"How many guitars do you NEED?"

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So I guess the question here is how many do you need? Well, I bought a new Taylor 854 12 string today. Do I need it? Well, I did want it, so I guess I needed it.

A lot of friends of mine come over to jam. They get to play whatever they want through any amp, and record (I won't discuss how many mics I have). So when I consider that, maybe I need more stuff.

I am having a lot of fun. I will use any excuse you want to justify it....
 
acidrock said:
I just buy bulk strings,usually ten packs.If there's a sale on you can get a ten pack of electric D'Adario's for $25-30.Once or twice a year I buy all my strings at once from MF and between not paying for taxes or gas the shipping charges are more than covered.
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You change your strings? :eek:

Damn... :mad:

I probably should, at least once in a while.
 
I change strings every two weeks on the guitars I gig with and of course on ANY guitar I'm going to record with. I LOVE changing strings. It's like a sacred ritual.
 
I change my strings before every gig. I give them all a good yank, but at the end of the first song, it's pretty well out-of-tune. I like them to be all jangly and that kinda goes away when you stretch them out or give them all afternoon to settle. We play four-hour gigs, so by the end of the night, the strings are pretty well used up. The next time I get the guitar out of the box, they usually aren't as crudded up as when you play it off and on over 2 weeks or a month or whatever. You know how they get that black shit underneath? After playing a gig, they're not jangly anymore, but they're not "dirty". I have to change them every gig because I saw off D strings playing rhythm. Next go the A and B usually. evidently the other gauges are suffcient. Second gig on a set of strings=breaking 3 strings before the end of the night cutting into my break time. May as well change them at the beginning of the night.

When I was playing 3 times a week every week, I could change the strings in like 10 minutes on my strat with the split vintage tuners. I like theose the best. I can get from envelope to within a half step of pitch in less than a minute. Unfortunately, since I always carry it around in a gog bag instead of the fancy tweed case, the High E-string tuner feels like it's gonna come off in my hand someday. The key is a little sloppy.
 
I'm happy with three: steel string acoustic, nylon acoustic, solid body electric.

I must admit that having a nylon electric, a semi-hollow body electric, and a dobro would be cool.
 
cephus said:
When I was playing 3 times a week every week, I could change the strings in like 10 minutes on my strat with the split vintage tuners. I like theose the best. I can get from envelope to within a half step of pitch in less than a minute.
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I like those split ones, too.

If you want speed, try Sperzel locking. Also a lot less wrapped around the peg, so the strings settle in faster.
 
12 is a good number

yup just counted I have 12 (including 2 basses)
1-6 acoustic, 1-12 acoustic that leaves 8 electrics (1-7 string) I call them my chour! they all have different tones.
so depending on the sound I'm looking for determines guitar I'm going to grab.
 
Oops. Looks like I needed one more. I bought the bastard T-60 for cheap. Now I get to go research rewiring these turds to get it to make the same crummy sounds as my other one.
 
cephus said:
Oops. Looks like I needed one more. I bought the bastard T-60 for cheap. Now I get to go research rewiring these turds to get it to make the same crummy sounds as my other one.
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Admitting you have a problem is the first step. And anybody that has a T-60 fetish has a problem.
 
I don't understand the T-60 stigma. I don't understand why I can't get good sounds on it. It's almost a challenge to me. It's should be a good guitar based on it's specs. Hell, it's made in USA.

The main reason i bought it was because I want to fix it and because I know I can unload it afterward if I don't end up digging it. I think it is a good looking guitar, though. I never see white ones and rarely do you see ones with rosewood necks. I really want it to be better than the other one I have, but for what I'll have into it, it doesn't have to be that great to make it worth while.
 
Well it really sucks when you have a FR and have to retune all of your strings.
 
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