Members PigWings_v2.0 Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 Guitars are ment to be played. Even the prettiest of the prettiest! Sure, if it's a $50+k vintage instrument it's pretty much a museum piece by now. But people who buy brand new custom shop Les Pauls and put it straight into a glass case don't make sense to me. At least play the thing for a few years! Those guitars never got a chance to build mojo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 Get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members silent-strat Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yeah too right. Eat the rich, and steal their guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 Damn you love bitching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ColoradoFenderB Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 Why do you care what someone else does with a guitar they own? MYOB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scottgd Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Don't go to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame then. You will not like what you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PigWings_v2.0 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Damn you love bitchingWhat else do I ever bitch about?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Heel Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 I live in a glass house, so I don't really have a choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 While I feel that guitars are meant to be played, and if I actually owned a vintage guitar I would gig it, I also don't care what other people do with their instruments. That said, I do think it's a shame to see a vintage ax snatched up for sole purpose of living on a wall, or in a display case... but I don't lose any sleep over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Sadder if there's a relic'd guitar behind the glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Does the glass case have a door that opens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LesPaulFetish Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Sadder if there's a relic'd guitar behind the glass. Haha, I'd agree that that's pretty lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Buy it and take it outta the case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 The nut always comes lose. I don't know why and it's pretty annoying having to unscrew the jack and tighten it back up.Every guitar with a strat style input jack does this. From Squier to G&L. It usually ends up with a broken wire that needs re-soldered.Does this annoy anyone else? ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Guitars are meant to have done to them whatever their owners want to do to them. If that's playing them then fine. If that's displaying them then fine....If that's smashing them then fine. I might not agree with it....but whatever....not my guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeimBrent Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Does the glass case have a door that opens? This is a point. If I owned a 50k+ instrument, I would have kept it in a glass case when not playing it. Just to avoid it getting knocked over by visitors, and because it does look somewhat cool. Like an altar. But I would play it. Probably a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members omni Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 If I had guitar that was worth $50,000 I would not even let you look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 The guitar in the glass case doesn't suffer from it. it is unknowing and unaware of its plight. So it's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members omni Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 If I had one I would sell it and help send my son to college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jchrist Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Guitars are ment to be played. Even the prettiest of the prettiest! Sure, if it's a $50+k vintage instrument it's pretty much a museum piece by now. But people who buy brand new custom shop Les Pauls and put it straight into a glass case don't make sense to me. At least play the thing for a few years! Those guitars never got a chance to build mojo. No, it's completely up to the owner, if it's ment to be played or not. Owner's guitar = owners decision. They probably see it as a piece of art, and not as an instrument. Build mojo?????? Ask a reallly bad player to play an excellent guitar.... can you hear any mojo? I can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 What else do I ever bitch about?? I'm sure he could give examples. See, when you don't play guitar yet hang out on a guitar board, you have a lot of free time to dwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcooper830 Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Guitars build mojo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nightflameauto Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 There's a music museum not far from here. Lots and lots of musical instruments all the way from early Chinese hand-made things up to modern electric guitars just sitting there behind ropes and glass. Most of the time, I don't much care what goes on with other people's stuff, but as a musician, it sort of bothered me to see THAT MANY truly wonderful instruments just sitting there collecting dust. The one bright spot is that once every couple months they have little get-togethers and break out some of them for various groups to play. Some of the old Victorian era stuff they have is just amazing looking. I think the worst part of going through there is the twitchy finger syndrome. I just wanted to jump the rope and try everything out. But my point was, I sort of get what the OPs saying. Though seeing one instrument behind glass hasn't ever really gotten to me that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PigWings_v2.0 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 ...Oh ok, like you've never expressed an opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skyforger Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 This is a point. If I owned a 50k+ instrument, I would have kept it in a glass case when not playing it. Just to avoid it getting knocked over by visitors, and because it does look somewhat cool. Like an altar. But I would play it. Probably a lot. This is exactly why I keep my more expensive guitar in a hardcase under the bed. My friends have no concept of value, both monetary and sentimental. If a guitar gets knocked over, it's just "Well there shouldn't be a guitar there, should there?" when I've just got done playing with it and leaned it up next to the amp. And I don't know. I for one quite like the idea of one of my guitars being on display at some local museum or in my family's house after I'm dead. The former'll never happen, but it's a nice thought. Plus the OP is a little vague. There's many capacities in which a guitar could be in a glass case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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