Well, I'm sitting in Cadillac Michigan right now....it's raining....and I had to sell my travel guitar before we left because I REALLY needed the cash.
I'm trying to find a music store to try and buy a cheapo-cheapo-cheapo for the week....and can't find the only one in town.
I can only hope my playing will improve by taking some time off :lol:
In Space, no one can hear me sing!
Have you tried the Pawn Shop? http://www.pawnshoplistings.com/profile/Trading_Post/6230
Like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Hi Joe,
I went through a similar situation few years ago; needed cash bad & let most of my guitars go, along with an absolutely beautiful Pearl White 80's Dean that I have missed terribly over the years. I found an $80 "Eagle" - GIbson knock-off on craigslist to hold me over until I could replenish my stock!
So, I've been there, I can sympathize with you! Try craigslist; don't be afraid to make offers - you never know, people will bite if they need the cash bad enough...
Kat, I think you misunderstand....I just need one for the week LOL, I still have all my other guitars at home. I loosened the strings and packed them in their cases before I left.
Thanks for that link BlueJay! I called the guitar shop before I looked at this link and the guy there got a chuckle about what I was doing LOL.
I'll check out the pawn shop too!
In Space, no one can hear me sing!
Guess I did misunderstand a bit! :oops: Still, going without a guitar for a week is likely to produce severe withdrawal symptoms! :mrgreen:
hey there mods - i replied to this thread about 20 mins ago, but my message has gone?
i aint complaining, i often talk rubbish so i dont mind if it has been deleted, but i just thought i'd let you know in case something is wrong somewhere :D
"I like to play that guitar. I have to stare at it while I'm playing it because I'm not very good at playing it."
Noel Gallagher (who took the words right out of my mouth)
Yeah it was removed because they were tired of ally your jibberish! LOL
Just kidding, I always enjoy what you post. :lol: :lol:
In Space, no one can hear me sing!
maybe its because i wrote it in pig latin? :lol:
anyway, what it said was that i had got back from a weeks exile in wales without my guitar, and that i know the feeling.
so, if a post saying something like that appears in an entirely unrelated thread, you know why :D
"I like to play that guitar. I have to stare at it while I'm playing it because I'm not very good at playing it."
Noel Gallagher (who took the words right out of my mouth)
I once went without a guitar for 17 days. I was on a cruise, so was having fun, but I sure missed playing. Interesting thing is that when I got home and picked up a guitar, my playing had improved. There must be something to that "muscle memory" thing.
Renee
A couple of months or so back, things were really sticky, financially - so I pawned my Tele and my SPT acoustic. I still had the Squier Tele (needs repairing) and a battered old acoustic....but I hardly touched them. Just wasn't the same. When I got them back, boy did I give them some stick...I usually play for 4-6 hours a day, and thought I'd just be able to pick up where I left off.
Was I ever wrong! After about a couple of minutes, my fingers were sore....callouses had gone soft. After about an hour of playing, my hand was sore - had to pack in playing for the night. It's taken a few weeks, but I'm almost back to normal... callouses are hard again, hand strength's back to normal.
I'll tell you one thing - those guitars are never going near a pawn shop again. No way, no how. I don't care how skint we are - and I don't care what gets cut off, I'm not doing without my guitars again. (Er, when I said "I don't care what gets cut off," I was referring to Gas, Electric, Phone, cable TV, etc - not bodily parts. Obviously. I know you can sell, eg, a kidney in some parts of the world, but not here. Not legally, anyway. And if there's any loan sharks reading this, can you make it a leg if it really comes down to the crunch? I need my arms for guitar.....)
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
http://www.mirrorimage.com/air/
who needs a physical guitar?
try this. click the lesson section and follow all the way through.
:D
Okay, this was the greateset thing I think I've ever seen! That just made my day! Thanks Dogbite!
In Space, no one can hear me sing!
Hey, I work in Cadillac! Shoot me a pm and I can show you where the guitar store is, and where another is about 50 miles south. Dave
Oh wow! That's cool! I'm staying at the Sands Resort until tomorrow. Then we are going to stay at my wifes friends house in LeRoy for a few days.
I did find The Music Station, I had thought it was a building that needed to be leased or something because of the signs around it, so I think we may be going there at some point today after we get back from Traverse City. Then again, if there is a music store up there I may just stop in there.
Thanks for the offer though! I appreciate it!
In Space, no one can hear me sing!
http://www.mirrorimage.com/air/
who needs a physical guitar?
try this. click the lesson section and follow all the way through.
:D
+1, Doggy
It's the rock that gives the stream its music . . . and the stream that gives the rock its roll.
