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I have been very, very good and stingy all year (until I began buying christmas presents).
But this… THIS…
IT WANTS ME TO TOUCH IT AND STROKE IT AND PET ITS HEAD AND FEED IT MARROBONE.
And I’m very, very, very likely to. Isn’t anyone going to try to talk me out of it?
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Personally, I don't think flashy looks are worth that much, really. <_<
Well, maybe not guitars. Cars, for sure. And maybe computers too.
There's something oddly attractive about that one.
Anyway, if I remember, I said something like sure, the style is a big deal. Steve Vai could play any guitar and make it sound great. But that one Nergye linked to above makes a certain impact, you could say.
Also explains why certain guitarists stick with blond-top, brown-bodied, very traditional shaped guitars. Wouldn't want to scare the audience, eh? I mean, considering a lot of the folkish singer-songwriter audience are quiet suburbanites of middle age. (Then again, maybe a little jolt would be good. <evil grin>)
See, I just couldn't figure out where you'd put the tail fins on a Martin acoustic. Near the tailpiece, you'd think, but where would you put your strumming arm?
Looks are actually secondary - there are much prettier things out there.
All of them much larger, blacker, faster and with additional blue lights on them. Also, robot antennae. I declare that there has never been, nor shall there ever be in the foreseeable future, a computer shaped like a baby pika. Which does leave some people out of the market, of course, but still.
Also, "from £3,399"? Eep. I trust you're not actually considering spending that much on, well, anything? Never mind a computer?
...Actually, I think I prefer the laptops, on balance. Even one of those'd prolly be able to beat the crap out of mine, but hey, also more than twice the price.
For Elder Scrolls XVIII: Counter Strike, of course.
Also!
Why does it cost so much, though? The £3400 price tag would work out to something like US$6000 these days, but I can't say I've ever seen a computer that costly (not that I look at high-end gaming systems, though, I have to admit).
I want it.