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I'm sharpening my saw right now..... sit tight!!
So we've heard.
Keeping guitars at home
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Guitars stay hung up on the wall most of the time. It's a cat-proof room, though. Solid wood acoustics stay in the cases in the winter for humidity reasons, and in the summer because there's no room on the walls
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In the land of earthquakes...nothing you value stays out...or above your head.
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Jane!! Where do you be these days??? Even in Vegas it's still earthquake zone.....
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Except my hard-hat.
Or as Kimi Raikonnen once said when asked why he had a new helmet: "It protects my head."
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Mine stay out on wall racks. I'm lucky in that we have a laundry room with 14' ceilings to store the cases.
Golfer Craig Stadler, (The Walrus.... one of the more endearing Joe lunch pail pros ever), was once asked why he had a new putter...."the old one didn't float"Except my hard-hat.
Or as Kimi Raikonnen once said when asked why he had a new helmet: "It protects my head."
HeyMikey
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I’m in tight quarters. I keep mine in their cases except when playing. When the case is opened the latches go down. I’ve accidentally scratched one in the past. Also, when the guitar is in the case the case gets latched. No sitting in an unlocked case.
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No.
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Not taking that road. You'll have us worrying about dust in our coffins next!
Nice thing to look at : congrats !My guitars stay out in a humidity/temp controlled atrium. Cases are empty and in the closet. If I had to pull a case, open a case, stow the case and then reverse the process every time to play them, they'd never get played. So I do what works for me. They're fine just like they are. Many here cringe when I say this, but I'm good at making people cringe. This works for me.
What's that GA format Martin 12 strings, and that other one that would look like a Lowden - with split saddle - if it wasn't for the bridge (it seems to me) ?
I wonder if it'd be possible to point at a favorite one there...
Did you end up teaching them how to change stringsThe similarity of upholstery colors and rugs reminds me of this and thus is a visual comparison of why you leave guitars out, or not
? Seems like that's what they're trying to find out...
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The 12 is a Martin Performing Artist GCPA4-12. All solid wood, Sapele and Sitka. It's going to be sold soon, as it's been played exactly 10 times.
The one with the split saddle is exactly what you described. When the employees at George Lowden's factory took over the factory in Ireland and sent him packing, they changed the name to Avalon. So this is basically a Lowdon built in the first year after taking over his factory. Same people, same woods, different name. It's an incredible guitar and it's not going anywhere!
The one that's a rosewood small jumbo is Martin kit that Don built about 10 years ago. The build was chronicled here with lots of photos in THIS thread.
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I recently was in the hunt for another cedar topped guitar after foolishly selling a wonderful Bourgeois JOM to a friend, and found this delightful 2017 O-22. I absolutely love it, and it has a completely different sound compared to all my others.
Since this photo was taken, I've swapped the gold tuners for chrome ones, but have kept the ebony buttons.
Thanks for your answer Tom...
- Oh, a GC (Grand Concert I bet) ! Thought it might be, but that seemed too small to me for a 12 strings, and GA and GC are not very different...
- Never heard that employees ever took over the Lowden (btw not 'Lowdon') factory, and sent Sir George packing : when was this ?
Lowden are supposed to be quite outstanding... I think/thought Avalon got started by an ex Lowden luthier yes, but within his own facilities in Ireland too I believe (although I know Lowdens have been built in Japan between 1980 and 1985 too...). You may know more than I do, as haven't even ever played a Lowden once so far (but I've often looked at their website and discussed various things about them on some other - French - Forum)... I will ask to the knowledgeable folks there too...
That makes quite a few great guitars for you to enjoy...And it's cool to have them all ready to use (that's a thing I wish I could do too) . Have fun !
- Oh, a GC (Grand Concert I bet) ! Thought it might be, but that seemed too small to me for a 12 strings, and GA and GC are not very different...
- Never heard that employees ever took over the Lowden (btw not 'Lowdon') factory, and sent Sir George packing : when was this ?
Lowden are supposed to be quite outstanding... I think/thought Avalon got started by an ex Lowden luthier yes, but within his own facilities in Ireland too I believe (although I know Lowdens have been built in Japan between 1980 and 1985 too...). You may know more than I do, as haven't even ever played a Lowden once so far (but I've often looked at their website and discussed various things about them on some other - French - Forum)... I will ask to the knowledgeable folks there too...
That makes quite a few great guitars for you to enjoy...And it's cool to have them all ready to use (that's a thing I wish I could do too) . Have fun !
Thanks for the photograph : really dig it. In my opinion this guitar is probably an even better choice than a Bourgeois. These guitars have so much of their own personality I find...I recently was in the hunt for another cedar topped guitar after foolishly selling a wonderful Bourgeois JOM to a friend, and found this delightful 2017 O-22. I absolutely love it, and it has a completely different sound compared to all my others.
Since this photo was taken, I've swapped the gold tuners for chrome ones, but have kept the ebony buttons.
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Bernie, thanks for the spelling correction. I know better. But thank you so much. It's a great group of guitars. All mine are in different tunings so what guitar I grab depends on the song. That makes me sound way more talented than I actually am. But I love to play and I do it because I love it. Not because I'm good at it.
@twocorgis .... Sandy that's breathtaking!! What's the year on that one, do you know?? WOW!!!
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This title is kinda funny. When you think of keeping guitars at home. Not sure where else they'd be. Do y'all board them out like pets at the vet clinic or something???
I know.... I'm weird.
I know.... I'm weird.
I'm not sure about that, that Bourgeois JOM was/is an exceptional guitar. Dana's earlier builds are the best ones, I think. I called it the "Birdcage Maserati" because it was so light, and the bracing so fine.
This Lowden is probably just as good, but different. I love its unique tone.
I had never seen a Bourgeois like that ; looks like a dreadish OM, with a size that may be even larger than a dreadnought...And with a cedar top : in spite of a "Martinish" overall look, it is truly different in many ways it seems.
I'm used to Bourgeois being kind of Martin replicas (we don't see/hear of, many here), therefore my comment : and you seemed to regret your Bourgeois so much ; follow the way the Lowden would take you to, and you might find what it's fully worth...
I'm used to Bourgeois being kind of Martin replicas (we don't see/hear of, many here), therefore my comment : and you seemed to regret your Bourgeois so much
; follow the way the Lowden would take you to, and you might find what it's fully worth...
I would say Santa Cruz are more like Martin clones (and very good ones). Dana built his reputation more on OMs, and perhaps more so the Slope D, AKA "Banjo Killer", My '97 Slope D-140 pre-dates the "BK" era, and if anything is more of a Gibson clone, but mine sounds way better than any Gibson slope shoulder short of a pre-'50s model that I can't afford.I had never seen a Bourgeois like that ; looks like a dreadish OM, with a size that may be even larger than a dreadnought...And with a cedar top : in spite of a "Martinish" overall look, it is truly different in many ways it seems.
I'm used to Bourgeois being kind of Martin replicas (we don't see/hear of, many here), therefore my comment : and you seemed to regret your Bourgeois so much
The J(umbo)OM is Dana's slowest selling model, but perhaps his best, at least in full depth body guise. It's dread size and depth, but with more of a waist. I loved mine, and actually blew a chance at another that was on Reverb a year ago or so, because the timing wasn't quite right. He makes them now in a shallower body as well, and I tried a Adirondack over rosewood one that I didn't like at all. I think it needs the full depth mahogany body to sound best.