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The recurring personal question: Collector or Player
This comes up for me periodically and it has once again. I'm cutting way back on guitars, and recently sold 4 in about 1.5 months.
I decided to take a break to not appear desperate on Ebay, because I'm not. I don't need cash (well we all do, I just don't need to convert guitars into cash), so I figured I'd take a couple months off. The next guitar on the list was a 98 parker fly deluxe. I just found out that there will be no more USA made Parker flys. So already it's a pre washburn model, and there will be no more USA made... The wee collector spirit inside me is making noises I'll probably still sell/trade it, but it's funny how little it takes to push that collector button and make you reevaluate a plan you had developed.
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I only play technologically cutting edge instruments. Parker Flys and National Resonators |
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Collector: Some who have an infatuation with the instrument as the greater joy to actually playing them. This is a case where viewsic preempts music.
Player: Some who have an infatuation with the sound of the instrument but don't necessarily find the greater joy in collecting them. |
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I doubt if you have the collection that Vince Gill has/had. He auctioned off a bunch of his guitars a couple of years ago.
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1957 Gibson RB-150 5 string banjo. Bought it new & I still have it. 1983 Yairi - Alvarez DY 73 1992 Taylor K-20 1993 Yair - Alvarez DY99A 2001 Yairi-Alvarez DY-91 SOLD! 2002 Taylor Stock 810 Ltd. 2003 Taylor 855e 2003 Taylor 814ce Fall Ltd 2003 Tradition Jerry Reid Sig. Telecaster 200? Esteban American Legacy (New Owner Lake Chautauqua Lutheran Center) |
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i have an old us made parker fly which is a nice guitar. but i think they made quite a few of them, so i doubt it's a rare bird.
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I'm a player, but one with a streak of collector running through.
I don't actively seek out collector grade instruments, but I do keep an eye out for good deals on old guitars. Also, my wife is a die hard garage saler and she sends me photos of guitars and amps that she runs across. So far she's found me two old arch tops, a Regal and a Maybell.....a 1931 Martin 1-17.....a 1955 Kay jumbo.....two old banjos.....and a 1956 Epiphone Pacesetter amp. The most expensive piece was thirty bucks for the Martin. I also enjoy reading about vintage stuff, but I'm only interested in instruments that I can take out and play. I'm not into museum pieces that I'd be afraid to even touch. Last edited by sweiss; 07-23-2016 at 03:55 PM. |
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100% player here.
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I'll admit I'm both a player and collector. Nothing valuable though.
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