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Location: Boise, Idaho | I leave the Custom Balladeer up in the cabin for the summer, but the one that probably is the least susceptible to temperature changes is the Matrix. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Bill er...Beal did a really nice job at slimming the baseball bat sized neck of that Tak BG to make it much more comfortable to play. You'd think he knew what he was doing or something. ;) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | BTW, I guess mine is the Adamas. The only one I don't worry about the humidity, temperature, or getting scratched on the top. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Jim,
That is a great guitar. :cool: |
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Location: Jet City | You know, I shoulda tried to get someone to slim that BG neck down for me before I let it go. I gotta say, it's one of the best sounding guitars I've ever heard that TF360SBG |
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Location: Indiana | Beater? Yamaha FG180.....something around vintage 1973 or thereabouts. Needs some more work but holy moly that thing has a wonderful tone to it.
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Location: GA USA | Ditto Beatle. Mine's an FG200. It served so well for so long that I should reward it with some fret work. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Adamas 1881. I bought the 1778RF for this purpose but I'm having difficulty with the full bowl flame paint. It is just too pretty to mistreat. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I don't have one.
I bought a Trekker for that purpose. Had it for 3 or so years and ended up selling it... still in mint condition. |
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Location: Just outside Dallas, TX | A Seagull S6+... ~ 250 Case included... The Top is a little sensitive to scratches etc as it's unfinished Cedar, but I'm not taking a $1000 Guitar on a Plane, to the Woods Camping etc |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Just to clarify, the BG neck isn't any thinner than it was, it's just a little more V shaped. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Beal,
Now I know I should have played your guitar. |
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Location: NW NJ | Tak EF349 - hangs on the wall in my office at church and all the young people know that they can play it any time they want. Has a couple of nicks on the front, but it is panelmaster all around and built like a tank. The neck is perfect though and the action is terrific. Sweet playing and overall good sounding guitar. When you plug it in, it sounds just like any other tak... amazing! |
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Location: SoCal | You know, a beater guitar isn't a guitar that you've beaten the snot out of, it's a guitar that you're willing to take any where and play, or allow anybody to play it. And by that definition, 90% of my guitars are beaters even tho' they span my 87C to my 1537 to my GC RI. About the only guitar I own that doesn't fit in that catagory is the OFC'er (ding!)..... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I don't know... I'd cry if any of mine got a scratch on them.
I do have the 1121 and the 1617, both of which are pretty-well trashed...
But I still don't wanna dent them anymore than they already are...
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Location: Tennessee | 1982 Collectors I bought from standingovation for less than two bills. Electronics are missing, tuners are swapped out to plain chrome, the tops has tons of lacquer cracks, there are parts on the top where it looks as if someone used nail polish to touch up scrapes and dings, the neck binding has its share of cracks, and one of the headstock ears has been quite obviously glued back on. But it sounds killer and plays like a dream. It is the acoustic guitar my son used on "Fool's End" which is on the OFC3 disk. It is the Timex of all guitars. |
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| Dave had better be looking after my custom Custom Legend better than that.
Tho he can sell it to me for less than two bills. |
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Location: Chicago | Well... My main axe IS my beater here in Chicago..  |
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What's your beater?
