{"id":129,"date":"2020-04-13T20:50:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robbertsuilen.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2020-04-13T20:50:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:50:19","slug":"about-guitars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robbertsuilen.com\/?p=129","title":{"rendered":"…About Guitars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I love guitars, always have. There’s something in the sound that really speaks to me. Especially in when I’m singing or comping. A year ago I travelled to Southeast-Asia where I found a guitar that amazed me. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a rainy day (read: monsoon) and I was walking through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. By chance I kind of walked into Guitar street, which is a street that holds more than 40 guitar shops. Vintage, new, famous brand and custom guitars are built there. Imagine a street, with an open garage door near the road. Cars and scooters racing by and it’s a 40 degrees celsius with 80% humidity. I ended up in the shop of Binh Nuygen, he’s the owner and builder of a store called: Guitar Binh<\/a>. He works on guitars in a small shop and the guitars he sells are, amazingly considering the circumstances, quite wonderful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I picked up a model that was roughly based on an Gibson L1, not expecting too much of it. But the sound and resonance shook me. The guitar played and sounded great. I was super surprised. In fact, I couldn’t put it down. The guitar wasn’t completely finished yet. But I had made up my mind, this guitar would return to The Netherlands with me. When I asked him if he could finish it he said; “Yes, there’s a caf\u00e9 around the corner, come back in an hour”.
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After an hour I returned and the guitar was indeed ready, set-up and all. Crazy craftsmanship and friendliness from mr. Binh that I still cherish every time I pick up this instrument. I will enjoy this guitar for many years (and gigs) to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re ever in Ho Chi Minh, go see this shop and get yourself a nice instrument. You will not regret it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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