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Location: Texas | Forget your wife and kids, important papers, pets, computer, mandolins, dobros, b@nj#*, wood back guitars and whatever else is irreplaceable, they are all safe outside the flames, I am talking about your Ovation and Adamas guitars!
Which one would you grab if the house was on fire?
Only one.
Me?. . . my good old Adamas II... |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | your Adamas II! :)
err.... I mean... My 01C... |
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| Well I only have the one Ovation so that pretty much solves that - I wish I had your problems though - house burning down and having to decide which guitar to take with me and so on - but wait, I'm worth more dead than alive to maybe the question is moot in my case - I'd just stay and go down with the ship...lol |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The OFC. I could probably replace the rest, except maybe the Ute, for what it's worth. I have 2 hands though, so I'd grab the Ute, too. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I should say the Honey Burst Pacemaker, since it is the most expensive, or the Sweetwater T cuz it is one of 16 or so...
But probably the 2058T, and a battery-powered amp.
Play music while my building burns! |
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Location: big island | this is a tough one. if my wife was going to read this, i'd say the 1688 she surprised me with. but i play 6 stringers much more frequently than 12's so i would take the 1978 1687-9. mark does have a point as most of us have two hands... |
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Location: Vernon CT | Again since we have 2 hands my 1719 30Cm and my 1778Lx and my 2077LX and my 1112-1 custom Balladeer and my.......... :D :D :D
What a decision!!!!!! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Leave the Taylor
Wet it down first :p |
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Location: SoCal | Like what the Man in Black said, OFC. If I could with my second hand, I'd grab my GC DB. Both couldn't be replaced. But then I'd also have my wife grab the old 1914 Martin 0018, a family heirloom (I know, that should be first, but in reality, it's not)..... |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | MY HOUSE IS BURNING.... That's an easy one. My 08 Collector is still with the UPS, I have my 2080 insured for more than I paid for it, so it burns (since I am selling it anyway and it is replacable) so my 1537....oh....second hand is free? Also the Carvin LB75P...it is just too sweet of a bass to leave behind, although it would likely survive the fire it is so 'COOL' |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I'm with the others...the OFC guitar, but then I'd be a total wreck worrying about all the others. Possessions are so burdensome. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
Possessions are so burdensome. Possessions = Stuff a la George Carlin (RIP) |
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Location: Location Location Location | Leave the gun, take the Cannoli.
Probably the 1778T. That little black beauty has that magic something, and can do it all. |
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Location: Tennessee | Tough one ... my left hand would grab the "Ding!"-O and the right would grab the JL3. No wait, the Hog Viper and the Deacon 12. Check that, the shiny Josh and the shiny Balladeer 12. Nah, gotta be the Dingo. Or the Lennon. But I love the Viper. I guess it would just depend on the day. |
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Location: Jet City | I would burn up trying to decide...
UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537? UKII? 1537?
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Location: Boise, Idaho | After helping you load your truck, Damon, I would think you'd have trouble just finding the guitar if you were able to decide on one.
By the way, was everything in the equipment bag that I dropped OK? |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...I'd throw some wire and a piece of wood into my wife's Tupperware stash and then put in an Insurance claim to replace that irreplacable Original Slothead that was destroyed!..... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | We are owned by our possessions. The fire is cleansing, releasing you from unnatural bonds to this world.
Come, feel the warmth. Step closer.
Here, hold the matches. I'll be right back... |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
By the way, was everything in the equipment bag that I dropped OK? That was the laptop bag. The Mac is fine. Had it been a PC.... :eek: |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I don't know about you guys - but I think I can squeeze four guitars into 2 hands....
The Captains Deacon, The 47, The Millennium and The Strat.
The rest I would toss out the window and hope someone catches them! |
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Location: closely held secret | I'd grab the OFC Koala. Then I'd probably die in the fire trying to decide which other one to take. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I'd use the Academy as a heat shield. |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | Since I work on thier fire trucks,it had better never come to that! :eek: However if it did, I think the factory fresh 1537 I got from the "trader" would be first out the door. :rolleyes: |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | Originally posted by CrimsonLake:
I'd use the Academy as a heat shield. :D |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Tough question ...
The fact is that all of my guitars could be replaced. Soooo, I think I would opt to save the Dog which would score HUGE bonus points with the wife and in return I'm sure she would let me replace all of them.
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| shiny 1115 with the FD14 line driver preamp... the neck's 40 years old, but the rest of the guitar is as-new, and the biggest rumbler I've ever played..
as much as I bitched about it, it's still the nicest and loudest 12 I've ever owned, including the Adamas 1885 I let go for a song. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I don't know Dave. You better make sure she's out first. |
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Location: Flushing, MI | Out of my three, the Legend would be the one that I'd save.
BTW - for those that remember, the bridge is still holding on that Matrix. So far so good... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Malabar Glenn:
shiny 1115 with the FD14 line driver preamp... the neck's 40 years old, but the rest of the guitar is as-new, and the biggest rumbler I've ever played.. Yo Glenn... After reading this thread I got inspired to dig-out my 1115.
This is still the loudest thing I own.
My 2058T is a Nice guitar, and I really Love it....
Side-by-Side, the 1115 still blows it away.
( Not a shiny bowl, but new bowl/top, no pre-amp... And it is still Awesomely Loud)
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Location: On The Fringe Of Ground Zero | This happened to me and I couldn't grab anything as I was at work. What wasn't burned was looted and I didn't have insurance because the apartment complex was in transition converting to a Co-Op. The only thing I had left was uniform on my back and my firearms everything else was gone. The fire was deemed arson. The super diappeared right after.
If this were to occur today I'd make sure my husband and my shepherds were out first than I'd grab as many instruments as I can. I'd grab my Ovations my Takamine Ltd. 2004 my Rick 360 Carl Wilson edition and the 56 Goldtop Reissue LP and my Alhambras. The other 34 guitars I'd make a grab for if I could. I live in my own house now so this would be fairly easy. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | tough call, probably grab the one closest to the door. |
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| If I was thinking straight it would be the ute 12 cos there are only 5 of them in existence (or is it 6?).
Given I wouldn't be thinking straight it would be the ute.
But if he hadn't saved it first I would save my son's Paco de Lucia - nobody on this planet loves a single guitar more than he loves that one. |
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Location: North Carolina | As long as everyone is out OK, screw the damn guitars. I'm leaving. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Dunno... I've already decided I'd rather sell my car than my W598-CB, if I had to choose. |
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Location: Utah | Either my daughter's Preacher Deluxe or the Alvarez-Yairi 12 that I bought 30 yrs ago. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | If I had time to grab a guitar, it would be the 47 RI. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | It could only be Gertrude; my Jewel is wonderful to play, and I appreciate the others, but I have never played another Ovation with a neck like hers. (The only other one that comes close is one with a blondish-colored neck in the "Museum" at the Mothership.) Jewel I could replace, because her neck was special-ordered to match the ol' lady's; but Gertrude, never. She's in a category all her own.
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Location: Hicksville, NY | My HD-28 is currently the most valuable guitar in my posession, but alas, it's not going to be my choice. Instead, I'm grabbing the CL 1719, which turns out to be my one and only Ovation.
Yes, the HD-28 might have cost a lot more than my CL, but I can always go to any authorized Martin dealer and purchase another one. The CL, however, especially the one I got is a bit more of a challenge to shop for these days... |
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Location: NW NJ | Probably the '05 Collectors. I really like that guitar... |
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Location: Texas | so, the one by the door? |
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Location: Chicago | My 1974 Legend (1117 with Fishman ProFix); No question. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'm resurrecting this thread because it came pretty close to home the other night. Actually it was on the other side of town. They had a grass fire that quickly spread with 50 mph winds and totally destroyed 9 homes. One woman died. Her husband went outside to see where the smoke was coming from and couldn't even make it back into the house. He thought his wife got out, but she didn't.
Anyway, I was talking to one of the secretaries here who was evacuated. She lived about a block from the houses that burned down. She is a recent transplant from Louisiana and said she was used to having time to board up the windows and prepare for hurricanes. The other night she noticed some smoke and answered a knock at the door. A deputy sheriff told her to evacuate. She said sure and was going to blow him off. He said she had 2 minutes and he would wait until she was out. She grabbed some Cheetos and bottled water, the kids and the dog.
She said she felt stupid when she saw her neighbors with their photo albums and computers and she took the old pickup and left their new car in the garage.
I'd grab the OFC and the LAV Koa if I could, but in 2 minutes I don't know if I'd have time for those and the irreplaceable items. My wife and I would probably both die fighting over what's most important and which Porsche to try to fit it in. |
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Location: big island | gives new meaning to the term, "hot cars". |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Insure it all and just get the heck out! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I'm not sure I'd grab anything, but maybe the two Hamers, and possibly the prototypes. The insurance money would outfit one helluva replacement bandroom. |
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Location: Jet City | A year ago I had enough insurance on the guitars, but with the Mosrite on it's way, and the new acquisitions this past year, I need to up the policy. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Tim's comment was similar to what the secretary's husband said, but there are lots of things that aren't insurable. Both cars and all the guitars are replaceable to some extent. Women seem to think of momentos of raising the kids in the house. I would never have thought about grabbing the computer, until I saw that most of the evacuees who were interviewed said that's what they grabbed.
My secretary, who lives right on the edge of the foothills full of dry sagebrush, said she'd grab some clothes. That's the last thing I'd worry about, having something to wear the next day, but people have different priorities.
I'm more sentimentally attached to our house than my wife is. Maybe it's the headache of paying for it or the sweat equity of planting 50 trees and waiting for them to grow. The insurance would probably pay to rebuild a smaller house with whatever we need in it and my wife would be perfectly happy, but I'm not sure I could ever really replace some things. We also have an antique baby grand piano. It's not that special except that I spent a long time finding it and having it refinished. One daughter spent an awful lot of quality time on that piano.
Damon, we've checked on our insurance several times as the collection grew and were told that the guitars are insured at replacement cost with no limit. Talk to your agent and check your policy, but something like the Mosrite is probably not replaceable. There's also typically a time limit on replacement and that may go by too quickly. |
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Location: big island | before the digital age, folks would grab the photo albums. these days, about all the photos are on the computer if not burned to a CD yet. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Having once lost everything I owned in a fire (except the stuff I had at Mom and Dad's house) I have come to realize it's only "stuff". I DID have the guitars at the folks house, which made things easier, but the pictures, the high school yearbook, the stuff that can't be replaced...you learn to be grateful that you DID have it at one time, then you move on. In some ways it was very liberating. I wasn't tied down to all that stuff that owned me. That's why it was so easy to get rid of everything I owned that wouldn't fit in my Blazer when I moved here. Now, I'm back to having too much stuff. Time for a yard sale! |
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| Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
...you learn to be grateful that you DID have it at one time, then you move on. In some ways it was very liberating. I wasn't tied down to all that stuff that owned me. Divorce does the same thing. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | have two houses and split the collection, that way you only loose half,
also sort of like divorce except there you only get half of the half that's left. |
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Location: Utah | So, the best strategy is to buy lots of guitars so that the half you keep is bigger. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
also sort of like divorce except there you only get half of the half that's left. But a fire doesn't fight you over which half is bigger. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Make the one half bigger by putting in a bunch of Taylors. |
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Which one would you grab if the house was on fire?