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One in particular just blew me away, a custom F in Italian/cocobolo. I went back a couple weeks later with the SC I already owned to A/B them and the one that blew me away was still great but it did not have the same effect as that first time. I didn't play an Lowdens while I was there but I played a used Goodall all-Koa guitar and a Froggy bottom H-something with Brazilian rosewood back and sides that were both out of this world tone... and prices. |
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In general, I think we are often too quick to sell off a guitar that doesn't immediately present itself as perfect. We don't invest the time to discover the approach that brings out its best characteristics. I'm guessing that as a result, I've probably let a few "number one" guitars slip through my hands over the years. I try to take a more patient approach these days. |
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I didn't play any of the Froggy Bottom guitars - some prices are just to scary to risk falling in love.
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I’m in pretty much agreement with Brendan on this. I might be a little slower on the uptake than “minutes”, but agree that first impressions are enough to get a good one home. However, it takes me a long time to see how it suits me for the long haul. After 6 months of playing one, I have a pretty good idea if it’s going to stick around or get traded. But I typically don’t move a guitar until I’ve had it for at least a year. Call it GAS management I guess.
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The One
Some of us find "The One" and some are always searching for it. The fact is that it may not exist for everyone, we're all different in that way as in so many other ways.
I have played 4-5 guitars that just electrified me by their sound. Never bought any, and not all were for sale. Two were played at Woodstock and there was not enough time or quiet space to be sure of anything other than they were indeed exceptional. I probably played others there that were as good but just didn't catch my attention in the same way. I am grounded enough to realize that many have the ability to thoroughly satisfy me, and keep me happy for years. I think I'd need a lot of time before I reach a "this is the one" conclusion. On one of my guitars, when it arrived and I first heard it, I was astonished by the sound, it was so right there in my face, so enveloping. A week later, I wondered how I felt that way. My most recent one is heading toward "the one" territory. In it, I hear changes that I have never heard in another guitar, and they're all good ones. Maybe in a year I will reverse myself and say it is "the one", but i'll bet not. Another guitar, if it hasn't been played for a while, when I pick it up, I marvel at how good it is. I've had it more than a decade and still I want others, mostly for different sounds. For me, I am not sure there can be just one.
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About enough time to play 3 or 4 chords.
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If the "one" exists for me, I haven't found it yet. I have found guitars that are "perfect" for me, but not one specific guitar that checks every box. I will say that my D-18 and 000-28 combined could be called my "one." Together, they are more than I'll ever need, but on their own they need the other.
I couldn't live with just a dread, or just a 000 for everything I play. However, together both guitars do what I need. Having said that, I do think I could make one of the 2018 GPC-28 guitars my "one and only." It fills the role of big enough to compete with a dread, but small enough to finger pick. Only issue is, I like the dread and 000 sounds lol. |
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And what you're used to playing has a great deal to do with how you feel in the present of any guitars. If I play my Taylors too much without playing my D35, I can be simply fumble fingered on the Martin because it's narrower and my fingers just were used to the wider nut and string spacing.Again, another example psycho-acoustic sensory adapation.
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For me there is no such thing as "the one."
There is always another "the one" lurking out there somewhere.
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not sure what makes a guitar the "one" you just know within the first few bars of playing it.
they are also ( for me anyway) chance encounters, I've never found one while intentionally out looking to buy |
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two or three chord strums , if it speaks I play for a minute or so....but I still find quality keepers all the time.
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I was in the US in '98 and visited TME looking for a12 fret Martin dread.
They showed me the first Collings I'd ever soon - a DS41/42 - adi over BRW. With the exchange rate it was just about affordable but the BRW worried me about importing it -even back then. Bout a year later I bought a new sitka/eir DS2h for about 2/3rds here in the UK but that was with all taxes... and no brw or shellfish.. I now have a ...number of Collings dreads bought used (hardly) and they are all "the ones" -plus, some others.
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I was lucky enough to stumble over "the one" in 2004, and was smart enough to buy it.
It's my old Guild. Several others have come and gone, but that one sets the bar.
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Aside from a Parkwood I bought specifically as a beater / camp fire guitar (which would make sense to not build a "the one" attachment to it) I won't purchase a guitar unless it gives me that feeling. The aforementioned guitar is my number 1 played but that's mainly because I can carry it around the house and not give much care what happens in regards to bumps etc. The guitar I have purchased (one more on the way) spoke to me and that was the reason for buying it. I pulled it out of the case a few days ago after literally a year of it being up and I remember exactly why I bought it (I only wish it had a larger nut).
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