lutekulele?
Geoff- YOU WIN!
On 12/9/2013 6:18 AM, Geoff Gaherty wrote:
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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