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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Capo Guy:
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
I've got video from 1969 from the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, of Willie when both he and his Martin were young....... ... as were YOU.
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Location: North Carolina | Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
Get a rider on your homeowners,
If anything happens to my guitar...it's covered. Check on this. I suffered a loss of some instruments though burglary some years back. The insurance company asked if they were for professional use. Since I wasn't gigging at the time, I answered truthfully that they weren't and the claim was paid under my homeowners policy.
The insurance company might not consider playing homeless shelters a professional gig, but might view busking in the subway as such. It might be prudent to check this in advance. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by First Alternate:
Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
Get a rider on your homeowners,
If anything happens to my guitar...it's covered. Check on this. I suffered a loss of some instruments though burglary some years back. The insurance company asked if they were for professional use. Since I wasn't gigging at the time, I answered truthfully that they weren't and the claim was paid under my homeowners policy.
The insurance company might not consider playing homeless shelters a professional gig, but might view busking in the subway as such. It might be prudent to check this in advance.
Insurance companies may count those charity gigs as a profession, even though you make no income.
Capitalist are strange like that... :p
[maybe I need renters' insurance... I look around, and somehow I have collected a few thousand dollars worth of 'Stuff' :confused: ] |
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Location: Rocheter, MN | Originally posted by muzza:
Did you buy it for its playability and tone, or its potential resale value? Oh, I got it to play, no question. It's just that after I got it I became paranoid. I'm normally quite a cheapskate about my gear -- I'm not a good enough player to justify spending thousands of dollars on a guitar. Yet I fell in love with the 1187 at first sight, and just had to have it. I didn't buy it for resale because I plan to keep it until I die, at which point it will either be buried with me or burned upon my funeral pyre.
Like I said, I think most of the advice people are giving is good: I need to just play it. Maybe it is just the "new car syndrome", and once I get that first ding or scratch I'll loosen up a bit. |
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Location: Indiana | Being new here, this has likely been discussed before, but there's an interesting link between Willie's Trigger and Ovation.
Nearly 40 years ago, Willie accidentally destroyed his Baldwin classic and had the PU and electronics installed in a stock N-20 Martin (Trigger).
The Baldwin PU was scrutinized in the development of Ovations own original patented PU, according to "The History of the Ovation Guitar". |
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Location: Boston | I have a Brain Moore electric (21.13) that I bought with a small chip in it already so I was passed the "new car syndrome" (looks too nice/too worried about it). It has magnetic, piezo and midi outputs so it is ultra-flexible (and quite pleasant to play.
I worry to much about my original 1612-4 since it went back to the mothership and they made it beautiful again. Same with the 2080. So I just got a 2078T on closeout and a wail away on that. It awaits its first scratch :cool: |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Play them all. Carefully, but play them all. I hope Mark chimes in here. He has an original slothead (No. 43) with which he gigged on the road for 10 years. The sound is incredible and I doubt that it adversely affected its value. It might be different for guitars in the six figure range. Earlier this year, a guest violinist from China came and played with our symphony. She is one of the best in the world. Her violin is some multi-million dollar piece on lifetime loan to her from a museum. She shredded it and the audience loved it! I was in the front row directly in front of her and she did not baby it while playing. I'm sure that at all other times, the violin is very carefully handled. |
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