What Kind Of Guitar Owner Are You?

[heatmiser]

I haven't owned too many guitars and have only owned one electric at a time. If money were no object, I probably would own a bunch of vintage instruments, but I really only need one.

As a teenager, I started with a shitty department store Harmony or something. Then I bought a Fender Music Master - that was pretty lame. Then in 1985 I sold it and bought a Japanese Squire strat. That thing was great. I wish I still had it today. I always wanted an SG though, and when I found a 1968 special in 1995, I sold the Squire and bought that. I haven't bought an electric guitar since.

I'd still like to have a fender type deal too, but I can get a lot of different sounds out of that SG, so I'm pretty happy.

[aaronmcoleman]

What I don't get is guys who have 3 or 4 or 5 of the same guitar...like 4 strats. Unless they're different I don't need them. To each their own, but I kinda only get different guitars as different sounds.

[CrowsofFritz]

I'm not that old, but I think I'll be with my current guitars for the rest of my life.

I took a serious gamble buying them on eBay.

1989 Fender strat Deluxe Plus with mod pickup. - $435. I would probably value it at a grand, though that may be at the very top.

1910's gypsy flamenco guitar - $800. I would easily value this at $6,000. If it broke and I found an exact replica, that's how much I would pay. I hit a double grand slam buying this guitar. It is and will always be the best guitar I will ever play and own.

[moresound]

Muttleys post just reminded me of some other guitars that I own - nearly forgot them -

My Frankenstein guitars!
Pieced together bodies, necks and pick ups. From when I owned a music store some 40 years ago.

[Bubba po]

1910's gypsy flamenco guitar - $800. I would easily value this at $6,000. If it broke and I found an exact replica, that's how much I would pay. I hit a double grand slam buying this guitar. It is and will always be the best guitar I will ever play and own.

It sounded beautiful on your sound clip. Truly beautiful.

[Track Rat]

I suppose I accumulate guitars. I don't have much overlap (like multiple Strats). What I have I got to cover the most sonic territory. Most bought new, most first class guitars by any measure, some are from B makers but great instruments still in my opinion. I still want to take a new group shot of them. I don't have a pic of all of them.

[Greg_L]

What I don't get is guys who have 3 or 4 or 5 of the same guitar...like 4 strats. Unless they're different I don't need them. To each their own, but I kinda only get different guitars as different sounds.

I know a guy with no less than 10 Charvels. Seriously. Dude has at least 10 of the exact same guitar.

[CoolCat]

funny thread.. I' was wondering if you'd have my type on there, you did.

+1 "New car trade in"

I'm playing a beautiful 3-Sunburst US Strat, with rosewood neck, absolutely gorgeous..just got from GC recently.

Funny thread, .......a Trade-In gear addict ..

sitting around gathering dust doesnt happen around here,

$200 off for this and that etc...a brand new US Strat with case, $650ish all the candy. no interest for 12 months...
Why trade in? I wanted to try a Rosewood neck STrat after watching some Stevie Ray Vaughn, never owned one before, its a cool feel, rosewood, different than the maple. Dont have the money to collect and collect and collect and just buy things to try out..., so Trade In method is required.
No complaining, Ive had a bunch of guitars over the years.

[gnelson1948]

I started when I was 9, my father bought me a Hagstrum 6 string, my father was a country singer, I ended up being a beatle fan and played rock and roll music which he called long haired music
my second guitar in 1963 was a white Fender Strat, in 1978 I went to a Gibson Les Paul, wore it out and bought another les Paul in 1980, in those days I played every week.
in 1982 I bought a BC Rich Mockingbird, the best guitar I ever played, and I still have it. BC Rich with a marshall amp.
I have had a wonderful music life I cannot complain.

Gary..

[miroslav]

-There is the loyal collector. This is the person who collects one particular brand of guitars.



-Lastly there are those who carefully chose the guitars they want for a particular purpose and stay with those guitars for the rest of their lives or the life of the guitar whichever comes first.

I guess I'm a cross between the first and last.

What I don't get is guys who have 3 or 4 or 5 of the same guitar...like 4 strats. Unless they're different I don't need them. To each their own, but I kinda only get different guitars as different sounds.

I have 9 Hagstrom Swede guitars...but while they are all "Swedes"...they are not all the same.
Four of them are vintage Swedes from the '70s...so with them, it's more about " loyal collector"...though each one is a different color.
The other 5 are reissue Swedes...but one has P90 pups, another has DiMarzio SD pups, a third is a Super Swede (different scale length) a fourth is a Select Swede and the fifth is stock but strung with 11s (most of the others are 10s).
Also...on the reissues, not all have the same tops...some have flamed maple, some have mahogany.
Besides them...I have a Hagstrom reissue Viking and a D2F w/trem.

So I'm a Hagstrom fan...and I like the Swedes the most...but each one has it's own purpose/sound.

I also have a few non-Hagstrom guitars...so I'm not just stuck on them, but I really love the Hagstrom necks and fretboards over most others.