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What does owning your xx brand guitar mean to you?
I was thinking today about what owning a Martin means to me. I worked hard to save for it. I am in love with the tone. They history and nostalgia and significance in musical culture makes me feel part of something special.
So what does your favorite brand mean to you? |
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I have a great appreciation of any guitar I have. I feel the same about any of them. I don't have an affinity for one brand over another although I do have a couple that are very special from a "better than the average bear" perspective. Congratulations on that great Martin.
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Don't have one. Used to want an heirloom Martin to pass on, but that ended a long, long time ago.
Now it's just the ones that please me. None of my three are the same. |
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I love that my guitar was made by a family-owned small shop, with my instrument from the second of three generations. That it's an authentic Tennessee flat-top box. That it was intended to be a heirloom, to be passed down to others that can appreciate it over the years. That it has helped bring out the music in me, and never fails to bring me pleasure; from the wonderful sound, the playability, even the appearance. I'm the proud and happy, current custodian, and I hope to have a few more years with it yet. There are still plenty of songs left in both of us, I think. 26 new songs alone, in the past seven months, and I seriously doubt that it would have happened without this guitar.
... JT 1992 Gallagher 72 Special Ltd Edition Dreadnought
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That I have a nice guitar that plays easily and sounds pretty good when I play it.
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Phil Playing guitar badly since 1964. Some Taylor guitars. Three Kala ukuleles (one on tour with the Box Tops). A 1937 A-style mandolin. |
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I like Taylor for their high-tech approach to building and their sustainability.
I love my Gibson for the association with so much of the music I grew up with - both acoustic and electric (though mostly electric tbh)
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I've saved a lot of money and purchased my first classical guitar with the age of 16. Was at college and worked and saved for 2 years to buy a American Fender Strat. In September It was my 40th anniversary and bought a GodinAcs Black Pearl, my girlfriend paid half the price. All of them are very special to me.
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My desire was always to achieve a Martin dreadnought. Might sound like a mediocre desire, but back in the late '60s they were as rare as hen's teeth in England.
The main way of seeking out and selling musical instruments was to rush to the newsagents on Thursday afternoons for a copy of Melody Maker and look in the classified ads in the back. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker Then call whosoever was selling something you wanted and drive (or take the bus/train with some pound notes in your sock. Having worked my way up the greasy pole of American guitars past Harmony, Gibson, Epiphone, Guild etc., a Martin was the "acme". After a few dodgy purchases - I finally got a D35 in 1975 and kept it until about 1996. Meeting this guitar, and the man behind it (Isaac Guillory) changed my direction completely. My search for a 12 fret dread finally ended in 1999 when I was shown a Collings DS2h. Whilst I reckon I have just about every book on Martin guitars and admire their designs and heritage, my "brand" of choice is now the ones that are made in Dripping Springs Texas.
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Nothing, really. I decided on a price ceiling, and played whatever was at about that level, bearing in mind I was mostly sure I wanted something smaller than a dreadnought. Was mostly Martins and Gibson’s at that price, but I played some others like Maton messiah and 808s. I was just looking for what “spoke” to me. Turns out it was an L-00.
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Not personally in to “brands”...
I’m into quality and value for money....not necessarily something that is aligned with sexy brands of guitars...some yes, but certainly not all... Call me a party pooper...
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My first 'real' guitar was bought on time, used in the mid-1970's: a Gibson Hummingbird. It was always on a stand, except when I was away for extended times. I got married, then toddlers, and my guitar went away for some time. To make a long story short, I got back into guitar and bought a Martin and a Waterloo and was going to sell the Hummingbird. My daughter's eye lit up (she was 16 at the time) and asked if I had to sell it. Well about six months later she's taking lessons. I guess there's no one in the house that can actually play . Seeing her holding it and playing it is a sheer delight.
I have the Martin and the Waterloo, but being fortunate enough to have a place out of the cold near the beach. I took a shot at a Voyage Air. I can bring it aboard the plane and my kids and I had a lovely time with it. It was very inexpensive and sounds very good. When my daughter, who sings like an angel, asked me to play Poor Boy's Delight (thank you Silly Mustache) it was a joy that could not be expressed. Maybe the Voyage Air is not in the league with my others, but the joy of sharing the guitar (while my kids still tolerate being around me) is something that can't be measured. I believe the best things are things that can be shared.
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The tuning fork logo company began making instruments long ago. I don't quite understand why some people dismiss them and their guitars so quickly claiming it's a motorcycle company. Anyway, from the bottom of their line to the highest end ones I've ever played/owned, I have never seen/heard/played one that wasn't well made and that was a total dud. I have, on the other hand, played and heard of instruments by other brands that are duds and/or poorly made. If you've ever seen a video regarding their manufacturing process you'll realize that they put a great deal of time into their woods, and their employees are highly skilled and trained. To me, Yamaha means quality, craftsmanship, and value. Not bad for a company that made your 4-wheeler.
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As my username suggests, huge fan of Yamaha products. Own many acoustic-electric models from 2009-present and a couple electric. Lots of PA too. Last edited by YamahaGuy; 02-07-2020 at 07:05 AM. |
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^^^Well funnily enough, I was riding a Yamaha motorbike when I had the serious crash that led to me getting back into a guitar as a part of my physiotherapy to recover (I'd played through my teenage years but had long since stopped playing by the time of the accident so I decided to use some of the compensation money to buy a guitar).
Perhaps I should have bought a Yamaha guitar with the compensation payout instead of a Gibson, but maybe it would just have been too ironic!
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