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Old 01-26-2020, 02:29 AM
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Default If you could only keep one of your guitars

which would it be?

This is a tough one for me. I'd have to choose between favourite tone and comfort/ease of playing.

No wonder I keep gassing.

Would probably choose tone in the end (Lakewood - cedar over rosewood) ahead of comfort (Larrivee - spruce over silver oak) because the Lakewood isn't bad, it's just that the Larrivee is perfect. I've never had a guitar that fits my body and hands so well (and it sounds righteous too).

Edit: Funny. I didn't even consider about my Martin D15M. It's not a bad guitar. In fact it's a very nice guitar. When I pick it up I don't want to put it down. I love the tone and the feel of it. It's just... you know... not my number one. (Shhh.... don't tell it).
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Old 01-26-2020, 03:20 AM
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For sheer looks, comfort and playability, for acoustic it would be my Furch OM34sr. In reality though it would be my Taylor 414ce; it was a present from my wife and is my most versatile acoustic. I’d be sad if I had to let my old Guild D35 go...this thought experiment is tough...!

For electric it would be my G&L ASAT Classic, best electric I’ve ever played. My Strat would have to be considered too for its versatility.

For bass, I would hold on to my Fender Geddy Lee Jazz (MiJ), an awesome bass, especially considering what it cost, best neck I’ve ever played on a bass. My fretless has Mojo to die for (Ibanez Musician) but I’d have to think about what is most useful.

Now I realise that is 3 rather than just one but given I am a jobbing (sometimes!) musician I have to be realistic too!
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Old 01-26-2020, 04:48 AM
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I am actively working towards having 1 guitar so this is easy for me - it's my Hummingbird.
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Old 01-26-2020, 04:53 AM
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I can’t do it.

Maybe one electric and one acoustic, but I don’t know, even that’s a tuffy
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Old 01-26-2020, 05:02 AM
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Not too many high end guitars here. My acoustic guitars right now:
Gibson L4a
Breedlove Studio
Hagström (no idea about the modell)
Martin 000-1
Martin DM-18MD
Martin OM-21

Of those the OM-21 will stay forever end ever and ever! If I could take 2, the D-18 also.

From my electrics the '52 reissue butterscotch Telecaster.
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Old 01-26-2020, 06:28 AM
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I would keep one of my 2 custom built classical guitars.

Most likely, the one that a local hobby luthier built, would stay. He charged me enough to break even, I think.

The other classical costs about 5 times as much. I would have to stand guard over it, anytime I took out of my house.

The others (dreadnought, parlor, archtop, bass, etc.) would be very difficult to part with.
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Old 01-26-2020, 06:31 AM
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Even though I love all my acoustics the answer is simple. The Eastman E1SS-CLD-LTD has all my favorite elements. Awesome tone, short scale, comfort playing with the narrower upper bout then a square shoulder dread, 1 11/16 nut with an even C contour, great looks.

For my electric it would be my Schecter Solo II custom.
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I never would have thought it, but now that I have had it for
a few weeks, I'd have to keep the one on the left...



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Old 01-26-2020, 06:43 AM
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Martin OM-28 12 fret.
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Old 01-26-2020, 06:47 AM
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Not easy but it would have to be the D18.
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Old 01-26-2020, 06:52 AM
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Ask me again in about a year. My brain says the carbon fiber Rainsong. My heart says . . . don't make me do that!
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That is like asking which kid is your favorite. So whatever the consequences are in this question, I would have to take the alternate as I could not do it.
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Old 01-26-2020, 07:16 AM
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That is like asking which kid is your favorite. So whatever the consequences are in this question, I would have to take the alternate as I could not do it.
Tom, that's not a good analogy - you have way more guitars than you do kids!
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Old 01-26-2020, 08:01 AM
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This sounds like the “if there was a fire and you could only grab one guitar” exercise. My Froggy Bottom is pretty much perfect, but I would have to pick the Larson Stahl. It’s an amazing instrument and just about irreplaceable
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Old 01-26-2020, 08:09 AM
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I can only say which guitar is my favorite so you take that for what it is worth. That is my 1942 Gibson J50. Finding one I liked better would be darn near impossible as only 144 Banner J50s were ever built and the only thing impossible about Banners is finding two that sound the same.
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