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Location: Upper Left USA | MiB said:
"I guess I don't dream about guitars. I lie awake nights, thinking about a guitar I want and whether I really "need" it. I don't, but I get it anyway. Then I lie awake nights figuring out how to pay for it. Then I lie awake nights thinking about how I don't use it enough, so I sell it or another. Then I lie awake nights wishing I wouldn't have sold it. Then I lie awake nights thinking about it's replacement.
I guess I don't sleep enough to dream about guitars."
Add: "There's gotta be an OFC ballad in dere sum'eres!"
So...
To the tune of "Jenny"
Mr. Big, who can I turn to
I found your number on the OFC and Lost Vintage too.
I had a vision and I see that you have them
A 14 fretter and the last OFC II
I want it, I got it,
oh no I'll play it all the time
I had it, I sold it,
I wish I still could call it mine
Eight-Five
Six-Nine-Three
Three-Oh Three Seven Foh-oh
Eight-Five
Six-Nine-Three
Three-Oh Three Seven Foh-oh
I want it, I got it,
You don't do PayPal anymore?
I had it, I sold it,
Have FedEx bring it to my door-oh
Eight-Five
Six-Nine-Three
Three-Oh Three Seven Foh-oh
Eight-Five
Six-Nine-Three
Three-Oh Three Seven Foh-oh |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Funny thing about "dream guitars" if you are lucky enough to ever land your "dream" seems like it immediately gets overwritten with a new dream. Tastes, desires and finances change as well. So todays dream may look nothing like yesterdays dream and will soon be replaced by tomorrows dream.
My REAL "dream" would be to aquire enough free time in my life to sit back, smell the coffee, enjoy the things I've got and be thankful for all the other "things" that really matter in life (none of which are guitars). Yup.... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Happiness is being satisfied with what you have.
Or at least being able to lower your expectation down far enough so as to avoid disapointment.
If you find this discouraging... you're not there yet. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I wanted an Adamas... I got one.
I wanted a Flame T... I got one.
I wanted a Breadweiner... I got the Woody Uber-Deacon-VXT.
Got an Elite and a Contour Elite...
Got a 12'r with a Tuna...
Got a Sweetwater T...
Got a freakin' Folklore!
So what more could I want?
(Just a coupla more! :cool: ) |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | :D :D :D :D |
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Location: Utah | Yesterday I pulled out the Newport and plugged into the Fender tube amp. Pure heaven!
While I do at times lust in my heart for other guitars, the three that I have are far better than I ever expected to own. If I never get another guitar, the three will be more than enough. (Adamas 2080, Ovation Viper, Hamer Newport Pro). |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by MWoody:
Happiness is being satisfied with what you have.
Or at least being able to lower your expectation down far enough so as to avoid disapointment.
If you find this discouraging... you're not there yet. I strongly agree with all the Zen Masters who indicate that I should learn contentment, find happiness in the meager portion that is my own (Ok, that's a slight exaggeration...), and otherwise eschew the gorgeous-sounding, bling-encrusted, smooth-necked, lightning-actioned, perfectly balanced, gloriously understated, yet bold, bright and flamboyant when necessary, the boomer that can whisper like an angel, the Luciano-Pavarotti-Enrico-Caruso-Thomas-Allen-Ivan-Rebroff, the Guitar-That-Beal-Is-Offering-For-Auction-For-Charity guitar...
However, if I win the lottery, I'm a-gittin' me one.
Or six...
And, I'm a-guessin' that so's EVERY LAST BLESSED CONSARNED PONTIFICATIN' Zen Master on this thread!
In the meantime, Oooommmmmmmmm...
(By the way, MWoody, I love the wideneck! I'll write a review later.) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by AlanM:
... ... "Shoppers! We currently have a flashing blue light special on adjectives on aisle 4..."   |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Having trouble with my vowels... |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | A Deacon, Breadwinner, or a Viper. I have a lot of guitars. Each with their own sound. I tend to use all of them in my recording of music. Each has it's place in a song. That's I would like, just to make good music using every guitar I have, and want to have. |
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| Originally posted by kitmann:
A Deacon, Breadwinner, or a Viper. I have a lot of guitars. Each with their own sound. I tend to use all of them in my recording of music. Each has it's place in a song. That's I would like, just to make good music using every guitar I have, and want to have. I've been praying for a Preacher or a Deacon for some time now. :D
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I was just daydreaming about getting good enough with an electric someday to justify getting a Viper or VXT. |
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| Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I was just daydreaming about getting good enough with an electric someday to justify getting a Viper or VXT. You don't have to be good enough, you just have to have money enough. :) Being good enough hasn't stopped the majority of rockers from playing electrics. :D
If I felt I had to be good enough, I would have never bought the Patriot!
There's a Guild Thunderbird up for auction on the Bay, but I don't have the money for it. I hate when that happens -- a dream guitar comes up on the Bay and I don't have the money!
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I have resolved not to be a guitar collector, but to be a guitar user. I use all my acoustics and sold the ones that weren't getting used. (Except the Patriot. I used it a lot.) The Hamer Duotone wasn't getting used, so it's gone. The Ultra GSs don't get used, but they aren't valuable enough to sell. Now, I try not to dream about getting an electric guitar, because my experience has been that it would just sit there and I'd be frustrated by my lack of devotion to it. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I was just daydreaming about getting good enough with an electric someday to justify getting a Viper or VXT. Display the Viper, play the VXT. |
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Location: Miami | I love my textured T's. But you did say dream guitar, so: I have 2 supershallow dreams:
- A T top like the 1868T but with the OCP-1K pickup and OP-PRO pre, a color burst and/or maybe an inlaid epi like with the sweet T.
- An Adamas, like the 1881, but with a black cherry burst, bass side only soundholes and no leafs for a cool look and maximum boominess, ebony fretboard for maximum speed and expressiveness, and of course the OCP-1K pickup and OP-PRO preamp for the ultimate gigging experience.
Someday my Prince Adamas will come... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | hmmmmm....another resurrected thread made me reconsider my first answer.
An original "Q" or a perfect replication. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Oh Stephen, now you've got the creative juices flowing.
How about a wideneck, textured top Q? |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by TAFKAR:
Oh Stephen, now you've got the creative juices flowing.
How about a wideneck, textured top Q? You could add THAT one (if it exists) to my list also!
(though I still hunger after Dave's wideneck OFC II!) |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I'm very happy with my current mix of guitars, but when has that ever stopped GAS? My next guitar will probably not be one I have lusted over, but a "target of opportunity" - some great guitar that becomes available, that I become infatuated with and suddenly must have.
The guitars I dream about owning are all in the same basic price neighborhood, but my GAS funds always get diverted to more pressing needs.
Number one on the list is the OFC II. I am hoping everyone else just magically forgets that Dave's wideneck OFC II is for sale until I save enough money to buy it - fat chance!
Next Is a Collings CJ. After Playing both Beal's and G8r's, I really want one. These are just great guitars.
Next is an unusual archtop, an Eastman Pagelli . I have no idea what they sound like but I think they are really beautiful. I have an Eastman archtop, that I like a lot. I think they make great guitars and are generally a very good value.
I'll probably just have to be content with the great guitars I already own, at least for a while... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by Designzilla:
My next guitar will probably not be one I have lusted over, but a "target of opportunity" - some great guitar that becomes available, that I become infatuated with and suddenly must have. Yep. That about says it all, applicable to amps and other bandroom gear as well. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by Designzilla:
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Number one on the list is the OFC II. I am hoping everyone else just magically forgets that Dave's wideneck OFC II is for sale until I save enough money to buy it - fat chance!
... Oh noooooooooooooo!!! Someone ELSE wants Dave's wideneck OFC II too!!!
(OFC tutu?) |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Alan, This isn't the guitar you're looking for... |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Alan, This isn't the guitar you're looking for... (Jedi mind trick, is it working?) |
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What is your dream guitar (that you don't already own)?
