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Post by dreadnought28 on May 10, 2018 6:24:58 GMT
We do all (me included) need to remember that if we continually buy used there’ll be no luthiers left. They have to make a living.
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Post by andyhowell on May 10, 2018 6:36:32 GMT
Forget the value and future value.It is all about the sound. If you have found a good LG then I’d take that seriously but there are LGs and LGs. If the Atkins is seriously good ...
A few years ago I played a Gibson Robert Johnson (00) which was so much fun it had me laughing. I didn’t buy it and have never found anything as good since .....
.... I can still here that guitar in my dreams!
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Post by Wild Violet on May 10, 2018 7:54:08 GMT
Buy it, without hesitation.
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Post by Riverman on May 10, 2018 8:56:01 GMT
It’s easy to get bogged down worrying about resale value and possible buyer’s remorse on the one hand, and wondering if you’ll always think of it as the one that got away on the other. If you can, go back and try it again with the benefit of having had a day or two to ponder it (and to get massively conflicting, and therefore ultimately useless advice on this forum!). If it excites you as much the second time, follow Wild Violet’s advice and don’t look back! There’s a school of thought that says it’s generally better to regret doing something than to regret not doing it...
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Post by scorpiodog on May 10, 2018 8:56:03 GMT
Buy it, without hesitation. Too late. I didn't. It is pretty damn good though.
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Post by Riverman on May 10, 2018 8:59:47 GMT
Buy it, without hesitation. Too late. I didn't. It is pretty damn good though. You could still buy it online and get it shipped...
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Post by scorpiodog on May 10, 2018 9:11:42 GMT
It’s easy to get bogged down worrying about resale value and possible buyer’s remorse on the one hand, and wondering if you’ll always think of it as the one that got away on the other. If you can, go back and try it again with the benefit of having had a day or two to ponder it (and to get massively conflicting, and therefore ultimately useless advice on this forum!). If it excites you as much the second time, follow Wild Violet’s advice and don’t look back! There’s a school of thought that says it’s generally better to regret doing something than to regret not doing it... I think the advice I got on here was excellent. Conflicts I can deal with. Generation of ideas is always useful. But I didn't buy it, and the reason was that I really don't know what I'd do with it! I'd have to have a pickup fitted, and, although it was pretty good in the miserable song accompaniment department (which is where my default lies), it would really excel as a blues/ragtime guitar, and I don't do much of that. There is a gap in my collection for a guitar that excels in such matters, but I'm not sure I want to fill that gap at that price. In fact, I don't really have a gap I want to fill at the moment. But logic and GAS have very little to do with one another. It's a bit like lust and marriage. Very nice if the two combine, but often they don't. So I followed my head, and not my heart, but it might inspire me to try a few proper vintage guitars of the type. It's always fun to explore guitar shops given the time (as I did on Tuesday - though I only went into Macari's and Mairants) and this might give me a bit of focus. I'd be interested in anybody else's opinion of this model of Atkin, though, if anybody tries one. There were some other Atkins in the shop, but I found them a bit lacking in sparkle (which has always been my opinion of Atkin guitars generally). There was an all hog OM that was truly horrible. It was reduced by over 20%, but it sounded choked and muddy. I had it in my hands for all of 20 seconds.
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Post by Riverman on May 10, 2018 9:23:02 GMT
Well Paul, if this experience has set you off on a search for the perfect vintage guitar for your collection you have my sympathies. Prepare yourself for a frustrating journey, unless you fancy relocating to the US where the choice and prices are so much better. This would be your best bet in the UK, in my experience - www.replayacoustics.co.uk
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Post by scorpiodog on May 10, 2018 9:29:46 GMT
Well Paul, if this experience has set you off on a search for the perfect vintage guitar for your collection you have my sympathies. Prepare yourself for a frustrating journey, unless you fancy relocating to the US where the choice and prices are so much better. This would be your best bet in the UK, in my experience - www.replayacoustics.co.ukThanks for that, Richard. I'm not gagging for a vintage guitar, but I might like to try a few. I shan't do it in any structured way, though. I don't really have the need to be so single minded. On the odd couple of occasions when I've actually had something in mind to buy, I've either found it locally, or it's been on the forum! So who's got a small bodied vintage guitar they want to sell?
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Post by gomers on May 10, 2018 14:44:35 GMT
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Post by walkingdecay on May 10, 2018 15:26:56 GMT
In the event of GAS you should borrow my wife for thirty seconds, during the first twenty-seven of which you can say, "I want this because..." and make your pitch.
She will the use the remaining three seconds to consider your case and reply with a simple nod or - more likely - a brown eyed stare that somehow has all the attributes of a phaser set to kill.
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Post by scorpiodog on May 10, 2018 15:46:32 GMT
In the event of GAS you should borrow my wife for thirty seconds, during the first twenty-seven of which you can say, "I want this because..." and make your pitch. She will the use the remaining three seconds to consider your case and reply with a simple nod or - more likely - a brown eyed stare that somehow has all the attributes of a phaser set to kill. Pete, that's a kind offer, but I don't need to borrow your wife. I have had two of my own and have found them surplus to requirements.
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Post by geddarby on May 10, 2018 16:09:06 GMT
scorpiodog bite the bullet and go for it. Some years ago I played a Martin D18vs at Frailers in Runcorn, that guitar was superb but I decided that I couldn’t afford the £1200 that Frank was asking for it. Anyway it sold and I have regretted it ever since. I did buy another D18vs which I never bonded with and has since been moved on. That’s my two ‘penneth.
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Post by scorpiodog on May 10, 2018 16:12:06 GMT
Thanks, Ged, but I have made my mind up, and I'm not a great believer in "the one that got away". Well not with guitars anyway. Women, that's a different matter!
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Post by Phil Taylor on May 10, 2018 16:36:56 GMT
In the event of GAS you should borrow my wife for thirty seconds, during the first twenty-seven of which you can say, "I want this because..." and make your pitch. She will the use the remaining three seconds to consider your case and reply with a simple nod or - more likely - a brown eyed stare that somehow has all the attributes of a phaser set to kill. Boy do I know that stare......... PCT
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