Willie G. Moseley Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 Topped out at 97. Down to 16, all with "specialized" designations (custom-ordered and made to my specs, display instruments for lectures, couple of rarities). Total includes one Peavey utility guitar and one Peavey utility bass.
Dutchman Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 I’d guess somewhere north of 40 at one time... I’m sitting somewhere in the teens now. I had 20 some amps but now I’m down to 10 or so. Plus a drum set, keyboards, banjo’s, mandolins, and a harp from the 1800’s. I just like things with strings on them...
tommy p Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 1 electric bass 2 acoustic guitars, one 6-string and one 12-string 18 electric guitars I could sell the acoustic 12-string and wouldn't miss it, and I'd like to get the electrics down to <10 but I don't think that will ever happen unless I'm in dire financial straits.
crunchee Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 11 hours ago, Len said: Hi I'm Len, I'm a guitaraholic ... my number is 42 That number sounds familiar...
Thundersteel Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 I've had as many as 12; now, down to five guitars and one bass. I've got one for sale (SG Supreme), and I'm debating selling my bass (G&L JB-2).
joshoowah Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 3 acoustic 6 electric - 1 planned for sale Not enough/Too many for a hack like me!
ZR Posted June 9, 2020 Author Posted June 9, 2020 Sometimes I think it might be best to just have one instrument to really bond with but then I rationalize the others I have as filling a specific niche. So I have a 6 string acoustic cedar top and one in spruce, a 12 string acoustic, a classical guitar made in Sweden. A Hamer Cruisebass, a Fretlight guitar with LEDs in the fretboard that light up chords, inversions, scales etc according to dials set on the guitar. It's a strat like guitar so fills that purpose but I would definitely want a better strat type instrument eventually. I mainly got it to illustrate things to guitar students I had at the time. My first electric is a Japanese LP copy from the 70s, bolt on neck and many multi-piece body, it's OK but mainly have it for sentimental value. It does have the characteristic LP sound still but I shouldn't have traded away my Gibson LP classic, and hope to get one again one day. My Chap Custom covers the super strat territory in spades and my USA Duotone, black with cream binding and Bartolini pickups is a great, versatile all arounder. And, the one I mainly play the most nowadays is a PRS ish guitar hand made by Bruce Winger. I like it because it's a lot shorter distance from the back of the tailpiece to the end of the body. Much shorter than on a PRS which to me is almost too long. This makes it especially good for playing in the tighter confines of my desktop area without banging it into everything. The extra droopy headstock on the chap custom likes to get in the way and hit the printer or the desk! Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! But.... I really could use a strat and LP for sure, but then I don't have anything representing a tele, hollow body, headless fan fret guitar... man, where does it end?! 😃
Biz Prof Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 57 minutes ago, gorch said: Counting anything stringed, I’m at eleven I think.
Hbom Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 Depends on the day. Usually I have too many. Occasionally I have to have one more.
Brooks Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 After some downsizing, 2.5 (I keep the mini Mitchell in my locker at work, it was a MF blowout @ $80).
Brooks Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 4 hours ago, ZR said: ...confines of my desktop area without banging it into everything. The extra droopy headstock on the chap custom likes to get in the way... Yeah, actually both the Kiesel and the Mitchell are great for playing in a computer chair/recliner/bed.
mrjamiam Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 4 Sigh, dozen, ish. Most of them mocking my failure to have an exit strategy.
bsteff666 Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 Not sure. I quit counting a few years ago. I believe there was around 80 guitars then. There’s more now.
The Shark Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 I feel better because of this thread. I'm going to have my wife read it from beginning to end. "I'm not sick" I keep telling her...
gorch Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 On 6/9/2020 at 12:57 AM, The Shark said: I do know they are sick of my revisions. Now, who is sick now?
crunchee Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 Currently, I have one Fender Tele, one Fender 'parts' Tele, and three Tele-based Partscasters for my 'core' electric guitars (i.e., the ones I reach for most often). They all have Ash bodies and all-Maple necks with traditional-style 3-saddle bridges, range roughly in weight from 6 3/4 lbs to 8 1/4 lbs, have various pickups and components, and each one sounds a little different from each other. My 'favorite' one at that moment depends on what my day's been like when I take it out of the case. I like Teles, but I like a little variety with 'em, too. In basses, I have a stripped '06 Fender MIM Mike Dirnt P-bass, a mutt fretless MIM Fender Jazz Bass (body is a 'Road Worn' 60's Jazz Bass with a fretless Fender neck), and a '85 Hamer Cruisebass in Trans Cherry. Acoustics are two early '80's Ovation Balladeer Model 1111s (the acoustic no-pickup model).
JohnnyB Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 On 6/8/2020 at 3:53 PM, a.bandini said: 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. I heard the definition of a boat from a former owner: A hole in the water into which you pour money.
BoogieMKIIA Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 Now is the most I have owned. I tend to acquire and keep. Electric - 3 guitars, 1 bass Acoustic - 5 guitars Amps - 4 that work, 2 that need work 1 Hammond B3 that mostly works.
joshoowah Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 2 hours ago, JohnnyB said: I heard the definition of a boat from a former owner: A hole in the water in which you pour money. The two best days in a boat owner's life: The day you buy it. The day you sell it. Always liked that synopsis!
BoogieMKIIA Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, joshoowah said: The two best days in a boat owner's life: The day you buy it. The day you sell it. Always liked that synopsis! For guitars - Two best days are the day you buy it and the day you buy the next one. And so forth
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