I have a thing for pink guitars, no question about it. Maybe it’s growing up in the 80’s, maybe it’s being color blind, MAYBE It’s just because I like shiny flashy things!

Or maybe, it’s yet ANOTHER issue of being awake too long and cruising EBAY too late!

SO anyway, I decided that I needed a guitar for the house, The only one I had at that point was my MIA Strat, and with a 2 year old, THAT didn’t get turned up too loud too often, so I figured that a straight acoustic would be the solution!

 And son of a gun, one night, late, I was online, cruising the Jay Turser ads when I come across this JJ HEART. GURANTEED to be a subset of Jay Turser, and only slightly smaller, but a complete full bodies acoustic!

I must have sounded a little strange, a 45 year old man, ordering a ¾ size PINK acoustic, but since the auction ended at $37 plus shipping I figured it had to be a pretty good deal! Especially with the JT name attached to it!

When it arrived I wasn’t disappointed, it WAS VERY pink! And honestly, after a new set of strings it didn’t sound ½ bad. Didn’t sound ½ good either, but that’s another story. Compared to my JTSQCE it was just a little thin, a little hollow, and not at all what I was looking for. I was quickly reminded why it took me so long to buy my FIRST acoustic!

So I started to look around to see what I would have to do, to “upgrade” an acoustic, only having worked on electrics before.

Essentially I decided that a new set of tuners, pins and a new bridge would be exactly what I needed to bring out the most in this bad boy (or girl)!

So, once again off to ebay, the pins and the tuners were pretty easy, but the bridge took 2 shots, turns out that not ALL “handmade” carved of authentic whale bellows. The 1^st one I bought was WAAAAY too big.

The second one however would have been JUST perfect.

I saw would have been because about the time that arrived, so did my little boy and all projects went to the side a little. THEN of course, God blessed me with a Miracle and the J45 showed up.

Since it’s worth almost EVERY thing else added together, I knew THAT was the one that needed to be inside.

So off to ebay we went! And $119 (including s/h) later the JJ was off to a new home, with the new tuners, pins and BOTH bridges. Sometimes I wonder what happened, then I quickly think of something more interesting, like socks…..