Posted 2013-06-09 5:58 PM (#472409) Subject: Desert Island Axe
Joined: January 2006 Posts: 2120
Location: Chicago
If you had to choose ONE acoustic axe for the rest of your life on a "desert island" what would it be? Think of everything you've owned, seen, dreamed of. Yeah, I know.... monogamy is difficult.
Posted 2013-06-10 5:35 PM (#472444 - in reply to #472409) Subject: RE: Desert Island Axe
Joined: April 2003 Posts: 608
Location: Caribou, ME
1964 Southern Jumbo, bought from Elderly Instruments in November 1984, over the phone, for $350. I've got a pair of J200s that will blow it away tone and volume wise, and a Martin that will also. It's not the loudest or the most balanced tone or any of that, but I know I can go to this guitar anytime and it fits me like an old pair of shoes.
Posted 2013-06-13 4:59 PM (#472521 - in reply to #472409) Subject: Re: Desert Island Axe
Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12754
Location: Boise, Idaho
I hesitated between the 47RI and the Ute. The primary advantage of the Ute is that it has a tuner, but I need to know whether I'll be on the desert island long enough for the battery to wear out.
Posted 2013-06-14 6:24 AM (#472539 - in reply to #472409) Subject: Re: Desert Island Axe
Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535
Location: Flahdaw
I'm re-thinking my selection. I can just hear her after 6 months saying, "I'm getting really sick of your songs, I hate your playing style, and your never wipe me down after playing me." I'm now thinking an Adamas would be the better choice.
Posted 2013-06-14 5:17 PM (#472560 - in reply to #472539) Subject: Re: Desert Island Axe
Joined: April 2010 Posts: 823
Location: sitting at my computer
darkbarguitar - I can just hear her after 6 months saying, "I'm getting really sick of your songs, I hate your playing style, and your never wipe me down after playing me."
...and ya better hope she never finds out you've got a "collection" back home!!!
Posted 2013-06-24 5:56 PM (#472828 - in reply to #472409) Subject: Re: Desert Island Axe
Joined: April 2008 Posts: 1851
Location: Newington, CT
Reading between the lines, I think Dobro meant by "desert island:" an island full of luscious, fruits, vegetables, ready tinder for cooking the millions of eggs from all the island birds... and a tribe of gorgeous, very tall women whose presence was unknown when the EPA declared the island off-limits to all human interaction. These women have a long-held tradition of searching for a king -- the first man to appear on their island (me, in this case) -- whose presence will fulfill their long-held desire to ummm... "be" with their king while treating him like a king and allowing him to play with the wideneck OFC II whenever he wants.
Also on this desert island is the most remarkable thing: naturally occurring mineral and vegetation formations that perfectly mimic a challenging, yet accessible golf course. Each of the incredibly rare "golf club trees" produces branches that perfectly mimic various top brands of golf clubs and its berries are indistinguishable from Titleist Pro V1's.
I think THAT's what dobro meant by "desert island."
Posted 2013-06-29 1:51 PM (#472971 - in reply to #472877) Subject: Re: Desert Island Axe
Joined: April 2010 Posts: 823
Location: sitting at my computer
legend74 - 2013-06-26 12:08 PM That IS my desert island vision. EXACTLY. Except you forgot the secret cave in which man must hide from time to time from it all!
Posted 2013-06-29 2:40 PM (#472973 - in reply to #472971) Subject: Re: Desert Island Axe
Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535
Location: Flahdaw
The women could choose between the 6'2" Latin hunk with the sexy accent, or the squirrelly midget with the mickey mouse voice. Wonder who had the better luck...?
Posted 2013-07-02 9:02 AM (#473062 - in reply to #472409) Subject: Re: Desert Island Axe
Joined: April 2003 Posts: 608
Location: Caribou, ME
When Herve Villechaise died he left a good deal of money to establish an apartment complex for 'little people'. Everything from the plumbing fixtures to the cabinet knobs were either scaled down or closer to the ground for their convenience. Best of all, they could live there at no charge.
Desert Island Axe
