actually play your PS guitars? I've got an opportunity to purchase a KILLER PS, but I'd have to play it outside for the elbow room(I dropped a portable speaker on my first PRSi from being lazy the day after I got it. I thought I was going to jump through the window).
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John Beef
Opaque
I just picked up a PS guitar to smash on stage after our last song at our CD release show Friday. It should look cool! The chicks dig that sort of thing.
markintime
Wood Grain Devotee
:five: If I HAD a PS, I would play it more than my PG which I play more than my SE, uh hunh, uh hunh.
WeFixFlats
Respect The Clave
I have two on guitar stands(not wall hangers) 5 feet from where I am typing this right now. I use two old flannel shirts to cover them up when they are resting. But they don't get any rest, because one is a IRW neck McCarthy and the other a Ted LE SC-245. Both bought used. And both get played every single day of the week and twice on Sundays. These are not museum pieces, an art exhibit, only stored under the bed or man cave trophies. They're well taken care of, never abused, but they get an honest hard playing every time we pick them up, tune, plug 'em in and play. But that's just me.
GADonis
Beautifully Broken
Total Newb question. What does "PS" stand for? I looked in the Lexicon sticky but didn't see it defined.
gush
Where is that speedo pic
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crgtr
Zombie Eight - DFZ
I play mine & it will be at every gig I do!
jfb
Plank Owner
Did I miss the NGD?
I don't gig, but I play mine often. They are covered in a particularly strong brand of filth.
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If I owned a PS guitar, I'd play it all the time, and gig with it (unless traveling outside the country, maybe). If I want to invest in something that looks pretty to hang on the wall and keep its value, I'll buy a painting or something. Guitars are tools - they can be beautiful tools - but they exist to be used, not admired from 4 feet away through a pane of glass!
Of course, I don't own a PS PRSi, so I could be talking through my hat.
Of course, I don't own a PS PRSi, so I could be talking through my hat.
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I'll most likely will never own one but if I did, I'd sell it and buy a couple 10-top HBs with the cash.
If that's your everyday guitars Les, your wall hangers must be spectacular!
This wall hanger is a watercolor, it's in my studio, "Study for Breseis:"
This larger one's in my living room, another watercolor. It's called "Underpants Aren't Always White," and is about 3.5' x 4'.
I have other really sweet original art by a variety of painters, but these are my favorites, and in person, they're really vibrant and spectacular. They've been shown at retrospectives of my brother Robert's work at various museums and galleries.
I keep my guitars in cases when they're not being used. Different kinda art.
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John Beef
Opaque
I had to read that 3 times - thought it said "Study for Breasts" at first glanceThis wall hanger is a watercolor, it's in my studio, "Study for Breseis:"
Ha!
Breseis was the captured Trojan princess that Achilles was in love with in The Iliad of Homer. He wouldn't fight for the Achaeans because Agamemnon (a higher king) stole her. As a result of Achilles' and his army's refusal to fight the Achaeans started to lose.
Agamemnon later returned her to Achilles.
The turning point of the story was when Patroclus, Achilles' young cousin and ace buddy, put on Achilles' armor because he was embarrassed that Achilles was unwilling to continue the battle, and went out to fight in his place, thinking that he'd inspire the army by doing so. He was killed by Hector, the Trojan hero.
Achilles was so pissed over the death of his cousin that he challenged Hector to single combat, and killed him.
The folks we call "Greeks" in the story were in fact referred to as Achaeans in it. In that era, probably around 1400 BC, they were fiercely tribal, and everything was about their reputations and manhood requiring acts of vengeance, like modern gang warfare.
They didn't go to war over the possession of a woman, of course. They went to war over being dissed. It's really a classic story, and the fact that it is several thousand years old tells us a lot about how human beings haven't changed much.
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GADonis
Beautifully Broken
I also believe that guitars are made to play not just hang. Of course, I am also the guy who doesn't like to take his McCarty out to bars so it stays at home most nights. I also use the excuse that the other guitar player normally is playing one of his PRSi so he has the humbucker sound and I have the single coil sound with my P90's and Tele. My "new to me" McKorina/Soapy is probably going to be a main guitar for my playing in my current band. With my Tele out of commision for the foreseeable future it jumped to #1. Of course it isn't PS or Top10 or anything "special" other than a great sounding, playing guitar that is understated in its beauty.
If I remember my Greek mythology correctly, I was literally just reading my Bullfinch the other day to brush up on Odysseus' wife's name, Patroclus and Achilles were more than "buds".
If I remember my Greek mythology correctly, I was literally just reading my Bullfinch the other day to brush up on Odysseus' wife's name, Patroclus and Achilles were more than "buds".
