Philip and Ron - thanks. It was fun. But to the point, you are correct, Philip that best doesn't always mean most expensive. However, in guitars, especially acoustic, there is often a direct correlation.
For me, it's also that way with bikes. Rivendell bikes are probably as expensive as I'll ever ride. Love looking at custom bikes, but have never had much of an itch to order one. Ron - that's a great story. Totally jealous. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Philip Williamson < philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congratulations on the performance! That's cool. > Semantic nit: I did say "best," not "most expensive." A tool you can't use > isn't really a tool anymore, right? Maybe it's a collectible, or an > artifact, but it seems more like a burden. > > I'm not going to live my life in fear of losing something good, but I > don't buy "interesting" cars anymore, either. I know I'm a bad steward of > automobiles, and won't budget to take care of them. > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > > > On Monday, August 11, 2014 3:54:43 AM UTC-7, EricP wrote: > >> And I'll always take a different approach. Buy the most expensive tool >> you can afford to lose and/or break without dire consequences. If one of >> my present guitars were to be destroyed, I'd feel bad, but move on. >> However, if I had, say, a 1950's or earlier Martin D that was destroyed, >> well, so would I. Because in that case, I don't see it as owning an >> instrument. Then it's something I'm taking care of until the next >> generation. >> >> But that's me. Who just got back from a festival where for the first >> time was a performer instead of just sitting out in the woods jamming with >> friends. >> >> Eric Platt >> St. Paul, MN >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 10:18 PM, Philip Williamson < >> philip.w...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This fits with my longstanding philosophy: buy the best tools you can >>> afford. Tools include art materials, musical instruments, pots and pans. >>> Bicycles. Actual tools. Espresso machines. >>> >>> Philip >>> www.biketinker.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
