What's for lunch
Wednesday, middle of the week. Again, it is still early here on the West-Coast. But I'll tell you what the plan is. There is this great deli on 4th: Ralph's. Has a fantastic Reuben on marbled rye. That is if you're early enough because frequently they run out of rye. But it is yummie's no matter what 'foundation' is used.
Thanks for voting in yesterday's poll. It seems like there is no clear winner. All items got at least 1 vote, and Bi-Cut neck, 3-point attachment, maple bodies, and separate pickup routs were all within a vote of eachother. And at least one of you would have loved to have had the opportunity for multiple choices. I leave it to a future LR to repeat the poll. It is a nice way to do some market reasearch. It allows us to make suggestions to Mr. Darth Invader at least somewhat based on data. Apparently collectively we would like to see something of a early '80's G&L!
Question of the day:
Why do yo have as many guitars as you have?
Do you play them all?
There are people like me who are into owning/playing more than one guitar. Call them 'polyamorous' in the guitar playing sense. A new sweetheart about every day. There are only a couple of pieces in my collection of 28 that I hardly ever play or don't intend to play:
My Ibanez AW-25 12-string which basically has been retired. It is the only surviving member of the triplet of guitars I had in my teens. It shows its battle scars and I only keep it for sentimental reasons.
My #374 PRS Artist II, #152 Commemorative and #1 20th Anniversary will not see a lot of playing time, if at all. I guess you'll understand why. MyJD-5, being fairly rare too, doesn't get too much playing time either, although I like to get it out and enjoy that special bridge pick-up.
But all my other guitars are played regularly, at least time permitting. Pat Metheny has about 30 guitars, and uses them regularly, Joe Perry has a warehouse full with more than a 100. And our own Helleman seems to have a slew of every imaginable ilk (care to disclose how many Will?).
Then again, there are people who buy just one guitar, or maybe at most a handful, and that seems to be all they need. Call them 'monogamous' within the context of this discussion, returning to the same instrument if given the chance. I'm thinking of Jimmy Page and his #1, Eric Clapton (at least in the Blackie time frame), John Mayer, Stevie Ray Vaughn and their Strats, Keith Richards and "Macawbre". They just seem to play the crap out of these things, record with them, take them on tour, and what not ...
So share your story: 1 muse, many muses? Or many but with a clear favorite? What is with that instrument that you come back to it time and time again? I'm curious.
So far!
Ah, that's more like it. Now where was I? 
that I seem to reach out to new guitars in the hopes of experiencing some sort of magical, individually suited mojo factor. So far, even with practice, my playing is unimpressive. It does, however, work to keep me on key for the vocals that I doing. 
on those Rickenbackers is hard to top, unless it's by G&L.