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Is it just me or does anyone else find that their enjoyment of particular guitars waxes and wanes over time.

My new LS150 that I raved about a few weeks ago is a truly excellent guitar but at the moment leaves me a little cold. My deluxe strat plays beautifully - but at first I hated the pups; then quite liked them; and now hate them again - plus for the last 6 months or so I've been playing mostly high gain stuff better suited to humbuckers. My TTE55 I loved but haven't picked up in months while I recently cleaned and fettled my Yamaha MSG in preparation for selling and now love it. My LS65 which I was also preparing to sell is still a very nice guitar with a slimmer neck than the 150 and different enough in appearance to warrant keeping. Explains why I always regret selling any guitar and why GAS keeps bubbling up. Can't help thinking my collection is missing a strat/LP hybrid such as a PRS or Eggle Berlin and the newer deluxe strat with S1 switching also appeals.

Does it ever end? :cry:
 
:p I know exactly how you feel. I think thats just the way it is. Some evenings I want to play the guitar but I know that if I pick it up I will only get frustrated and not be able to do what I want. If I persist though then some day soon I will pick it up again and it will be like magic :D . Of course the wall allways follows the then the process repeats itself.

I find I play each guitar for about a month then switch to a different one. I keep one downstairs and one in the attic aswell so I have different options. At the moment its the LS200 that is getting all my time, but thats because its only 3 weeks old! 8)
 
mlivingstone said:
My new LS150 that I raved about a few weeks ago is a truly excellent guitar but at the moment leaves me a little cold.
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Sell it! Quick!! ;)

Does it ever end? :cry:
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I don't know if you play in a band, but if not, get yourself a nice amp, find some mates and crank it. :) Just yesterday we rehearsed again after three weeks, and my LS60 sounded so great over the Bassman I was grinning the whole evening (and still am...).
 
I love all my guitars and I'll be very sad when another 2 will go...GAS strikes again and I'd very muck like to get a UK built Burns Bison or legend...or something with P90....or a quirky guitar like a Jazzmaster...

AAArrrr will it ever end???
 
I guess it's a never ending story.I have the pleasure of trying about 20 guitars in 4 years(only of mine) and I've been educating myself because it's nearly impossible to get any decent guitar ina shop here in my city. Higher speced guitars are priced more for a reason,this is really true on Tokais in my experience.As a result of these I only consider LS145/150 and above and I know each(particular of mine) model, its good point but its "faults". I would love to try new LS175(Special P90s) and LS380 with Rolph pickups models to close the circle.....I finally exchanged LS150 pups for a pair of Burstbuckers 8) ,I'll try them tomorrow with the 18w....I'll see if this tandem are going to help the guitar to became excellent.
 
hans-j?rgen said:
mlivingstone said:
My new LS150 that I raved about a few weeks ago is a truly excellent guitar but at the moment leaves me a little cold.
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Sell it! Quick!! ;)

Does it ever end? :cry:
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I don't know if you play in a band, but if not, get yourself a nice amp, find some mates and crank it. :) Just yesterday we rehearsed again after three weeks, and my LS60 sounded so great over the Bassman I was grinning the whole evening (and still am...).
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I agree hans.

My 95 Fender Mex Strat and Marshall AVT 50 sound crap on their own.

At band practise it's a different story. The combination sounds hardcore :D
 
The creative process comes and goes with me. But I have learned to burn it to cd's and keep it all. I wish I had alot of stuff I did 30 years ago to see how you evolve as a guitarist. We never stop going through them changes!
 
Oh yes, this thread could run forever, I love my LS 75F its probably the best guitar i have ever owned and it makes me smile every time i look at it.

BUT, i sold an 83 jap strat (all black a la david gilmour) to fund the LR. At first i was so elated with the LR that i never noticed the huge cavernous hole in my the collection that is caused by not having a strat. Even though i never played it much, i miss it like hell :(

Now, I'm on the look out for a tokai strat or tele, but cant afford one without doing some dodgy accountantcy with the missis, particularly as i have to fund a new amp before my bands next gig in two weeks time!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:
 
that's why I can't sell other guitars to help finance new ones, it hurst just to imagine the remorse I would get from doing so... but I think this is a fault in my personality, after material things shouldn't be that important, or should they :wink:

anyways good luck on your strat quest jonny73...
 
I know what you mean Bruno, but in my case my other half thinks I'm nuts with my gun collection, and now that I'm back into playing guitar s, She thinks 3 or 4 is plenty. Allthough she can have 50 pairs of shoes and countless other things that women have, I have to watch my buying of toys. I am also an avid angler with dozens of fishing poles and reels and I love offshore fishing wich makes it even worse. When you burn 200 gallons of gas on one trip it starts to hurt a little. I just can't give up the other hobbys that I love. If I did I would have to collect guitars. Maybe when I'm to old for the other hobbys.

Mark
 

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