andrewjbryson wrote:
Haha, its true, at the end of the day , Its just a hobby,
just like a stamp collector collecting stamps...
Guitars can be a business or a hobby or both. For some players guitars are tools. They might want the best quality tools that they can get, but they are still tools. In other cases you might develop a particular fondness for a guitar that you've used for years and that feels right, sounds right etc etc.
Look what John Martyn did to his Martin D-28 in the 70s. All that duct tape all over the place. Or look at Richard Thompson's Lowden acoustics (these cost, at an absolute minimum, 2000 pounds)* - battered and stained, he seems to be interested in keeping them in good working order but no more than that. They regard the instrument as a tool - even though they might be prepared to pay top dollar for a "tool" that allows them to do their job reliably and accurately.
Keith Richards seems to select guitars with at least one eye on their suitability for self-defence ?
For the likes of me they're nothing more than an indulgence.
* Yeah sure, he's now playing the "signature model" and got that one for free (plus the prototype, which he gave to his son), but until then he was paying for them. He's not famous enough to get a lot of endorsements, neither was Martyn.
