More drivel-
I was in Guitar Center yesterday and I spent a little time fooling with the used Everett Laurel series O-style guitar they have it there. At one time our own Mick the Pick had expressed some interest in this instrument and had mentioned it to me. I had played it before, but back then it was tuned down to C# or some dang thing. This time it was tuned up to pitch, though the strings looked like they've seen better days.
Geez, what a great guitar! It's small, but it has a big sound for such a small body. To me, it was richer than the Martin 000's (including the Clapton model) they've got hanging around there. It's a beautiful instrument - purty flamed maple binding, etc. It reminded me a bit of that Huss & Dalton I used to have, though I liked the neck better on the Everett. It would be an awesome fingerstyle instrument.
Word is that this guitar came to Little Rock from David Starr's store up in Colorado. It was apparently part of a trade worked out for some stuff that GC had that Starr's needed. Whatever...
Anyway, that's the only Everett I've ever seen, and it's quite nice.
One other thing - there is a Tacoma maple dread in there with a stunning tobacco sunburst finish and wood marquetry binding. It looks like a million bucks - I'm such a sucker for a sunburst paint job. Doesn't sound too bad, either. Has that tubby bass thing going, kinda like a Gibson J-200 or something. Like, you hit a string and hear the note a couple of minutes later, you know? It was marked down to $899, which is a steal for decent American made solid-wood guitar.
OK, That is all.