Rotating stock aka owning too many guitars

slacker

So the background to this is owning 5 guitars and playing 1. This year tele last year les paul. So for the semi collectors like my self...

Do you regularly play all of your guitars?
Do you rotate?
Are some specialist?

Roland

1. No
2. Only when I make a new one
3. Aren’t we all in some way?

Lawriejones1

Owning too much of many of anything is not a great idea - whether it’s guitars, cars or other stupid collectibles.

guitars4you

slacker said:

Do you regularly play all of your guitars?
Do you rotate?

cross between 1 and 2

timmypix

16 here.

1. Mostly, though I'll have moods where certain ones get priority depending on what I'm playing and what pickups are in them.
2. Not consciously, though perhaps I should.
3. Yes - besides dual humbuckers/ Les Pauls in standard tuning: 7-strings, Strandberg, filtertrons, Strat, low tunings. 

munckee

We have 4 electrics a bass and a couple of acoustics in the house and all get played.  Missus munckee has made it quite clear that some testicles may be forcibly removed during the night if any more come into the house, obviously I make my own mind up but have decided to stick at the current number.  So I am usually selling something to buy something else but they all get a go.

CHRISB50

I've got 2 guitars. Vintage spec Strat, and a super Strat. I play both regularly.

Super Strat is at home with me.

Vintage spec Strat is at my mate's house. Who I visit weekly. 

ROOG

Yes in the sense that I have a guitar stand beside my 'office' desk at home, I rotate my very modest collection from their cases one by one to the stand for a few weeks, where it will occasionally get picked up and in the broadest sense it might get 'played'. 

Since someone told me that nitro lacquer Gibson's gas in their cases leading to damage of metal parts I started to keep my LP longer than most on the stand, that was until one of my dogs nearly knocked it over, since then my Peerless jazz box spends more time than others on the stand. 

Paul_C

I play all of my excessive number of guitars, some a lot more than others.

djspecialist

4 here.

I go through phases where I'll stick to one for months on end, then switch.

They're all different: JM (standard pickups), Tele (single + goldfoil), 335 (HBs), Yamaha SG (P90s) 

stickyfiddle

Do you regularly play all of your guitars?
Pretty much, yes

Do you rotate?
Yes, depending on what I'm doing

Are some specialist?
All of them, arguably. I don't like having too much overlap, so I don't keep anything that doesn't do something better than all of the others. 

That said I really want to sell 2 or 3 this year. 

Greatape

I have four electrics, one nylon string acoustic and a bass. 

I play one electric most of the time. 

Amps. I have three guitar amps and one bass amp. That feels about one amp too many. 

Don't ask me about pedals. 

I am in the process of culling in order to pay other bills. I could be happy on two electrics, the nylon and one amp, potentially. I personally would feel uncomfortable having more than I have now. I absolutely don't care what other people do, not should I. 

ditchboy

3 here, one OM acoustic, one strat and one tele. The acoustic has largely been ignored since I picked up a lovely strat. I think I could happily own something with humbuckers but I'm trying to concentrate more on playing than buying. I'll not act on this for now unless I see a bargain. 

Neilybob

14 1/2 here 

I generally switch guitars weekly as I find it influences my playing except that 1/2 guitar which I am currently building. Though if I am in the mood to play a certain guitar then I play that guitar. 

For me my strats and ES-335 are my specialist guitars that do a certain tone.  

Daiganzen

I have 7 guitars.

Some i bought for pure Aethetics and Charm and dont get played much but I wanted one (Epiphone Firebird Studio)

Some I have Had Since i was a Teenager (Schecter C1 FR)

Some are My Live Band Guitars (Charvel DK24)

and 1 is beacuse It was a dream Guitar (Fender Ultra strat HSS)

And yes they kinda have a rotation dependant on what i am doing.

I have on occasion Culled the heard i have had the folloing but Sold them

Epiphone Les paul

Epiphone Explorer

ESP LTD MH200FM

Crafter Classical Acoustic

Ibanez RGT 42

So some are gonna be permanent and some kinda are apassing fad that i bought and then decided i didnt like all that much.

stonevibe

I have loads, and I keep meaning to list some for sale that aren't as oddball as some of my recent posts in the classifieds. 

Then I play them and change my mind. 

Play them all; many are specialist and some are on loan to my mate, as he wanted to try some out (think he has about 6 at the moment, mainly Custom Shop stuff and PRS) 

grungebob

I’ve 6 guitars. 

One acoustic, a strat, a Les Paul type, a super strat, another Les Paul thingy and one esoteric guitar with mini humbuckers. 

I normally just grab the one I feel like at the time as all of them are put together on one wall. 

Lately due to awaiting shoulder surgery I just play the one with the mini humbuckers as it’s my favourite and easiest to play. 

I’ve had more guitar at once before (around 11 I think).  That for me was stupid as I only played one or two. 

I’m an odd duck though in that I genuinely only want to own one guitar, I just haven’t found the one yet so I keep searching.  I was happiest playing when I only had one guitar and I feel I’ll be happier again when I find the one. 

blobb

1. not any more. I used to play them all on rotation

2. I used to I don't anymore

3. Only one, a double neck 4/6.

I see them more of my journey with guitars. From my second one that I was so happy to get (I broke the first one. otherwise that would still be here) upto my latest two which are so good I don't play the others anymore. I have one lightweight which I used when I was working with other people and standing up a lot practicing. I don't do that so often now though.

Philly_Q

Do you regularly play all of your guitars?
No.  A very large proportion of them are in places I can't even get to without moving a load of other stuff first (no, they're not in a storage unit like Grogg's).

Do you rotate?
Yes, I rotate between the few which are in accessible places when I'm watching the TV.

Are some specialist?
Not really.  Even if they were, I'm not capable of using them in a specialised way.

Gassage

6 electrics and 2 acoustics

Do you regularly play all of your guitars?

Yes- horses for courses. I have 2 strats, one modern active, one preCBS passive; a tele, and three LPs- one P90, one FR equipped and one standard.

Do you rotate?

I use what's appropriate for what I'm playing.

Are some specialist?

Yes- the Axcess is a Lifeson sig, so very voiced for shreddy stuff.

Funkfingers

1 No. There are not enough hours in a day. Plus, some of my instruments are in bits, in boxes.

2 Not really. I tend to play whatever seems appropriate for the music on which I am currently working. Occasionally, I wilfully choose something that is contrary to those expectations, just to see what transpires.

3 Does a Fender Jaguar count as specialised? It certainly plays and sounds differently to the majority of my menagerie.