Sparked by a conversation with Oleg:
Do you have any instruments that were bought for and only played on one song?
I have at least one; a Mandolin. I play a few things on it but there was only one the Band wanted.
So it cost me a decent pickup, replaced machine heads, and an AER amp just to play this one damn song.
And if it wasn't for Chris Rea and Mark Knopfler, I'd have no use for a Strat either.
So what are your one song wonders?
One song instruments
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One song instruments
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Re: One song instruments
Had a delay pedal for 1 U2 song. Pedal stopped working, stopped playing the U2 song. win win really.
Once I took a 2nd bass to a gig for a drop D song. I didnt appreciate how long it takes to swap guitars till I did it with the band and a small audience waiting on me.
Once I took a 2nd bass to a gig for a drop D song. I didnt appreciate how long it takes to swap guitars till I did it with the band and a small audience waiting on me.
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Re: One song instruments
Going back a while but I once bought a nice Yamaha acoustic because the band wanted to do More Than Words. And for years I had an Ovation John Williams that I only ever used to play Dee.
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Re: One song instruments
I bought a resonator guitar Just to play Romeo & Juliet, but I have learned some others songs on it over the years.
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Re: One song instruments
Must confess I have a slew of guitars for individual ( original ) tracks. A Supro in open D, An Sg Jnr in C, A Prs McCarty and a Strat in G and a Dano with the D string tuned up to E. The more I play them though the more pieces emerge.
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Re: One song instruments
I have a Danelectro DC59, tuned to DADGAD, which I played a Kashmir thing poorly.
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Re: One song instruments
I don't have the attention span to actually learn a whole song. So reaching the heady heights of one song would technically be an improvement for each of my guitars...
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Re: One song instruments
I wish I could justify a rack of cool guitars for those purposes. I only seem to keep guitars long term if I can use them often.
The closest thing I have is a cheap acoustic guitar that I drop tuned with thick strings to learn Blue Liquid. Every now and then I dig it out - love that guitar.
The closest thing I have is a cheap acoustic guitar that I drop tuned with thick strings to learn Blue Liquid. Every now and then I dig it out - love that guitar.
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Re: One song instruments
I have bought pedals for one song, but not instruments, but then to me a pedal is like an instrument...
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Re: One song instruments
What synth is it?
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Re: One song instruments
If you listened to me playing at home, it would be a reasonable assumption to think all my guitars are one song instruments.
The older I get, the more disappointed in myself I become.
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