How many guitars do YOU think is right?

[Peter Antal]

I mean, do you just keep on getting them and enjoy all the little differences?

No. I stopped looking for guitars when I realized that my gear roughly covered the musical spectrum.

Do you buy new guitars so you can try new pickups?

No. Hovever, last time I cut an extra hole on the pickguard of my Strat to get one more BK single coil. :lol:

Can you not resist a deal?

I can.

Do you buy a guitar for a function?

I consider a guitar a piece of art when I buy it, later I mod it for a function, though, to bring out the best of it.

Do you buy guitars and not play them 3 weeks later?

I'll never get bored of my current guitars.

How many guitars do you have anyway?

2 electrics, 1 classical and 1 acoustic.

What guitars do you want to get next?

I don't need any more guitars.

[TwilightOdyssey]

Peter, you're so ... negative! LOL
PDT_008

[headtheball]

Interesting thread...

at the moment, I have two working guitars and one "project" on the go. The Eggle definitley gets the most playtime, but when I'm in the mood, the Tele gets a fair ould spanking. The project, my very old, much abused Sunn Mustang, is pretty much unplayed at the moment, but once I get it finished, I think it will slot into position No. 2. Then, I'll sell the Tele, and buy the feline I've been fodging about.

What do i want next? Apart from the Feline, obviously, something with conventional humbuckers and a decent trem that isn't either a "METAL!!!" pointy axe or a superstrat type of thing (Can't get on with the skinny necks). I have a severe gas-attack for a Tokai Jap tele (doublebound, quilt top), but that's mainly cos it could be negotiated for £400, and there's a Tokai SG special (in white, wrapover bridge, dot neck) which is calling to me each time I walk past the shop. Obviously, at some point, I'd like to get my Jap Strat back from whatever scumbag stole it, but have no real desire to get back my US Voodoo-caster, because it was, to be honest, a bit of a mutt sometimes.

I have bought most of my guitars for a purpose (generally, to actually own a guitar after one got nicked, sold in a moment of madness or suchlike). Deals, in my opinion, mean very little. I could have had a supposedly "Better" Gibson over my Eggle for roughly the same money (slightly less, as it goes), but I wanted the Ugly One, so that's what I bought.

[Dakine]

I mean, do you just keep on getting them and enjoy all the little differences?

No, only so many I want/need for this

 Do you buy new guitars so you can try new pickups?

No, not until Tim goes public and enters the Stock Exchange :)

 Can you not resist a deal?

Ah, the BIG weakness, LOVE a deal :)

 Do you buy a guitar for a function?

Yes and no, depends how diverse the situation is. I think a few choice guitars can cover most.

 Do you buy guitars and not play them 3 weeks later?

Def. not, they ALL get rotated :) Cept the poor ones still in Texas for now :(

If you stick your rational head on (hard with guitars, I know!) then do you think theres some sort of sensible upper limit (and "The volume of my house" is not an acceptable answer!".

Only limit is use/desire and funds. Though at times it can become like 'art collecting' (too many and some only 'wallhangers').

 How many guitars do you have anyway?

5 Electric and 1 Acoustic/Electric

What guitars do you want to get next?

The one I 'like better than my money' :) Although got enough really :)

[stu__r]

i have always found it odd that i don't feel the same way about amps, i want good amps next!!!

I'd rather have loads of amps than loads of guitars for some reason.. I think I get "attached" to each guitar I buy (sounds REALLY sad :lol: ) and I dont like buying another just because I feel like it. Plus amps make more of a difference to your tone anyway, with good pickups and a load of different amps I'm sure I can get (nearly) all the tones I want :)

I always remember a quote from Dweezil Zappa (of all people!) who was talking about the best gear you could get for different budgets e.g. £500, £1000, £2000, etc. You had to get at least one amp and one guitar for each price.  He said of one of the higher budgets

"You just need one really good amp, then get a bunch of different guitars for differnt sounds"

I've kinda stuck with that!

Im a one amp kinda guy also. I find im after "my" sound if you like and then i like different colours of that sound that I get with different guitars. Just little subtle differences go a long way imo.

However if you want to play various styles all the time and want a real variety of tone types I can understand amp buying more.

I should also add that a truly great, responsive amp will do many styles...all be it with a similar character attached.

Anyhow im getting well away from the topic here hehe.

[HTH AMPS]

I'm more of an amp guy too - I used to have around 15 amp heads alone.

My guitars are down to bare minimum now... Les Paul std, Fender Tele Custom, jumbo acoustic, '67 SG jr.

 :twisted:

[Philly Q]

I mean, do you just keep on getting them and enjoy all the little differences?
Yes, but sometimes the little differences are so little it really wasn't worth it.  :?

Do you buy new guitars so you can try new pickups?
No, but I do sometimes buy cheap(ish) guitars with the intention of upgrading them immediately, like my PRS SE EG.  And I've bought loads of pickups and ended up never using them.  Or using them 10 years later in a different guitar.

Can you not resist a deal?
I can't resist a really good deal, so I try not to look out for them.  My real problem is I'll read a review or see an ad and get a bad GAS attack - then I'll either buy the guitar immediately on impulse, or, after a few weeks, the feeling will go away!

Do you buy a guitar for a function?
Not really, in the sense that I never actually need that guitar.  I'll think it would be nice to have an HSS guitar, or something with a trem, but it doesn't really make any difference when I'm only playing them at home!

Do you buy guitars and not play them 3 weeks later?
I have done - those are usually the impulse buys, and they end up getting sold.  Others go in and out of favour, periodically.

If you stick your rational head on (hard with guitars, I know!) then do you think theres some sort of sensible upper limit (and "The volume of my house" is not an acceptable answer!".
For me at the moment, the volume of my house really is becoming a limiting factor - guitars, CDs, DVDs, books, magazines are taking up every square inch.  Realistically, I think 5 or 6 would be a sensible limit - a Strat, a Tele, a couple of Gibsons with HBs, one with P90s.  And 1 or 2 more for the hell of it.

How many guitars do you have anyway?
Err, about 20...  Including 3 basses and 1 acoustic.  The rest are electrics, including 5 or 6 that are currently in bits or out of commission for one reason or another.  I know, it's ridiculous, I can't even play properly.  

My name is Philip and I'm a GASoholic.   :oops:  :oops:

What guitars do you want to get next?
I've been mulling over getting a Highway 1 Strat, but I think I've almost talked myself out of it.  Longer-term, I really want to get a Flying V - I like the '58 style, so it'll probably be a non-Gibson, maybe even a custom.  And if I ever achieve something that I think deserves a reward, I'm going to order a Bravewood Strat.

[fps_dean]

I mean, do you just keep on getting them and enjoy all the little differences?

To some extent.  It gets overkill at a certain point.

Do you buy new guitars so you can try new pickups?

Yes and no.  I buy different guitars for different sounds, but I'd hope stocks would suffice for at least one of them which is quite often not the case.  In the case of the last guitar I bought, a ESP Custom for dirt cheap, that thing definitely needs new pickups, and the previous one, a Carvin DC127, the stock pickups aren't bad at all, but I could do a little better and get something that doesn't feedback as much (only BKPs seem to be better with feedback too, my one BKP equipped guitar is the one guitar that wont feedback uncontrollably no matter how much gain I use).

Can you not resist a deal?

That's me for sure!  Last two times I went to a music store I walked out with some used guitars for $450 or less, and in neither case was I looking for another guitar (although one of them I did have a friend in mind who I knew was looking).

Do you buy a guitar for a function?

Yup!  Trem, no trem, clean, metal, you name it!  I've got guitars to cover it all!

Do you buy guitars and not play them 3 weeks later?

All mine are for playing.... maybe if I got a 1950s strat or Les Paul in collector's condition, but other than that there's really no point to not play a guitar you own.

If you stick your rational head on (hard with guitars, I know!) then do you think theres some sort of sensible upper limit (and "The volume of my house" is not an acceptable answer!".

When my bank account runs dry.

How many guitars do you have anyway?

Four electrics and I had a 1950 Gibson acoustic but my mother threw it in her basement and it flooded and now itt wont remotely hold a tune ;(

What guitars do you want to get next?

Maybe a Les Paul Custom Black Beauty, but I'd trade my Les Paul in for it most likely (or put Mules in it).

[fps_dean]

Can you not resist a deal?
I can't resist a really good deal, so I try not to look out for them.  My real problem is I'll read a review or see an ad and get a bad GAS attack - then I'll either buy the guitar immediately on impulse, or, after a few weeks, the feeling will go away!

Shop at some major chain store with lack of good stuff or at least of any interest considering what you already have.... Guitar Center is usually good for this...

[Philly Q]

Shop at some major chain store with lack of good stuff or at least of any interest considering what you already have.... Guitar Center is usually good for this...

 :lol: .  Fortunately/unfortunately I live in London, where nearly all the guitar shops are poorly stocked, staffed by arseholes and vastly overpriced.  So it's easy not to give in to temptation.  

I usually end up travelling outside London when I actually want to buy something.

[fps_dean]

Shop at some major chain store with lack of good stuff or at least of any interest considering what you already have.... Guitar Center is usually good for this...

 :lol: .  Fortunately/unfortunately I live in London, where nearly all the guitar shops are poorly stocked, staffed by arseholes and vastly overpriced.  So it's easy not to give in to temptation.  

I usually end up travelling outside London when I actually want to buy something.

Interesting.... usually cities have better selection don't they?  At least I find it that way in both Massachusetts and New York and New Hampshire.  There isn't too much in Vermont, and I have never went to guitar stores in many other states.  Baltimore has some nice stores, but one of them was staffed by pricks.  The other was cool though.  But I can't say that about Maryland because that's the only guitar shop I have seen in Maryland too...

[Tinus]

Do you just keep on getting them and enjoy all the little differences?
Sure, I like to own different instruments because they inspire me to play other things on each of them.

Do you buy new guitars so you can try new pickups?
Not really, the PU's are not a main consideration for me when buying instruments. They're only one part of the package.

Can you not resist a deal?
Oh yes I can! :lol: I rarely pick up guitars because they're discounted or cheap and almost never buy on impulse.

Do you buy a guitar for a function?
Yes, to play better, sound better and/or learn new things. A new guitar must suit my playing style to some extent or there's no point in getting it but a new voice or feel is certainly appreciated. A slightly different case was my current Epiphone Elite Casino, I already had a Korean Casino when I got it which I traded in so that was more like quality upgrade on basically the same instrument.

Do you buy guitars and not play them 3 weeks later?
Never happened, never will...

If you stick your rational head on (hard with guitars, I know!) then do you think theres some sort of sensible upper limit (and "The volume of my house" is not an acceptable answer!").
My experience is that I don't like to have more than five electrics at any given point because I then tend to neglect at least one (ie not play it for months). At that point I usually consider selling it. Over the past few years the number of guitars I owned actually decreased but the quality improved a lot.

How many guitars do you have anyway?
three regular electrics, an electric 12-string, a nylon string classical = five. I have sold or traded seven guitars since I started playing electrics.

What guitars do you want to get next?
I recently got a nice vintage '63 Jaguar so I'm pretty much skint and not looking out for anything at this time. Restoring and playing it will keep me happy in the coming months. In the future I'd consider maybe getting a matching vintage Jazzmaster if I can by then find one for a reasonable price. I'd love to get a Gretsch but they don't come cheap either.

[Philly Q]

Interesting.... usually cities have better selection don't they?

Well, to be fair, London has lots of guitar shops, but most of them are surprisingly small.  And they seem to lag behind in getting the latest models.  The guitar superstore concept hasn't really been tried in the UK (AFAIK, London's the only big city I know well).  Sound Control and Turnkey are pretty big stores, but they have drums, keyboards, DJ equipment etc as well as guitars.  

Even some of the bigger mail-order dealers like Coda and Peter Cook's actually operate from tiny little shops in the sticks.  I guess that's how they keep their prices down.

[sgmypod]

Do you just keep on getting them and enjoy all the little differences?
Yup, same as said above different guitars infloence me to play differently

Do you buy new guitars so you can try new pickups?
No but have tried most brands and would stick to BKP's (all of my electrics have at least one BKP)

Can you not resist a deal?
Yes and no, have passed up a few lately but glad I didn't with my Guild bluesbird, was less than half price. New old stock
Although the esp al600 with emg's for half price was a mistake

Do you buy a guitar for a function?
No I bought an classsical guitar to play rock, yeah each one for different style or type of music or sound(again even more since putting BKP's in) Although the variax line6 was a mistake(was nicer with a new neck..just not me) and a esp al600 with emg's also a big mistake and traded

Do you buy guitars and not play them 3 weeks later?
No if don't like or made mistake I sell or trade

If you stick your rational head on (hard with guitars, I know!) then do you think theres some sort of sensible upper limit (and "The volume of my house" is not an acceptable answer!").
Yes almost bought a second hand duesenberg, but near christmas funds are low and other things had to come first  

How many guitars do you have anyway?
Guild bluesbird, parker fly, Gib Sg, Ibanez sas36fm, Kimbara accoustic 12 string, Antoria copy of a j200 accoustic, simon and patrick accoustic, ibanez bass, classical guitar and a mandolin

What guitars do you want to get next?
Well a Duesenberg starplayer tv took my fancy and got me interested in P90's and hollowbodies....so something in that line..but am skint for quite a while

[gwEm]

Shop at some major chain store with lack of good stuff or at least of any interest considering what you already have.... Guitar Center is usually good for this...

 :lol: .  Fortunately/unfortunately I live in London, where nearly all the guitar shops are poorly stocked, staffed by arseholes and vastly overpriced.  So it's easy not to give in to temptation.  

I usually end up travelling outside London when I actually want to buy something.

YES!

I 100% agree.