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Yeah . . . Love is the answer, but own a gun just in case.
Live for the moments, and plan for the future.
My plan in 1965 was for a house outside of Phoenix, overlooking the valley of the sun.
I ended in California, looking up at Mt. Whitney.
So not the original plan, but how I got there was the same, and I won’t complain a bit.
Live for the moments, and plan for the future.
My plan in 1965 was for a house outside of Phoenix, overlooking the valley of the sun.
I ended in California, looking up at Mt. Whitney.
So not the original plan, but how I got there was the same, and I won’t complain a bit.
Good Evening Mossberg Owners.
Since Christmas I have bought myself a Schecter electric guitar, two vintage Silvertone electric guitars, a new late model bass guitar and a new late model imported lap-steel guitar. I also bought a couple of guitar cases and several accessories.
My wife told me that she didn’t think I should buy any more guitars, and I asked her, “Well, what if I sell one of the guns?”
She thinks that I have way too many guns, and frankly I’ve never really been in love with my Ruger .308 rifle.
The bottom line is I didn’t have to sell anything, and I found myself this lovely 1999 Eric Clapton signature model Fender Stratocaster, made in Corona California.
This is a 25 year old guitar, with the original strings on it. It was played a little bit and put away in a closet all this time, and it looks almost like brand new.
It has a battery hidden inside the tremolo assembly because this guitar has active pick ups on it.
This guitar was created in the days of EPA regulations that forced the painting and varnishing operations into Mexico. Because of this they were importing parts from around the world into Mexico, painting them, and then shipping them to California for assembly.
Because of this, these guitars are not strictly considered made in the USA, even though it says corona California on the back and no other country of origin is specified.
From the fender online database:
This translates to Eric Clapton Stratocaster, pewter color, with case.
So, in the end, somehow I didn’t actually have to sell any guns, I still have some money, and there’s probably a Fender Telecaster in my future.
But I doubt it’s going to be an expensive celebrity signature model or anything collectible. It will probably be one of the modern inexpensive Fenders imported from Mexico or Indonesia.
Since Christmas I have bought myself a Schecter electric guitar, two vintage Silvertone electric guitars, a new late model bass guitar and a new late model imported lap-steel guitar. I also bought a couple of guitar cases and several accessories.
My wife told me that she didn’t think I should buy any more guitars, and I asked her, “Well, what if I sell one of the guns?”
She thinks that I have way too many guns, and frankly I’ve never really been in love with my Ruger .308 rifle.
The bottom line is I didn’t have to sell anything, and I found myself this lovely 1999 Eric Clapton signature model Fender Stratocaster, made in Corona California.
This is a 25 year old guitar, with the original strings on it. It was played a little bit and put away in a closet all this time, and it looks almost like brand new.
It has a battery hidden inside the tremolo assembly because this guitar has active pick ups on it.
This guitar was created in the days of EPA regulations that forced the painting and varnishing operations into Mexico. Because of this they were importing parts from around the world into Mexico, painting them, and then shipping them to California for assembly.
Because of this, these guitars are not strictly considered made in the USA, even though it says corona California on the back and no other country of origin is specified.
From the fender online database:
This translates to Eric Clapton Stratocaster, pewter color, with case.
So, in the end, somehow I didn’t actually have to sell any guns, I still have some money, and there’s probably a Fender Telecaster in my future.
But I doubt it’s going to be an expensive celebrity signature model or anything collectible. It will probably be one of the modern inexpensive Fenders imported from Mexico or Indonesia.
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Bobster
.30-06
Nice ax--no whammy?
There’s something I have to mention, to any aspiring guitarist, or musicians of any kind for that matter. I found this out the hard way.
Never buy an inexpensive instrument. A good one may be costly but it can always be resold for reasonable money if you don’t damage it.
The guitar industry sells thousands of cheap student guitars every year, like my very first guitar. A $30 flat top from Sears.
While they are all mediocre in almost every way, most of them are total junk in at least one critical way. Most are difficult to tune and play, even for an experienced musician. They are poorly designed & made, and it is normal for them to literally start to come apart.
Being inexpensive usually also means that they don’t come with a real case to protect the instrument, during the majority of its life where it is not actually being used. Being so inexpensive, any improvement or repair will quickly exceed the value of the instrument.
Most of these instruments get slightly damaged right away, and become even more difficult to play, resulting in another discouraged musician and an instrument that sits in a closet for 25 years. (35 years in the case of my lovely wife. Hers is brand new. She didn’t even get to the point of damaging it.)
In the end, almost all of these inexpensive instruments become children’s noisemakers, wall ornaments, filthy dust collectors, or absolute landfill.
Never buy an inexpensive instrument. A good one may be costly but it can always be resold for reasonable money if you don’t damage it.
The guitar industry sells thousands of cheap student guitars every year, like my very first guitar. A $30 flat top from Sears.
While they are all mediocre in almost every way, most of them are total junk in at least one critical way. Most are difficult to tune and play, even for an experienced musician. They are poorly designed & made, and it is normal for them to literally start to come apart.
Being inexpensive usually also means that they don’t come with a real case to protect the instrument, during the majority of its life where it is not actually being used. Being so inexpensive, any improvement or repair will quickly exceed the value of the instrument.
Most of these instruments get slightly damaged right away, and become even more difficult to play, resulting in another discouraged musician and an instrument that sits in a closet for 25 years. (35 years in the case of my lovely wife. Hers is brand new. She didn’t even get to the point of damaging it.)
In the end, almost all of these inexpensive instruments become children’s noisemakers, wall ornaments, filthy dust collectors, or absolute landfill.
Cadd, I totally agree with your logic and think your philosophy can be applied to many other things, including some firearms.
Regards
Yeah, I own a couple of very mediocre firearms and I do regret buying them.
I figured out that I enjoy playing this $200 foreign-made Fender almost as well as I like playing the $1500 American Fender.
But part of that is that I spent hours on this one polishing the neck and filing frets, and making it a slick as possible. This is a Fender authorized copy of a very early 1950s fender design that is still probably the third most popular guitar in the world today.
The set up was not as good as the Eric Clapton guitar (until I set it up personally) but the precision of manufacture was a little bit better in someways.
I used to sing and play guitar and roadie with a country western band back in the 1970s but I gave all that up for a steady engineering job. OK, actually what happened is the girl singer in the band ended up sleeping with all of the members and this caused the band to break up.
Now my wife has some crazy idea that I might start doing that again and there is no way. The musicians that I knew worked hard & for less money than I ever made as an engineer.
I bought these guitars as an investment, because inflation is really eating me.
Also to play for my own amusement. I’m not in the business.
But part of that is that I spent hours on this one polishing the neck and filing frets, and making it a slick as possible. This is a Fender authorized copy of a very early 1950s fender design that is still probably the third most popular guitar in the world today.
The set up was not as good as the Eric Clapton guitar (until I set it up personally) but the precision of manufacture was a little bit better in someways.
I used to sing and play guitar and roadie with a country western band back in the 1970s but I gave all that up for a steady engineering job. OK, actually what happened is the girl singer in the band ended up sleeping with all of the members and this caused the band to break up.
Now my wife has some crazy idea that I might start doing that again and there is no way. The musicians that I knew worked hard & for less money than I ever made as an engineer.
I bought these guitars as an investment, because inflation is really eating me.
Also to play for my own amusement. I’m not in the business.
Husker88
.270 WIN
Counting the minutes. I'm glad he hired a very qualified private firm for his immediate security for him and the family. Still too many DEI Trump haters in the S/S...and the DC police....and the FBI. What concerns me is all the former big-wigs that are skipping the event. What do they know?
Good morning to all of yous. Our low this morning was 16, wind chill 3. I’m sure my sons in Omaha would be happy with that temperature.We have about 2 more cold days then back into the 40s and 50s.
Have yourselves a great day.
Have yourselves a great day.
