival. I'll be demonstrating this and other excellent John How guitars to an audience of enthusiastic guitar nerds (much like myself). By the way, I go on right after 1993 National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion Tim Sparks, maybe the last guy you want to follow doing Guitar Rags, as he is the undisputed master (along with a dozen other genres, including Fado, Brazilian, and Klezmer!!!). But no matter, it will be fun and exciting and hopefully a chance to meet some good people. I'll be sure and do a post about it from the road...