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Location: Chicago | Of all the guitars you have actually handled and played, which one would you take to the DESERT ISLAND? One last, SINGLE guitar to own and play and live with for the rest of your days? Seriously.
(no reference to marriage intended: inappropriate metaphor for sure: your choice should stay beautiful and will never hurt you...) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | FD14.
It does everything well, it's comfortable, wider neck, plays great, sounds great and has electronics... the combination of qualities make it a great "All-arounder" |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by dobro:
Of all the guitars you have actually handled and played, which one would you take to the DESERT ISLAND? I would take one of Moody's. I wouldn't want to expose any of my own guitars to sand and salt water. Seriously, this question has been asked a few times in the past and I think I gave a different answer each time. For me it would probably be a ukulele. They are pretty bulletproof and the nylon strings would hold up a lot better than steels. Plus, I might get lucky and the island be inhabited by hula girls looking for a little music to "perform" to.
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Location: Eaton Rapids Michigan | Easy, a Rainsong with nylon strings... |
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Location: UK | 1537 ....... could use it as a float , do keep fit wieght training , its the heaviest guitar ive ever raised above my head for no apparent reason , its the nicest guitar ive ever cuddled up to , just love the feel of pimmly brown plastic on pink wobbly bits, it hasnt answered me back yet though i felt a tidgin of tension when it couldnt play the tricky lead in " Times The Revellalator " , it was a chuffing bargin , a third of the price of my la la larrivee , the complicated quest to snair her was all the more passionate , no , we are together for life |
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Location: big island | who needs electronics on a desert island?
i'd probably take a "composite acoustics" model since i can't find an adamas "Q" |
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Location: SoCal | OFC guitar.
It's good to see Dave's recognition of the superiority of my guitars over his. He can have which ever of my guitars he want. Since he'll be gone forever, I'll go raid his house, keep a few of his guitars, sell the rest of the overpriced instruments, and retire.... |
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Location: San Diego | A twist on that question is which one would you take when they cart you off to the old folks home and you only have room for one instrument? I think I would stick with the ukulele answer - four strings are a lot more friendly than six as your fingers get all stiff and gnarly! Plus I really like the way my Applause tenor uke sounds!
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I think I've always refused to answer this question in the past on the ground that it might tend to incriminate me. In other words, SWMBO might read this post and make me get rid of all the other ones. She says I have to keep the OFC guitar, no matter what happens, but I can get rid of the rest. I had a dream that she said that about all of them and as a dutiful husband, I obeyed.
They all have different qualities, so like kids, one is not better than the other and I can't make this Sophie's choice. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Andrea:
pink wobbly bits This has just permanently entered my lexicon of euphemisms.. |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | Originally posted by dobro:
Of all the guitars you have actually handled and played, which one would you take to the DESERT ISLAND? One last, SINGLE guitar to own and play and live with for the rest of your days? Seriously.
(no reference to marriage intended: inappropriate metaphor for sure: your choice should stay beautiful and will never hurt you...) This one should drive Trader Jim over the edge! :D |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I have narrowed them to to such a degree that any of the remaining guitars I have would be a happy forever fit. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Boomp.. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | SInce I have a limited collection, I would take the UTE. No, on second thought, I would take the 1685. That way I could play with 6 or 12 strings on it. Best of both worlds. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Solid, cat gottcha tounge? |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Solid, cat gottcha tounge?
Nah, just ain`t goin` to no deserted island.. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | ...and that last guitar ain`t in sight yet.. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | :D |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I agree with Moody. The OFC guitar. It should hold up against the humidity. Could I also take a lifetime supply of strings? |
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Location: Chicago | So Far we have a uke and these guitars:
UTE (the ORIGINAL, not reissue?)
FD14
1537 elite
OFC guitar
1581-5 (my vote)
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Location: SoCal | Those 5 guitars are among the very best built by Ovation. I'd be happy with any of them. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Just to cause trouble (which is usually why I vote), I'll add the 87 Collector's, unless someone else votes for that, then I'll go with the 30th Anniversary CL. See why I can't decide? They are all good choices, unlike voting for politicians. (Sorry, Al.) |
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Location: south east Michigan | ute |
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Location: PDX | Heresy! My Collings C10, no contest.
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Location: Orlando, FL | Definitely the #47 RI. |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | No question... my doubleneck, it could also double as a rain catcher for drinking water :D |
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Location: SoCal | 47RI
as it is small, try to sneak in the MM68 as I would finally have time to learn. |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Agreed with Steve.
The #47. No need for electronics, composite top - and the voice.
Til i don't have my acoustic only wideneck slothead, it will be the #47.
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Of the ones I don't own
#47
Of the ones I own
MEWP or Papoose for my electric. |
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Location: CA | Long as we're doing hypotheticals, I would be happy with whichever guitar Shania happened to swim ashore holding onto, since she would be caught on the island with me. Oh, and don't forget the cases of cold beer which would also wash ashore. Mmmmm . . . beeeer |
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Location: Omaha, NE | What if the choice was between Shania or the guitar? |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Thunderbolt |
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Location: GA USA | This is a pretty easy question when you've only got one acoustic guitar. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | all of them.
Next question? |
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Location: East Tennessee | Country Artist. As Dave said "Nylon strings would last longer. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Omaha:
What if the choice was between Shania or the guitar? shania who? |
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Location: Vermont USA | I'd be pleased with any Ovation, they all can take the heat.
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | I refuse to name my "Last" guitar, since it could end up being that way. ;) |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | I'd be happy with Andrea
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Location: Brisbane Australia | And her choice of guitar of course
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Location: Chicago | This is a pretty easy question when you've only got one acoustic guitar.
Well, the idea was ANY guitar you've played. What is simply the best.
Looks like the #47 RI wins.... Go Adamas! |
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| A composite guitar with titanium tuners and an endless supply of nylon strings..as long as we are being practical.. :rolleyes: |
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Location: Germany | Definitely #47RI.
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | #47 and plenty of string sets!
Besides BegginJM is bringing a great 12 ( :D ) |
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Location: GA USA | Originally posted by dobro:
Well, the idea was ANY guitar you've played. Oops. My bad. I do love the 47 and ute, but when my fingers got sore at DZilla's, it surely felt nice to be the one playing the 1674 Country Artist. I'm tempted to go with that one. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I would have to say my Remington 870, cause if I could only have one guitar, I would have to shoot myself. (Gary, you were right) :eek: |
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Location: CT | Kind of a silly question. If you do end up on a deserted island, you'll have whatever you carried on the boat (or plane), or whatever dead passengers guitar floated ashore with you.
Is there a crate of strings with it? If not, nylons will last longer (except the wound strings), but not forever... and would be better used as fishing line.
If I could take my time to plan for a future banishment to a desert island, well... A hand laid bowl, carbon graphite top, 12 string urelite neck (for 12 or wideneck 6 string playing), and whatever strings would last the longest in a hot humid salty climate.
...oh, and if Shania was the only other survivor from the boat, I guess I would have to deal with that. :D |
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Location: Chicago | Actually, the spirit of the question is: If you had to give up collecting and trading to settle for one guitar FOREVER to cherish and to hold etc. Which? The Island scenario, I agree, is a stupid distraction.
You answered well but, what is a "hand laid bowl"? |
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Location: SoCal | Would the term "masturbatory" bowl be better? |
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| ..and now the question is 'what one guitar would you take into the gutter' with you?... :rolleyes: ;) |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | 1581-8 ... mainly because if I lost contact with the rest of the world and needed to get back, all I'd have to do his play hard and everyone within a 500 mile radius would hear it and come to investigate. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'm still trying to get past Shania and hand laid. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Many here would question why you're trying to get past that...
Back on topic, of any guitar I've ever played I'd have to say either an Adamas 1680 (or Ute, either way) or a McPherson MG 5.0 Adirondack Spruce/Tasmanian Blackwood...because that's what you do in the islands... :cool: |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by bvince:
1581-8 ... mainly because if I lost contact with the rest of the world and needed to get back, all I'd have to do his play hard and everyone within a 500 mile radius would hear it and come to investigate. They'd come to tell me to be Quiet!
The Coolest thing I've played was a Blue Adamas at the PNW Mini Gathering...
The Coolest thing I've own is my 1115-HB...
But my 112-4* is down-right dependable, and is played the most!
But I doubt any of these are my LAST guitar... I'm still shopping...
*[courtesy of Scott W. Englund... Long-time-no-read] |
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Location: CT | Originally posted by dobro:
You answered well but, what is a "hand laid bowl"? The way they made the bowls 'back-in-the-day', where the luthier hand lays the fiberglass cloth into the bowl mold. The modern ones are some kind of plastic injected into the mold. The fiberglass is makes for a much lighter body.
Well, leaving behind the desert island scenario (good bye Shania..) of the guitars I own, it would be the U681T-12, so as to double as a 6 or 12 string. |
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Location: Iowa | I hate to say it, but it would probably be the one in the middle...
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Ben, since your profile said you were into girls, guitars and getting drunk, I figured you must be from Iowa City. Went to law school there, got married there, bought my Custom Balladeer from there and the inlaws from Cedar Rapids are visiting us now. The Hawkeyes are pretty much sucking pond water this year.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by benwantland:
haha, not from Iowa City, but I am a three-time dropout of the fine institution there... I love that town. Sounds like you didn't let studying get in the way of the girls, guitars and getting drunk. |
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Your LAST guitar????