Guitar chord forum - chordie — Guitar love: Is it wrong?

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (topdown) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:12:59 +0000

^ HannahBeth - You are wiser beyond your years. Well said.

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (HannahBeth) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:25:35 +0000

attitude I mean ha

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (HannahBeth) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:24:23 +0000

I think the kind of thing people are talking about here is the opposite of our materialist problem: people are finding value based on experiences instead of monetary worth. I think the problem with the world is we always want sometuing new so we can throw all the old stuff away. Being setimental about a guitars, cheap or expensive, old or new, is pretty much opposite to society's "make it newer make it more expensive" artitude.

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (whitewater55) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:08:31 +0000

I don't know, arkady. I have a very old, very beat up Gianini 12er that I absolutely love.
It was given to me for storage, back in 1969, and belonged to an army buddy of mine who accompanied me to Vietnam. He didn't make it back, and that guitar sat in its case in a closet for over ten years, because it reminded me of Myles, who was its previous owner. I couldn't bring myself to play it. When I took it out, the neck had broken away from the body and the saddle had lifted up. It was a mess.
I took it to a luthier, got it repaired and learned to play (I had been a bassist).
The instrument is over 60 years old and it absolutely rings and the sustain is incredible. It has great action and a nice wide fretboard. It never leaves my house, but I carress it daily, and what I feel for it is akin to love.
As to value, it's not a "collector's" item, it's a low end Gianini, probably sold around $100.00 or less when new, but when I play it, I am reminded of my dear friend, a Newfie from Cornerbrook who could make people smile simply by picking it up. It was my campfire guitar as my kids were growing up and served as an accompaniment to my student's singing during my teaching career, and went to a multitude of Scout camps. I've used it on stage numerous times, and now I cherish it like an old lover, which is why it stays indoors now.
Yes, it is possible to feel "love" for a guitar, not because of its value as an object, but as a momento of a lifetime of memories, of glowing campfire embers, of the joy on the children's faces while they sang along with it, a reminder of the fleeting nature of friendships, of the fragility of humanity, as well as the incredible feel and sound of a vintage instrument.
I have other instruments, but none that I "love" like I love this guitar.

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (arkady) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:22:13 +0000

Love my guitars which are basically objects? No I dont think so. I think this is just another extention of the love for material things which is to a large extent what's wrong with the world today.
I do love music especially guitar miusic and I love being able to play.
ark

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (joeyjoeyjoey) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:52:40 +0000

Wouldnt a strat drink beer(Corona if it`s a mexican,Bud if it`s an american) and a tele would drink tequila. A martin or a taylor would drink Jack Daniels.Think of it.What would your guitars drink.What kind of music do they play.That will help decide what they drink.Use your imagination.

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (Zurf) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:11:06 +0000

Do NOT let your strat drink tequila. The Supreme Court and 5 out of 6 psychiatrists require that I not tell you why.

- Zurf

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (tandm3) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:06:49 +0000

Dear Penthouse forums,
I have a relationship with a Strat that goes back to 1986. She makes me buy her new pickups and pickguards every 10 years or so. She makes me feel sleezy but she feels so good when I hold her..

Really though, some things in our lives make deep impressions. Some of these relationships with inanimate objects seem silly to some people, but those of us that had these types of relationships have, in some small way, learned something from them. Or its the tequila again.. In any case, its less dangerous than some of things you could get involved with. Just don't try to marry your guitar.. That's only legal in Oregon and New Hampshire.

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (joeyjoeyjoey) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:40:16 +0000

You should have the guitars discuss it with each other and decide who goes.Does that sound like a good idea z.All kidding aside,you do develop a bond with a guitar.My ric,yamaha sj-180 and gibson falcon amp I have had since before I met my wife.As a matter of fact,I was still living at my mothers house when I had them.Go back even further,my father was very much alive when i bought the ric.He died 27 years ago.A bond and memories.What more can a guitar bring?

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (papaguitar) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:20:35 +0000

I second that HannahBeth, for the very same reason we have a hard time parting
with an old friend we've known a long time. We bond and yes there are memories
good and bad. Right now I am considering parting with one of these friends, my
Aria pro II bass I've had since 86. Having played on other inexpensive models that
weigh much less, sound as good or better and are great to look at I want to sell but
there are a lot of memories and though I play guitar I've been filling in on bass for
groups getting together that are lacking a bass player and so just to fill in occasionally
doesn't warrant saying goodbye to "her". I always can find another friend and keep
the old ones. mike

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (HannahBeth) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:18:40 +0000

There is a special connection between player and guitar I think. I've never played a guitar, but there's def something special about the familiarity of a guitar that you've played for a long time.
Music is such an emotional force, and the instrument associated with all of those emotions and memories is going to feel really special to you.

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (badeye) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:30:06 +0000

"Guitar love, is it wrong" ?

badeye

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (bushy243) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:57:38 +0000

I don't care what anyone says or thinks about me, I love my guitars. My wife even calls my Matons my babies. Maybe she is just as crazy as me. LOL.

All the best to all the other crazy Chordie folk.
Bushy

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (zguitar) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:49:11 +0000

UH, Joey, I don't want to tell you that you're crazy. But you might want to ask a therapist and see what he says. Talking guitars....next thing you know your kids will have fish names. Oh, wait a minute......

Re: Guitar love: Is it wrong?

null@example.com (steelstrings) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:21:57 +0000

Some guitars are so good that they deserve to have a name.