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warehouse. (edited)

Didn't they have such an edited warehouse in La Grange, beloved of ZZ Top?

"Perfectly sane and level headed gentleman"

What?!?!?!?!

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"Perfectly sane and level headed gentleman"

What?!?!?!?!

Tom

Sorry, I did realize too late that I may have insulted the poor soul.

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"Perfectly sane and level headed gentleman"

A gentleman for sure.

Got that right Papi "Sane", hopefully never for the Bard of the Forum. May Sonoman's new git live up to his highest expectations, assuming it does, in fact, arrive eventually. Something about a frickin great acoustic guitar....Priceless.

i hear the fedora is making a big comeback.

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i hear the fedora is making a big comeback.

I have a straw one, Panama style.

Sonomans guitar will be everything that we expect it to be, a "MAGNIFICENT" instrument in every way. He deserves nothing less.

mine's pink, with flowers.

(you guys make me laugh)

i myself eye that v-nsh cj that steve miklas has....but i really want an MF5 v-nsh.

Great thread, by the way. At risk of steering thread back to the original topic, I am a believer in the theory (mentioned briefly already on this thread by another member) that two factors likely result in recent used varnish sales:

1. GAS - Look, if I could settle for one guitar and be happy with said guitar forever I never would have played a Collings in the first place. At the time I purchased my first Collings (a D2HG as I recall), I also owned a very fine Martin D-41, which I had owned for several years. The Martin was a perfectly good guitar, better than most I've ever played before or since. But, alas, the Collings was better to my ear and eye, so I made the switch. Since then I've gone through literally over a dozen Collings guitars (maybe 15 total) and am down to one - a D1A varnish. It's the finest guitar I've ever played or owned - period. Will I ever sell it? Don't really know. I've told myself multiple times that I'd never sell a particular guitar I owned, only to let it go for another. I bought this varnish used at a good price, so I could likely recover my investment if something else grabbed my fancy. So far, after about six months, nothing has. We'll see.

2. TOUGH ECONOMY - Until recently, I also owned a DS2HASB slothead 12-fret rosewood Collings dread with a great adi top and beautiful sunburst (is there any other kind on a Collings?). I thought I'd never sell that one because it's the finest rosewood dread I've ever owned or played. Yet, with a house in Texas that sits unsold (just killing my cash flow) and a family of five to support (three kids and wife at home), something had to go. I hope to find another such guitar some day when my financial situation improves, but I know many of the first-rate instruments sold on this forum have been sold because of the need for the cash.

There's my windy take. Say what you will about varnish instruments, I'm convinced the D1A version is something really special.

For many people it is about the journey and not the destination - in fact there probably is no definable destination as it is always changing. So no matter how fine the guitar(s) at hand there is always that something other.
Rick

Ernie, the only way you would be able to improve on your D1A Varnish is probably if it were a D1A SB Varnish.
Oh, but to have a Brazilian Rosewood Collings with an Adirondack top... With a pair like that I could forget about GAS for a very long time.
Hmmm but, then there is that Borges OM that I crave for.

Actually Papi I'm thinking a DS1ASB Varnish, which would be the 12-fret slot-head version of the D1A Varnish with a sunburst, of course. The rosewood 12-fret dread I had to sell really impressed me. It was louder and warmer than the 14-fret version, and I believe more responsive to fingerstyle.

Truth be known, I actually contacted a Collings dealer to find out more about ordering said DS1ASB varnish. We're talking about $7K and at least 18 months wait. No thanks.

Now if I saw one of these babies for sale used...hmm...