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Post by tmuzzo30 on Jan 27, 2023 13:55:08 GMT -8
Is there any packs that you could bring a guitar with?
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Post by balzaccom on Jan 27, 2023 17:42:08 GMT -8
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Jan 27, 2023 21:56:28 GMT -8
My guitar is my backpack. I stuff my gear into the body through the soundhole, and carry it over my shoulder like a hobo. A smoldering, lusty, shirtless hobo. Here I am on my latest hike, with my spruce Martin D-10E with mother-of-pearl fingerboard, rosette inlays, satin-finish body, mortise & tenon neck joint, and Fishman® MX-T electronics package. The spacious Martin has plenty of room for my ultralight silnylon hammock, 900 fill-power down quilt, and of course my JetBoil Flash Limited Edition stove system (with Java Kit). ...but as you can plainly see, I have no need to carry those items on most trips, as female backpackers always invite me to share in the warmth of their tents. I'm kept cozy & warm in the arms of at least 1, usually 2, and often 3 or 4 admiring wilderness women, while I serenade them with the organic mid-forward earth tones of my skillful & passionate guitar playing.  |
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Post by driftwoody on Jan 28, 2023 5:04:15 GMT -8
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Post by Travis on Jan 28, 2023 6:53:21 GMT -8
Here I am on my latest hike, . . . Well, doesn’t that beat everything you ever stepped in! You really are not old, are ya! |
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Post by ErnieW on Jan 28, 2023 10:48:34 GMT -8
Maybe we should take a poll: Do you want to hear somebody play the guitar or the sounds of nature that you worked so hard to get to?
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Post by absarokanaut on Jan 28, 2023 12:19:16 GMT -8
Orytar! It's like Ishtar but it takes 20 minutes instead of five to make you want to kill yourself.
Tmuzz you'll have to forgive the folks here that have been subjected to Spinal Tap or Hack Grabeth reunions they didn't sign up for.
I have no problem with folks playing guitar, mandolin, etc. around a consenting group camp fire provided you are out of ear shot of any other campers that don't want to hear you. If you know, and you better know, you may be NEAR ENOUGH to other groups of campers you might leave the guitar at home. Playing anywhere near a trail is of course also bad form. You do that and you'll risk a baby boomer like me grabbing it and giving you a really good Pete Townsend finale impression right then and there.
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Post by driftwoody on Jan 28, 2023 12:21:21 GMT -8
Maybe we should take a poll: Do you want to hear somebody play the guitar or the sounds of nature that you worked so hard to get to? On a cloudless night with a full moon I want Sleeping Bag Man! to perform his best rendition of Moonshadow, sounding as much like Cat Stevens as possible. With his shirt fully unbuttoned, of course. |
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Post by ErnieW on Jan 28, 2023 13:51:50 GMT -8
Also on a dead still night on the shores of a flat calm lake so that people for miles around can also experience that sound. They will just have to imagine the unbuttoned shirt part (anyone have any brain Clorox?)
P.S. I think I may have heard him once belting out Rocky Racoon. I haven't been the same since.
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Post by zeke on Jan 28, 2023 13:54:31 GMT -8
(anyone have any brain Clorox bleach?) I would hate for you to miss an ideal alliteration opportunity. |
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Post by Lamebeaver on Jan 28, 2023 16:15:20 GMT -8
Short answer is no.
Seriously, I would look for a lightweight cordura guitar case and strap it to the outside of a standard backpack. It's going to be awkward, but where there's a will, there's a way. People have brought all kinds of impractical gear on trips, such as cast iron dutch ovens.
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Post by driftwoody on Jan 28, 2023 17:19:10 GMT -8
Is there any packs that you could bring a guitar with? What size amp & speakers? You might need a sled. |
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Post by zeke on Jan 28, 2023 17:23:17 GMT -8
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Post by swmtnbackpacker on Feb 7, 2023 16:00:31 GMT -8
Guitars? The late John Belushi had an answer for that ..
(J/k, but seriously no playing when everyone is asleep).
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Post by gabby on Feb 16, 2023 2:42:49 GMT -8
Explanatory preface: A repost from the "Do you carry knives in your pack" thread that will take the shine off all the lovely humor in this thread. Sorry. Sorry again for being so late to the party. I have serious, serious problems.It folds up nicely and tucks away into a sheath I riveted to the back of my guitar. Which takes me back to the "Backpack for guitar" thread and the responses there. I mean, how the hell are you going to get those rivets to hold in that thing? I actually started to reply to that THIS thread's OP in the same frivolous manner as all the rest had, but I made the mistake of checking first for "collapsible mobile guitar". What I got back was a list of options I couldn't even begin to post, given that I was browsing this august forum on an iPhone device. (I have limited access to my old computer, which now sits smack in the "office" of my at-home working daughter who doesn't like interruptions during her intense work. My "sportball TV" is in there too, and there's nowhere else to put it! NO BASKETBALL!!!) But, here I am, because I'm experiencing periodic sleeplessness because of advancing old age. <decrepit> So, anyway, the options for carrying a guitar in the "wilderness" are much more numerous than I would have ever imagined. There are tons of electronified, foldable rigs out there with built-in amps and headphone jacks - I was floored! They range from this cheap thing (probably not worth it for your guitar enthusiast, even at ~$30)  www.guitarcenter.com/PocketStrings/PocketStrings-6-Fret-Black-1372692949687.gc?cntry=us&source=4WWRWXGP&gclid=Cj0KCQiAxbefBhDfARIsAL4XLRoJ8o2y9iIsSYNCA5k9BACEJhTZTppqtaq4ecHKByIUWVqBOU73BlUaAsTiEALw_wcBto this Yamaha SLG200S Silent Guitar (~$730) And, finally, a (relatively impressive - I think) demo of the Yamaha, which breaks down a bit. (There are even more portable ones.)
Who knew?
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