hardshell case arrived today!

finally, the hardshell case for the epiphone dot arrived. it's perfect! I got it from same day music dot com. they shipped it monday and it arrived today, wednesday. in perfect shape, except for one minor scuff. it's also the new version of the case. the dot fits quite well, and the case is well constructed. now i can take the guitar places -- take it to school and elsewhere.

hooray!

also in the news, fender is coming out with a line called "american special" -- supposed to be a budget line of strats and teles made in america. don't know the prices, but my guess is that they'll be cheaper than the 700 dollar highway ones. the mexican strats are 500 bucks, so maybe their price will go down and the new line will be around 500. the mexi strats might be in the 350-500 line. gotta wait and see!