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gazza285

posted on 29/6/05 at 10:52 PM Reply With Quote
Guitar or Banjo.

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?

[Edited on 29/6/05 by gazza285]

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Hellfire

posted on 29/6/05 at 10:52 PM Reply With Quote
Neither, spend it on't car!






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gazza285

posted on 29/6/05 at 10:57 PM Reply With Quote
£250 my limit on that.
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indykid

posted on 29/6/05 at 11:01 PM Reply With Quote
get a ukulele, those things are so cool.

if not, a banjo over a guitar def
tom






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locogeoff

posted on 29/6/05 at 11:06 PM Reply With Quote
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.

[Edited on 29/6/05 by locogeoff]

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DavidM

posted on 29/6/05 at 11:07 PM Reply With Quote
Get a Banjo, have a couple of teeth pulled and play that tune from "deliverance".

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





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Hellfire

posted on 29/6/05 at 11:10 PM Reply With Quote
You could always take a job up 'cleaning windows'






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Surrey Dave

posted on 29/6/05 at 11:37 PM Reply With Quote
How many ya got , you greedy sod!!
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gazza285

posted on 30/6/05 at 12:28 AM Reply With Quote
Just the six.
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Peteff

posted on 30/6/05 at 07:57 AM Reply With Quote
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.





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I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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Benzine

posted on 30/6/05 at 08:08 AM Reply With Quote
Sell all your guitars and buy one amazing guitar.






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gazza285

posted on 30/6/05 at 09:28 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
Sell all your guitars and buy one amazing guitar.



No.

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spunky

posted on 30/6/05 at 09:51 AM Reply With Quote
Having been to see Hayseed Dixie a couple of times and bought their albums.

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

John





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But the cautious man does not live at all.....

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marktigere1

posted on 30/6/05 at 11:03 AM Reply With Quote
John

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

They were awesome man!!!!!!

Cheers

Mark

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alister667

posted on 30/6/05 at 12:18 PM Reply With Quote
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.





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gazza285

posted on 30/6/05 at 06:30 PM Reply With Quote
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.
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zilspeed

posted on 30/6/05 at 07:00 PM Reply With Quote
I have One main guitar and an elderly tele for string breakage moments.
This is my main plunk - does everything.
Brian Moore i91.13

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JoelP

posted on 30/6/05 at 08:26 PM Reply With Quote
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.






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