Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
A ten-string classical by Michael Gee. I'll have to wait a year for it....wich will give me time to save up. Photo by Michael Gee.
My Next Guitar
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Pete Askew
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Haven't you got enough guitars by now?! I mean, it doesn't even take pictures! 
Paul Lange
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I imagine the guitar is expensive but within reach, it's the extra long spindly fingered alien hands transplant that will put you in debt for the rest of your life.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
In action:
Brian Moore
Moderator
Lovely music in that link. If that's your next guitar, and you have to wait a year for it, that means you won't get any other guitars for a year at least. Is that really what you mean?
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
It is! In fact I will have to sell two lutes and a guitar to pay for this one! I'm trying to downscale the number of instruments I play - as I get older, I'm finding less energy and time to play all the instruments I do play. This guitar will cover all my guitar music and all my lute music. So, three or four go out, and one comes in. That's the plan.
The luthier, Michael Gee of Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, Engerland, has a waiting list, hence the delay.
BTW, I just got a film back, and it has confirmed my fear - I can no longer take a half-decent photograph!
The luthier, Michael Gee of Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, Engerland, has a waiting list, hence the delay.
BTW, I just got a film back, and it has confirmed my fear - I can no longer take a half-decent photograph!
Paul Lange
Moderator
What, no full barre chords!
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Exactly, Paul. Most of the bass notes are open strings
Brian Moore
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What happened with the film images?
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Aldous Lau
Well-Known Member
Rob, how many guitars do you have?
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Aldous! You NEVER, NEVER, under any circumstances, ask such a question!!!!
Aldous Lau
Well-Known Member
haha. I am just curious Rob
Pete Askew
Admin
I think the number too might be in the answer somewhere!
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Or V for vague.
It's like being asked how many cameras you have!
It's like being asked how many cameras you have!
Pete Askew
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Er, you mean I might have to actually count them!
Aldous Lau
Well-Known Member
Pete, I am wondering how long it takes you to count the number of cameras you have gotEr, you mean I might have to actually count them!
Pete Askew
Admin
Life is too short for that kind of thing, Aldous!
Aldous Lau
Well-Known Member
Pete, you make my day, hahaLife is too short for that kind of thing, Aldous!
Murray Leshner
Well-Known Member
I was given a 'student' classical guitar with that type of angled fret/fingerboard.
I went down many rabbit holes trying to learn its history. Mine appears to be a no-name German guitar brought to the US by immigrants. The owner passed away & her husband gave it to a guitarist at his church, & that guy gave it to me.
I have a couple names I think reflect its history, but think Rob probably has more accurate info, since he's in touch with the luthier.
So I should ask first, and perhaps only share the historical info I think is relevant, if it's of any interest. My info is potentially accurate but could also be only tangentially related because I found it on...you know...the internet.
I went down many rabbit holes trying to learn its history. Mine appears to be a no-name German guitar brought to the US by immigrants. The owner passed away & her husband gave it to a guitarist at his church, & that guy gave it to me.
I have a couple names I think reflect its history, but think Rob probably has more accurate info, since he's in touch with the luthier.
So I should ask first, and perhaps only share the historical info I think is relevant, if it's of any interest. My info is potentially accurate but could also be only tangentially related because I found it on...you know...the internet.
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