... one that I hadn't played for a while (years probably), and one that was on my list of possibly-to-sell.
When I've been playing recently, I've typically been playing one or other of my self-builds, or self-put-togethers. These are OK (of course, I'd say that) guitars, quite playable, and generally with the spec that I wanted.
But this afternoon I picked up this one ...
... and gave my hands and ears a treat.
It's smaller bodied than I remember, action is very playable (low without being silly), and the BKPs give a lot of sounds with appropriate fiddling with the tone & vols. Quick switch-flick and there are some fairly decent acoustic sounds of it too.
Probably helped that I was playing through my full-size amp, rather than my more normal THR10 with/without headphones.
That's another one off the don't-play-it-maybe-I-should-sell-it list ...
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The point of the post?
Just that I've read a few threads recently along the lines of "I don't play my X, Y or Z anymore, should I get rid of it?". You might not play it right now, but if you leave it for a year or two and then go back to it, you might just appreciate all of its qualities all over again.
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Looks like a HSP90 in the neck?
I can't remember what the other one is, probably Mule or Stormy Monday rather than anything too far OTT.
Sweet guitar!
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youI had more problems remembering that @WezV put the bridge vol control next to the bridge pickup. I kept going for that when I wanted to change the neck volume ... that was the only difficult bit.
I'm easily swayed ...
Thing is if you'd sold it before playing it you wouldn't have cared. Almost any guitar you own ought to be something you enjoy playing; stands to reason as you bought it; all you are really doing is giving yourself an excuse not to sell it.
I don't build them because I need more guitars - I build them to learn/practice more guitar making skills, for relaxation and the satisfaction, etc.
I hadn't stopped playing it because I didn't enjoy playing it. It had just gradually fallen down the playing list as others had displaced it, not because of an explicit decision.
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