So... how many guitars do you actually own

meltedbuzzbox

meltedbuzzbox said:

I have recently been called an addict by the most prolific of guitar purchasers known to man...

It has left me in a cold sweat. So come on one and all, help me out and tell me that a fair few of you have more guitars than me. 

My current count :  12

Down to 6 now. 

Struggling to go any further at this point

Creed_Clicks

4 electric, 2 acoustic, 4 basses, but hope to thin the bass herd to 2 or 3, and could in theory get guitar hard down to 3.
Am gassing for an SG junior or Epi casino, something different... can't justify for now....

Mudcrutch

We have 30 now including a couple of electric solid body Ukuleles.

ennspek

About 20. Needs to be less.

Voxman

Updated my list on p5 (Dec 2014), up from 10 to 14. Amps still the same but added my MFX to pad it out a bit so it doesn't look so meagre.

Jesus, I can't believe that this thread was 6 years ago. And I've only improved by 4 guitars. That's just 0.75 guitars a year, which is absolutely pathetic! 

Logie

Les Paul, Tele, Strat and that's the lot. I'm quite partial to a Musicman Axis Supersport or PRS Custom 24 though and my guitar fund has been building up so I may add to that

ToneControl

AuldReekie said:

thomasross20 said:

@AuldReekie, would love to see a group photo. What PRS and Larrivee models?

First the PRS - 3 McCartys (Humbucker maple cap, Soapbar Standard, Hollowbody1) Swamp Ash Special (H/S/H) original Starla, SE One (with TV Jones T90). Larrivee - TSB SD50, CO9, OM09. The latter is kept in a pibroch tuning DAAEAE.

SD50, lovely
Only Larrivee I kept was my TSB SD60
Ended up with a baritone version too!

MattW

‘74 SG Custom

Class 5 LP
American Deluxe Tele
MIM Roadhouse Strat
PRS Custom 24
PRS SE Custom 24
LTD Eclipse ‘87

Guild D55
Yamaha A4K
GS Mini Koa

Rickenbacker 4001

thefez

Fender DG-4 acoustic from about 20 years ago
Epiphone Les Paul Standard from 2001(?) sitting in South Korea
2020 Gretsch Streamliner G2655t
2020 Squier Classic Vibe Jazzmaster

tone1

I’m down to 2 electrics only...Custom Shop Strat and a DGT Standard   

Voxman

Logie said:

Les Paul, Tele, Strat and that's the lot. I'm quite partial to a Musicman Axis Supersport or PRS Custom 24 though and my guitar fund has been building up so I may add to that

In truth, a LP, a Tele and a Strat is all anyone needs.  The rest is window dressing.

ICBM

The damned things seem to somehow multiply on their own... I did have three electric guitars, two acoustics and two basses, and I was intending to get it down to two of each which seemed sensible.

But I now have four electrics, three acoustics and three basses.

Hmmm...

gazrichards

My turn
duesenberg 59er
framus panthera custom (they both cover my Les Paul type needs)
musicman valentine
fender American deluxe thinline tele
g&l asat special 
Suhr alt t pro
fender American deluxe strat (actually pretty much sold, dude owes me a few quid on it and collecting it this week)
fenix thinline tele that’s been butchered to within an inch of its life 
Faith Venus something acoustic - very nice guitar actually!
a bass I paid £30 for 

and that’s the lot. Room for a 335 I think!!

gazrichards

Maybe they are like gremlins. Did you get one wet??

ICBM said:

The damned things seem to somehow multiply on their own... I did have three electric guitars, two acoustics and two basses, and I was intending to get it down to two of each which seemed sensible.

But I now have four electrics, three acoustics and three basses.

Hmmm...

skullfunkerry

The most I ever owned simultaneously was 11; right now I have 2: both superstrats, one with a Floyd & one hardtail. Oh, and a cheap bass which I use for recording

samzadgan

i've cleared out everything i didnt need and now have 3 i play and 1 that hangs on the wall. Feels really nice not having so many sitting around not being used

longjaw

30-odd. 

ICBM

gazrichards said:

Maybe they are like gremlins. Did you get one wet??

I made the mistake of saying I was going to buy one electric to replace two of them... only the first bit happened (so far). The third acoustic was in a charity shop and I was going to fix it up and sell, but turned out to be an interestingly different addition to what I already have - and the bass was for sale but no-one seems to want it so I decided to keep it.

Musicwolf

When people ask me "How many guitars do you own?" I always reply "Not enough!".

In numeric terms - 13.  2 Basses, 3 Acoustic and 8 Electric (plus a ukulele).  I have two of the acoustics hung on the wall then I have two racks: one with 9 slots, the other with 3).  From the above information you should be able to work out that I have one free rack space (because the uke won't go in the rack).

Guitar racks are like the electron shells of atoms.  If a shell isn't full the atom is reactive and will seek to find ways to fill itself.  My guitar collection has a valency of 1.  Now I could either purchase another guitar from someone who has more guitars than rack spaces (an Ionic  Bond) or I could set up a scheme whereby I borrow guitars from, and lend guitars to, a friend who also has an incomplete rack (a Covalent Bond).

Voxman

ICBM said:

The damned things seem to somehow multiply on their own... I did have three electric guitars, two acoustics and two basses, and I was intending to get it down to two of each which seemed sensible.

But I now have four electrics, three acoustics and three basses.

Hmmm...

I can understand why you're fretting over this, and it is a pain in the neck. I pick up where you're coming from and you're not the only one saddled with this dillema..many of us have to cross this bridge and I think you need to have a grown up parental talk with them about safe plucking, and contraception, and inlay the law down that this can't carry on!