During the trip, i kept texting my friend who lives in pampanga, she's giving me instructions where to drop off, very detailed that i don't need to ask direction from the driver or the conductor. Two hours later, i'm in front of the Lumanog store that my friend has told me about. I was saddened when i saw the store. Their signboard is fading, i can't barely read their surname, LUMANOG. Stared at it for a moment, and realized, "what? it's closed"?
Well, i took the courage to ask from a lady in the nearby canteen, if the store opens on Saturdays, and she said, "sometimes". What? i came all the way from Paranaque, and I'm going back without a lumanog guitar? This can't be. And then, she said, "but there are still a lot of guitar stores in the the nearby street. Then, my face lit up. So, to cut the story short, here are my pics and was happy to buy one.
I don't know but my feet brought me to this store. The oldest of all the stores in the street.
First 3 are junior guitars for ages 7 and up. 1200 each. I didn't ask for a discount since, i'm not buying one yet.
After choosing a guitar, I asked Cilinio Lumanog, the owner of the shop if has some guitar made of Mahogany and he proudly pointed to this guitar (the middle one, in pink shade). He said you better buy this, it's only 3500! What? 3500? It maybe worth buying because guitars made of this wood lasts really long, maybe a lifetime (really) and has a good sound, but i don't have that budget.
Me!
The guitar maker itself and the owner of this shop, Mr. Cilinio Lumanog. Very kind enough. We shared some life stories for an hour before he got me convinced to buy his guitar. On the lower left photo is his mother who is already 101 years old. Okay, will guitar lengthens my life? Sure it did to this old lady and his son.
