bigsbytp Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 OK, so someone told you right? How did you know?...................DID SOMEONE TELL YOU?............... This all happened during the past month or so. (I think it is what some of our members REFERENCES AS GAS....and I want to get GAS Free). So I am telling it on the mountain here...........and you call all bear witness........... I do not have as many as some I know...but I have a few. .......last month...I was telling my kids about how much I liked my Roy Clark and they told me to get it out.....but, well, um, ...I could not find it....not that the house is that big...but I could not locate that guitar within about 15 minutes of looking...I realized that this was the most ridiculous thing to be experiencing... yet I had found a couple guitars that I did not often play....So I am going through the pile and selling whatever someone else seems to need more than me. A couple of AMPS, some GUITARS, and I am currently starting them for sale here first - and if they do not sell...and I still think they should go....I will move them off to Minstrel Music in Niles, IL. Like KIDSMOKE, I am keeping based on how well the guitar fit's my hands. Medium necks or medium-plus tend to fit best. MY GOAL FOR 2013: Own less, play more. and wear something out to where it needs a fret job. If I buy anything in the future, as I was telling the guy with the MR. ROGERS Pic...it will be buckle rashed, scratched, and meant for play...not collect. My faves: 195? ES-125TD, Single Pick up. Has a plastic patch over the jack plug area....must have gotten busted somewhere along the line. Flat wounds. Howels like a hound dog. If I did put another scratch on it, you could never tell. Old looking, not beaten, has it share of battle scars. Super Eagle: X braced, tap tuned by Aaron, when it is played it sings in a manner D. Reinhardt fans would appreciate. Bend a few notes and you would swear it was singing to you. Roy Clark: Gets my my single cut/solid body-like sustain urges taken care of. H-550: When I need something between the S. Eagle and the Roy Clark. (So, the above list must be my guitar prescription for getting GAS free - everything else should go...I think....) ...I feel better now..... Good Luck Gang!
big bob Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 I play then all but usually the 357, 170 custom, 555, and 140 make it out to gigs.
yoslate Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 Unless its been given to you by some one who is no longer around or someone who made a small sacrifice and put thought and energy into giving it to you. Ive been given guitars as gifts and although I dont play them often I do think of the people who gave them to me. It is sentimental but it matters. That would certainly be the exception, Jeff! I've never been given a guitar, but if I had, it would be a keeper....
FredZepp Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 I have stands around the house and rotate the ones on the stands to keep playing all of the guitars on a regular basis. Some get played more than others, for sure. The only ones that may get neglected are perhaps a few of the acoustic guitars. But having a lot of nice instruments to choose from and enjoy is like having a guitar shop to explore... a kid in a candy shop , I guess. Strats , Teles, and all of the 150/157's are always in regular rotation. The Centurion is something different... I pull it out and spend an evening with it from time to time. Most usually I play that one acoustically really, but sometimes electric. Afterward, I'll put it on a stand, and sit back and admire the awesomeness that it radiates for the rest of the night. Then , put it safely away.
Spectrum13 Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 I tend to have out one at a time for about three days. If I am in the mood to play some blues and I have out an archtop, I pull out something P90 or 150. Jazz will be one of three archtops, a semi or a Charlie Christian Tele. Country brings out something Fenderish. I rotate them all. Amps tend to be out for a couple of weeks. My flattop gets the least play along with non-heritage archtypes and my MIJ 355. If I ever feel something is unworthy,I play it and remember just why I own it.
pressure Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 I play them all in rotation, playing the Tele right now, before that the Mille.
Gitfiddler Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 If I own a guitar, it gets played. My Heritages remain in rotation, and I always have one in a guitar stand.
AP515 Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 I have but one Heritage. I have 8 electrics and they all get some PT through the course of my feeble attempst to make music. I use the 150 most when I am pretending I can play Gary Moore, or some blues piece where lots of bottom end is required.
HANGAR18 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Posted December 27, 2012 .last month...I was telling my kids about how much I liked my Roy Clark and they told me to get it out.....but, well, um, ...I could not find it....not that the house is that big...but I could not locate that guitar within about 15 minutes of looking...I realized that this was the most ridiculous thing to be experiencing... hahahahah!!! I kinda lost a 537 Magnum once. I moved into a new place and about 6 months later I remembered that I owned a 357 Magnum, but it wasn't with the other guns and I started tearing up the place looking for it. Eventually I found it still in it's box amongst all the empty boxes belonging to the other guns which were properly secured. But that's a different subject I guess.
HANGAR18 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Posted December 27, 2012 I'm enjoying this thread. Lots of really cool replies.
skydog52 Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 I have three guitar stands and at least two of them have a Heritage in them at any given time. I rotate and play them all. A lot of fun for me!
Guest HRB853370 Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 Versus what, just stare at them? Not trying to be a smarty pants here Danny. I play what strikes my fancy at a given moment. Some tend to get played more. Perhaps that means I bond with certain ones more. But I ain't selling anything anytime soon.
schundog Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 I have 9 guitars hanging on the walls on String Swings, and 9 floor stands filled with guitars scattered about the Man Cave. All Amps are plugged in, with an instrument cable coiled over the edge of the amp, ready to be plugged in at a moments notice. I try to play them all as much as I can, but, like others, gravitate to my favored style more often than not; 535/555/Prospect, 137, Tele, Strat, probably in that order. I was just talking to Millenium Maestro today, and I was feeling sheepish about owning as many guitars as I do, especially considering my limited skills, and he was able to talk me down from the ledge, so to speak, haha. I love to play them, I love to look at them, and they aren't eating anything, or requiring prohibitive upkeep, like owning a horse, for instance. People spend CRAZY money on some hobbies, and while I have a signifigant chunk of change (for me) wrapped up in my musical passion, I know that, should things get really bad, I could sell them and recoup much of my intital investment, as I bought the vast majority of my stuff used, or, at least, at very good prices.
Millennium Maestro Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 This is a tough thread to answer for me, I have workhorse guitars that get played alot more than other case queens and yes I tend to go back to my go to guitars. I do have others I have not played in some time. I also truely wonder if I ever play any guitar like it really should be played!
High Flying Bird Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 When I got the 357 I played it exclusively for over a year. Then I had the pups changed in the 535 and played it for several months. Then I got the 357 and played it for several months then went back to the 357. A few months ago I changed the strings on the 535 and have been playing it ever since. I rarely play the acoustic H-457.
Gitfiddler Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 This is a tough thread to answer for me, I have workhorse guitars that get played alot more than other case queens and yes I tend to go back to my go to guitars. I do have others I have not played in some time. I also truely wonder if I ever play any guitar like it really should be played! Any man who has the guts to play guitar in public while wearing a tutu should never have to be concerned about playing a guitar like it really should be played!
HANGAR18 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Posted December 27, 2012 Versus what, just stare at them? Not trying to be a smarty pants here Danny. I play what strikes my fancy at a given moment. Some tend to get played more. Perhaps that means I bond with certain ones more. But I ain't selling anything anytime soon. Something like that Will. I know guy who has something like 80 guitars. When he I first met him, he said he had 40. I was skeptical at first but then I went to his house. Let's just say he doesn't have much else than guitars and speaker cabinets in his house. What I proposed the original question, I kinda had him in the back of my mind. He told me that he had so many guitars (back when he only had 40 guitars) that he had a hard time keeping strings on them in good condition and keeping them all in good playing condition because there were just too many to maintain. Some were being worked on, refinished, modified and so on. So, his answer I presumed would be no, he doesn't play them all, and I just wondered if others had guitars that never got played. Remember Will, you are GAS free so don't try and compete with that guy I know, now that you have heard of him. hahahaha
HANGAR18 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Posted December 27, 2012 Sorry about the typos... "When I proposed the original question..."
mark555 Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 I enjoy it I enjoy it I also enjoy messing with the guitars and changing strings.
Guest HRB853370 Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 I enjoy it Brent just enjoys disassembling guitars, in general.
tulk1 Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 I don't play my Heritages out on regular gigs. They'll go to rehearsals sometimes. But they don't really fit the bill for what I'm doing right now. I think my Prospect is probably the best guitar I've ever owned. It sits out as my at home practice guitar. The Millie DC NFH rarely sees the light. The PSP White 555 Custom is a cool guitar, but I don't drag it to gigs anymore. The H40 Mandolin - too cool! It's my at home practice mando. I have several non-Heritage guitars that have been "retired". I'll get them out every now and then. But don't really gig them. Can't let them go for sentimental value.
DetroitBlues Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 I play all my guitars for a couple of minutes each in the morning. Just kidding. 12:01am to 11:59am?
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