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Chopdoc said:
Looks like cheap fun!

Thanks for sharing!
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Ok let me ask: Chopdoc, approximately how many cues do you own? My wife has the view you need two: one break and one playing cue. She can't understand multiple cue ownership despite my frequent attempts to educate her. Your situation will help mine. Thanks!
 
Logandgriff said:
Ok let me ask: Chopdoc, approximately how many cues do you own? My wife has the view you need two: one break and one playing cue. She can't understand multiple cue ownership despite my frequent attempts to educate her. Your situation will help mine. Thanks!
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It's not about "need".

Like many things it can simply be a hobby, collecting. Some have a small collection of very expensive custom cues. Some have a few cheaper cues. A collection is whatever you want it to be. There are no rules.

Being in a profession I deal a lot with rules, standards, and guidelines. Maybe that's part of what I like about cue collecting. No rules. Total freedom to do it in any way you like.

My collection is a menagerie with various different themes and sub-collections. I am fascinated with the art, and also other aspects. Researching Mizerak and his business relationships got me into the Dove cues and the Cobra cues.

I also have customs, antiques, etc.

Why? Just for fun and feeding my interests. It's a recreation.

How many do I have? I started organizing, photographing, and updating my fragmented records a while back. I estimated 200 cues.

I still haven't counted them though. Not sure why. Maybe afraid to? LOL!
 
Chopdoc said:
It's not about "need".

Like many things it can simply be a hobby, collecting. Some have a small collection of very expensive custom cues. Some have a few cheaper cues. A collection is whatever you want it to be. There are no rules.

Being in a profession I deal a lot with rules, standards, and guidelines. Maybe that's part of what I like about cue collecting. No rules. Total freedom to do it in any way you like.

My collection is a menagerie with various different themes and sub-collections. I am fascinated with the art, and also other aspects. Researching Mizerak and his business relationships got me into the Dove cues and the Cobra cues.

I also have customs, antiques, etc.

Why? Just for fun and feeding my interests. It's a recreation.

How many do I have? I started organizing, photographing, and updating my fragmented records a while back. I estimated 200 cues.

I still haven't counted them though. Not sure why. Maybe afraid to? LOL!
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What a great and thoughtful answer. Thanks for sharing your views.
 
Logandgriff said:
What a great and thoughtful answer. Thanks for sharing your views.
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Oh...and my wife has a designer purse addiction. She has...many.

As long as I help feed that addiction my cue collecting isn't picked on too much.

That just makes my collecting WAY more expensive. LOL!
 
Logandgriff said:
Ok let me ask: Chopdoc, approximately how many cues do you own? My wife has the view you need two: one break and one playing cue. She can't understand multiple cue ownership despite my frequent attempts to educate her. Your situation will help mine. Thanks!
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This same logic often finds it's way into relationships where one person is a guitar player, lol.

Wife / girlfriend: "Honey, how many fkg guitars do you really need? 25? 40? Really?"

Husband / boyfriend: "But, every guitar has it's own unique properties...tone (pickups), feel (neck contour and setup), aesthetic, purpose....I do really need a 2 teles, 4 strats, at least 3 les pauls, an sg, semi-hollowbody, 4 acoustics and a mandolin, a 5 string bass, travel guitar, Fender, Squier, Gibson, Epiphone, Ibanez, Suhr, Gretsch...oh, and you didn't mention pedals and amps....I really love you honey..."
 
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SunDogAZ said:
This same logic often finds it's way into relationships where one person is a guitar player, lol.

Wife / girlfriend: "Honey, how many fkg guitars do you really need? 25? 40? Really?"

Husband / boyfriend: "But, every guitar has it's own unique properties...tone (pickups), feel (neck contour and setup), aesthetic, purpose....I do really need a 2 teles, 4 strats, at least 3 les pauls, an sg, semi-hollowbody, 4 acoustics and a mandolin, a 5 string bass, travel guitar, Fender, Squier, Gibson, Epiphone, Ibanez, Suhr, Gretsch...oh, and you didn't mention pedals and amps....I really love you honey..."
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Oh...I collect cases too...
 
SunDogAZ said:
This same logic often finds it's way into relationships where one person is a guitar player, lol.

Wife / girlfriend: "Honey, how many fkg guitars do you really need? 25? 40? Really?"

Husband / boyfriend: "But, every guitar has it's own unique properties...tone (pickups), feel (neck contour and setup), aesthetic, purpose....I do really need a 2 teles, 4 strats, at least 3 les pauls, an sg, semi-hollowbody, 4 acoustics and a mandolin, a 5 string bass, travel guitar, Fender, Squier, Gibson, Epiphone, Ibanez, Suhr, Gretsch...oh, and you didn't mention pedals and amps....I really love you honey..."
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Yeah but guitars take up a lot of real estate. Harder to hide... I got down to two...

JV
 
Benelli said:
That is hands done one of the prettiest Dove's Ive ever seen!
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Found another one.
This is a 872 Sandpiper from the Birds of Florida Series.

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So, the obsession is satisfied. I found the seventh cue.
Chopdoc said:
I've been digging through cases again. I am still looking for my other cobra, the other one has linen, and darker butt sleeve wood. I figured you might like to see these since you have two of the Cobra version.

Left to right:
1. Cobra Side Winder, only one here with synthetic wrap
2. Slyfoxx
3. Craftmaser
4. Pinnacle
5. GW Collection, genuine lizard wrap
6. Sierra Apache, only one here with a 5/16x14 pin

Sort of ascending order of quality too, I guess. Yes, I am absolutely bonkers, crazy, nuts. Still looking for one brand that eludes me.

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The obsession proceeds. I found the seventh cue in one of my big cases.

It's a Cobra 525 Side Winder, so I have both versions that I know of, like the 2 @Benelli has.

Full pictures of the collection are here: LINK


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