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When one goes out looking for a "Better" guitar, one will find such guitar.
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It seems to be a recurring theme around these parts.
I started with a GPC-15, then a D-18 and 00-18. Then I got my Huss and Dalton. Now I've been looking at GEs, Authentics, Santa Cruz, Collings. The disease spreads fast! |
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I didn't find a single one I considered better.
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I'm sure there's a greater guitar than the D18. No doubt about it!
But then, there's an even greater guitar then the one that surpasses the D18, and then the next round happens, and the next... So eventually you're surrounded by 20/30 "GREAT" guitars, and the only problem you really have is which one do you play today? While it's not a bad problem to have, you gotta have the cash for such activities.... right??
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To the OP's original question, ABSOLUTELY!
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This is the brilliantly condensed version of my beliefs. Don't go shopping aimlessly, but do play anything interesting, provided you could find a way to buy it. I walk by the $7,000+ group, and certainly the 40s D 28. I never pass up a 50 year old guitar priced about the same, or a little more than a new one. Even the $6000 60s D 18s get a twirl. Most aren't worth it, some are. But even those will get a pass for a long time, as I shot my budget with my Santa Cruz. It was the last of three guitars I played and instantly I knew I was buying it.
Such is the nature of the happen upon. Yes, in the back of my mind I was going to sell some things I didn't play, but had no idea I'd be selling and buying the same day, or be willing to trade one more instrument to do it. Stars do align now and then. Why after months of thinking about it, did I pick that day? It's a mystery.
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If you've found a great guitar, should you continue to search greater?
My GAS comes and goes. Usually after buying a new guitar I have a honeymoon of a month or two where I stop looking. Then, if I grow unhappy with the purchase, I start looking again. Unhappiness with the purchase usually says more about me than it does about the guitar. I often buy similar dreadnought models hoping for different results. Or I try something other people seem to like and realize I’m not other people. My online purchases (buying before trying) is universally a disaster. I end up motivated by the “deal” not the sound. “Deals” usually mean “duds” in my experience.
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I drive mainly to work and to church. I love my Mercedes 500 but want a sportier car. So I get a vette. It was great but now I want Euro...so I get a porsche. Well ya but I think the Italians really make great sports cars...so I get a Ferrari. Man what a beast but there are other Italian cars....I get a Lambo. Sweet....rode in a friend"s McLaren...sold the Lambo for a McLaren. But....... now I really want a old push rod American thing. So I kept the McLaren and bought a Shelby mustang.
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Should I? No.
Do I? Yes.
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To me, it's not really a pursuit of "can I find the best guitar ever made" but "can I find a great guitar for me". I also like variety. I've got two GAs, two dreads, two small bodies with 12 frets to the neck (00-ish size). They all do different things well, sound different, and always inspire me to play, even when I don't really feel like it. |
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One truth that I have learned about guitars is that if you’re not looking, only rarely does one that you really want jump into your lap and demand to be bought. If you go to a nice shop however, its difficult to walk out the door without getting GAS.
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The time I've spent on this forum (it's brief, but more than a couple years) has taught me that there are many contributors here who would rather shop for, buy, and then sell guitars than simply own them and play them.
I was a shopper and a seller for a while, many years ago. Now, I'm old and have decided to spend my time learning to play better than learning to shop better. To each his own, I suppose. At last, I have two guitars (one electric and one acoustic) and one amp. More importantly, I have a lovely wife and a dog. Both claim to enjoy my playing, and I enjoy the lessons I take from a pro who's a Berklee College of Music grad. This is the life. |
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I don’t disagree Jack but most hobbies, be it music, cycling, fitness, RC Toys cameras, coin and stamps can be about collecting and sharing and never really using. Social media gives people a place to share. It’s true though, a lot of very nice pieces end up in closets and garages.
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There are individual guitars that transcend the sum of its parts. If you have one of those guitars looking is still fun but unless you get lucky “better” will be elusive.
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