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fbloke

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Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« on: February 25, 2011, 10:46:18 PM »
I've got a guitar that's so nice I'm scared to take it to rehearsals or gigs in case in gets dented, scratched or in any other way made imperfect.  It's irrational, it's limiting, and I want to get over it soon.

Does anyone else get this?  How can we beat GTPS?
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2011, 10:53:40 PM »
Hummm I guess make the first scratch...

You could do a big one on the BACK, so it will ruine your heart but not the look of the beauty! :)
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 10:53:56 PM »
I don't know how you get over it, as I've never suffered from the problem, I've battered £2.5k + guitars on their first trip out the house and put big dings in them and it doesn't much bother me :lol:

I guess I just wouldn't ever buy a guitar that I thought I wouldn't want to use.
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2011, 11:19:30 PM »
Quote from: fbloke on February 25, 2011, 10:46:18 PM
Does anyone else get this?  How can we beat GTPS?

Constantly!  I'm terrified of putting that first scratch on a nice guitar.

I think that's part of the reason I've gravitated towards Japanese LP Juniors.  They're all used anyway, but even if they weren't it's hard to worry too much about scratching a Junior, it's such a simple basic guitar.

Vito Bratta (out of White Lion) used to whack a new guitar's body with a hammer for this very reason.  I don't know how long his ESP endorsement lasted....
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2011, 11:28:49 PM »
Just keep playing it - everywhere and anywhere.  That way it'll start to feel like home, get a few scuffs, and then you won't worry about it.

I've always taken a little while to break a new guitar in (as it were), but my last purchase (Swamp Ash PRS) got full throttle from the word go!  If it feels right, you just get on with playing it...
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2011, 12:00:09 AM »
Guitars need to played, favourably on stage. But I know the feeling. Once - somewhere in the late eighties - my brandnew Jem 77 FP fell of the stand and a piece of lacquer came off. Nearly cried, bec it was such an expensive guitar and I saved for it. Nowadays I don't worry at all. My two workhorses have scratches and some dings, the result from many gigs. I think they even have more character now. And they fit to my wrinkles.  :lol:
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2011, 08:18:31 AM »
I was a bit like that when I bought my 339 last year but the desire to play it in  gig overcame the trepidation I felt. I am choosy about the gigs I take it to ( more to do with space then scumfactor) but I am also very careful about handling it.The danger times are getting it in and out of a case in my experience. I would say that guitars are meant to be played.
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2011, 08:24:56 AM »
see it for what it IS, a guitar :lol:. NOT a piece of furniture, an antique or other other objet d'art.
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2011, 09:07:40 AM »
Don't buy expensive guitars...easy :)

I use to be like that but now...get out there & play the things, that's what their for
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2011, 09:17:40 AM »
Well, personally, I think of a righteous looking LP that I like the look of (an actual old one like Billy Gibbon's Pearly, or one that looks as good, like Twinfan's Francine), and I think "well, mine ain't gonna get looking that righteous unless I wear it in some..."

However, I have the advantage of liking both "new" looking and "used" looking guitars.
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2011, 10:15:46 AM »
I dont like getting marks on my guitars!

I have my RGD that doesnt have a single mark on it and i surprisingly play that one the most.

My rga i have had since the beginning of 09 and the first 2 marks on it were inflicted by myself accidentaly within the same hour.

The first te screwdriver slipped whilst installing my MQ and put a tiny scratch on the top that was barely visible but still i knew it was there and wasnt happy. The second was when soldering the MQ in  and i got distracted and the edge of the iron rested against the back near the cavity for just a second which burnt away some of the finish.

But all in all its just a guitar that plays amazingly well. However i have no more marks on it other than these two
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2011, 12:19:40 PM »
Guitars are made to be played.
If you're a gigging musician it's inevitable that you stuff will get beaten up, although you can do your best to look after it and keep it well-maintained. if you're worried about dropping resale value, that's just part of the game.

If you're a collector or vintage enthusiast and buy guitars to hang on a wall, it's a much different story.

Personally, i tour quite a bit these days and my guitars take a beating from it, but that's why I dropped big money on them in the first place. Well made guitars are inevitably more reliable and can take more abuse.
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2011, 04:44:30 PM »
Quote from: noob_pwm on February 26, 2011, 12:19:40 PM
Guitars are made to be played.that's why I dropped big money on them in the first place. Well made guitars are inevitably more reliable and can take more abuse.
Big money does not = well made.
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2011, 06:40:42 PM »
real men beat the shite out of their guitars and don't give a $%&#
my girls love it
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Re: Guitar Too Precious Syndrome - it's the new GAS
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2011, 04:56:41 PM »
Quote from: Twinfan on February 25, 2011, 11:28:49 PM
Just keep playing it - everywhere and anywhere.  That way it'll start to feel like home, get a few scuffs, and then you won't worry about it.

I've always taken a little while to break a new guitar in (as it were), but my last purchase (Swamp Ash PRS) got full throttle from the word go!  If it feels right, you just get on with playing it...

Twinfan - have you dinged the Pearly yet?  That's one hell of a guitar.  I'm fine with gigging all others of mine, but the 59 VOS just gives me a kind of OCD.

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