I remember pressing my nose up against the music store window and lusting after one of the only acoustic guitars that I had ever seen.
No idea what make it was but it was a huge jazz type affair with two violin type sound holes.

Way back in the days of black and white imaging of guitars and their players (the mid 50s) - I think it was the bright red colour of this instrument that really impressed me about my first sight of the real thing.

And that was just from outside this magical shop. On entering and looking up to the pianos and the guitars hanging impossibly high above my head. I was greeted with such new and wonderful smells. I have now gotten used to the wonderful smell of instruments and of acoustic guitars in particular - which is a shame - but it is a smells that is no less sweet to me now.

It would be a shame if music shops were ever to be replaced by internet shopping as many youngsters in the future will be denied the joy of pressing their nose up against music shop windows and dreaming. It is not yet possible to smell instuments online.