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Post by cadd on Mar 7, 2005 4:44:18 GMT
Bought another two guitars this week. Regretting not bidding on a Japanese Fender strat on ebay earlier. Haven't sold a guitar since the eighties. Have eleven guitars, nine electrics, a bass and an acoustic scattered round me just now. Haven't been in a band since 1997. Is this so wrong it warrants a spell in prison/severe beating/both ?
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Post by John Brainlove on Mar 7, 2005 15:14:13 GMT
Keep them all and buy some more. You only live once. Throw yourself into an ocean of guitars if that's what makes you happy  I have three guitars, all cheap knock-off flying V's - I used to regularly smash them up at $hit gigs so I had to have a few in reserve. They all have big chunks missing and snapped/glued necks. One day, I might actually buy a guitar that plays well / works. But I would have to look after it and I don't know if I'm capable right now. |
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Post by cadd on Mar 7, 2005 17:06:11 GMT
I've got 2 Vs, an Ibanez and an Epiphone. The Epiphone is one I'm thinking of selling, but was playing it yesterday and it really does have a killer neck on it. May just hold onto it.
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Post by Wiggles on Mar 7, 2005 18:04:49 GMT
I say get more. The only way to beat a habit is to feed it until it reaches critical mass and destroys your life.
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Post by John Brainlove on Mar 7, 2005 18:11:32 GMT
Are you by any chance Pete Doherty's psychologist?
Whoops I said the D-word. The forum may be over.
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Post by cadd on Mar 7, 2005 18:39:51 GMT
I just bid on a Fender Strat on ebay. Gotta feed the monkey.
Someone outbid me, though. Think I'll keep an eye on and outbid him at the last minute.
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Post by John Brainlove on Mar 7, 2005 19:05:03 GMT
I think as a condition of owning these guitars, and being allowed to buy more, you must record a set of songs on them by the end of the year. That way, you can illustrate why you need them ;D
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Post by chrispy on Mar 7, 2005 19:07:50 GMT
you could donate one of your guitars to me ;D. not that i can play  . |
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Post by prettyvacant on Mar 7, 2005 19:46:18 GMT
keep em! i have three acoustics and the only thing i can play is the intro to 'welcome to the machine'
oh yeah.
however, i didnt buy mine, they just got given to me on the assumption that 'she likes music, therefore she plays the guitar'. no. ;D
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Post by Wiggles on Mar 7, 2005 20:49:36 GMT
Bah. Nobody buys me guitars.
That thing on your avatar is odd and disturbing.
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Post by coastal on Mar 7, 2005 21:29:44 GMT
Definitely “seek help urgently”. Damn… was this was just in relation to your guitar hoarding? I thought you were seeking advice about your life in general…  |
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Post by atomjack on Mar 7, 2005 21:37:14 GMT
I have a similar problem but I hoarde effects pedals, at last count I had 27, which is a little bit excessive because I have not even worked out how half of them work or what the hell they do.
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Post by cadd on Mar 7, 2005 21:46:12 GMT
You have to get loads of patch leads and switch them all on at the same time. It'll probably be the first working teleport device.
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Post by coastal on Mar 7, 2005 21:46:42 GMT
... which is a little bit excessive because I have not even worked out how half of them work or what the hell they do. So you'll be going for the "Learn to play" option, then |
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Post by cadd on Mar 7, 2005 21:51:47 GMT
I've got stuff like an early 70s Coloursound wahwah, same as Ritchie Blackmores and a Wem Copycat tape echo unit. Bought these in 83/84. Haven't had either on in ages.
A friend borrowed the wah and didn't give me it back for 7 years. I showed up at the studio one day when he was rehearsing and reclaimed it. He looked as though I was blagging it off him and as though he was going to burst into tears.
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