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I have over a dozen guitars. Some are playable, but some need various levels of TLC. All of he playable ones get played occasionally, but I two that share “daily player” status.
Washburn D94-Ltd.
Washburn D94-Ltd.
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What is your daily player/players?
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Here's one I play all the time. It's a 50's Gibson that my dad dragged home from a flea market about 40 years ago. It was in rough shape when he bought it. It was originally acoustic but somebody made a crude attempt at turning it into an electric at some point a long time ago. There was a big, rough looking hole for a pickup and some plugged holes where somebody tried to undo the electrification. I fixed some cracks and added the pickup and wiring/controls to re-electrify it, the pickup is an old 60's Danelectro "lipstick" pickup. Funky old guitar but still plays and sounds great.
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::tu:: I like old guitars and if yours could talk…
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Cool seeing others. Guitars are woodworking marvels, works of art of themselves. And then they make an even better art form in the music they help create. Nothing special here, just a Korean budget axe, 18 years old, but I got the real wood model, top, sides, back, neck are all solid wood pieces, no plywood in it, and the Grover machines. The sound just keeps getting better as a result. Can't beat that for something to look forward to.
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::tu:: nice guitar
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I enjoyed looking at the guitars above. Here is a 1985 Taylor 410 that is a stay at home guitar. I guess I've played it more than any other I've ever owned.
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btrwtr wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2024 2:17 am I enjoyed looking at the guitars above. Here is a 1985 Taylor 410 that is a stay at home guitar. I guess I've played it more than any other I've ever owned.
I really like this guitar of yours.
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I have a dozen guitars too. I love them all and keep at least 6 on stands around the house, kind of in a casual rotation. I usually grab the nearest one just for casual picking. If I have a gig I'll play the one I'm going to use for a couple days just to get used to it because they're all just a little different. My favorite "jammer" is either my '56 Gibson "Country Western" or a' '59 Martin D-18. I rotate them so none of them feels left out.
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Taylors and Gibsons and Martins, Oh my!(with apologies to L. Frank Baum)

Seriously, those are some nice "guitfiddles".
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Yep. one thing about getting older, sooner or later you'll have the good stuff. Guitars and knives. Keep pickin'. J.O'.
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351: My Granny from Pineville, WV used to call them "Sh'gitfiddles". Must be local color around there. Ever heard of Norman Wright from your area? O'.
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Ridgegrass wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2024 11:31 pm 351: Ever heard of Norman Wright from your area? O'.
Not that I can recall.
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Norman is a great Bluegrass mandolin player. Kind of retired now but still great. Have another friend in Farmville. Jim Green, great bass player. My dad was born in Bluefield, Granddad in Pulaski. Our roots are deep around there. ::handshake:: J.O'.
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The “secret” Tommy Jones model, by Paul McGill in Nashville (2000). Carter Vintage currently says they’re selling number 3 of 3 of this model, but mine is #4! The first time I played a McGill guitar I knew I had to get one someday. I’ve had this one for 25 years, and it’s still my only guitar. The top is spruce with cedar “wings.”
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been liking this PRS S2 lately ...
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Glad to see someone revived this thread. I had forgotten I started it. Since starting the thread my daily player has changed. I still play both from the original post, but not daily. My new daily player is the guitar I helped build in The Gerald Anderson Lutherie at The Wayne Henderson School of Appalachian Arts in Marion, VA. I recieved a lot of help from the three master luthiers who taught the workshop.
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This is the guitar that is my new daily player.
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A beauty. Bet it sounds good. ::tu:: J.O'.
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Ridgegrass wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2026 7:51 pm A beauty. Bet it sounds good. ::tu:: J.O'.
It does sound great, but I may be just a bit prejudiced 😉
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We're all partial to our babies. Here are a few of the girls gathered around the humidifier. Between the cold in the teens and the dry heat of the house, it's hard to keep their actions from buzzing. I have two 1-1/2 gallon units going 24/7. J.O'.
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Nice guitars fellas ... here's one of my fave's --->
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Ridgegrass wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 8:37 pm We're all partial to our babies. Here are a few of the girls gathered around the humidifier. Between the cold in the teens and the dry heat of the house, it's hard to keep their actions from buzzing. I have two 1-1/2 gallon units going 24/7. J.O'.
Hey John, this is a novel idea.
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Lansky1 wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2026 8:37 pm Nice guitars fellas ... here's one of my fave's --->

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Thai is a pretty LP you got there.
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Beautiful top on that LP Lansky!
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Thanks guys - it plays as good as it looks 🤙
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Thanks Bill. Looks like a good system. I muddle along with the room humidifiers and my homemade case humidifiers. Old meds bottles punched with a red hot fork and stuffed with about five wet paper towels. They last about 2-3 weeks in the case depending on the ambient humidity and I just soak them again for reuse. I've been using them for 50 years, seem to do the trick. J.O'.
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