Philip and Ron - thanks. It was fun. But to the point, you are correct,
Philip that best doesn't always mean most expensive. However, in guitars,
especially acoustic, there is often a direct correlation.
For me, it's also that way with bikes. Rivendell bikes are probably as
expensive as I'll e
Congratulations on the performance! That's cool.
Semantic nit: I did say "best," not "most expensive." A tool you can't use
isn't really a tool anymore, right? Maybe it's a collectible, or an
artifact, but it seems more like a burden.
I'm not going to live my life in fear of losing something g
that's certainly an experience. My best fishing experiences have been
fishing for the camera, filming a Trout Unlimited episode in my s. Texas
tailwater, and My endemic hill country bass for an episode of KT Diaries.
I was fishing two prewar cane rods for TU, and a cane rod built by a
friend
And I'll always take a different approach. Buy the most expensive tool you
can afford to lose and/or break without dire consequences. If one of my
present guitars were to be destroyed, I'd feel bad, but move on. However,
if I had, say, a 1950's or earlier Martin D that was destroyed, well, so
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