| Author | Message | ||
| jalevinemd
Advanced Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 396 Registered: 12-2003 |
I know this has been addressed previously. I'm just not sure where. I've finally gotten around to having my guitars wall-mounted. Ironically, my most expensive ones are still on the floor, but I'm working on that. I've had nightmares about the omega tips on the Little Bear cracking off after someone knocked it over. Hopefully, I'll get around to it before that fateful day.    | ||
| olieoliver
Advanced Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 239 Registered: 2-2006 |
I have mine all on wall mounts but I still don't trust the keeping the Alembics on them. They stay in the case when idle. I like your Paul. I had a 68 Gold Top paul and a 69 GOld Top. Both of wich I sold to ,at the time, my best friend and lead singer of our band BIG LUCY in the 80's. I sold them to him on the condition if he needed cash he sell them back to me. He got strung out on speed for the umpteenth time and lost them both in a pawn shop for $350. The PUTZ!, I would have given the $800 that I sold them to him for. That was the last time I ever sold gear to a friend. He died at the age of 42 of heart failure due to chronic drug use. What a waiste. There is a reason they call it "DOPE"! | ||
| jalevinemd
Advanced Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 397 Registered: 12-2003 |
The mounts are fixed into the studs, so I have no fear of them giving way. | ||
| gare
Advanced Member Username: gare Post Number: 368 Registered: 11-2003 |
Nice collection Jonathan..I think I have the twin to your fireglow 330. G | ||
| zuperdog
Junior Username: zuperdog Post Number: 37 Registered: 11-2005 |
Beautiful guitars! I'd love to get my fingers on a couple of those. Nice wall mounts, too! | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 737 Registered: 9-2002 |
I don't like hanging guitars where they're hung against the finished part at the bottom of the head, especially lacquer. Seen too many of them with 'ear marks' that hung in stores too long. J o e y | ||
| applejuice
Junior Username: applejuice Post Number: 18 Registered: 1-2006 |
Nice looking collection, do you play them all or do some not get played at all? | ||
| phylo
New Username: phylo Post Number: 5 Registered: 10-2005 |
Please tell us about the Cripe! | ||
| jalevinemd
Senior Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 403 Registered: 12-2003 |
Jon, I wish it were a Cripe! It's actually made by Tim and Pat O'Donnell at Resurrection Guitars. They are permitted by Stephen Cripe's estate to make replicas of his instruments. Here's a link to several discussions as well as more photos of that particular guitar...the Big Bear. http://alembic.com/club/messages/449/13054.html#POST26362 | ||
| jalevinemd
Senior Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 404 Registered: 12-2003 |
Joe, Once you get past a certain number of guitars, it's like coaching little league. You'd like everyone to get a chance to play, but some are going to sit on the bench. The five on the floor get the most attention | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1227 Registered: 7-2004 |
Jonathan: Aren't the five on the floor, for the most part, the newest five? (I know it usually works that way for me). Nice collection. Of course if my wife saw this I know what she'd say: "so where do all the cases go?" At any given time I usually have 7 or 8 guitars out in the living room on stands (including a six guitar suitcase stand). It's the cases that are starting to take over the spare bedroom and the den. What's your secret? By the way, though I'm not a LP guy, the gold top really looks stunning. I just can't get used to giant redwood sized necks. I have a Phiga that's really cool, except for the big neck. Bill, tgo | ||
| jalevinemd
Senior Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 405 Registered: 12-2003 |
Bill, Now that you mention it, I think the ones on the floor are the newest. I guess that's the way it works for me, too! As far as the cases are concerned, I've got a shelf in the furnace room for them. Out of sight...out of mind. Otherwise, there'd be no way. By the way, I'm still incredbly jealous of your Series I. Makes me want to kick myself for not bidding harder on the VERY few minty fresh ones that came along on ebay. Regards, Jonathan | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3663 Registered: 5-2002 |
My cases are stacked up in the kitchen. I thought that's where you were supposed to keep them. | ||
| olieoliver
Advanced Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 245 Registered: 2-2006 |
I keep th cases in the attict and most of my Axes in my music room. But I keep at least one axe in the bedroom. And you know what, it's always sporting a "G " string and NEVER has a headache! (ba,dop,dah..) | ||
| tom_z
Advanced Member Username: tom_z Post Number: 355 Registered: 7-2004 |
My old Guild S-50 Starfire has a really meaty neck. It is a handful, but it sounds so sweet. I'm thinking about raising the strings a bit and using it mostly for slide. Most of my guitars are kept in their cases, which are tucked in spaces in the living room, next to the piano, etc. Jonathan, I really like your wall mounts - I'm just not sure how some of my instruments would like a steady diet of the desert air they would get here in Southern Nevada. My guitars used to love the humidity of Illinois in the summer. =) Tom | ||
| jalevinemd
Senior Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 406 Registered: 12-2003 |
The house has central heat/air/humidity and I usually try to keep it about 72 degrees year round. So far, knock on wood, I haven't had any neck issues with which to contend. I could never keep the guitars in the cases. My den is my Nirvana and I love to walk in and see them in all their glory. Functional pieces of art, really. |
