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Jan 22, 2006
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It'd be great to build a guitar that doubled as a camp bbq, the worse the music, the earlier you eat!

If i'm out to see wildlife, then absolutely no chance there'd be a guitar there, but at party/ bbq on the beach etc then it can be great fun...(or a nightmare)

totally different thing though.

cheers
 

Draven

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If i'm out to see wildlife, then absolutely no chance there'd be a guitar there, but at party/ bbq on the beach etc then it can be great fun...(or a nightmare)

totally different thing though.

cheers

I agree, totally depends on situation. I don't go out to play guitar... but if I were out for a long time (a few weeks +) I'd bring either an acoustic guitar or harmonica, just because I'd really miss music. That said, I play electric so I don't really have the option right now!

Pete
 

East Coaster

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Bon Jovi!!!!!!:tongue-ti dear o' dear o' dear
Each to their own an' all that, but that's just taking things too far.

I would urge anyone taking a guitar out in the wilds to make sure you are with very very like minded people first or you will be commiting a serious faux pas and probably never invited back:aargh4:
 

Eric_Methven

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Apr 20, 2005
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I don't take mine any more. I just prefer my MP3 player, some pre recorded folk music and a discrete pair of ear phones, for when I am lying in my hammock chilling out. That's the only time. When I'm in company, I want to hear the conversations, when I'm walking I want to hear what's going on around me. The MP3 is for pre-sleep time and maybe when I'm on the train or bus going to or back from a camp. Guitars, or any musical instrument for that matter have their place, but not for bushcrafting in my view.

Eric
 

Toddy

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Jan 21, 2005
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Ye Gods but you're a bunch of grumps :rolleyes:

Music is as vital piece of humanity as fire or tools :D

I've sat with good company around a fire in a crannog listening to a clarsach, I've heard the uillean pipes played in a bothy, I've heard the panpipes at the gates of dawn :D , sat with bhodran and flutes and voices around innumerable fires and chilled out on the company, the music and the night; listened to the fiddler at the Moot..........and much though I love heavy metal, not one of those instuments was electronic, they were all played by real people, with skill and joy. A pleasure to listen to. And you'd have none of it ?........miserable you are :D

And voices ? Oh a delight :D I love listening to singing, especially our own songs, in our own words and real tunes, the British Isles have one of the widest ranges of accents and they're all good :approve: Some lilt, some growl, some stretch vowels so long they're almost words :) and whistling, that too is a real skill done well.
I've sung with the biggest moon in the sky, in a corrie where the sound spun and echoes, and whistled to call the buzzards down to see me, I've heard and felt the terror of the carnyx howling like the wind, listened to a drum beat through the hills and sat entranced watching my brother play the pipes
How can you not want to be part of that ??

I too enjoy that silence of space and place, gentle conversation, laughter and humour around the fire and in the woods, but I won't exclude the possibility of music added to the mix.
If I'm camping and you come by with music, come away in :)


That said, I detest radios when I'm out, that persistant, "Listen to me!!", racket drives me away.



cheers,
M
 

al21

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Aug 11, 2006
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I've got to confess I've taken my guitar occasionally. See here:

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I tend to play for myself and only in the company of those that know me pretty well though. More Carulli and Bach than Bon Jovi too. I certainly wouldn't inflict it on the defenseless.

As you can see, quite easy to carry in a canoe.

Al
 
Bon Jovi!!!!!!:tongue-ti dear o' dear o' dear
Each to their own an' all that, but that's just taking things too far.

I would urge anyone taking a guitar out in the wilds to make sure you are with very very like minded people first or you will be commiting a serious faux pas and probably never invited back:aargh4:

:confused:
You mean a heartfelt rendition of 'Every Rose Has it's thorn' is not always appreciated?


(note for pedants - yes I know it's a Poison song not a Bon Jovi song)
 

Toddy

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Jan 21, 2005
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I was just about to comment that I prefer Pour some Sugar or Look what the Cat Dragged In.........but , well, y'know :rolleyes:

:D

cheers,
M
 

Melonfish

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Jan 8, 2009
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lol, i seriously didn't expect this result. it seems then we're a pretty mixed bunch, some like it some hate it.
i can't imaging living without music, its in my soul and its just a part of me, around a fire with the guys jammin away? pure bliss imo.

yeah bit of a jovi fan, have been since the early 90's, went to see em in manchester last year (amazing!)
i've got Takamines mostly G series like w00dsmoke. excellent guitars tbh. but the travel guitar does sound good. i'm also dabbling with the harmonica atm and the whistle. nowt like a bit of music in the soul and the woody surroundings are sure to give inspiration.
don't get me wrong i love the serenity of the woods too but i like a good bit of music does i. ;)
 

durulz

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Jun 9, 2008
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:confused:
You mean a heartfelt rendition of 'Every Rose Has it's thorn' is not always appreciated?


(note for pedants - yes I know it's a Poison song not a Bon Jovi song)

That was one of the first songs I ever learnt to play. What a bell-end I must have been. Mind you, it's a cracker for driving along to, giving it your best X-Factor audition. 'Kayleigh' by Marillion and 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' by Bonnie Tyler fall into the same categories.
Come fellas, give it your best...'I really need you TONIGHT!!...'
But not Meatloaf. Dear me, no.
 
Ye Gods but you're a bunch of grumps :rolleyes:

Music is as vital piece of humanity as fire or tools :D

I've sat with good company around a fire in a crannog listening to a clarsach, I've heard the uillean pipes played in a bothy, I've heard the panpipes at the gates of dawn :D , sat with bhodran and flutes and voices around innumerable fires and chilled out on the company, the music and the night; listened to the fiddler at the Moot..........and much though I love heavy metal, not one of those instuments was electronic, they were all played by real people, with skill and joy. A pleasure to listen to. And you'd have none of it ?........miserable you are :D

And voices ? Oh a delight :D I love listening to singing, especially our own songs, in our own words and real tunes, the British Isles have one of the widest ranges of accents and they're all good :approve: Some lilt, some growl, some stretch vowels so long they're almost words :) and whistling, that too is a real skill done well.
I've sung with the biggest moon in the sky, in a corrie where the sound spun and echoes, and whistled to call the buzzards down to see me, I've heard and felt the terror of the carnyx howling like the wind, listened to a drum beat through the hills and sat entranced watching my brother play the pipes
How can you not want to be part of that ??

I too enjoy that silence of space and place, gentle conversation, laughter and humour around the fire and in the woods, but I won't exclude the possibility of music added to the mix.
If I'm camping and you come by with music, come away in :)


That said, I detest radios when I'm out, that persistant, "Listen to me!!", racket drives me away.



cheers,
M


What a joy it is to read this, I totally agree. As I Scot I regulary listen to all types of world and indigenous UK folk music and dearly love some of our English songs and then theres the Welsh not to mention the Irish too...All wonderful.
 

Tye Possum

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Well I bring my harmonica camping and I can't play it at all really. I bring it camping with my dad and he brings his and he can't play either. So we sit and try to play but because neither of us can actually play it's fun and kinda funny just goofing around on it. I like the sounds of nature but I'd prefer to listen to them while I'm alone and I have no problem with whipping out the harmonica if I'm with someone as long as they play too but can't really play because then they'll notice I can't play a darn thing lol. If I'm alone though I'll just sit and listen to the wind and the trees and all the animals creeping around at night. I also hate radios when camping, it just ruins it. I don't even really like mp3 players or that sort of thing to be brought camping because to me that's like finally getting away from all that stuff and then pulling out a little television while sitting around the fire.
 

Wayland

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I've sat around many a living history campfire and enjoyed the music, singing and storytelling. Larpers seem to like it too.

Bushcraft gatherings have a very different atmosphere though for some reason.

One of the reasons I rarely do any storytelling at them is that the audience just isn't there.

On some of the occasions that I have allowed myself to be talked into it I've had to deal with heckling and being shouted over. It's just not how I wish to waste my time.

It seems most people are more interested in getting blind drunk and quoting Monty Python at bushcraft meets so generally I let them get on with it.

I'm guessing it would be pretty much the same with music too.

There were times in the past when people entertained themselves instead of turning to the television and gawping over "Bone idol get me out of this televisual sex factor".

Give it a few more years and home grown talent will have completely atrophied and people wonder where it all went wrong.



Gods, I need to get out.....:(
 

Toddy

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Jan 21, 2005
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I was definitely under the weather at the Dark Ages weekend but I did enjoy your sagas :D
It's a real art to tell a tale that holds an audience's imagination so well :cool:

Definitely time to get out :)

Be well,
M
 

gregorach

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Sep 15, 2005
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There is no way on God's green Earth that I'm taking my beloved Taylor out and about, nor will I take my Fender 12-string further than 100 yards from the car. The changes in temperature and humidity play havoc with decent guitars, and I really hate trying to play beaters...

Now, the pennywhistle is a nice portable instrument. I seem to recall that I've played it to a reasonable reception at some of the Scottish meets. I also recall a very fine time at one of the joint BCUK / SoTP meets with lots of singing. I'd love to be able to sing unaccompanied, but I'm just not good enough...

As H P Lovecraft once wrote: "Why do you toil, if not that you may sing and be merry?"
 

gzornenplat

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Jan 21, 2009
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Surrey
I feel sorry for all you unmusical people :)

It must be like being unable to taste and wondering why other people like food.

If you've only heard people who *can't* play but think they can then you definitely have a point - like 5-year-
olds on a piano, or anyone with bagpipes. But if you get a few musicians together (in a pub, up a mountain,
on a ferry in the Aegean as the sun sets), then it's a different story, IMO

Martin nylon-strung Backpacker/spare paddle would be my choice. About 200 quid, but hey, it's a Martin!

Ian
 

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