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Title: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Mr. Air on August 25, 2010, 03:39:45 PM
This is one stupid post, but I just can't help myself and have to ask.

Women are notorious for buying A LOT of shoes and supposedly guys don't really get this fettish. So the question is: How many of you guys' guitar collection outnumber your shoe collection?

Mine certainly doesn't. I own a lot more shoes than I own guitars (you can call me metro sexual if you want  :D).
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Ted 'N' Leo on August 25, 2010, 03:41:14 PM
This sounds like an argument between my other half and myself :P

For me, more guitars.
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Philly Q on August 25, 2010, 03:56:00 PM
I'd say I have about 6 times as many guitars as shoes (that's counting a pair of shoes as "one", of course).
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: AndyR on August 25, 2010, 04:10:47 PM
I'm about the same as Philly...

(As long as I'm allowed to count the following as "shoes":
- 1 pair of walking boots
- 1 pair of 15 year-old trainers with holes in the bottom
- 1 pair of slippers with holes all over them
If I can't count these as "shoes", then I have at least 10 times as many guitars as pairs of shoes :roll:)
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: shobet on August 25, 2010, 04:12:21 PM
Men don't get the shoe fetish? Hmm, I beg to differ! ;)
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Antag on August 25, 2010, 04:22:57 PM
I actually have quite a lot of shoes, but that's mainly because I'm a terrible hoarder who doesn't throw things away once they're worn out (with the amount of clothes & shoes I've kept on the basis that "they'll be good for gardening or painting", you'd think I spent my life doing those things... :roll:).

Either way it's still some way short of the number of guitars I own... :)
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: nfe on August 25, 2010, 04:23:39 PM
This is one stupid post, but I just can't help myself and have to ask.

Women are notorious for buying A LOT of shoes and supposedly guys don't really get this fettish.

I think me and Jonathan do. Albiet not shoes I'd wear.

I've got an equal number of pairs of shoes and guitars. Four.
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Roobubba on August 25, 2010, 04:36:55 PM
I only count myself as having 1 guitar, although that's not counting the acoustic or the gig backup ibanez (which now has the black dog in but I didn't even test it to make sure I'd wired it properly :D).

So definitely more shoes, but only by virtue of me not having guitar-AS.

Roo
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: gwEm on August 25, 2010, 04:53:49 PM
I've probably got 5 times more guitars than shoes.. Most of my shoes are cycling shoes too.

Basically my go-to shoes are Doc Marten boots or Rebook Classic trainers.

Cycling shoewise I have three pairs I really like - some very very cool red SiDI, Exustar commuter shoes and some Northface sandals.

But yeah, guitars are better than shoes! I'm not really a shoes guy
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Twinfan on August 25, 2010, 05:41:27 PM
Err, 9 pairs of shoes and 8 guitars  :oops:
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Philly Q on August 25, 2010, 05:55:11 PM
Err, 9 pairs of shoes and 8 guitars  :oops:

You should change your name to "Shoefan".




(I know, I know, that doesn't really make sense given the origin of "Twinfan")
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: marauder on August 25, 2010, 06:03:37 PM
3 times more guitars
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: _tom_ on August 25, 2010, 06:05:44 PM
4 guitars, 4 pairs of shoes!
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Dr. Stein on August 25, 2010, 07:49:18 PM
If you include sports shoes then definitely more shoes. 10 pairs I think, and my guitar collection's a bit dire at the moment. 1 playable  :lol:
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Mr. Air on August 25, 2010, 08:54:57 PM
I'm glad that this silly topic caught on. And like I guessed some of you guys actually do own a lot more guitars than shoes  :D
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on August 25, 2010, 09:06:19 PM
This is one stupid post, but I just can't help myself and have to ask.

Women are notorious for buying A LOT of shoes and supposedly guys don't really get this fettish.

I think me and Jonathan do. Albiet not shoes I'd wear.

Guess my own guitar's inlays give the game away on that front
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/P1050005.jpg)

But death to flip flops and ugly shoes!

I probably have as many shoes as guitars but I have many guitars to be honest
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Plexi Ken on August 25, 2010, 09:13:05 PM
7 guitars & 6 shoes
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: 38thBeatle on August 25, 2010, 09:47:54 PM
4 pairs of shoes, 8 guitars.
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: JDC on August 25, 2010, 10:15:04 PM
I'm a bit of a hoarder too, I've got about 4 pairs of boots that are all knackered with holes, muddy festival boots, 2 pairs of dress shoes, knee high newrocks I used to wear for metal nights, tend to stick to my converse but they are on their way out so I'll get another pair soon.

One thing I do have a thing for is jackets!!! (er buying one tomorrow)
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: MDV on August 25, 2010, 10:16:43 PM
Maybe, but only because I still have shoes that I dont wear any more still kicking around

baddum tsshh

I have 4 main electrics, 1 thats good enough to be a main guitar but its not wired up at the moment and I dont like the scale (24.75 ewwwww), 1 bass, 1 acoustic and 1 tat guitar

Anywho, yeah, I think they do, but I have 2 functional pairs of shoes - one main pair that I wear 99.9% of the time (basic decent quality walking shoes) and one pair of smart shoes.

So its either about equal or 4:1

I should bin the other shoes, thanks for the reminder.
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Ian Price on August 25, 2010, 10:35:57 PM
Men don't get the shoe fetish? Hmm, I beg to differ! ;)

You should be called shoebet  :wink:
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: HTH AMPS on August 25, 2010, 11:17:33 PM
GUITARS
Les Paul
Tele
Mockingbird
jumbo acoustic

SHOES
work shoes
sunday best shoes
baseball boots
baseball trainers
trainers
casual trainers

its official, more shoes than guitars - oh man!!!  :(
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: fr33man1 on August 26, 2010, 09:04:01 AM
Damn i thought I have more guitars than shoes but nooooeees.

3 guitars and 3 casual shoes, some steelcoated I had chance to bring back from factory where I worked, some sport shoes. Doh...I got three times more shoes than guitars at least.. Can we do the same with cars ?  :lol:
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: bucketshred on August 26, 2010, 10:22:48 AM
GUITARS
Gibson SG Standard
Gibson Explorer
Total: 2

SHOES
Work Shoes
Gold Skull Vans Slip Ons
Slayer Vans Slip Ons
KISS Vans Slip Ons
Checkered Vans Slip Ons
KISS Vans Hi-Tops
Flip Flops
Total: 7

shite.
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Dmoney on August 26, 2010, 10:32:22 AM
I loose this game I think... or do i win?

I'm only in this situation because I never throw anything away! I like to have a few pairs of footwears that i can not care about... you know... paddle in the sea at brighton while wearing or something...

Guitar
Les Paul Custom
EC-1000 (for sale!)

Shoes
Timberland Boots (the classic style... think mid 90's hiphop videos involving a burning oil drums and scenes of Brooklyn)
Timberland Boat Shoes (a good summer look with the added bonus of grip on wet wooden stages!)
Nike Air Max Lights (Blue/Grey man made materials. A poors mans Air Max 1)
Air Max 1's (yellow/grey a bit bright for me these days)
Air Max 360's (Infra Red - NUTTIN' but bubble on these suckers!)
New Balance 574's (OLD and battered but making there way back into my regular rotation)
New Balance 554's (very worn out, the soles are almost rock solid. good to have if i want to do gardening or something)
Steel Toe Boots (had to get them for work... worn them once)
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: ToneMonkey on August 26, 2010, 10:36:36 AM
Guitars:
Patrick Eggle
Tanglewood Acoustic
Cigar Box Guitar (or more acurately.... Suitcase Guitar)

Shoes:
Quite a few as the wife occassionally buys me some to try and mask the fact that she buys bloody loads of them.
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: dave_mc on August 26, 2010, 12:19:13 PM
just to check, as i'm rubbish at chucking stuff out, old shoes don't count, right? Certainly if we're counting new(ish) shoes that are in current rotation, i have way more guitars :lol:
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Matt77 on August 26, 2010, 12:58:20 PM
My girlfriend says I don't need to have 5 guitars with only 2 hands to play them.
She has over 50 pairs of shoes and 2 feet
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Prawnik on August 26, 2010, 01:35:25 PM
I have more guitars (10 or so) than pairs of shoes (4).

I don't mind ladies buying shoes, at least not pretty ones. It is the handbag obsession that I do not get.
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Antag on August 26, 2010, 02:07:48 PM
FWIW, I did a count & can confirm that I'm on the "right" side of this crucial equation:
Guitars=28, Shoes=17
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: ToneMonkey on August 26, 2010, 02:54:29 PM

I don't mind ladies buying shoes, at least not pretty ones. It is the handbag obsession that I do not get.

When we sold our MG Midget, we made £120 profit.  To make herself feel better she bought a hangbag for about £150 and a matching purse for another £50 or so.  Sometimes I wonder.......... Oh yeah, she bought herself a bag to go with the car when we first got it. :roll:
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: fr33man1 on August 26, 2010, 04:22:18 PM
Antag you are out of contest.  :lol:

Ok now bkpickups vs shoes or guitars ?
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Antag on August 26, 2010, 05:07:46 PM
Antag you are out of contest.  :lol:
Ok now bkpickups vs shoes or guitars ?
Depends how you define BKPs.  If we are talking how many guitars we have BKPs in, I'm still OK: 20
If we count calibrated sets as one, I'm comfortably OK: 28 (or 30 depending on whether you define non-standard HSS sets as one or two)
If you're asking how many individual BKPs, not even close: 42
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: JDC on August 26, 2010, 05:37:43 PM
I have more guitars (10 or so) than pairs of shoes (4).

I don't mind ladies buying shoes, at least not pretty ones. It is the handbag obsession that I do not get.

Do they put handbags inside other handbags? You know it's bad then.

Or they have a designer one that's so pretty it's never left the house.

Anyone else got a thing for jackets, I might have bought a new one today. :D
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Elliot on August 26, 2010, 06:21:23 PM
6 pairs of shoes - 8 electrics and 3 acoustics.  Phew, I thought I was getting all girly when I counted up the shoes.
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: PhilKing on August 26, 2010, 11:42:47 PM
I have more guitars than shoes (but I still have a lot of pairs of shoes).
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Philly Q on August 27, 2010, 12:10:18 AM
I have more guitars than shoes (but I still have a lot of pairs of shoes).

You have more guitars than Paris Hilton has shoes!
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: FernandoDuarte on August 27, 2010, 01:08:49 AM
I have more guitars than shoes (but I still have a lot of pairs of shoes).

You have more guitars than Paris Hilton has shoes!

:lol:
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Prawnik on August 27, 2010, 12:30:26 PM

Do they put handbags inside other handbags? You know it's bad then.

Or they have a designer one that's so pretty it's never left the house.

My small but naughty wife once wanted me to design dates on behalf of her handbags.

I am a pretty easy-going guy but I drew the line at that.
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on August 27, 2010, 01:52:16 PM

Do they put handbags inside other handbags? You know it's bad then.

Or they have a designer one that's so pretty it's never left the house.

My small but naughty wife once wanted me to design dates on behalf of her handbags.

I am a pretty easy-going guy but I drew the line at that.

Dates like these?

(http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/images/large/SGN2172.jpg)
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: AndyR on August 27, 2010, 02:05:55 PM
:lol:

Update on my situation: I apparently have more guitars than my wife has shoes and handbags put together...

She tells me that boots is another matter - I pointed out that this would mean "more shoes" in this thread... but apparently not - "ask any woman, shoes and boots are different things"

Apparently trainers/etc don't count as shoes either...

hmm...

In that case, I have 20 times as many guitars as shoes... :roll:
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Mr. Air on August 28, 2010, 07:44:46 AM
Shoes, boots, trainers, slippers, sandals... ... Who can tell the difference?  :D
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: kevinr on August 28, 2010, 07:59:52 AM
Four pairs of shoes (if motorcycle boots included?) 20 guitars, make that 19 I gave my Manson Hawk to my son for his eighth birthday, 9 have BKP sets, 2 more sets to be fitted.
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: Johnny Mac on August 28, 2010, 09:47:46 AM
1 pair of Timberlands. 1 pair of Caterpiller steel toe boots for work. A pair of Sandals.
6 electrics and 2 Acoustics.
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: andymac on August 28, 2010, 09:49:07 PM
I have More Guitars than shoes, probably more guitars than wife's shoes.  Definitely not more guitars than daughters or mothers shoes.  Unfortunately she inherited my mothers love of shoes, rather than my love of guitars.

Andy
Title: Re: Guitars vs shoes
Post by: HairyChris on August 29, 2010, 11:05:10 PM
Hiking boots, Timberlands, Smart shoes, not so smarts shoes, 1 pair Adidas and a pair of skate shoes that I spend 90% of my time in. Oh, and slippers.

More guitars.

I'm obviously a single bloke!  :lol: :lol: