guitars and amigos

well, I am back on the blog for the first time since June. I think I will blog about guitars today because I really like guitars. I am especially enamored with Fender guitars (@Fender) currently. The company has a long history and they make some really cool guitars. I recently purchased an American made Stratocaster which is a legendary guitar owned by the likes of Steve Ray Vaughn, Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Ed Wilcox just to name a few. Guitars to me, are suppose to have a "sound" and there are several that do. This means that when you hear music you can pretty much guess what guitar or type is being played. There are a few such as the "tele" or "strat" sound made famous by Fender, which are my two favorites currently. Gibson and Gretsch are a couple other companies that have a "sound" for some models of their guitars. It isn't a coincidence that most of the models that have sounds are the ones that have been around the longest. Anyway, back to my love of Fenders... I don't really know what brought it on but possible the fact that I was raised around them and then the sound which from the strat and tele are just cool and smooth. These two models will play clean sounds with soft chime like tones and drive to the limits of hard rock. they are just well thought out instruments. Currently, I am using mine to explore blues music and sounds which even within that one genre there are a plethora of sounds. ("Jefe..., would you say I have a plethora of gifts?" "Yes, El Guapo  you have a plethora!") So anyway, if you read this and love Fender guitars or blues music I would love to hear some blues bands to check out. or know why you like Fender.  Also check out www.tdpri.com for any guitar or Telecaster info/chat and follow them on twitter @tdpri. You can also follow me if you want.. there is a link somewhere on the page and I usually retweet something from @fender every week but you should follow them yourself, its just a cool thing to do.