On 09/12/13 8:34 AM, William Brohinsky wrote:
I own an electric guitar, and a small subset of the amazingly wide and
varied tone-modifiers and other paraphernalia of electric-guitar use.
And yet, I also own two acoustic 6-strings, two acoustic 12-strings,
two classical guitars (admittedly, my wife brought one to the union)
and a mandolin. Why ever for?
I now own 10 different plucked instruments: medieval lute, renaissance
lutes at a', g', and d', archlute, cittern, bandora, renaissance guitar,
baroque guitar, and lutekulele. I play them all regularly, though
mostly the g' renaissance and the baroque guitar (my newest toy). In my
other hobby, astronomy, I own 12 telescopes. Fortunately my wife is a
fabric artist, and owns half a dozen sewing machines, so she understands.
Each instrument has its own function, strengths, and weaknesses. In
each area we own a few high end devices, plus a variety of inexpensive
"experiments." In my case, the former includes custom-made telescopes
and lutes, the latter includes mass-produced Chinese telescopes,
Pakistani pluckies, and various homebrews.
And yes, we both know that we are sick.
Geoff
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Geoff Gaherty
Foxmead Observatory
Coldwater, Ontario, Canada
http://www.gaherty.ca
http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/
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