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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2014 22:55:03 GMT -5
I agree with Marty, but then again Al is well-versed in guitar dodads (and a salesman for Dream Guitars when time permits) so it all makes sense in some sort of fashion. Given the various climates that he travels in, and the humid weather of NC (as Bill's experience with his Martin demonstrated), a carbon fiber instrument probably solves a bunch of problems, and lowers the stress of travelling with an expensive instrument that can react to the swings of humidity and temperature.
I'm pretty sure that Al could make rubber bands strung across a cigar box sound lovely...
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Post by drlj on Aug 2, 2014 8:38:53 GMT -5
For $2,500 I got a Marshall signature model guitar. Only one of it's kind. . . . , of course I sold a much more classic and valuable (dollar wise) guitar signed by some guy, Ernie, to rationalize the purchase. But still, it looks great and it serves me well. Some might think I'm crazy. They could be right. But I don't care much about that. We think you are crazy, but it has nothing to do with guitars.
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Post by RickW on Aug 2, 2014 9:18:26 GMT -5
Last trip, I travelled with my new tenor guitar, which is of course a lovely little wood beasty. FIrst time I have travelled with anything but the Cargo in years. I can tell you if, I was a professional musician, I would be using carbon fibre, and if I didn't already have the Cargo, I'd be looking for one to satisfy me. It's just way better. Don't have to worry about leaving it in the car on a warm day, don't have to be concerned anywhere near as much about the bumps and thumps, don't have to worry about changing humidity. It was a bit of a pain having the tenor on a long car trip. Had to haul it into a couple of restaurants with me. And if it comes down to hand to hand combat, I'm pretty sure the Cargo will give me that extra few minutes as a weapon, while the wood boys would be sitting there with a stunned look on their face and a few splinters in hand. I have only played one Rainsong, a parlour, and it was a lovely little instrument. Be a toss up for me on sound and playability with the Cargo. Nothing tubby there. Price was almost twice what I paid for the Cargo, though. And Cargos are still not ridiculously priced. I'd like to play more of them, as I think they are also beautiful. And truth to tell, as Marshall says, I think you can make anything sound great with the right system. Not many venues that are purely acoustic.
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