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Old 03-29-2015, 09:47 AM
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which one?
Probably a Cordoba C5, due to price and availability.
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Old 03-29-2015, 10:04 AM
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Probably a Cordoba C5, due to price and availability.
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Old 03-29-2015, 10:19 AM
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Sure one would be enough. But why? Almost any hobby will cost you the price of a guitar a year. Maybe that's just rationalizing, but it works for me!
I have an old Gallagher because oF Doc Watson, and EVERYBODY needs at least one Martim. Mine is a D-28 Marquis. Different woods, different sounds.
I would say that everyone needs at least one Taylor
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Old 03-29-2015, 10:23 AM
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I could do with one - considering it again actually.

either one of the guitars in my sig would work out nicely-
but it will probably the 000-18 should I just keep one...

I have found there are benefits to consistently playing the same guitar- especially when there are time constraints in life.
but if i were retired or had more time- i can see having multiple guitars.

so... maybe best to pick one- make it a good one-- and enjoy

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Old 03-29-2015, 12:09 PM
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"The biggest advantage of CF is that they don't require finicky care... fear of scratches and dings, fear of heat, fear of humidity... I am free of all that stress with a CF."
You have almost talked me into making my next guitar a carbon fiber one.
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Old 03-29-2015, 12:27 PM
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If I had only one guitar, it would be a classical/nylon string.
Gosh, Paul, I could have written that message myself! I bought my current nylon classical hybrid because it can play almost anything (if only I could play anything !). I have had four guitars over my life (so far), but only one at a time. I kept getting out of guitars after a year or two of trying and finding that I had no time, etc.
Now retired, I have all the time in the world; let's see what difference that makes. I bought my current guitar just before I retired and got married.
I do have access to a Fender acoustic owned by my wife who like me, does not play but wants to, and we are trying to find a way to afford lessons. We are both folkies.
I am really heartened by the tremendous response from AGFers; thanks, y'all.

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Old 03-29-2015, 12:30 PM
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I am always drooling when I see how many guitars many of the posters here have. Who finds one guitar to be enough? If I could afford it, I would probably have more that one guitar too.
I have three: 1 steel string, 1 classical and 1 cross-over.

I've had the steel string for 8 years, the classical for 10 and the cross-over for about 2.

I have no motivation at the moment to be acquired by any more.
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Old 03-29-2015, 12:41 PM
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I have no motivation at the moment to be acquired by any more.
I like your awareness of what is really going on -- we get acquired.
Thanks.
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Old 03-29-2015, 01:21 PM
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This is an interesting one... I occasionally think of "the one" I could get in exchange for my Texan + D1A... (+ a little more $$?)...

No hurry though, and I'm not looking. Gosh, how insanely lucky are so many of us?

If I had to pick one it'd be my Taylor jumbo. After 150+ duo & solo gigs, years of weekly church services, etc., I could almost "name" it a la Willie's Trigger.

And... I have always wanted a Wurlitzer 200. What's better: three acoustics, or two acoustics and a vintage set of keys? (I know, I know: "AND", not "or")

One is fine. More is a wonderful luxury.
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Old 03-29-2015, 01:48 PM
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Guitars are like women in many many ways.....sometimes one's not enough, sometimes one's too many.
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Old 03-29-2015, 01:55 PM
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Guitars are like women in many many ways.....sometimes one's not enough, sometimes one's too many.
I don't get it.
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Old 03-29-2015, 02:21 PM
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I don't get it.
You're married, right?
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Old 03-29-2015, 02:33 PM
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You're married, right?
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Old 03-29-2015, 03:27 PM
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Only one is certainly better than none. But I've always made it a practice to try to own at least two guitars. One being my main guitar that usually has some value. The other being a playable beater that would be difficult to sell even if I wanted to. That way I know if times ever get bad enough that I'm forced to sell my guitar. Which has happened MANY times in my younger days. I still have something to thump on.
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Old 03-29-2015, 03:45 PM
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Sure, one guitar can be enough, if it's the right guitar. I sold about six guitars last fall, and bought two. I have more in those two than all the guitars I've ever had combined. I tell myself now that I'll probably never buy another guitar. It might even be true!
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