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So I haven't really gone down the road of buying 'more of the same'. I am going to treat myself to a 72 Tele Thinline reissue, but that's a very different guitar to my 1988 USA Standard Tele, as it's semi hollow with 2 humbucker pickups.
First, a lot of players who are associated with one guitar couldnt originally afford more than one guitar until they started to do well. Jimmy Page couldnt afford a guitar, and it was Jeff Beck that gave him the now legendary Dragon Tele with which he recorded all of Led Zep one and nearly all of Led Zep II.
Second, perception...taking Jimmy Page again most folk will equate him to his 58 and 59 Les Pauls but arguably you could equally equate him to his Tele or his red Gibson twin neck.
Third, if you only have the need for one main sound, then one type of guitar is all you need. SRV with his Strats and Angus Young with his SGs are a case in point.
But if you are e.g. an amateur player in a covers band, chances are you'll probably need a few different guitars to cover a range of tones...typically as a minimum you'll need humbucker and single coil options, and possibly a trem. So it's likely you'll need a LP or SG and a Strat or Tele 'type' options.
I've got 3 electrics (Strat, Tele and Midtown) and 2 acoustics (Steel and nylon).
4 of the 5 get gigged or used regularly so I'll probably keep them all.
I do have another Telecaster body and neck, when that guitar appears it may tip the balance.
Amateur players in covers bands’ half the time don’t seem to know what sound they want anyway. (Which doesn’t equate to great)
Jimmy Page couldn’t afford a guitar? Never heard that before. How does that work with him having been a session musician for years before he joined the Yardbirds?
For me, I don't anything will make me finally knuckle down and play more - I'm done kidding myself lol
I was going to say Rick Parfitt too but he was occasionally seen with an SG Junior.
I'd imagine very few of the top session players in the industry stick to one, they'd more likely have a varied array to play various different styles.