Well, I know that whenever I succeed in kicking one out, it leaves a vacuum. A powerful vacuum. But as we all know, nature abhors a vacuum, and my cave is a perfect laboratory in which to observe that principle in action.
Well, I know that whenever I succeed in kicking one out, it leaves a vacuum. A powerful vacuum. But as we all know, nature abhors a vacuum, and my cave is a perfect laboratory in which to observe that principle in action.
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In the words of King Arthur in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”...
“What an eccentric performance!”
(Referring to the link in the OP)
I have over the years purchased 10 mandolins. Sold or traded all but 2 which I currently own. The 2 mandolins I have kept were custom made for me by U.S. luthiers. All the others were mass produced and could not compare to the custom made ones. I do own seven guitars currently but they are all different types (acoustic, electrics, lap steel, pedal steel). I am fighting the urge to get a custom made octave mandolin.
Having acquired a gorgeous Gibson A-4 which I didn't need but just wanted, which I have no intention of using practically as far as gigs go, which is just for playing, not working, I think I might have reached my saturation point. Yet I still have a hankering for an F-2 or F-4. When you have more instruments than you need and still want another, or more, you might have a problem.
But fortunately, i will never have this guy's problem. My collection's size is at less than 2% of his, and I'm about done.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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I try to only keep what I will play.
I really do.
1933 Gibson A-00 (was Scotty Stoneman's)
2003 Gibson J-45RW (ebony)
2017 Gibson J-15
The Murph Channel
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkomGsMJXH9qn-xLKCv4WOg
I was able to visit a private collection of close to 3000 instruments years ago. Here is the cowboy guitar wall. He also has what he thinks may be the world's largest collection of steel guitars, Fender Coronado guitars and Gibson amps.
Steve Evans sold his cowboy guitars a while back- he had a great collection which was featured in the book he co-wrote. When I contacted him he told me that most were wall-hangers and he bought them on the quality of the artwork- not their condition when it came to playing. I suppose as he was selling his guitar shop business he needed to shift the collection. I contacted him regarding a "Cowgirl Guitar"- the Louise Massey- who was a Western singer and wrote "My Adobe Hacienda". The Louise Massey guitar may be the first guitar endorsed by a woman and was possibly a clever marketing initiative from Montgomery Ward to open up a new market- but the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ended it. Not many people know that the Marlboro brand- with its cowboy was originally designed to get women to smoke! Those were the days...
Off topic. Just suppose that the singing cowboys of the movies had, instead of guitars, other SW-Mex instruments, like, dare we say - mandolins. More compact and suitable for life on horseback. The 20’s craze might never have ended.
We just had, today, for the first time since the Before Time, a couple we knew over for an inside lunch! Everyone older and vaccinated. They pointed at one of my instruments: “What’s that?”
Do we blame Gene Autry?
Mandolins: Northfield 5-Bar Artist Model "Old Dog", J Bovier F5 Special, Gibson A-00 (1940)
Fiddles: 1920s Strad copy, 1930s Strad copy, Liu Xi T20, Liu Xi T19+ Dark.
Guitars: Taylor 514c (1995), Gibson Southern Jumbo (1940s), Gibson L-48 (1940s), Les Paul Custom (1978), Fender Strat (Black/RWFB) (1984), Fender Strat (Candy Apple Red/MFB) (1985).
Sitars: Hiren Roy KP (1980s), Naskar (1970s), Naskar (1960s).
Misc: 8 Course Lute (L.K.Brown)
Not all the clams are at the beach
Arrow Manouche
Arrow Jazzbo
Arrow G
Clark 2 point
Gibson F5L
Gibson A-4
Ratliff CountryBoy A
1933 Gibson A-00 (was Scotty Stoneman's)
2003 Gibson J-45RW (ebony)
2017 Gibson J-15
The Murph Channel
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkomGsMJXH9qn-xLKCv4WOg
Yes. I have 6 guitars. And 5 fiddles. And 4 mandolins (an F5, hybrid F4, banjolin and resonator mandolin), 1 A4 mandola, 2 octave mandolins (F4 and F5), a mandocello, a 6 string banjo, an ukulele and an electric mandolin.
Plus the cases for all of these. What used to be our basement family room became my stringed instrument family room after our kids grew up and moved out.
My wife isn't thrilled, but she knows I love playing music and that as far as mid-life crises go, she's getting off easy.
It's impossible to own too many instruments if you apply the simple formulae:
Too many instruments = however many you own + 1
A bit like the vaguely amusing pub sign (remember them?) Which says free beer tomorrow...
My wife is thrilled, because she knows I love playing music and that as far as mid-life crises go, she's getting off easy. We both feel we got really lucky!
As for the question of the post, I think that the answer is "no" as long as you still pay all the bills on time, you still pay attention to family and friends, and you don't feel that any of your instruments are simply taking up space.
still trying to turn dreams into memories
Yes
THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE JUST FOR YOUR SMILE!
You think he would sell a Coronado bass? I don't have one of those yet.
I have a very mild case, compared to many.
Here's the tally: 2 double basses, 9 electric basses, 2 guitars, 1 tenor banjo, 5 saxophones, 2 functional mandolins, innumerable harmonicas (some expensive enough to count).
That doesn't seem like so much, I must be forgetting something. Oh, one electric mandolin. Not going to mention the tin whistles, amps, microphones, pedals and pickups.
13 instruments tuned in 5ths seems about right. These range from ‘teens Gibson A’s to more modern builders of all styles. Oh, and then there’s the tenors. I do have way too many pairs of shoes, shirts, pants and shipping boxes (in case I ever decide to actually sell something).
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