The Waiting is the Hardest Part

[Mark M.]

I am about 4 weeks out from delivery of my Campellone. I’m dying with anticipation. Mark sprayed the burst last week, and it’s gorgeous!

[Bobby Timmons]

[Nick71]

Mark,
I have a feeling you are going to be very happy!!
Your Campellone will play as good as she looks!!
Beautifully done!!
Nick

I am about 4 weeks out from delivery of my Campellone. I’m dying with anticipation. Mark sprayed the burst last week, and it’s gorgeous!

[Jimmy blue note]

You're going to love it! Your first?
I've played a lot of Campys. One of the most consistently spot on builders out there. I can't describe it but his guitars have something about them, like he's built a feeling of joy into them. It's the only way to describe it. They just make me want to play.
Dang! I just wish he would concede to build me ONE 7 string!

[Mark M.]

You're going to love it! Your first?
I've played a lot of Campys. One of the most consistently spot on builders out there. I can't describe it but his guitars have something about them, like he's built a feeling of joy into them. It's the only way to describe it. They just make me want to play.
Dang! I just wish he would concede to build me ONE 7 string!

Jimmy, a Campellone 7 string would indeed be very cool!

I had a 16” Standard about 15 years ago and it is one of the few guitars that I regret selling. I’ll be very happy to receive this one.

[tbeltrans]

Another perspective...

The waiting is the most important part. Consider it from a possibly rather strange perspective...

When you have to wait for something such as a fine guitar as the OP is currently having to do, there is a built up anticipation, and that also translates into a much greater appreciation for that guitar once it does arrive.

For something that comes easy, there is the phrase "easy come, easy go", and there is truth to that.

Here is a recent experience of my own that has gotten me into this mind set...

In another recent thread, Bluedawg had posted an NGD with the acquisition of his Gibson Citation. Over the course of the ensuing discussion, he graciously mentioned that a shop local to me also had one. Since I have not paid nearly as much attention to archtops as many here have, I was, let's say, dimly aware of the Citation but had a small sense that it must be something special, based on hearing the name pop up on occasion.

I took a drive down to Lavonne Music to play this guitar out of curiosity more than anything else. I have done that with many guitars over the years. When The Podium (sadly long gone now) would get in some fine guitars that folks over in the acoustic guitar forum would rave about such as Olson, Froggy Bottom, and others, I would go down there and try them. Very few turned out to be anything I would be interested in for one reason or another despite the fact that they were all that folks raved about. I often go over to Willie's American Guitars over in St. Paul try pre-war and Civil War era Martins, again out of curiosity. I have yet to play one that I would truly want to take home, which is again simply a matter of what feels right in my hands. So that was my expectation for this Citation.

Anyway, I played the Citation and was absolutely blown away. I had never had that experience with any guitar before this and therefore had to have it. My wife was in the car reading her Kindle while I did this. I went out and told her, and she said that if I didn't buy it, I would forever regret it. It was the playing experience, rather than the hype that sold me on it. I have made the mistake of buying a guitar based on the hype surrounding it, and that just doesn't work most of the time for me. I whipped out my check book and bought it on the spot. The whole thing was easy and there was no waiting period.

When I got home, I started googling around to find out about this instrument and began to learn what it really represented. I then called a few friends who are well versed in, and own, fine high end archtops and they verified everything I had read. One friend is particularly taken with the idea of a Citation and has really given me that sense of respect for it that you don't get by being able to buy it so easily.

My point in this story is that had I really known about these particular guitars and especially if I had to save up (I had just gotten an inheritance that covered it) as well as wait for one to become available, there would have been a much deeper appreciation for what I have. Fortunately, I am learning about this guitar and am developing that sense so I don't do something stupid by selling it all too easily down the road.

So, in my personal opinion, I think the OP's experience with his new Campellone is perfect and sets the groundwork for a long and satisfying musical relationship. The waiting is the hardest part, but also a good thing to go through. Based on the pics and having seen other Campellones "in the flesh", no doubt it is a fabulous guitar in every way. Congratulations on a fine choice of instruments and may you have many years of musical joy every time you pick that instrument up to play. You are truly fortunate.

Tony

[vinnyv1k]

Mark Campellone doesn’t know how to build a turd guitar.
It will be a guitar with a lifetime love affair attached. A early Congrats.