The "I Love My Beach Guitar" Thread

zombywoof · July 29th, 2007, 10:05 AM

Lets see 'em. Ya'll know the kinda a guitar I am talking about - that one acoustic you throw the old string cord on, sling over your shoulder and walk out the door with. May be worth a fortune - may not even bring you enough cash in a sale for a Big Mac. It ain't important.

Mine is a 1920s Regal-made nylon string (not sure what name it sported on the headstock) probably sold through Wards or Spiegel. It has a big honkin' V neck, no adjutable truss rod, and a fingerboard which has warped giving it a bowl like effect. The plastic tuners are so worn you can see the posts. Yet, the intonation is fine and the action stilll low enough to play. I made the mistake of lubricating the tuning gears the other day which are now slipping. So I will leave it out till it gathers some dust.

studio1087 · July 30th, 2007, 07:14 AM

Beach buitar?? In Kansas??!!

I'm in Wisconsin; I have to travel pretty far to get to the beach. I have a Martin LXM.

If a farm pond counts as a beach, then beaches are actually closer to home.

On beach......

Off beach.....

imwjl · July 30th, 2007, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by studio1087

Beach buitar?? In Kansas??!!

I'm in Wisconsin; I have to travel pretty far to get to the beach.

We often meet for a family beach circus in Lake Mills for a combo of clear water and accommodating people in the Madison, Milwaukee and Fort Atkinson areas. The guitar part is that warm sticky, sun block, sweat and dirt days put away any second thoughts over the Little Martin.

I chose the plastic and plywood Little because the general build is good and because the materials seem better than cheap all wood guitars for the environmental extremes.

The biggest problem with my Little Martin was coming across a Larrivee OMV and the best HD-28 I've seen (heard actually) while shopping for it. Talking about GAS here and in some other forums is a rats managing a crisis at the dump scenario. My wife was pretty cool about it saying she'd take a guitar guy over an in the bar guy or working on the car guy any day.

:)

sharkydude50 · August 24th, 2007, 03:22 PM

Take your choice. Actually the second is a beach wedding done on my non-beach git.

July 29th, 2007, 10:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
zombywoof Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Back in the Heartland Posts: 2,813 17 Photos	The "I Love My Beach Guitar" Thread Lets see 'em. Ya'll know the kinda a guitar I am talking about - that one acoustic you throw the old string cord on, sling over your shoulder and walk out the door with. May be worth a fortune - may not even bring you enough cash in a sale for a Big Mac. It ain't important. Mine is a 1920s Regal-made nylon string (not sure what name it sported on the headstock) probably sold through Wards or Spiegel. It has a big honkin' V neck, no adjutable truss rod, and a fingerboard which has warped giving it a bowl like effect. The plastic tuners are so worn you can see the posts. Yet, the intonation is fine and the action stilll low enough to play. I made the mistake of lubricating the tuning gears the other day which are now slipping. So I will leave it out till it gathers some dust. __________________ "I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks." John Lee Hooker

July 30th, 2007, 07:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
studio1087 Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: Near Milwaukee Age: 44 Posts: 3,591 36 Photos	Beach buitar?? In Kansas??!! I'm in Wisconsin; I have to travel pretty far to get to the beach. I have a Martin LXM. If a farm pond counts as a beach, then beaches are actually closer to home. On beach...... Off beach..... __________________ JLG Carry On

August 24th, 2007, 03:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
sharkydude50 Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 170 9 Photos	Take your choice. Actually the second is a beach wedding done on my non-beach git. __________________ Sharkymon- Acoustics Baby Yeah!