Do you have a guitar(s) that you know you will own until the day you die?

[tbeltrans]

For me, it would be my 2005 Huss & Dalton 12 fret 00. The reason is that around 2007, they stopped making these with the 1 7/8" nut. To me, the 00 body size, 12 fret short scale, and 1 7/8" with the 2 5/16" saddle string spacing, all make for the perfect fingerstyle guitar.

I also have a Blueridge BR-341 with similar specs, but the Huss & Dalton is so alive, and if there is something that accounts for the difference in price, that is at least a major part of it.

So, the fact that Huss & Dalton doesn't build them like that anymore, means that I can't count on being able to find another. It would be a mistake to move it on, one that I would always deeply regret. Most everything else I have is relatively easily replaceable.

Tony

[Glennwillow]

Do you have a guitar(s) that you know you will own until the day you die?

I suppose it depends on how long I live. If I live long enough, I'm probably not going to be able to play the guitar all the way to the end of my life. The smart thing would be to divest myself of all these instruments before I reach the end of the line.

At this stage, age 74, I am not ready to get rid of any of my guitars yet.

- Glenn

[rockabilly69]

Originally Posted by fitness1

The Charis was a gift from 23 forum members when I was experiencing some hard times (after I'd sold it to help with my predicament) Every time I open the case it reminds me that there are still some really wonderful folks in the world.

What a great story! Cheers to all the people who helped get that guitar back to you! Just fantastic!!!

[Don W]

Yes...all of them!!!...love them all.

[mawmow]

I would not bet on that, but I guess my Martin OOO-18 could survive me…
Before my Martin OODB, Huss & Dalton Crossroads and Collings OM1.

[LakewoodM32Fan]

Two: my least and most expensive ones.

My Lakewood M32 because it was my first serious guitar and has a ton of sentimental value despite rarely getting played.

And my SCGC 1934D Adi/BRW for a lot of reasons: it's my favorite sounding guitar both from the playing perspective and from out front (recording), it's got fantastic sounding (and looking) tonewoods harvested in the 1930s, I have awesome memories around the whole process and trip to Chicago buying it, it's an heirloom piece that also gets played regularly.

Unless I make a late-life decision to have kids (looking less likely these days) I know who will be bequeathed my guitars once I shuffle off this mortal coil. The Lakewood might be buried with me (or be disassembled and made into part of my casket).

[ewalling]

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

Do you have a guitar(s) that you know you will own until the day you die?

I suppose it depends on how long I live. If I live long enough, I'm probably not going to be able to play the guitar all the way to the end of my life. The smart thing would be to divest myself of all these instruments before I reach the end of the line.

At this stage, age 74, I am not ready to get rid of any of my guitars yet.

- Glenn

I'm hoping to die with my fingerpicks on, Glenn!

[joeld]

A couple of decades ago I got myself a Santa Cruz 000 12-fret 42-style with a German top and Brazilian b/s to learn on. $4K seemed like a lot for a guitar at the time, but it turned out to be a really good one! I think I'll keep it.

[Jack_9]

My Taylor 314 (first guitar I saved for and bought), my Martin HD-28 special with vts addi top, my epiphone bard ft-150 and my Yamaha fg-150.

[AfterViewer]

No plans to have any of my guitars or other music gear thrown on top of my funeral pyre, but that's just me.

[PAPADON]

I got her back in the early 80's in trade for an old standup piano. Over the last 40 years many others have come and gone but this one ain't going anywhere.


1980 made in Japan Sigma/Martin D10 Anniversary.

[jrb715]

I suspect that 7 or 8 of the guitars I play regularly will make it to the end. But the four I know won't be going anywhere until the will is read are my four Collings that have Bill Collings' signature:

OM2GSS
OM1A
CJ35
SJ koa

These are truly great guitars; but they mean more to me because they carry Bill's signature. He passed much too soon, and in the middle of more innovations and creations, and probably with another dozen strange or brilliant ideas to come. He was a larger than life character, and a brilliant engineer and sort of a visionary. And near the end of his fight for his life took the time to sign and write congratulations on the sound hole cut out from a custom OM that was my son's surprise college graduation present.

[poopsidoo]

Yup!! 1965 Gibson J-45https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=76579&stc=1&d=16563630 95.

[Br1ck]

I've semi retired from guitar buying. But I'm open to the idea I'd sell everything for that one guitar I stumble upon. But likely I'll always have my Texan. But there might be a time I can't play anything, or maybe only a guitar with silk and steel .010s. You never know. Having a guitar you can't play is useless.

[L20A]

NO, I have TWO!
My 1982 Martin D-35 and my 2020 Custom Dreadnaught that was build for and gifted to me by my good friend Joe. Adirondack Top with Zebrawood sides and back.