Howdy All,
Anybody ever buy for emotional reasons (besides just liking the guitar)?
Personally, I'm trying to decide what to do. My dad passed last year and I inherited a couple Fenders. His Gibsons went to my siblings who don't play guitar. My father had a beautiful 1974 Gibson Black Beauty Custom, a Fretless Wonder. I loved the sound but could NOT dig the low frets. Rather than hack the guitar up I encouraged my sister to take it.
At the present I have been GASsing hard for a Gibson. I miss the 24.75 scale, the flatter radius, and humbuckers of course. I've been wanting an ebony fretboard too.
So I have decided to buy a Gibson and am having a terrible time deciding which. I'm in France, which somewhat complicates things. I would love to pick up a newish black Custom, just like my dad's, but with bigger frets. It is emotionally tough (though not impossible), as well, to pay that much coin. Alternatively I could pick up a much cheaper older studio with an ebony board. There's a local white one with a lot of scars and a headstock repair. It's sort of the opposite of the guitar my dad had, which was amazing and very well kept and protected (it hardly had a scratch). The idea of picking up something that contrasts with my dad's guitar (in that it's white, beat-up, and cheaper), sounds cool, but so does having something very close to what my father had. Ultimately I hope to pick up a Gibson that I LOVE to play. That's the whole point in the end.
Anybody have any stories about emotional purchases? Any advice is welcome too.
J Dale
Anybody ever buy for emotional reasons (besides just liking the guitar)?
Personally, I'm trying to decide what to do. My dad passed last year and I inherited a couple Fenders. His Gibsons went to my siblings who don't play guitar. My father had a beautiful 1974 Gibson Black Beauty Custom, a Fretless Wonder. I loved the sound but could NOT dig the low frets. Rather than hack the guitar up I encouraged my sister to take it.
At the present I have been GASsing hard for a Gibson. I miss the 24.75 scale, the flatter radius, and humbuckers of course. I've been wanting an ebony fretboard too.
So I have decided to buy a Gibson and am having a terrible time deciding which. I'm in France, which somewhat complicates things. I would love to pick up a newish black Custom, just like my dad's, but with bigger frets. It is emotionally tough (though not impossible), as well, to pay that much coin. Alternatively I could pick up a much cheaper older studio with an ebony board. There's a local white one with a lot of scars and a headstock repair. It's sort of the opposite of the guitar my dad had, which was amazing and very well kept and protected (it hardly had a scratch). The idea of picking up something that contrasts with my dad's guitar (in that it's white, beat-up, and cheaper), sounds cool, but so does having something very close to what my father had. Ultimately I hope to pick up a Gibson that I LOVE to play. That's the whole point in the end.
Anybody have any stories about emotional purchases? Any advice is welcome too.
J Dale
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