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Zombie Zero, DFZ
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A lot of us like to talk about "the one guitar we would keep" if we had to sell the rest. I've spent a lot of time on that discussion, particularly when I was specifying the details of a Private Stock guitar. But recently I had the opportunity to put what I thought I would choose into practice. I moved to Germany (in May) and didn't want to risk shipping damage, theft during shipment, or the loss of guitars to customs agents. That meant I had to make a long-term commitment to a few special guitars.
To be fair, guitars with Brazilian Rosewood were automatically removed from the selection process. Shipping them overseas is just too risky, in my opinion. That knocked the number of possibilities down to a handful. Then I had to consider the tonal options I wanted to be able to access. I prefer a single-coil or low output hum bucker in the neck so that helped me along, as well. Finally, I had to come to terms with the fact that my final selection would be my only guitars (unless I bought more, which is always possible) for the next 5-10 years.
In the end, I decided on my Les Paul R9, a trio of PRS guitars, my trusty old Guild D55 acoustic, and a fretless Hamer 2Tek CruiseBass. But when the box containing our air shipment started to run out of room, I had to cut the selection down by 2 more guitars. This was a decision, by the way, that I had to make quickly. There was no mulling it over - I had to go with my gut. My R9 and The Raven joined the rest of my guitars in storage. I miss both of those guitars but feel strongly that my final selection was the best way to go - even if I had the ability to export Brazilian Rosewood guitars.
The final selection? Four instruments that give me everything I need.
1) The White Rabbit (click link if you're not familiar)
2) Hollowbody 1 with Piezo (PRS)
3) Guild Acoustic
4) Fretless Hamer 2Tek CruiseBass
I sure love that Les Paul of mine but, at the end of the day, my heart pushed me the other way. What can I say, fellas... I'm a PRS guy.
To be fair, guitars with Brazilian Rosewood were automatically removed from the selection process. Shipping them overseas is just too risky, in my opinion. That knocked the number of possibilities down to a handful. Then I had to consider the tonal options I wanted to be able to access. I prefer a single-coil or low output hum bucker in the neck so that helped me along, as well. Finally, I had to come to terms with the fact that my final selection would be my only guitars (unless I bought more, which is always possible) for the next 5-10 years.
In the end, I decided on my Les Paul R9, a trio of PRS guitars, my trusty old Guild D55 acoustic, and a fretless Hamer 2Tek CruiseBass. But when the box containing our air shipment started to run out of room, I had to cut the selection down by 2 more guitars. This was a decision, by the way, that I had to make quickly. There was no mulling it over - I had to go with my gut. My R9 and The Raven joined the rest of my guitars in storage. I miss both of those guitars but feel strongly that my final selection was the best way to go - even if I had the ability to export Brazilian Rosewood guitars.
The final selection? Four instruments that give me everything I need.
1) The White Rabbit (click link if you're not familiar)
2) Hollowbody 1 with Piezo (PRS)
3) Guild Acoustic
4) Fretless Hamer 2Tek CruiseBass
I sure love that Les Paul of mine but, at the end of the day, my heart pushed me the other way. What can I say, fellas... I'm a PRS guy.
) and we had to leave a lot behind (& not just guitars). Tough decisions for sure. All the best.
