Members Stackabones Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 Found this in another forum ... Whenever Segovia had a new guitar he would immediately take it home, carefully lift it from its case, and toss it down the basement stairs. "Is not so new anymore," he would tell his lovely wife as he sent her down to retrieve it. "Now, I no worry. Now I play," he would tell her as he sat down and ripped through a few hundred Sor studies before lunch.Vladimir Bobri, "What Would Segovia Do?" New York: Guitar Review Press, 1964 wabi-sabi ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members missedmyexit Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 wouldn't it make more sense just to buy used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted December 10, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 wouldn't it make more sense just to buy used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C70man Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 wouldn't it make more sense just to buy used? Nope, it would then be stamped "Used" on back... by throwing it down the stairs, it will always be.... an original Segovia and nonone would mind the scratches or bumbs, would they;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattSkibaIsGOD Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 I like it I wouldn't EVER do it, but I like the sentiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 32-20-Blues Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 I wish I had a wife who would go and retrieve guitars that I had thrown around the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 You mean I spent all that time trying to duplicate his 1937 Hauser and that is the secret? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted December 10, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 You mean I spent all that time trying to duplicate his 1937 Hauser and that is the secret? If you do throw it down the stairs, please vid and post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lauren Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 a dark dark fairy story Stack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dhoenisch Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 Hey, on the bright side, if you do that to your guitar, you won't have to worry about your first scratch, dent, chip, etc. I couldn't do that though. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 If you do throw it down the stairs, please vid and post! An excellent experiment to perform with a Martin Backpacker.... or better yet, the FleaBay Asian Replica! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 We watched SRV on public tv last night and my wife said "he's got all the bling and the guitar's got all the dings" That old Strat had been down a few stairs too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 I dinged my D-15 the first week I had her. When I was 21, I had just bought my first post 'homeless period' electric guitar, an Ibanez ST50. I had friends visiting, and went to my bedroom to get my new baby to show off. I lifted the case off the floor, and, unfortunately, the hinges were unhinged. The Ibanez fell out of the case to the hardwood floor, and the black lacquer finish was seriously dinged to expose the wood underneath. Man, was I ever pissed.... I also dinged my S12 the first week I had her, as well. I've since moved the glass table away from our couch in our livingroom.... Cheers, Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Catmeister Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 I suppose if you like 'weathered' guitars the Acoustic example would be from Willie Nelson. Electric example would, I guess, be the late Rory Gallagher's Strat (or what was left of it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Back before I bought my Ibanez, I was looking on eBay and there was an old Yamaha that was described like this: "It's been around the block (and down the stairs)." I had no idea it might be literal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Actually his prized Hauser was the only guitar he used for quite a long time. He dinged it into a mike stand during a recording session and sent it to Hauser to repair and apparently Hauser ruined it's high end by sanding the soundboard too much. Segovia never forgave him for that and never endorsed him as a luthier after that. Segovia had an old trick. He used to take nylon B strings and stretch them on a rack, keeping them taught this way for years. He would take one and use itas an E string from time to time as needed. He claimed it was the secret for getting his crystal bell-like high end on the guitar.Most classical builders will say that getting that crystaline bell like treble is one of the chief goals. They envy steel string builders. Meanwhile the steel string builders are chasing after the bass you get so easily from a classical.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 He should have thrown Esteban down the basement stairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daklander Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 I don't think I'd throw any of my guitars down the stairs, even the stairs in this house, with 7 steps to the landing, a turn, a step down to another landing, a turn and another 7 steps down to the main floor. I might toss an Esteban down there though.....or a Zager EZ Play, just to see if they bounce as well as they play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 He should have thrown Esteban down the basement stairs. Would serve Esteban right for inflicting his POS gits to the unsuspecting public. And Zager, too, for B.S.ing and misrepresenting his stuff as real Martins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daklander Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Hud, you beat me to it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffmeister Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Ouch! I just tried it with my Velazquez. Didn't turn out so well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted December 11, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 "he's got all the bling and the guitar's got all the dings" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C70man Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Guitars and brand new cars, aren't they the same?You go bezerk over any ding until the first one. Unfortunately, I have inflicted more pain onto my old guitars than Segovia's 1st Law. Including the ultimate..punishment...head stock removals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AndrewGG Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Segovia should have gone to Guitar Center and got them pre-dinged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Actually his prized Hauser was the only guitar he used for quite a long time. He dinged it into a mike stand during a recording session and sent it to Hauser to repair and apparently Hauser ruined it's high end by sanding the soundboard too much. Segovia never forgave him for that and never endorsed him as a luthier after that. That is very interesting. I have a set of the plans for the Hauser and it has the thickness of the top plate marked in many locations on the drawing. Someone had spent a lot of time with a pair of calipers. I assume those dimensions were taken post-sanding.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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