On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:10:24 -0400, something compelled rhys
, to say:

I use the Planet Waves product on my Larrivee acoustic (pricy) and can
recommend it.

You take your Larrivee out on the boat?

I decided that the best protection for my Breedlove was the
purchase of a Takamine.

On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 22:16:41 -0700, "Steve Daniels, Seek of Spam"
wrote:

I decided that the best protection for my Breedlove was the
purchase of a Takamine.

You have a Breedlove? How do you like the JLD bridge system? I have an
Alverez 12-string (not the best I know, but I love the different tone
from the cedar) that started to develop a warped top and was thinking of
going to the JLD. I fixed it without doing that but now, just to help
prevent it from warping too quickly again, I only tune it to Eb. With
the JLD I can probably keep it in E but I'm worried about the tone.

Steve

Steven Shelikoff wrote:

You have a Breedlove? How do you like the JLD bridge system? I have an
Alverez 12-string (not the best I know, but I love the different tone
from the cedar)

Just my $0.02, but I just love cedar topped guitars. I've got an 11
year old Washburn that I take aboard that just SHOUTS when I ask it to,
but it's got such a sweet voice :-) No probs yet with warpage.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:39:08 GMT, beldar wrote:

Steven Shelikoff wrote:

You have a Breedlove? How do you like the JLD bridge system? I have an
Alverez 12-string (not the best I know, but I love the different tone
from the cedar)

Just my $0.02, but I just love cedar topped guitars. I've got an 11
year old Washburn that I take aboard that just SHOUTS when I ask it to,
but it's got such a sweet voice :-) No probs yet with warpage.

It really is a sweet sound and it plays well too. But 12 strings in
general are prone to warpage due to all the stress from the 6 extra
strings.

Steve

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:04:46 GMT, something compelled
(Steven Shelikoff), to say:

On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 22:16:41 -0700, "Steve Daniels, Seek of Spam"
wrote:

I decided that the best protection for my Breedlove was the
purchase of a Takamine.

You have a Breedlove?

Yes. Special edition, #6 of ten.

How do you like the JLD bridge system?

Oh, just fine. Haven't found a need to mess with it.

My Charvel 625c lived with me on my first boat for four years (kept in its
hard-shell case), and it never suffered a bit. But I would have to think
long and hard before taking my Everett aboard for more than a day or two,
and even then wouldn't as long as I have my Charvel. The heat and humidity
aboard vary entirely too much for hand-made, solid wood guitars, IMO. Martin
has a couple of Jimmy Buffet models which are intended to be boatable, but
I've not tried one yet.

I think the original post was about a wooden shell snare drum, though, which
I think would be much more forgiving of the boat environment, with attention
being paid to keeping it within the acceptable rh range.

--
Karin Conover-Lewis
Fair and Balanced since 1959
klc dot lewis at centurytel dot net


"Steve Daniels, Seek of Spam" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:10:24 -0400, something compelled rhys
, to say:

I use the Planet Waves product on my Larrivee acoustic (pricy) and can
recommend it.

You take your Larrivee out on the boat?

I decided that the best protection for my Breedlove was the
purchase of a Takamine.

On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 22:16:41 -0700, "Steve Daniels, Seek of Spam"
wrote:


You take your Larrivee out on the boat?

Hell, no. I just got it and am still in the "worshipful mode" stage.
It's the best guitar I've ever PLAYED, never mind owned.

It's only been to one jam session. A buddy has a 1975 Martin C-16 and
they are pretty well par in quality, even though they are quite
different (and different sounding) guitars. Most guys have Gibsons,
Epiphones and Yamahahas in my jam session.

I decided that the best protection for my Breedlove was the
purchase of a Takamine.

Now, it's funny you should say that. I have a Takamine CP-135 with
electric pickup. It's pretty basic and it has a classical neck, so
it's not a great "strumming" guitar. But it's loud and compact, and
THAT'S what I take to the boat.

Now, my bodhran goes in the Zodiac in a sealed garbage bag, but
there's usually a bonfire on the beach to dry that out G

The pennywhistles and recorders and ocarinas seem unaffected by
humidity. Harmonicas can suffer if not kept dry.


R.

I decided that the best protection for my Breedlove was the
purchase of a Takamine.

Yep. I used to take my Martin with me but eventually bought a Baby Taylor as
my "Travel" guitar. My biggest problem with my D-18 though, was space. I can
fit the Baby Taylor in the storage areas under the seats in my small
cruising sailboat. I couldn't stash the Martin anywhere so it was always
secured somehow in the V Birth when we were underway.

I know of another sailor who replaced his guitar with a mandolin for use on
his boat. Not a bad thought, IMO.

Good luck with the drums! Sounds like a great gig. ;-)

Frank Wiewandt

"Steve Daniels, Seek of Spam" wrote in message

You take your Larrivee out on the boat?

I decided that the best protection for my Breedlove was the
purchase of a Takamine.

thats probably the best advice ive heard yet.


lol

chris