I wanted to make a blog devoted to Nguyen Thien Thuat Street, known as guitar street, i did some research before my trip to Vietnam on places to buy instruments, as each time i go traveling i find myself devoted predominantly to finding instruments from that country of origin. this is part of the purpose of this different continent trip. You do have to be careful buying instruments in foreign countries as they can look amazing  but if they have not been set up correctly and have smaller imperfections they can  turn into larger imperfections later.  i learned this lesson trying to buy sitars and other exotic instruments in India. below are some photos of some of the the street where i bought my guitar, i though it was fitting that i show some more pictures concerning guitar street as this was a real highlight for me in Saigon. One picture shows a really cool looking guitar all made out of metal and plastic, it had a plastic bag holding it together though!, and i commented to the owner of the shop that the guitar was famous . that i had seen it on the internet.he commented back to me “where did you see it”, then i wrote down on a piece of paper where i had seen the picture. the ranges of the instruments was extremely varied some range from $20 us through to $1000. i had been told from doing my research that around the $500 mark would get you a very decent instrument made from imported wood i spent two different days going back to guitar street as it wasn’t very far from where we were staying. I bought my guitar on the day we were leaving Saigon. The owner told me it was made by his father in there factory 40 minutes drive from the shopfront. he asked if i wanted to see where it was made If i had enough time i would have liked to have gone. I also tried a Vietnamese guitar, these guitars have a scalloped fretboard and are tuned quite low. the look of the guitar appealed to me but upon playing one i knew that it was not for me., the action was well too low and it sounded well to twangy. I am yet to take some pictures of my guitar and when i do i will be posting them online.

I have taken some photos of the guitars that i bought in Saigon, i am starting to get used to the instrument now, when i first bought it i needed to change the strings and i think some minor adjustments need to be done to the guitar when i get back to Australia, i also bought a smaller traveling guitar as i had been looking for a travelers guitar for a while in Australia, the price was very affordable, a bit more work would be needed to be done to this instrument like to change the bridge piece. but these are only minor things