| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Tim Scheerhorn stops taking orders | | Date: | Monday, October 8, 2007 16:16:19 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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How'd Tom know I grew up on the Charles river in Waltham-Newton area and owned
my first canoe when I was 14 years old? Never had a girl get mad enough to throw
the paddles in the water tho......(grins.)
It's still the golden age of reso tho, I'm with Poob on that, and Scheerhorns
will only increase in value, (for the "investor types" among us,) and there's
still plenty of quality guitars to choose from.
Andy Katz, proud owner of a very happy MA-6, practices wayyyyy to much as it is!
Richie
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From: Tom Foote <footet@evergreen.edu>
>
> On Oct 8, 2007, at 6:52 AM, Billie wrote:
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> >
> > [snip..]
>
> > Most folks getting started aren't willing to step quite that
> > high to begin with. A 750.00 Beard is still pretty dear for
> > someone who is also raising a family. A 300.00 Regal might not
> > have the prestige factor, but in a jam, around a campfire, with a
> > bunch of folks with an average of 18 months of musical experience,
> > nobody cares anyway.
>
> this brings to mind the "violin" argument.. i.e., you want your
> kid to learn to love the violin, so do
> you buy her a good one, or torture her with a cheapie that will
> surely discourage her from playing?
>
> because of Tim and Paul's design specs and long experience the
> the W-S and Goldtone
> are amazing guitars for the money. And yes, they do fill the
> niche for a quality, reasonably priced
> instrument that won't discourage anyone who really wants to get
> started on reso. I think it was
> a stroke of genius on both their parts to offer good entry
> level instruments which will get new
> players going... and eventually they'll stumble over other
> makers' instruments and move up to
> a hand crafted guitar. Beard has a deal (last I heard it was
> still in force) where he will take
> back the Goldtone in trade for a higher end guitar as long you
> didn't back your pickup over
> it. Interestingly enough, Chet told me a couple years ago
> that at that time, no one had taken
> Paul up on that deal because most people who bought a Goldtone
> and then chose to move
> up to an E body, or MA signature guitar decided to keep the
> Goldtone... makes sense,
> if your girlfriend gets mad at you and throws the canoe paddles
> in the water, you'd rather
> be paddling the canoe with the Goldtone to get back into
> shore... Okay, that's lame, and
> probably would only be a concern for Richie... : > )
>
> Anon E. Moose, somewhere in the wonderfully rainy and cold NW
> while the rest of the
> country wishes the hot weather
> would go away...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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