HOW many guitars do you need-want ?

[choctaw]

I consider myself lucky in that I can enjoy having more than one guitar. I like playing around with solid bodies of which I have 3.

Les Paul Standard 1960, PRS Custom 22, and a G&L which is the last guitar Leo Fender made after selling the fender company, it is more than a strat to me.

MY addiction to playing them is quite upsetting. I have always wanted to just have one favorite guitar without the hassle of which one sounds best and plays best. However I find myself in a situation of playing backgrounds with my computer and Boss 880, and right in the middle of playing I will put one guitar down and pickup another to enjoy the various sounds and playing ability each instrument has. What a wonderful experience to enjoy the difference. Each guitar has it’s own special thing and it is a perk of life I appreciate. My only concern is that plugging and unplugging the guitar chords will wear out the connections….but it has not happened yet and I guess things can be fixed . Well that’s my fetish.

I am spoiled in having all 3 guitars to experiment with. If I could just have one I would be upset and could not easily choose any one of them that would do what the 3 guitars together do for me and my playing.

Some things I do notice is the Gibson is heavy with a small thin neck producing that wonderful tone only they can do. However for the life of me I will always wonder why they don't cut some wood off the upper back of the guitar so it will be more fitting to the players rib cage, it is VERY uncomfortable to say the least. The PRS is very light and has a thin WIDE neck, I do feel that some times the PRS sounds very cheep sounding but various effects makes it rock at times too, it does get sounds I can't come close to with the others. The G&L to me has lots of good sounds to mess with and plays much better than any strat I have owned, it still can get a good Fender sound if needed, which only a Fender gets.

So thats my story, I can certainly understand someone wanting the right guitar, but man which one is a real big choice and sometimes the choice is more than one, two, three, and .............OH I forgot to list my Gibson Herb Ellis ES165 which is a jazz player all in it's own right.

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[Track Rat]

I have at least three guitars. Well, er, twenty-three or so. Maybe more. I'll count later. As you say, they all have an individual character and a unique voice that they bring to the table. The Fenders sound like...Fenders (imagine that). A Strat in either position 2 or 4 sounds like no other guitar. And a Gibson with PAFs just sound fat. I have an old National with P-90s that growl just right for blues. One can NEVER have too many guitars. Never.

 

[chiz]

I've got 3-4 solid bodies and 2 acoustics, and I'm just starting. I really don't consider my Squier that I got as my first guitar about 7 years ago a really playable guitar, but I'll always keep it. I have:

Fender Mexican Strat with single EMG-81 pickup in lead
Fender American Strat with Seymour Duncan Hot Rails in lead
Fender Mustang Reissue with Seymour Duncan Hot Rails in lead
Old Fender acoustic
Taylor 110

You can obviously tell I'm a Fender guy. However, I plan on making my next investment either a '72 Tele or a Gibson Explorer. We'll see.

Nothing impressive compared to what I've seen of others here, but what can I say? I'm a poor college student.

EDIT: I also have a Fender American Jazz Bass.

 

[legionserial]

I don't think you can ever have too many guitars. There is no 'best' guitar. There is always going to be something that one guitar can't do as well as another. They all have their different flavours.

I only have 2 guitars, a strat and an Ibanez 7-string, but that is by no means a matter of choice. If I had the money I'd but a new guitar every week. The 7-string has its own neccessity and doesn't get used as much for obvious reasons, but as much as I love my strat and use it for most of the stuff I do, I wouldn't say that I will never use or get another 6 string...in fact I know I will at some point.

 

[Dogman]

At my disposal, I have 2 six string electrics, a cheap bass, and 2 acoustics, one decent one, and one really good one...my wifes. It's nice to have an option, as the necks on mine are all different, so I play them slightly different, and have different tunings on teh 6 strings.

 

[ibleedburgundy]

Dake Traphagen for classical
low end Martin steel string
American strat

My next addition will either be a Thomas Humphrey or a Greg Smallman

Someday I'm going to need a Les Paul

 

[TunaTheFish]

one electric, one acoustic.
but soon to be one electric and a gibson les paul which has its own category because i love them so much

 

[daav]

LP Studio
Japanese Strat with some mods (new tuners, replaced the switch and the jack when they started to get shorted out).

Mexican Fender Jazz bass.

old crappy fender acoustic
12 string yamanha acoustic that has action so high it is essentially unplayable.

On the horizon is a decent martic acoustic and a real step up in the electric category, perhaps invest in a 335 or something like that.

Daav

 

[HangDawg]

I've got a late 80's American strat, a 1year old Les Paul Supreme and a custom shop ESP Mirage. I'm pretty happy with the range of tones I can achieve with those 3. I also have a mid 80's BC Rich and a model 4 Charvel.

 

[scrubs]

HOW many guitars do you need-want ?

I want one of each, please.

 

[aaroncomp]

Currently, I see no need for more than my 1 acoustic and 1 electric. If I've ever got money to burn for music, it's going to recording/mixing gear, not guitars. However, my acoustic isn't the best sounding for recording (Takamine G series), so I could see myself getting better recordings with another.

Anyway, my point is, being that since I record/play a certain style of songs, I am able to obtain any sound I need with my 2 instruments. Therefore, for me, improving my signal chain, gear, etc. is where my money goes. Until I'm satisfied to a point with that, I will not be increasing the number of guitars I own.

 

[dragonworks]

I have five guitars, only need three, want one more.

 

[choctaw]

How do you post pictures here?

I see pictures on this forum but do not know how to get one posted. Any advise on how to show some guitar pictures.

Choctaw

 

[ibanezrocks]

I have my Ibanez, which sounds like a strat with humbuckers, but plays like an rg (minus the floyd rose), and is great for harder stuff. and I have my SG which does the classic rock sound as good as anything else. However I do see the need for a 335 type of guitar, as well as something with p-90s, like a godin perhaps. I could also use a guitar with a floyd rose. I also need a new acoustic, as mine is really cheap.

To sum up, I have 3, and I need approximately 6.

 

[ibanezrocks]

I see pictures on this forum but do not know how to get one posted. Any advise on how to show some guitar pictures.

Choctaw

scroll down and click "manage attachments" then just upload the pic from your computer.

 

[Mr songwriter]

I've got a G&L too (a Legacy Tribute) and an Epiphone Casino (which I haven't really played much since I bought the G&L - it's much more comfortable to me) an Ibanez bass (which I play quite a lot) and a Yamaha acoustic which, again, I don't play much. I'm looking at buying another guitar at the moment, I haven't made my mind up yet, but it'll probably be one with humbuckers. I thought about getting a Les Paul type one because I like that sound, but I don't find the shape particularly comfortable.

 

[LAXPatrick]

Strat, Tele, Taylor dred, Taylor Big Baby, and always, always one or more on the wish list.

 

[MK-Ultra]

I have, lemme see, 2 electrics (Strat and Ibanez Studio) 3 steel string acoustics (2 six-strings, 1 twelve) 1 nylon string, and a not so great Yamaha bass. I want a decent semi-acoustic, a better bass, and a better nylon string. I would consider that 'enough.'

 

[ggunn]

Let's see...

'61 Fender Strat
'70 something Gibson Les Paul Custom
'60 something Gibson Melody Maker

Taylor 314CE
Gibson B25 (broken headstock - sad story there)
Gibson J45

Yamaha 4 string bass
2 Ibanez 5 string basses
Alembic 5 string bass (anybody want to buy an Ibanez?)

 

[EddieRay]

When you can't move around your own house without bumping into a guitar, you've got too many.

So, I need a bigger house.