E-ghad......

fitness1 · #1 11-30-2009, 02:56 PM

I'm Webber-less!!!

just shipped out my OM to a lucky forum member.

Just two in the closet for now. And only one steel string, what's a fella to do???

Dan Carey · #2 11-30-2009, 03:28 PM

How 'bout a nice Taylor K12?

fitness1 · #3 11-30-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Carey

How 'bout a nice Taylor K12?

I know y'all will let out a good belly laugh, but I've been "scheming" on getting back to one steel string since I received the Goodall a couple months back.

paying off a small credit card bill, and sticking the rest in the bank for now.

One great steel and one great nylon....I oughta be able to make plenty of music.

Tunes · #4 11-30-2009, 03:54 PM

Less is the new more chief.

fitness1 · #5 11-30-2009, 04:06 PM

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Less is the new more chief.

you got that right....especially at my income level

at the rate I go through strings alone it adds an extra 20.00 a month for a second guitar!!

birkenweg42 · #6 11-30-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by fitness1

I know y'all will let out a good belly laugh, but I've been "scheming" on getting back to one steel string since I received the Goodall a couple months back.

paying off a small credit card bill, and sticking the rest in the bank for now.

One great steel and one great nylon....I oughta be able to make plenty of music.

Just add a 12 string and you're all set.

fitness1 · #7 11-30-2009, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by birkenweg42

Just add a 12 string and you're all set.

haha....I can hardly play just six

mmmaak · #8 11-30-2009, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by fitness1

just shipped out my OM to a lucky forum member.

oooooohhh, is it me??

So, did you get back the old classical, Todd?

fitness1 · #9 11-30-2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mmmaak

oooooohhh, is it me??

So, did you get back the old classical, Todd?

yessir......we are like "peas and carrots" again.

Glennwillow · #10 11-30-2009, 08:11 PM

Well, I don't feel too sorry for you with a Goodall in your closet!

Regards, Glenn

fitness1 · #11 11-30-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Glennwillow

Well, I don't feel too sorry for you with a Goodall in your closet!

Regards, Glenn

I was just telling a friend in an email that it has slowed my "looking" immensely!! Gonna be a tough act to follow

wcap · #12 11-30-2009, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by fitness1

.....what's a fella to do???

Get to know those two guitars backward and forward, really really well. And focus on developing your playing, rather than having GAS. Easy for me to say, not always easy for me to do though!

Though I have lust in my heart for about 6 more guitars that I considered buying this past summer when I was shopping intensely for my first good steel string guitar, the two I got (Martin 000-15, and a lovely cedar/rosewood Goodall concert jumbo) are really more than enough to keep me really really busy.

And meanwhile my lovely classical guitar that was a constant companion for over 4 years is sitting in its case neglected.

And even worse.... since I got really into guitars the past 6 or so years, my beloved 5-string banjo that was my constant and nearly exclusive musical partner for several decades has been in its case sulking over my adulterous relationships with my guitars.

(and I won't even get into what the mandolin must be thinking about all of this!)

Honestly, despite a bad case of persistent GAS, I have more good quality instruments than I have time for. I think it is important to work intensely with a particular instrument if you want to get the most out of it, and I don't have enough hours in my week to devote much time to more than one or two of them. I'm not sure what I would do if I actually had all the lovely guitars that I have been having GAS over.

I think your collection of two really fine guitars sounds just right!