Keeping guitars at home

[Bernie]

Thanks for all the details. Very precious info.

I see you only wrote the Guilds you own in your signature. There are others too ; you seem to have quite a few...(but then it never ends...)

I'm kind of narrowing my search, now I know a little more about shapes, woods and so on. I seem to enjoy simple cheaper/less expensive guitars more than the rest (which turned out to be a bit disappointing in the end). Santa Cruz, Bourgeois and others are out of reach for me considering they never show up where I live (I don't intend to buy unseen)...Lowdens seem to fit instrumental music better than anything I tend to think. My Furch suits me as it turns out to be more versatile than any others I've owned so far...I'll see if it lasts. Helps me to improve still.

 

[walrus]

Back to the OP, I'm going to say "yes and no" to keeping a guitar in it's case. It's easy if you only have 2 guitars!

I have my Sadowsky Semi-Hollow out pretty much all the time on a stand, ready to play at any time. My cat ignores it, it's in a corner out of way. FYI, I play it unplugged a lot, it has a nice acoustic sound, but certainly quieter than an acoustic. This keeps everyone in my house "happier" - I get to play when I want, but I don't bother everyone else.

The Guild is in a case, waiting for the times when I can play as loud as I want, or someone wants to hear it. And if I want LOUD, then the Sadowsky gets plugged in.

Simple, yet effective. I try to play at least few hours every day if possible - for me, listening to and/or playing music is a great and enjoyable stress reliever.

walrus

 

[chazmo]

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.

Beautiful, Sandy. But the more important question... How does it smell?

 

[twocorgis]

Thanks for all the details. Very precious info.

I see you only wrote the Guilds you own in your signature. There are others too ; you seem to have quite a few...(but then it never ends...)

I'm kind of narrowing my search, now I know a little more about shapes, woods and so on. I seem to enjoy simple cheaper/less expensive guitars more than the rest (which turned out to be a bit disappointing in the end). Santa Cruz, Bourgeois and others are out of reach for me considering they never show up where I live (I don't intend to buy unseen)...Lowdens seem to fit instrumental music better than anything I tend to think. My Furch suits me as it turns out to be more versatile than any others I've owned so far...I'll see if it lasts. Helps me to improve still.

The price of guitars, and boutique guitars in particular, has skyrocketed since Covid. I've rarely paid more than $2000 for any of my guitars (and that includes four Martins, a Bourgeois Slope D, and the Lowden), but that has changed. The '69 D28 I bought from @richardp69 was more than $2K, so was the D18 Authentic 1939, and the Orpheum Jumbo slightly more, but that's it pretty much. the Lowden I did a partial trade of the fretless Pilot that I didn't play much, but I was only into that bass for a little over $300.

As for trying any of these before buying, unless you have a really good high end guitar shop handy, that's basically impossible. The good news is that these guitars are so good that you rarely get a dud.

Beautiful, Sandy. But the more important question... How does it smell?

It sounds, plays, and smells wonderful! I'm a big fan of cedar top guitars.

 

[GGJaguar]

I'm a big fan of cedar top guitars.

So is Mrs. Jaguar. Of my acoustics, her favorite is the McPherson 5.0XP. It has an Indian rosewood body and Western red cedar top.

 

[twocorgis]

So is Mrs. Jaguar. Of my acoustics, her favorite is the McPherson 5.0XP. It has an Indian rosewood body and Western red cedar top.

I looked into one of them, but boy were they way out of my price range!

I got a great deal on the Lowden, largely because it has a fair amount of what I call "peppering". Tiny little dings in the top, many behind the string though bridge, because cedar is such a soft wood relative to spruce. You can't see them unless you look really close, but they're there.

 

[GGJaguar]

I looked into one of them, but boy were they way out of my price range!

For me too! I got it a while ago when they were still $4500 new, but mine was used so I got for much less. I wouldn't buy one today. They are crazy expensive.

 

[twocorgis]

For me too! I got it a while ago when they were still $4500 new, but mine was used so I got for much less. I wouldn't buy one today. They are crazy expensive.

They sure are. A few that I saw were north of $10K!

 

[7GuildsandanSG]

I kee^ roughly 15 of my most used guitars out and hanging on the wall. All the rest stay in their cases and most of them tuned down one whole ste^

Try writing posts without words containing a p. There's a word for that kind of writing I can't think of it

 

[walrus]

Try writing posts without words containing a p. There's a word for that kind of writing I can't think of it

"P-less"?

walrus

 

[GAD]

Try writing posts without words containing a p. There's a word for that kind of writing I can't think of it

"P-less"?

walrus

Lipogram!

 

[davismanLV]

I already have @richardp69 's new keyboard idiosyncrasies programed into my brain. No trouble from my end. It's kind of like RaySpeak. Once you get it, you're good to go!!

 

[walrus]

I already have @richardp69 's new keyboard idiosyncrasies programed into my brain. No trouble from my end. It's kind of like RaySpeak. Once you get it, you're good to go!!

Don't you mean RayS^eak?

walrus

 

[richardp69]

Actually. I'v e found you can get by with little problem without having to p. But, my new laptop is up and running (kinda) so not really an issue now.

 

[RBSinTo]

Actually. I'v e found you can get by with little problem without having to p. But, my new laptop is up and running (kinda) so not really an issue now.

richard,
I beg to differ.
The older I get, the greater is my problem of having to p.
Especially at night. Every couple of hours. New laptop or not.
RBSinTo

 

[adorshki]

Not taking that road. You'll have us worrying about dust in our coffins next!

"Ashes to ashes........"
No worrying about foregone conclusions.

 

[Roland]

This comes up a lot, although not as much as "which strings?".

And yet, I read through all the usual responses. When I first saw the title I thought about my grandma. Yep, she had some neighbor kids and their parents wouldn't let them leave the fenced in yard without supervision. All us kids would be running around the neighborhood playing and they couldn't leave the yard. And this was in the fifties. Yes, there were those kind of parents in the fifties. Anyway, my grandma used to tell anyone who would listen, "those poor kids can't play, they keep those kids at home." She had this really thick Dutch accent and we would laugh at her when she said it. She would laugh at us laughing at her. So thanks for that memory.

I only have two guitars, a Guild D-20 and a Taylor GS Mini, the big one and the little one. So no problem both of them getting played pretty regularly and neither of them like to stay locked up in a case for very long. They want to get out and play. I don't think about the ramifications of that much. They aren't like kids, either one of them could be replaced pretty easily.

 

[chazmo]

. . .
I only have two guitars, a Guild D-20 and a Taylor GS Mini, the big one and the little one. So no problem both of them getting played pretty regularly and neither of them like to stay locked up in a case for very long. They want to get out and play. I don't think about the ramifications of that much. They aren't like kids, either one of them could be replaced pretty easily.

Nice choices, Roland. Right about the kids, but I hear free-range guitars are tastier than their captive cousins.

Oh, and darn kids... Get off my lawn!

 

[Bernie]

Join the Blue Oyster Cult. If you can afford to live by the seaside and find your daily 6 oysters, you could be among those that can sleep 6 hours in a row easily again, as you may be short of zinc and that's where you'll find it best...Iron, bronze, nickel and phosphor bronze, or any other alloys won't do (strings are there to be °layed, not eaten )...

 

[Midnight Toker]

The only time my guitars are ever in their cases is for transport. Otherwise, I like them where I can grab one on a passing whim. That way they all get played regularly, which is their sole purpose. I only worry about humidity during winter months when the furnace is on, and nothing knocks dust off a guitar like some good hard playing!!