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Dec 3, 2017 12:09:56 GMT
Post by Riverman on Dec 3, 2017 12:09:56 GMT
I don't believe the purchase is merited.
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Post by andyhowell on Dec 3, 2017 13:08:02 GMT
Call yourself a forum member?
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Post by andrewjw on Dec 3, 2017 14:15:01 GMT
I nearly bought a DD Taylor many years ago...a "solid woods " version in black... All was OK until I plugged it in...the balance across the strings when amplified was horrible. My recollection is that each string had an individual UST / saddle ...a sure recipe for disaster unless each one was perfectly set up and working properly...well before the current "expression system " electronics which seem pretty good once tweaked. Apologies in advance if I'm incorrect on this... www.dreamguitars.com/shop/taylor-ddsm-grand-auditorium-18345.html
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Post by Riverman on Dec 3, 2017 14:19:34 GMT
At this rate it's only a matter of time before we start seeing NNGD (No New Guitar Day) threads on the forum. I'll start... I didn't buy a guitar today.
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Dec 3, 2017 14:28:12 GMT
Post by andrewjw on Dec 3, 2017 14:28:12 GMT
At this rate it's only a matter of time before we start seeing NNGD (No New Guitar Day) threads on the forum. I'll start... I didn't buy a guitar today. I've got a couple for sale if you'd like to keep the NGD threads going...
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Post by earthbalm on Dec 3, 2017 14:29:43 GMT
To andrewjw you are a life saver. To everybody else: I'm sorry that I've let the forum down but in my defence, it means that I will be able to make a purchase from a fellow forum member some time in the future.
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Dec 3, 2017 15:30:06 GMT
Post by Riverman on Dec 3, 2017 15:30:06 GMT
At this rate it's only a matter of time before we start seeing NNGD (No New Guitar Day) threads on the forum. I'll start... I didn't buy a guitar today. I've got a couple for sale if you'd like to keep the NGD threads going... No help to me, I always have something I'm trying to flog too! (Inexpensive but very nice electric bass anyone?)
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Post by andyhowell on Dec 3, 2017 15:44:47 GMT
Confession time. I didn’t buy one today either.
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Post by jangarrack on Dec 4, 2017 12:45:32 GMT
earthbalm , let me get this straight. You have posted on this forum looking for reasons not to buy a great guitar that you can raise the money for. It’s almost like you’ve never been here before. Who are you and what have you done with the real Earthbalm? In defence of earthbalm, there seems to be some misunderstanding here of the situation, so I will do my best to explain. I am one of those people who suffers occasional attacks of what I understand to be called Gear Acquisition Syndrome, more commonly referred to as GAS, in the futile belief that yet another guitar will improve my playing. At the onset of GAS, I tend to do lots of research and internet window shopping to enable me to home in on the best deal for my chosen and by now essential next guitar. However, as a natural ditherer, when it comes to the point of commitment and actually parting with the money, there is a pause in proceedings during which time I slowly and reluctantly review and dismiss all of the reasons as to why I needed this new guitar and what it would do for me. The outcome of this situation is that if I am successful, I ride out the GAS attack, do not buy the guitar so save an outlay of say £2k and based on the principle of money saved is money earned, that makes my contribution on this occasion to the household budget £2k. If you want to include the tax would need to be paid on earning £2k then I've actually contributed more. As you can imagine, my financial contributions to the household budget per year using this method of accounting are significant and I believe it is also the method favoured by many politicians. I understand this concept may not suit everyone so not buying guitars can also be done on a commission basis.
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Post by ocarolan on Dec 4, 2017 13:25:24 GMT
.................... The outcome of this situation is that if I am successful, I ride out the GAS attack, do not buy the guitar so save an outlay of say £2k and based on the principle of money saved is money earned, that makes my contribution on this occasion to the household budget £2k. If you want to include the tax would need to be paid on earning £2k then I've actually contributed more. ................................ I spy a fundamental flaw here! You were planning to buy a £2k guitar. If you then did not buy the £2k guitar, that £2k remains in the GAS budget. You can then add that to your budget for your next guitar research session, allowing you a budget of perhaps £4k. And so on.... Keith
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Post by scorpiodog on Dec 4, 2017 13:35:45 GMT
jangarrack that is truly an enlightening contribution to the discussion. However, on a purely anecdotal basis, never having suffered from this dread disease myself, may I disillusion you? What you describe is not GAS. True GAS does not allow for logic to intrude in the process of acquisition. What is worse for those non-billionaires among us, economic considerations are not permitted to apply to this debilitating condition. The desire is sufficiently strong in real cases of GAS for the only defence to be total removal from sources of funding (including lines of credit). There is public help available in the form of The Insolvency Service, but as with most government initiatives this is not specific to the problem, and the assistance comes too late to help most sufferers. The only real practical way of dealing with GAS is the traditional method by which men (usually) remove themselves from all sources of funding. This is colloquially known as marriage. Without this homespun method, one finds that GAS runs riot as has recently been admitted by dreadnought28 in another place on this forum (which I cannot find to link) I think I should put your mind at rest, jangarrack. What you have suffered and kept yourself safe from with your sensible methods, is what is often known as Phantom GAS (if you have ever been a dog owner this term will be familiar to you in another context), or Munchausen's Gear Acquisition Syndrome By Proxy. I hope this clears up the confusion. You are welcome.
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Post by jangarrack on Dec 4, 2017 14:00:45 GMT
.................... The outcome of this situation is that if I am successful, I ride out the GAS attack, do not buy the guitar so save an outlay of say £2k and based on the principle of money saved is money earned, that makes my contribution on this occasion to the household budget £2k. If you want to include the tax would need to be paid on earning £2k then I've actually contributed more. ................................ I spy a fundamental flaw here! You were planning to buy a £2k guitar. If you then did not buy the £2k guitar, that £2k remains in the GAS budget. You can then add that to your budget for your next guitar research session, allowing you a budget of perhaps £4k. And so on.... Keith That's genius. I'll think of something else I don't want and then be well on the way to one of those beautiful De Faoite guitars.
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Post by jangarrack on Dec 4, 2017 14:15:27 GMT
scorpiodog, thanks for such an erudite explanation of my condition. I had not realised the true extent of GAS or the multiple and diverse forms in which it exists. I am very familiar with Phantom GAS as our old springer spaniel, who was never far from my side, lived until she was 16 and had quite an effect on the air quality in our house during her later years. However, I had not realised that she was the source of my present condition.
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Post by Riverman on Dec 4, 2017 14:16:44 GMT
I spy a fundamental flaw here! You were planning to buy a £2k guitar. If you then did not buy the £2k guitar, that £2k remains in the GAS budget. You can then add that to your budget for your next guitar research session, allowing you a budget of perhaps £4k. And so on.... Keith That's genius. I'll think of something else I don't want and then be well on the way to one of those beautiful De Faoite guitars. I don't want a Ferrari. Whoo hoo, I can afford a Somogyi!! Oh, wait...
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Post by leoroberts on Dec 4, 2017 17:57:04 GMT
That's genius. I'll think of something else I don't want and then be well on the way to one of those beautiful De Faoite guitars. I don't want a Ferrari. Whoo hoo, I can afford a Somogyi!! Oh, wait... You’d be better off sticking with your first thought and getting a DeFaoite from davewhite... lovely instruments - you got your name down for the road trip?
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