A trip to guitar center is always a learning expierience

Well, today was the kickoff of summer vacatioin, which is worth a party in my opinion. My best friend came over in the AM and we jammed for a while, and then, my second best friend came over with his cousin/friend, and we all went out for lunch. Next on the agenda was guitar center, as two of us are guitarists, one used to be a drummer, and the other didn't care. At guitar center, I went staight to the acoustic room. My friend is still on his first acoustic, which is a laminate top no-name dreadknot with half steel half nylon strings. He's been looking into getting a steel string acoustic. He doesn't have much understanding for what sounds good and what doesn't by looking. He was kind of picking up a few here and there. An ovation, an laminate epi, etc. I hit my hand to my head, and asked him if he knew what he was looking for, and he said he really was hoping I would have helped him sooner. Well I had him looking at a Yamaha and a few others when I saw a "Mitchell" Solid Spruce Top guitar, with a new pricetag of 149.99. It actually looked impressive, And had a nice white binding on the neck. I played it and it impressed me. He was still playing some acoustic, when I stopped him, and asked him to play the Mitchell. He did and it sounded really nice from a distance. I must say I was impressed. I can't seem to find anything about Mitchell on the net, and its not even on musician's friend, which is unusual for something at guitar center. So anyway, the MD100S is the model #, and it really impressed me. Sounded almost as nice as any low to mid range acoustic I've heard yet. It in the catalog along with a 12 string version for 200. My friend, who is working up to buy a new acoustic, has decided on that Mitchell. I tried after that to find something that sounded nicer, and nothing under 250 did.

And before today I had never heard of Mitchell.