Originally Posted by
deacon mark
I am a jazz guitarist and and repair guitars, do set ups on all guitars. At about $800 I can have a guitar do all I need right? Well my handmade Campellone guitar is maybe $6000. I think I would rather play it no contest.
Hello guitar brother,
I am a blues player, and most of my idols of old played just one kind of guitar. Some had trouble affording it too, at first, and later were too settled to change. The three kings, and many other blues pioneers, were one-p-i-s-t-o-l pistoleros.
I have lots of guitars, waiting on a custom Collings I-35LC at the moment. But after playing any for a while, no matter how good and tuneful, I want to play a different one. And as you say, any basic axe will fill the need, a Jimmy Vaugh Strat or a Robert Cray Strat, at a cost of $600, is all you need to play and sound good. So what? The pleasure of playing a Giffin or a Collings or a masterbuilt Strat is something else, and very like the pleasure of riding a top bike.