Isn’t she beautiful?

She is a brand new Cort MP710F (Lefty) acoustic guitar. She has a solid spruce top, maple back and sides and rosewood fretboard.The electronics is very good-Fishman classic4 pickup, with build in tuner.

The sound is unbelievable – very full and clear. I am really looking forward to playing it at our gig tomorrow evening.

I haven’t named her yet, but in time once I get to know her, I will name her.

View from the tail

View from the head

My new baby

Guitar electronics and pickup

About to years ago, due to a complicated set of circumstances involving my neighbours, myself and the garbage collectors, a large tin of white paint was spilled in the road outside my house, resembling some sort of large modern art (in fact, it actually looks like a Rorschach inkblot test).

We have always joked that it is so large that if you look from space, you will be able to see it. Well, it appears that in fact you can see it from space. If you look at the Google Earth picture above, you can clearly see the artwork inside the yellow circle.

For years we have been threatining to get some more paint, and turn it into a real work of art, perhaps we should do so.

How may people can say that their artwork can be seen from space?

Today is a sad day for South African democracy. It is because we will never know if Jacob Zuma, the man who will most likely be our next president is guilty or innocent of corruption. This is because the case will never go to court. This case involves 16 counts of curruption, and over 200 witnesses. The truth will never be known.

Fact:

• The NPA said that it is “neither possible nor desirable” to prosecute Zuma.
• The person accused of bribing Zuma, Schabir Shaik was convicted (he was recently released on medical parole).
• The NPA have dropped all charges after over 7 years of investigation.
• Head of the DA, Helen Zille was barred from entering the NPA offices, or from attending the press conference.
• Head of the ID, Patricia de Lille was barred from entering the NPA offices, or from attending the press conference.

Opinion:

• The NPA have acted as prosecution, judge and jury.
• It is very convenient that just 2 1/2 weeks before national elections, all charges are dropped.
• Why were the heads of two of the strongest oposition parties denied access to a public press conference?
• Why did the case (which was supposedly so strong) dropped?
• Why can the person presenting a bribe be convicted, while the person (allegedly) receiving it, goes free?

It is a sad day for South African democracy.