What Kind Of Guitar Owner Are You?

**gecko zzed** · 08-07-2012

My first guitar was a cheap six-string that I got when I was 15. It was barely playable. I've still got it, gathering dust on top of a cupboard. My next was a cheap 12-string that I got a couple of years later. It get me going for quite a few years before it fell to bits. After that I got a cheap electric 6 string which was crap. I lost or it broke too; I can't remember. After that I got a secondhand Les Paul copy which was okay. Somewhere around that time I started bass and bought a kamikaze copy of a fender which was ok, but like my other guitars, bits fell off it over the years. The late seventies was the first time I bought a 'good' guitar, a Martin electric bass. That was a faithful friend for 30 years, till it got blown over and the headstock broke. I fixed it, and I've still got it, but I don't play it. Instead I got a Warwick, which I really like. Somewhere in there I bought a Pacifica, which I also really like. Somewhere in there I was also given a Bolero 12-string. It were nothing special, but did its job. Interestingly, I put some Alchemy coated strings on it, and boy did that change its sound from okay to awesome. So, like Greg L, I've always bought cheap stuff. I guess that because I've still got most of the crap still lying around means that I've got some attachment . . . if only because I don't like throwing things away.

**Seeker of Rock** · 08-07-2012

Good thread idea.

I have different guitars for different styles or sounds within a style, but no excessive collecting. In a general category, they would go: Single coil pup guitar, humbucker (two guitars with humbuckers), bass, semi-hollowbody, acoustic, classical.

**moresound** · 08-07-2012

Guess my guitar brand of choice is Guild. That's the brand that I have abundance of and enjoy playing the most.

**Bubba po** · 08-07-2012

I only buy the guitars I need. For most of my playing life, from 1983 until 2009 I only had two electric guitars: a Strat, and something else that has humbuckers in it. They did me for everything. Then I joined a band where I needed a Tele, so I bought two, one of which I've since sold. Then this year I bought myself a Jag as a treat.

**aaronmcoleman** · 08-07-2012

Originally Posted by gecko zzed

My first guitar was a cheap six-string that I got when I was 15.

Got my first real six string...bought it at the five and dime...played until my fingers bled

**Paj** · 08-07-2012

+1 for ido1957's comments (well, most of my guitars are +23).

I'm interested in cooking guitars, not looking guitars.

Paj
8^)

**Greg_L** · 08-07-2012

I've been thinking about this more....

I agree with Bubba's line of thinking. I've only ever had guitars that I need. One single coil guitar and/or a humbucking guitar. None of them have been very good, although I had a short run with a 70's SG back in the early 90's that got stolen. I've bought/sold/traded dozens of cheapos and knockoffs over the year because the guitar you play just isn't that important with punk rock. I currently have a 91 MIM Strat that I've had since around 92-93 or so, and it does have some sentimental value to it, so I haven't gotten rid of it yet. I still use it occasionally for recording. It's actually the only Strat I've ever liked. I hate Strats, but I like mine. I also have an Epi SG that I got about 7 years ago thats basically a POS, but I threw a 57 Classic in the bridge, put Gibson pots and shit in it, and gave it a good setup, so it's not bad. Plays well. Sounds decent. And just last April I bought a brand new Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro because dammit I've simply never had a really good guitar before and I wanted one, so I got what I consider to be the grandaddy of em all - a non-chambered LP. Goldtop, too. It's beautiful and sounds and plays wonderfully. It's way more guitar than my skills are worth, but fuck it. I'll pretend like I stole it.

**Xdrummer** · 08-07-2012

Interesting Thread!

I don't consider myself a collector - but rather an accumulator. I purchase to fill a need - or because I was able to get a good deal on a used guitar. I don't own any "vintage guitars" (I came to guitar later in life - but I do own a couple of vintage drum kits).

At first I purchased to cover basic needs - a Tele for single coil sound, an SG for Humbucker sound, an acoustic steel string, an acoustic nylon string and an accoustic 12 string. I eventually added a strat and then a 4 string bass and then a 5 string bass. Then a lap steel and then a pedal steel.

Once I had the basics covered, I ended up buying an couple more Strats and Teles (that I got used for a good price) - I like Fender guitars - and a few more accoustics (again used at a good price).

I don't "fall in love" with any instrument (they are simply tools to create sound) but I do tend to keep most instruments - although over the years I have sold or traded a dozen or so guitars that I did not use as often or that had value to trade for some other instrument I want.