TheViking
11-05-2004, 05:58 AM
I have read stories about guitarists who had like one main guitar throughout their entire career. For decades they kept playing and rocking and a twanging on the same ole board. Ok, I admit, I have a lot of guitars. I love guitars, but it made me think. Maybe a couple of guitars will be enough? So here I am in the process of thinning down my herd of guitars. I know it is shocking news, but some guitars just don’t cut it as parts of my guitar flock. Some were given to me by well meaning people; others were bought in the heat of the moment. I had to figure out which one of them can go, so I sat down and made a list.
1. Telecaster (I need at least 3, one standard, 1 with dual buckers with split, and one with Nashville setup and hey maybe 1 with a Bigsby)
2. Strat (I need at least 2 of them, u know one with that classical strat sound and one with a bit more spunk)
3. Les Paul (I have to keep the LP Special, it is a decent little axe, but I really could use one of those cool ones in Alpine white with gold hardware too, I bet Mrs. Viking would like that one)
4. Jazzbox (Well I have 3 and they are all keepers. 1 Schecter, 1 Tanglewood and 1 HB, I mean they all have their own personality and sound, when I come to think of it, I used to have a JT that played like a ring of a bell too, maybe I have to buy that one back)
5. Acoustic (Ooooh that is a though choice I am definitely keeping my Hagstrom and the Schecter. The hand built Fangell from 1939 is a keeper too, the Telecoustic could go, but I got that so cheap, I’ll keep it. Then of course I need a couple of classical for the nice Latin work
As I make this list I realize, that the only guitars I have that really doesn’t cut it, are the ones in the “metal axe†category. Here is a nice thought; I think I will sell those so I can get the Tele with a Bigsby, the Alpine white Les Paul and maybe a new acoustic or two. Strange this, I just came to realize I do really need one of them Gibson Lucille’s too. It would look so cool on the wall next to the Alpine white Les Paul. So life goes on, a couple of metal axes bite the dust and some new guitars will replace them, and I have some serious bribing to do so Mrs. Viking wont file a divorce.
1. Telecaster (I need at least 3, one standard, 1 with dual buckers with split, and one with Nashville setup and hey maybe 1 with a Bigsby)
2. Strat (I need at least 2 of them, u know one with that classical strat sound and one with a bit more spunk)
3. Les Paul (I have to keep the LP Special, it is a decent little axe, but I really could use one of those cool ones in Alpine white with gold hardware too, I bet Mrs. Viking would like that one)
4. Jazzbox (Well I have 3 and they are all keepers. 1 Schecter, 1 Tanglewood and 1 HB, I mean they all have their own personality and sound, when I come to think of it, I used to have a JT that played like a ring of a bell too, maybe I have to buy that one back)
5. Acoustic (Ooooh that is a though choice I am definitely keeping my Hagstrom and the Schecter. The hand built Fangell from 1939 is a keeper too, the Telecoustic could go, but I got that so cheap, I’ll keep it. Then of course I need a couple of classical for the nice Latin work
As I make this list I realize, that the only guitars I have that really doesn’t cut it, are the ones in the “metal axe†category. Here is a nice thought; I think I will sell those so I can get the Tele with a Bigsby, the Alpine white Les Paul and maybe a new acoustic or two. Strange this, I just came to realize I do really need one of them Gibson Lucille’s too. It would look so cool on the wall next to the Alpine white Les Paul. So life goes on, a couple of metal axes bite the dust and some new guitars will replace them, and I have some serious bribing to do so Mrs. Viking wont file a divorce.