I fancy spending some of my hard earned on a new guitar, but the wife thinks I've got too many already. Should I ignore her and get that '50s archtop I've been hankering after or not buy another guitar and buy a banjo/uke to spite her?

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Neither, spend it on't car!

£250 my limit on that.

get a ukulele, those things are so cool.

if not, a banjo over a guitar def
tom

Just treated myself to an Ovation 1771Lx but was tempted by a mandolin while scanning catalogues.

Sorry if I've made the problem worse!

Basically if you have two eyes reasonably spaced on your head and teeth that approximate a fit in your mouth then buy a guitar, if not buy a banjo

Only joking! Have given serious consideration to getting a banjo myself recently, have heard that they are a complete bitch for those around you while you're learning to play.

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Get a Banjo, have a couple of teeth pulled and play that tune from "deliverance".

Then she'll wish you'd bought the guitar.

You could always take a job up 'cleaning windows'

How many ya got , you greedy sod!!

Just the six.

If you have a sudden urge to say things like "oo'er mother" and "turned out nice again" get yourself the uke. There was a banjo orchestra on radio 1 a couple of months ago and they were a real laugh though, so I would look at joining them. They did a cover of Stairway and it was brilliant . They also said anything with 4 strings, including bass guitars, is technically a banjo.

Sell all your guitars and buy one amazing guitar.

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Originally posted by Benzine
Sell all your guitars and buy one amazing guitar.

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Having been to see Hayseed Dixie a couple of times and bought their albums.

The Banjo is the axemans new weapon of choice....

John

John

They were at Glastonbury on the TV and performed a version of Motorheads 'Ace of Spades'?

They were awesome man!!!!!!

Cheers

Mark

A banjo would be nice for a while, but I'm a guitar man through and through.
I decent telecaster copy would be nice I'm thinking. Go for a thinline tele if you fancy semi acoustic maybe.

Can't abide Telecasters, or Fenders in general really. I much prefer the 24&3/4 inch scale lengths. I'm thinking of a '50s or early '60s Hofner archtop, there seems to be a few on eBay for reasonable money lately.

I have One main guitar and an elderly tele for string breakage moments.
This is my main plunk - does everything.
Brian Moore i91.13

im gonna get an electric guitar soon, i sold my old one and amp about 5 years ago when i ran out of money. Missed it ever since,, i made it. Just got a nylon strung accoustic now, its really a kids toy, but it keeps the fingers alive for now.