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Today, Ron Sexsmith wrote about best gifts ever, and the time he got a piano for his 40th birthday.
Ron Sexsmith: getting a piano from Don Kerr.
I was reminded of the big musical gift in my own life: when I turned 30, my partner decided to get me a Stratocaster.
Being a musician herself, she knew that just picking one out for me wouldn't do. So we drove around, tried out at least a dozen, and I eventually brought home a candy-apple red Strat. Maple fretboard. In the music shops, I played through bits of Little Miss Higgins riffs, all major blues, clean and understated. And over the years, that guitar has transformed into something more: a reminder of my partner's thoughtfulness, her practicality, and the quiet love we share.
It's also part of a pair, sort of: a few years earlier, I'd bought her a Jazz Bass for her own birthday (rosewood fretboard; cobalt blue).