Update III: Broken Sigma Guitar

Sadly, our friend the Sigma guitar is gone. This can only mean one of three things: 1) Someone thought it was worth fixing, and took it home to give it the proper care and love it deserved. 2) Someone was making a campfire, and looking for free wood to help it burn. or 3) Someone finally realized it was garbage, and made the necessary steps to ensure that it would end up where it belonged - in the dump.

Whatever happened, it is a sad day for bloggers everywhere (especially me), since I have that much less to write about. Since being in Korea, my guitar and pedal acquisitions have tapered off, and I am forced to relive old glory or go out and buy things at full price just to add some content to my blog. This is sad. If you have any ideas for things I could write about, please comment, or email me at bbb.caldwell@gmail.com. All the best!

Update II: Broken Sigma Guitar

 

Someone appears to have stomped the shit out of our friend the Sigma guitar. The whole left side of the guitar is crushed now, and it's starting to look more and more like trash. However, in the meantime, it has attained a certain celebrity status, with many neighbourhood passers-by stopping for a glance, and many internet users like yourself coming to my blog to check its progress. Sadly, it has also become a receptacle for random trash, the latest being a juice box. 

Interestingly, the several bouts of pouring rain we have been experiencing lately seem to have had little to no effect on the wood, proving once again that Korean made Sigma guitars are not only beautiful, but tough as well. I am a little sad that someone chose to take out their aggression on (what's left of) this beautiful instrument, but on the other hand, I wouldn't have anything to write about otherwise. Stay tuned for more updates and random stuff from Korea!

Update: Broken Sigma Guitar

Since it appears that this guitar is still not considered garbage by local trash collectors, I have decided to document its slow decay and deterioration through a series of photographs. The chopsticks are gone, but someone has stuffed a twisted clothes hanger inside, and it looks like it's been stepped on. Stay tuned for more tragic updates on the worsening condition of this once-beautiful and still interesting guitar!

Broken Sigma Guitar

A broken Sigma (Martin) guitar I found lying on the street outside my new apartment in Bangbae, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea. I guess these are more common here than they are back home in Canada. It's a real shame that this one is beyond repair; I've known a few of these guitars in my time, and they are gorgeous instruments. This is (was?) one of the earlier Korean-made Sigmas, which came into production in the 1980s, when Japanese manufacturing became too expensive to compete in the entry-level market. Made from high quality materials and built to the same specifications as their American cousins, these guitars are renowned for having a fantastic sound, and being able to take a beating (though, apparently, not this one).