Married guitar collectors....or when you just can't pass up buying an axe + NGD!

PaulJ · 2013-01-25T12:26:15+00:00

I came across this article from the "www.statuemarvels.com" website and thought these guys are in the same boat as us guitar collectors, what do you guys think? Have you ever snuck that last guitar you purchased into the man cave as not to get into a fight, or is your wife cool with the idea of you can never have enough guitars.........ever! To read the original thread of what I'm going on about, read it on the statuemarvels forum below: http://www.statuemarvels.com/f87/married-bowen-collectors-22043.html These guys collect Marvel comic statues (Sculptures), I enjoying looking at them, but can't bring myself to spend R3000 on a statue of Spiderman, but in saying that, they would most probably say " isn't a guitar just a guitar?" Whilst on the subject, I found this one in Music Connection (over the past 10 months I've developed quite an appetite for Jumbo body guitars and just can't seem to pass them up when I see them!), some guy had traded it in on a new guitar, they said they's let it go for R800, who am I too argue. It's Japanese made from the '70's, hell, I put new strings on her and cleaned her up and what a fantastic sound this guitar has................with 1 kid and another on the way, this one had to be snuck in as it was salty cracks time of the month!

Chabenda

I guess the average guy has more dispensable income nowadays ? and yet I would think otherwise with everything so darn expensive now...?

Yeah! Nice piano Aja! How many have you got?? A bit bit of a problem keeping one in the john! :roflmao:

AlanRatcliffe

Vic wrote Since about when did this collecting GAS started ? Reckon it must be a "recent" thing...say about from the late 80's or so ? I remember way back you'd have one electric and a cheapish acoustic and one good amp...and all the guys I knew had just about that. Oh and you had a mic as well if you did vocals...each and every band had a nice PA with a WEM copicat for reverb and echo.... ?

Now, even non-gigging bedroom players (like myself currently) have at least two or three guitars with 2 or more amps...not a bad thing..I'm just asking. ? I guess the average guy has more dispensable income nowadays ? and yet I would think otherwise with everything so darn expensive now...?

Yeah I touched on this topic a few months ago in a newsletter editorial:
http://articles.guitarforum.co.za/blogs/alan-ratcliffe/are-we-spoiled

vic

Alan Ratcliffe wrote
Vic wrote Since about when did this collecting GAS started ? Reckon it must be a "recent" thing...say about from the late 80's or so ? I remember way back you'd have one electric and a cheapish acoustic and one good amp...and all the guys I knew had just about that. Oh and you had a mic as well if you did vocals...each and every band had a nice PA with a WEM copicat for reverb and echo.... ?

Now, even non-gigging bedroom players (like myself currently) have at least two or three guitars with 2 or more amps...not a bad thing..I'm just asking. ? I guess the average guy has more dispensable income nowadays ? and yet I would think otherwise with everything so darn expensive now...?
Yeah I touched on this topic a few months ago in a newsletter editorial:
http://articles.guitarforum.co.za/blogs/alan-ratcliffe/are-we-spoiled

Oh yeah...I remember the article...thanks.

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