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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/02/28 13:59:34
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"From my limited experience with guitars and JTVs in particular I think a player needs to fall in love with the instrument. "
I'm sure for most people, what a guitar sounds like and how it plays are the key factors. For me, the way a guitar looks has always been an extremely big part of the whole experience. Example, great guitars...Seagull's......for some reason that headstock design just doesn't do it for me. No offense at all to Seagull owners, they really are great quality and I really tormented over buying one once. I just couldn't get over my dislike for the shape of the headstock though, and finally passed on it thinking I ended to really love what I was going to buy.
Heh, that's why I've never owned a Tele... Always thought they were fugly as sin. Nothing wrong with them of course, just me, but still...
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/03 06:33:32
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Progress has been made. I spent an hour with her in our local guitar store and their stock of guitars, trying out various combinations of manufacturer/body style/neck size/scale length/solid/hollow... Next she spent an hour or so pawing my guitars (Gibson LP/Fender Strat/Fender Tele/Ibanez something..). She has decided on...... wait for it... the colour 
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/03 07:31:41
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 That's the priority out of the way
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/03 09:02:30
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2014/03/03 09:45:46
So, the Hello Kitty guitar is back in the running, then?
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/03 10:14:32
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what makes you think it was ever out?
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/03 10:17:27
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what makes you think it was ever out?
When you said she's deciding on the colour???
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/03 10:28:16
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If color is the deciding factor...  Maybe "swirl" is way.
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/03 14:13:08
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This whole thread has me wondering what makes a guitar look good compared to other guitars,and how much looks play into the whole thing. What kind of a guitar would blind man play?
I have held guitars that had the exact same dimensions and they don't always feel the same. I think the feel is as important as looks. There's a feeling that I can't always put a finger on
( well maybe I could) that I know this is the one. My acoustic is like that. I feel like that guitar was made just for me. It feels comfortable to pick it up and not a chore to play.
Everyone has a different criteria, but for some reason the general public still come back to many of the basics.
I would go nuts trying to pick a guitar for someone else. I think you did the best thing, let her pick it.
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/03 14:27:06
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May Progress never stop, I guess. (I just have Sunburst color on my Epiphone, but of course the Gibson LP was some Caramel Burst). Color, colors, colors more and more and different for different years (especially with Gibson or even Fender.) whatever!  Placid Blue, Midnight Blue, Mahatten Blue, Orange, TV Yellow, Wine Red, whatever colors, colors, colors.
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/03 16:57:36
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Karyn
the colour
That's exactly what I tell the lads at the guitar stores I visit. I figure, heck, if color isn't the most important thing by now, you probably don't have enough guitars. :-)
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/03 17:43:38
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mike_mccueI figure, heck, if color isn't the most important thing by now, you probably don't have enough guitars.
:-)
For some reason, color and/or figured-woods have become very important to me over the years.
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/03 23:54:20
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I've heard Steve prefers the fingered wood. (Wait, what was the topic again? )
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/05 14:56:54
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My friend Frank just lost all of his guitars (and everything else) when his house burned down on Friday. His spirits were up on Saturday and we took up donations for him at another friend's 75th b'day party the next evening. Looking for the right one is not easy.
Frank's even written some lyrics to process the pain...the chorus went something like, "I watched as my guitars all went up in smoke...tried to save them, but all I did was choke". He named the song "Oh Well" and played it with tear-filled eyes for us this morning:-( He's a big Jerry Garcia fan and added "maybe Jerry's playing them with (and he mentioned a few other late-greats)". What an experience!
Hope you found the right one for your daughter. Like living beings, they can be extremely important to the person who plays them.
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/07 16:55:19
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So, what guitar is it?
mmmmmmmmmm.............................?
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/07 17:32:01
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So, what guitar is it?
mmmmmmmmmm.............................?
Patience patience
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/07 18:16:47
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spacealf
So, what guitar is it?
mmmmmmmmmm.............................?
Patience patience
Hmm... Never heard of that one.
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/07 21:02:33
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That name for a guitar is as good as any other name given to a guitar.
Mine I think may be called "Minnie Moose"!
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/10 19:08:53
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Cancelled? Uh oh... Let me guess, she failed being 17 and has to do that age again?
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/10 19:53:58
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Don't have a clue as to budget...but I'd recommend a Fender Classic Series 50s Strat. She will (I bet) love the 7.25 radius and all reviews are very positive. $799.00
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/11 09:11:47
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I think the "Cancelled" thing needs an explanation.
Did she come to her senses and get a drum kit instead?
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/11 09:21:47
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Just get her ST3 and be done with it......drums, bass, guitar, accordian, and rodeo clowns all included.
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Re: Nice guitar cravings
2014/03/11 22:57:41
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I still have night cravings--oh, never mind. 
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