How many brands of guitar have you owned?

[tommy p]

I saw this topic posted on TGP and thought it was interesting.  I may have missed one or two of mine, but I have a spreadsheet now and this is probably close.  I had never thought about that before but wanted to see what my history looked like.  I still have 23 but this, to the best of my memory and a spreadsheet I made a few years back, is what I've had.

Charvel - 1

Dean - 1

Egmond -1

Fender - 3

Gibson - 13

Greco - 1

Gretsch - 3

Guild - 1

Hamer - 7

Ibanez - 1

Jackson - 2

Kramer - 1

LTD - 1

Martin - 1

Ovation - 1

PRS - 1

Rickenbacker - 1

Synchromatic - 1

 

[Winter]

Wow, this is going to take some digging...

Yamaha:  1

Hoffner:  1

Northern:   1

Vantage:  1

Fender: 19

Gibson: 5

Hamer USA: 29

Hamer (import): 1

Nash: 1

Orville By Gibson: 2

Burny: 1

Epiphone: 2

Schecter:  2

Warmoth: 1

Eastman: 2

BC Rich: 2

Taylor: 2

Duesenberg: 2

Shishkov: 1

Charvel: 1

Jackson: 1

Winston + Fidel: 1

Carvin: 1

BMG: 3

Rickenbacker: 1

 

 

[Steve Haynie]

Eight... is enough.

[VECTOR]

BC Rich 1

Carvin 1

ESP 1

Gibson 4

Heritage 2

Hamer 14

Ibanez 2

Jackson 4

Pearl 1

PRS 2

Washburn 1

XTN 1

 

[gorch]

2 hours ago, Steve Haynie said:

Eight... is enough.

I’m in!

[crunchee]

I don't pay much attention to 'brand names', especially since import builders churn out tons of guitars under lots of different names.  I pay much more attention to who originally makes the guitars in the first place...or in the case of 'partscasters', who makes the parts; plus the level of materials and quality of the guitar/parts or lack thereof.

[mathman]

1 Fender Bass

2 Hamer Basses

1 Hamer Proto II

1 Hamer XT import

1 Palmer V

1 Ibanez

1 Hondo II

1 Epiphone acoustic

 

Except for the Hondo and Ibanez, I still have them.

[scottcald]

This is fun and all from memory, but I think it’s right:

Peavey     3

Aria Pro II     1

Ibanez     1

Carvin     1

PRS     6

Hamer     9

Yamaha     2

Cort     1

Kramer     3

Gibson     3

Line6 Variax     1

Ovation     1

Washburn     1

EVH.    1

[Ranger]

2 Hamers

1 PRS

3 Taylors

6 Fenders

1 D'Angelico

 

[bkrownd]

 

3 Hamer USA

1 Blindworm (USA)

1 Badlands (USA) 

1 Kramer (USA)

2 Kramer (Indonesia)

1 Diamond (Korea)

1 Gretsch (China - rusty hardware in 3...2...1...)

1 Westone (Japan)

 

[BubbaVO]

You guys can remember that?  Dayum.  

[Dave Scepter]

1 hour ago, BubbaVO said:

You guys can remember that?  Dayum.  

 

[BTMN]

Hamer, Shishkov, Dean, Gibson, Charvel, Fender, Kramer, Phantom, Ibanez, Electra, Warmoth, Mighty Mite, Westone, BC Rich,  Silvertone, Grande.

[Biz Prof]

Im chronological order of first purchase for each brand:

Electra

Kramer

Charvel

Boogie Bodies (assembled partscaster)

Guild

Alvarez

Fender

Gibson 

Hamer

SX

Taylor

Jackson

Carvin (bass)

PRS

Ibanez

Takamine

Seagull

Yamaha

Washburn

 

[ZR]

Peavey     1

Ibanez     1

Hamer     9

Fretlight    1

Carlos    1

Trump     1

Gibson     2

Goya    1

Bedell     1

Washburn     2

Fender 4

Alvarez 1

Alvarez Yairi 1

Dean 1

Giannini 1

No name Japanese Les Paul copy - bolt on 1

Seagull 1

Epiphone 2

[tbonesullivan]

Oh jeez. This is in order, and also includes basses. But amazingly there is no company that I have owned a bass from that I have not also owned a guitar from.

Hondo

Fender

Epiphone

Ibanez

Carvin

Gibson

Hamer

Heritage

G&L

Music Man

And that's it. I'm pretty boring.

[beezerboy]

Silvertone -2

Fender - 7 or 8.... maybe 9

Hamer USA - 7

Hamer imports - 3

Epiphone - 2

Godin - 3

Ovation -1 (VXT)

Rickenbacker - 1

Martin - 2

Tacoma - 1

Ibenez -1

Partscasters I made - 6

[JES1680]

Not sure on the quantities, but the brands yes. 

Gibson
Fender
McNaught
McInturff
Nash
Koll
Reverend
Yamaha
Fano
PRS
Tom Anderson
Grosh
G&L
Kramer
Gretsch
Charvel
MJT
RS Guitarworks
Crook
Danocaster
LSL
Peavey
Gadow
Timbersmith
Suhr
Carvin
Hamer
Series 10
Hondo II
ESP
Taylor
Yari
Jackson
Epiphone

[hamerhead]

^^^What all of them said.

[stobro]

USA Hamer - around 15 or so

USA Peavey - around 25 or so

Gibson - 3

Fender - 2

Washburn - 2

Kay - 2

Alvarez

Conrad

Eko

Epiphone

G&L

Harmony

Hopf

Mosrite

Normandy

Rickenbacker

Robin

Univox

Yamaki

and a nameless Beatle-style bass

 

[VECTOR]

3 hours ago, JES1680 said:

Not sure on the quantities, but the brands yes. 

Gibson
Fender
McNaught
McInturff
Nash
Koll
Reverend
Yamaha
Fano
PRS
Tom Anderson
Grosh
G&L
Kramer
Gretsch
Charvel
MJT
RS Guitarworks
Crook
Danocaster
LSL
Peavey
Gadow
Timbersmith
Suhr
Carvin
Hamer
Series 10
Hondo II
ESP
Taylor
Yari
Jackson
Epiphone

Are the LSL as good as they look?

[cynic]

I've owned examples from forty-one different brands, excluding builds I've assembled from any of the body/neck builders and a Chibson or two.

Alvarez Yairi, Aria Pro II, Bacchus, Bills Brothers, Brian May, CHC Guitars, Chibson, Collings, Dantzig, Dean, Eastman, Edwards, Epiphone, EBMM, ESP, EVH, Gil Yaron, Fender, G&L, Gibson, Greco, Gretsch, Guild, Hamer, Ibanez, Jackson, Kramer, Larrivee, LTD, Martin, Ovation, Parker, Peavey, PRS, Reverend, Robin, Schecter, Seventy-Seven, Shishkov, Squier, Strandberg, and Washburn.

[shankyboy]

Fender=13, Hamer=8, G&L=5, Bilt=2, Ibanez=2, Reverend=1, Eastman=1, JJoye=1 and Gadow=1. 

[JES1680]

4 hours ago, VECTOR said:

Are the LSL as good as they look?

The few that I've played were very nice. The one I had for a short time was an offset body with tele pickups. Great guitar, but something about the placement of the neck pickup I didn't jive with. Didn't realize how expensive they've gotten. Yikes!

 

[Dana_V]

Sorted by quantity, then alphabetical by brand. This includes two basses, but since we're talking about guitars I didn't include my banjo (Gibson), mandolin (Johnson), ukuleles (Gremlin, Lanikai) or my daughter's guitars and ukuleles.

And since I never get rid of anything, I still have all of these – including the "unbranded acoustic guitar from JC Penny" my grandmother gave me for Christmas in 1971. I got my first electric in 1973 (a Univox Hi-Flier) and it just kinda grew from there. After my wife died in 2014 I went a little crazy with the guitar buying for a couple of years, but it's since slowed down considerably. In fact, I haven't bought a guitar since March 2022!

Twenty-six brands, fifty-eight instruments:

1 – Hamer (21)
2 – Gibson (5)
3 – Fender (3)
4 – Danelectro (2)
5 – E.L. Vandiver (2)
6 – Gordon–Smith (2)
7 – Shishkov (2)
8 – Texas Box Guitars (2)
9 – Univox (2)
10 – Carvin (1)
11 – Celebrity by Ovation (1)
12 – Chandler (1)
13 – Del Rey (1)
14 – Eastwood (1)
15 – Galveston (1)
16 – HardLuck Kings (1)
17 – Hinkler (1)
18 – Jackson (1)
19 – Kimberly (1)
20 – Lone Star (1)
21 – Martin (1)
22 – Peavey (1)
23 – Rogue (1)
24 – Sully (1)
25 – Supro (1)
26 – Unbranded acoustic guitar from JC Penny (1)

(The only reason I know this is because I put together a list for insurance purposes a while back – which I highly recommend everyone do.)