Just how sick are some of you? How many guitars/basses do you own?

[pablo]

5 hours ago, JohnnyB said:

Then you'd love this one:

Its mine buddy

[tomteriffic]

All in, guitars, basses, banjos, mandolins, ukes, guitars that technically belong to my wife, etc. 39 plus one on consignment at a local B&M.

[Hamerica]

I love this thread.

Hamerica

[Dana_V]

I recently did a detailed inventory for insurance purposes and the number of stringed instruments in the house - including my daughter's ukuleles and other oddball instruments - is 64. Mostly because I never get rid of guitars; I still have every one I've ever owned going back to 1971 when I was ten years old.

Twenty of those are Hamers, although my Hamer count was three from 1984 until 2015. After my wife died in 2014 I went a little nuts for a couple of years and my collection expanded exponentially, but I've reined it in since then.

[JohnnyB]

On 6/8/2020 at 12:55 PM, JohnnyB said:

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):

I forgot to add:

I  didn't even see any consignment money from Seattle's now-defunct "Guitarville" for these gorgeous and gorgeous-sounding basses. It turned out that the owner had moved his shop and hired some contractors to modify the interior to add teaching studios. The contractors evidently absconded with the basses and Guitarville's owner moved to Hawaii.

 

[JGale]

This was during the worst of it...

[JohnnyB]

21 hours ago, pablo said:

Its mine buddy

Knock yourself out.
 

 

[kizanski]

5 hours ago, JGale said:

This was during the worst of it...

Pretty sure I've owned at least 2 of those.  One currently.  

[Brooks]

On 10/20/2020 at 6:36 PM, stonge said:

How does the Strandberg compare to the Holdsworth?  I picked up a Standberg Classic 6 and I love how it plays and how comfortable (ergonomic) it is to play, but the sounds just seems a little 'light'. I like it well enough, but as soon as I try a tele or a Hamer (nevermind my Steinberger GM) I get all the thump and weight behind the notes that the Strandberg is missing.  I'm interested in your comparison between the HH and the Strandberg.

Hey Stonge, just now saw this, sorry.

Agree. My Kiesel has a brightness that's hard to dial out of any of the humbucker or split coil sounds, with the exception of neck humbucker (which is gorgeous clean). Not sure if its the combo of headless/ebony fretboard/SS frets/chambering... Initially the bridge Holdsworth pup was underwhelming and dull for heavy tones (could be the chambering), so I put a Dimebucker in, which went a little too far in the bright direction. Now it has a Super Distortion and it sounds better, but it still is a little lacking in the lows. This is not necessarily a bad thing in a full mix, but noticeable when you switch guitars playing alone.

The Strandberg Standard 6 has OEM alnico pups stock, which are warm and chimey. I have used high output ceramic pups since I was a kid (my SG had an X2N, anyone remember those?), so initially for me the bridge pup was underwhelming and dull. I put the same Dimebucker in there and now it sounds really good. I like alnico neck pups, and the stock split sounds all are pretty good and usable, fairly fender-y. But yeah, the Strandberg is slightly lacking in lows, not as bad as the Kiesel. Don't know if the low end is due to a headless design, as I once had a Steinberger that was pretty bassy, but it had EMGs.

My partscaster has the most low end of the 3, and the best overall tone (albeit a little dark on the bridge, a Super Distortion-S). All 3 sound better at certain tones; the Kiesel is what I use for round buttery jazz licks, the Strandy is my go to for metal (it plays so great!, actually all 3 do but the Strandy especially), the strat sounds best for classic rock/funk/country. 

If I get another custom order, I will probably try a solid alder Kiesel Vader (headless strat style) w/ HSS pups, seems like that would have all the elements I like.

[Armitage]

I peaked out at about 300 in the late '80s, early '90s...  then down to around 110 for ages. Now I'm down to 70.