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jimmar Inukshuk Offline Posts: 860 Location: SE Michigan Joined: Feb 1^st, 2006	Tripping with a Guitar? Oct 26^th, 2013 at 4:27pm	Quote Print Post
	I usually don't start a new topic but this is something I've been thinking about before every recent trip: Once I was at a campsite in the Sylvania Wilderness being entertained by a guitar player at the site next to mine. I wondered what it would be like to bring a guitar along and play while sitting on the edge of the water enjoying the view, or next to a campfire by myself in the wilderness. Now that I have learned to play….er…hack a few chords, I’ve been had an urge to bring along the guitar but always dismissed it thinking about the inconvenience of toting that thing around in a canoe and on portages for a week. For me, playing is relaxation and enjoyment on a personal level, I do it for myself. Similar to the feeling I get while relaxing at the end of the day in canoe country, I can feel the stress flowing away. Has anyone ever brought their guitar into canoe country? Would the noise (I call it music) destroy the feeling of solitude if heard by others and be in violation of the rules for a “quiet journey”? Any opinions?


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zski Inukshuk Offline Posts: 447 Location: IL Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010	Re: Tripping with a Guitar? Reply #1 - Oct 26^th, 2013 at 6:56pm	Quote Print Post
	i don't know exactly butt my opinion: no playing after ___ o'clock, no hip hop, rap, or heavy metal, best but not mandatory to stick with music indigenous to the region (gordon lightfoot, leonard cohen, stan rogers). You're pretty industrious jimar, maybe you've just hit on a new product to develop, the pac-guitar.


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mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Re: Tripping with a Guitar? Reply #2 - Oct 26^th, 2013 at 8:40pm	Quote Print Post
	Hey jimmar you can't lose.......folk will either pay you to play or pay you to stop


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Kerry Inukshuk Offline Posts: 427 Location: Toronto Joined: May 13^th, 2010	Re: Tripping with a Guitar? Reply #3 - Oct 26^th, 2013 at 8:41pm	Quote Print Post
	Prepare to have your mind blown - there already is such a thing (a pac-guitar) and not some piece of junk either: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Tripping with a Guitar? Reply #4 - Oct 26^th, 2013 at 8:44pm	Quote Print Post
	They make some decent (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) these days. Go for it.


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Puckster Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1208 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota Joined: Feb 10^th, 2009	Re: Tripping with a Guitar? Reply #5 - Oct 26^th, 2013 at 9:01pm	Quote Print Post
	Sorta on subject.... check out the song, "Can You Canoe?" by the okee dokee boys! (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Tripping with a Guitar? Reply #6 - Oct 27^th, 2013 at 12:06am	Quote Print Post
	How about a bagpipe/guitar duet some year Jimmar? We can get Prouty on the harmonica, db on the spoons, Jimbo on the . . . nevermind. Canada might revoke our passports if they ever found out.


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Spartan2 Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1605 Location: Horton, Michigan Joined: Feb 1^st, 2005	Re: Tripping with a Guitar? Reply #7 - Oct 27^th, 2013 at 12:12am	Quote Print Post
	This will no doubt make me unpopular with some. I am a retired music teacher and I love most kinds of music, including many kinds of music that are made on, with, or including, guitar. I do not, however, want to hear it in the canoe country. If you take your guitar, I hope you are somewhere far away from me (which is likely, since I only travel in the BW anymore and I think you go to the Q), and that you sing and play very softly. When I am in the "wilderness", I only want to hear the birds and the silence. In my case, this also applies to harmonicas, banjos, mandolins, harps, and (sorry PJ)--yes, even bagpipes! As for singers--shhhhh--sing very softly! :dankk2


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Puckster Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1208 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota Joined: Feb 10^th, 2009	Re: Tripping with a Guitar? Reply #8 - Oct 27^th, 2013 at 12:37am	Quote Print Post
	I'm game for almost anything.... ...but what did you think of the Okee Dokee boys? They make me smile. prouboy


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jimmar Inukshuk Offline Posts: 860 Location: SE Michigan Joined: Feb 1^st, 2006	Re: Tripping with a Guitar? Reply #9 - Oct 27^th, 2013 at 2:07am	Quote Print Post
	them Okee Dokee Brothers got me a grinnin' and a tappin' my toe and yes I do canoe! Lynda - true... I will likely be far from you so no worries, and no offense taken, I completely understand your point of view, mine is similar. I don't even like to hear loud talking or constant jabbering between partners in a passing canoe. One thing that attracts me to the place is the solitude. I wouldn't want to ruin that for anyone else but I also would like to make my experience as rich a possible and I think a little picking and strumming might add to the richness. Not sure about the pipes though. I like them, could be interesting, we'd probably drive a few more folks out the park forever, maybe not a bad thing!


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