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October 26, 2007

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Kiko Jones

Thanks for linking and quoting my post.

I dunno if it’s a fetish or not but gtr players—especially the songwriting kind—feel that new guitars—as in new to them, not necesarilly of recent make—are a plentiful source of inspiration. (New guitars bring new songs, I always say. And I’m not alone.) So, from there to thinking/feeling they can recapture a piece of the magic of a childhood and/or lifelong hero by owning a replica of the magical instrument they used is not that far off. Of course when some doctor/lawyer/hedgefund dude drops 6K on an amp or guitar it’s purely nostalgia and a significant amount of disposable income. Right?

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