Happy Musician

Last night was the first time I played our (my wife plays the guitar as well, actually I initially learned it from her) new guitar on stage. And for quite some time that night I could fall asleep because I was still too happy about the sound and ease of playing. So here's my full recommendation for the Yamaha CPX900. Before that I was playing a guitar from the mostly invisible korean company Phil. It sure was a good instrument, but the pickup system was bad - especially considering that this was a mini-Jumbo electroacoustic... The CPX900 is a normal sized Jumbo with a very good pickup system. With it, I now feel confident enough to play alone. Before I always felt the sound was too thin.

Oh, and the CPX900 in Mocha Black also just looks gorgeous.

On some KDE related news: while browsing the Yamaha store for a bit I saw a device that looks so much like a Zaurus - just different symbols on the outer buttons. And it's running Opie and the accompanying computer system (installed below the grand piano's keyboard) is supposed to be running a free and open system. Congrats to Yamaha to what I think are some really good choices there.