Singing The Blues

Today was a raffle for the TDPRI, a forum I just joined today. I am a member of its sister forum Gretsch-Talk. Because I am a member there I was eligible to enter the raffle too for some truly awesome gear. They did not have any Gretsch guitars but I think Gretsch-Talk has only a fraction of the members that the TDPRI has, and it’s pretty new so that was to be expected. Four Telecaster (or “Tele Style”), two amps, three pedals, four bridges, and a completely new set of hardware. Over $11,000.00 worth of gear all together.

How awesome is that? The entry to the raffle was 25.00 which is the most expensive raffle I have ever entered but the prizes were also far greater in value too, so it was worth it to me.

The raffle was to take place today at 11:00 Eastern on a live blog that required no refreshing, no page loads, just sit there and watch. It was entertaining to say the least. No one but the MC had the power to talk so we all just had to sit there and stew or exclaim to whoever was around us our feelings. He knew how to draw it out too. The whole giveaway was an exercise in building tension and by the time that there were only two prizes left, one that was pretty cool and one that was REALLY cool (and greatly desired) I had a strong feeling I was not going to win either.

And I was right.

But the ticket price went to a good cause (keeping my forum up and running) and I’m glad I participated. I can’t lie and say I’m not a little bummed I didn’t win anything, especially when so much would have been useful to me. Like I said though, it was worth it.

So now I’m playing the blues, but not seriously.