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Old 11-10-2012, 11:17 AM
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I could see having an older 40-something, where the brightness of the shine and bling had died down and it looked like a used guitar, but the new ones are just over the top.
That is a really interesting point. Cool looking guitar, Dave. I love that kind of wear...but the person must have had a rather abrasive right elbow!

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Still no middle of the road option.
That is correct. Look, there is little doubt that most of us probably would fall somewhere along the continuum between snazzy and plain, although with a relatively strong contingent of stubborn "plainers". But the addition of a middle option to this poll simply waters down the more fundamental question about whether we really want our guitars ornamented or not. Hence the two opposed options. These polls also do raise valid points about classy vs. tacky ornamentation but such subjective valuations also put us on somewhat of a slippery slope.
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