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I think I'm losing it - bought 3 guitars just this week

#81
I really want a Gretsch with a bigsby... it's just for my and my love of rockabilly and jazz, it'll cover both nicely and I can throw on some backing tracks and play for hours. I can also do some home recording with it.
I have a tele and a washburn acoustic but I really don't want to play guitar in a band anymore, but if you like guitars, play them or want to learn to play them... get whatever you can afford!
 
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#82
Joe Nerve said:
LOL... been there, done that. Please don't post any pics, cuz I don't want to do it again.

Did it too with recording equipment.
Drum machines.
Electronic drums.
Keyboards.
Microphones.

Actually... that's not too bad. I might have to start looking into accordians.
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Been there, done that :D

It cured me of buying Rickenbackers, although I have purchased 3 G&L's and 2 Sereks since acquiring this.

And it's EXTREMELY tricky to play compared to my 3-string & 5-fret bass excursions driving the root. :bassist:
 
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Matty Koff said:
Love the purple Strat.
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Ronnie Thunders said:
That's midnight blue guy, 300 from the local Lutheran Church with stylin soft case and whammy bar, Yeah!
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Nice find. It looks purple to me but googling "midnight blue" i see some that look more blue than others and some that look straight up purple so it might be lighting or maybe a contrast thing on my end. I still like it more than tobacco burst.
 
#88
Warpeg said:
As a recovering materialist, I can tell you that I have found much more satisfaction in having a small number of things that bring me long-term joy, as opposed to owning many things that bring me short-term or only small amounts of joy. My thought process is very unpopular around these parts, but....
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I think you're begging the argument a bit. There are many people who experience the same long-term joy while owning many things.

Maybe they can just deal with a richer and more varied life experience than those more easily overwhelmed individuals who constantly feel the need to "simplify." Some people are very comfortable with complexity.

Bottom line: we're all different. So best to not make assumptions about other people's minds or motivation. ;)
 
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devnulljp said:
Nice collection!
I just broke down and bought a nice acoustic so I can teach the guitarists I play with how to play chords other than CMaj, DMaj, and G7

But what I really have an eye out for is a concertina.
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Tell them they have to do some stuff in keys other than G. Get an Am and an F in there and you can play all the classic rock there is.
 
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40Hz said:
I think you're begging the argument a bit. There are many people who experience the same long-term joy while owning many things.

Maybe they can just deal with a richer and more varied life experience than those more easily overwhelmed individuals who constantly feel the need to "simplify." Some people are very comfortable with complexity.

Bottom line: we're all different. So best to not make assumptions about other people's minds or motivation. ;)
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Please reread my post. You will note that no such assumption was made; it was simply me sharing my own experience. ;)
 
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MakoMan said:
I think you nailed it. I can't play anything but church chords on the first few frets of a guitar but I see a nice guitar at a great price and I just cannot resist. I'm going to blame this on the fact I am really happy with my basses and amps right now. I always check the online classifieds and I don't see any basses or amps I want but keep stumbling across amazing guitar deals that I just cannot resist.
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That's why instruments exist. To get us to buy them. It's one of the true joys of life.
 
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