i was thinking, if you were stuck on remote island for the rest of your life, which would you pick? guitars, or your music collection?

i'd have to go with music

_________________
former user radio_friendly_unit_shifter

Guitars.
Also spare strings.

Music, as long as I had a player.

You could make music by banging a couple of shells together. To hear what made me want to make music though, that's irreplaceable.

_________________
No no and no

The music of your life is already stored in you. On a remote island all those songs would soon become irrelevant as you come to terms with your new environment, physically and artistically.
Would you take some old paintings? or enough paint, canvas and supplies for the rest of your life?
Bangin' two shells together just doesn't do it for me as far as musical expression goes
Gotta choose guitar !

Pamela Anderson.

_________________
Gary

I'll take my music collection since instruments are all around you, with Pamela Anderson as a groupie, and Justin Bieber to punch in case Pamela distracts me and I miss a note! I hate that kid.

Presuming you had enough guitars and strings to always have one in good shape..... Guitars I suppose.....

_________________

This is probably the most thought provoking topic I've ever seen on the forum and I have to say that you really have me stumped on this one Riley.This will take some heavy and serious pondering as each one is such a huge part of my life.I don't kow how I could get by without ever being able to listen to Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 again, then again I can't see myself being deprived of a guitar for more than 12 hours.Decisions-decisions, I'll have to get back to you on this one for sure.

_________________
'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Neither. A large collection of beautiful women would surely serve me best. They can make the "music" while I play their "guitars".

As always, this is merely IMO where I truly hope your mileage does NOT vary.

_________________
You dig?

Has to be a guitar - acoustic obviously. My Classical will do for me unless I find a Michael Gee concert guitar floating past my island one day..

And 250 packs of strings of course..

The music in my CD & album collection has already been made - I just listen to it now and then. But with my own guitar, I could make a lifetime of new music, free of any other distaction.

And if Man Friday's younger sister turned up occasionally armed with suitable transcription skills and a good sharp pencil, then the new music could maybe outlive me..

_________________
Fender Highway & Classic 60s Strats, Fender Toronado, Telecaster, Gretsch Projet, Charvel 3, PRS SE Soapbar II & Custom 24, Burns Batwing and many others!

I reckon just enough info gleened from our esteemed builders has made it passed my mostly bone melon to get tore into them palm trees, I'll be sorted in no time

Howdy neighbour

gut-string guitar. break a string? so what... the're all over the place.

_________________

If I was stuck on an island with a power source. Equipment that would not fail, endless strings for restringimg. Ect, Ect, Ect. I would choose my guitar. I am good enough I can play the tunes in my head.

If I really was stuck on an island I would rather have the company of another person. A female would be preferable as we might be able to pass the time other ways besides talking. At a minimum, just someone else to be able to talk to.

_________________
RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

This is the best possible answer Riley: If not, a guitar, or, like Niki said, if you have some thing to play your music on perhaps music.

_________________
you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Depending on the resources available to me I would take my music collection, because I think that given that I have the rest of my life to do it, I think I could make a reasonable facsimile of a guitar.
Wayne Coyne's guitar has an ipod cellotaped to it, would that be allowed?

_________________
Rated "M" for meaty.