ZR Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 How many guitars/basses do you own? Doesn't matter what brand etc. just spill the beans! No prizes will be awarded but I'm not promising that there won't be any interventions. Of course, that would only be for those that didn't have enough!😁 Here's mine; 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjammin308 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Way more guitars here than talent. North of two dozen at this point. I have a very hard time parting with things, sickness is probably an accurate description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl.B Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Down to 4 high of 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murkat Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Not near as much as I use to. Most are old friends, some retired. 10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 I think I'm up to 16 now. Perhaps 15 more than I need to play at one time, according to some observers. Alas, guitars are like hand tools; you wouldn't get good results using a #2 Phillips screwdriver when the fastener you're working on has a #0 Robertson head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 I honestly couldn’t tell you. I don’t count them. Gives me plausible deniability on a spousal level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 28 minutes ago, cmatthes said: Gives me plausible deniability on a spousal level. Wise strategy, Grasshopper. My bride doesn't give me grief about buying another guitar, but I always bore her with excruciating minutiae about what makes a new acquisition different from the rest. That's usually enough to get her to change the subject. I even told her once (I think it was when I bought Unfun's '93 Studio) that the new guitar was "one louder." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl.B Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Biz Prof said: Wise strategy, Grasshopper. My bride doesn't give me grief about buying another guitar, but I always bore her with excruciating minutiae about what makes a new acquisition different from the rest. That's usually enough to get her to change the subject. I even told her once (I think it was when I bought Unfun's '93 Studio) that that the new guitar was "one louder." Never ever point to the 6 jewelry boxes or the 2 walk-in bedroom closet's to try justifying getting another guitar it never ends well.😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor (Fret Friend) Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 8 but 2 are un-built partscasters (Warmoth necks / Japanese Fender bodies) and 1 is an old 'beater' acoustic I use for practice at home when learning new stuff for church... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Down to 4 & 1/2 (project that just needs a neck to be complete). Most I’ve had at any one time was 14... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 4 guitars, 4 basses, a mandolin, banjo, and ukelele. I used to play mandolin a lot, but I've never really bonded with the banjo or uke. Probably because they were free and the music didn't come as naturally to me as the mandolin. I really miss a couple of basses, that I consigned when the band broke up: a thunderous G&L ASAT fretless semihollow with massive MFD humbuckers, ebony fingerboard with up charge fretlines, orange translucent finish over figured ash, contrasting natural wood binding, and matching headstock,: ... plus an orange Gretsch Electromatic G5123 hollowbody bass with Thunder'tron pickups that sang like a basso profundo songbird. I really miss that one. It had a bounce to its attack, and really helped drive the music. It was a 32' scale, which made string-to-string tone quality very consistent. It was a limited edition arrangement between Gretsch and GC (only one unit per store) and listed at $899, but I got it during a Father's Day sale at GC for $560. Here's one on Reverb for $1,269.64 + $177.40 shipping (sigh): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamerica Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 1 hour ago, cmatthes said: I honestly couldn’t tell you. I don’t count them. Gives me plausible deniability on a spousal level. Exactly...I stopped counting decades ago... there is a specific number my wife is under the impression which I am the caretaker of. In code, my wife is from the Northeast so in traveling North of I-40 but no longer north of Maryland Route 100. Did some culling of the Great Southwest Korina Forest a few years back. Some fine specimens found some new homes. "Just how sick are some of you?" Well some would consider at one point I was gravely ill. Some will still say that. I do like Joe Bonamassa's coined phrase "Guitar Safari". I miss the hunt and cracking cases. Hamerica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningyen Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 I haven't counted in a long time, but let's see: 2 Newports 3 B-Ways (1 technically still for sale, but my wife stopped asking about it, so...) 1 Variax 1 Steinberger 1 Larrivee (acoustic) 1 Squier (bass) So I guess that's 9. Not counting my keyboard and violin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camstone Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 I was at 32 three months ago, but now down to 24. Plan to cull further. Just hold onto the ones that I gig with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsunburst59 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 37 - Electrics 5 - Electric Basses 7 - Acoustics 3 - Classical 1 - Mandolin Definitely due for another big purge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.bandini Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 All of mine (~30, I'm a bit ashamed to admit) are cheaper than one boat. And around here there are a lot of boats, and boats are a notoriously bad investment. Plus, I can't use a boat (around here) in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shark Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Oh, God. It's in the eighties now I think. My storage facility (not a U-Haul joint) is north of $350 a month now. I don't know how much the insurance bill with Heritage is, but I do know they are sick of my revisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerboy_ Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 80 some. -Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynic Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Regardless of the number, I could always recall each one up until about five years ago. Since that time I've gone from purge to splurge a half dozen times and the revolving door has caused me to completely lose track. Last count was mid 60s but I can only list about 30 from memory anymore. I really want to get to 20 or less but it's starting to remind me of how many nicotine patches I went through over ten years of "quitting". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTMN Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 To many and not enough. Love these threads as it brings up good friends. I have 23.5 Hamers. Here is the .5. 🤩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobro Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Last time I counted it was around 50. I probably have enough loose parts to build 1 or 2 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diablo175 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 16 + 5 new incoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Hi I'm Len, I'm a guitaraholic ... my number is 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 I honestly do not know. North of 50, safe to say... Some awesome, some average. I definitely don't do them justice, sorry to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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