One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Discussion of vintage Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Bass VIs, Electric XIIs and any other offset-waist instruments.
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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by Ceylon » Tue Feb 07, 2023 11:46 pm

Buddy, if you don't make an exception to the rule just this once I will petition the mods to kick you out of this forum.

Should it come down to you selling the '72 JM though, well, I would wanna discuss payment plans :?
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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by sal paradise » Wed Feb 08, 2023 12:58 am

I think we need a family shot of all 5 guitars before any choices can be made…
I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion?

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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by JSett » Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:10 am

sal paradise wrote:
Wed Feb 08, 2023 12:58 am
I think we need a family shot of all 5 guitars before any choices can be made…
This afternoon maybe :ph34r:
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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by F15hface » Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:59 am

If you can’t get the Coronado to work for you then it would make the most sense to sell. Preferably to me :ph34r: .

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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by JSett » Wed Feb 08, 2023 5:20 am

sal paradise wrote:
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I think we need a family shot of all 5 guitars before any choices can be made…
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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by Jonesie » Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:51 am

You said that the Coronado is uncomfortable, feeds back and isn't stable tuning wise. It's a cool guitar, sure, but those sound like some pretty big negatives. If you're going to sell anything I'd say that's the one.

I did the same thing with my Silvertone 1446. It was a super cool guitar, but it was uncomfortable to play and just didn't really inspire me, so I traded it along for an American Strat that I like way better, despite being less cool.

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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by caples » Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:28 am

I think that 72 JM needs to go... to me

Such a hard choice though, especially out of 3 guitars
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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by Pacafeliz » Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:53 am

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3 is a very fair amount.
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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by GreenKnee » Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:15 am

johnnysomersett wrote:
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That's a perfect family photo, no changes needed 8)

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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by JSett » Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:22 am

Jonesie wrote:
Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:51 am
You said that the Coronado is uncomfortable, feeds back and isn't stable tuning wise. It's a cool guitar, sure, but those sound like some pretty big negatives. If you're going to sell anything I'd say that's the one.

I did the same thing with my Silvertone 1446. It was a super cool guitar, but it was uncomfortable to play and just didn't really inspire me, so I traded it along for an American Strat that I like way better, despite being less cool.
It's the least stable and comfortable out of all of them (tuning is still very good, just a bit iffy if you use the vibrato particularly heavily), feedback an issue at very high volumes.

I'm going more and more off the idea of culling one though :D
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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by cestlamort » Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:23 am

I totally understand. There's a point when you stop enjoying the guitars for themselves and start getting caught up in the accumulation of stuff (of options, of sounds, of styles, etc.) A hard limit makes sense in that it forces you to consider what you have and whether the surplus makes it difficult to fully enjoy everything. Limits can be liberating. I've found I enjoy really playing only a few guitars and exploring what they do well and what they struggle to do (which can have interesting outcomes), rather than cycling through the collection for the low hanging fruit (same goes for effects, too, I suppose).

I'd suggest sticking with your rule of one in, one out, but giving yourself a grace period (such as a couple months or more) to see what settles where, and keep the ones you like the most, regardless of value or vintage.

(Side note: is the limit 3 or 5 guitars? Two forever guitars and two fun vintage ones?)

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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by ThePearDream » Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:38 am

What does a second Jazzmaster bring to your collection, that you don't already get from your CIJ? If the CIJ is always #1, this guitar will never be more than an extra Jazzmaster. Move on the '72 JM. There are lots of people who would make it their #1.
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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by Larry Mal » Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:39 am

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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by JSett » Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:45 am

cestlamort wrote:
Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:23 am
I totally understand. There's a point when you stop enjoying the guitars for themselves and start getting caught up in the accumulation of stuff (of options, of sounds, of styles, etc.) A hard limit makes sense in that it forces you to consider what you have and whether the surplus makes it difficult to fully enjoy everything. Limits can be liberating. I've found I enjoy really playing only a few guitars and exploring what they do well and what they struggle to do (which can have interesting outcomes), rather than cycling through the collection for the low hanging fruit (same goes for effects, too, I suppose).

I'd suggest sticking with your rule of one in, one out, but giving yourself a grace period (such as a couple months or more) to see what settles where, and keep the ones you like the most, regardless of value or vintage.

(Side note: is the limit 3 or 5 guitars? Two forever guitars and two fun vintage ones?)
Ideally I'd like to get to just 3 guitars, but I realise that might be extremely hard for me to do. The Silver JM and Telecaster are 100% going nowhere. I could happily live out the rest of my days with just those
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Re: One In, One Out. The hardest choices...

Post by JSett » Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:47 am

ThePearDream wrote:
Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:38 am
What does a second Jazzmaster bring to your collection, that you don't already get from your CIJ? If the CIJ is always #1, this guitar will never be more than an extra Jazzmaster. Move on the '72 JM. There are lots of people who would make it their #1.
I've always liked having 2 JMs so I have two to gig with (one as a solid backup). I had an AV65 as my second for a long time and flip-flopped between the two for live use as they were equipped with exactly the same pickups and hardware.
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