I have 2 electric guitars, am I less of a man?

professorben

Everyone here seems to have at least 12 minimum. 

Nikko

I only have 2 electric guitars and im extremely manly. Ive got hairy toes and everything.

slacker

I have 4 am I twice the man?

TTBZ

After a brief and unsuccessful flirt with fender style i once again have 2 good ones and one fairly terrible that just isn't worth selling. I'd say it's more man - having loads of guitars for the sake of it is like a woman owning tonnes of handbags and shoes for the sake of it :P I have hairy shoulders so my manliness cannot be denied.

meltedbuzzbox

You would be more of a musician if you spend time playing them

SquireJapan

meltedbuzzbox said:

You would be more of a musician if you spend time playing them

Some wise words there son^ 

JookyChap

I've got one, but then I'm a tranny

english_bob

professorben said:

Everyone here seems to have at least 12 minimum. 

I've got three, plus a bass and a lap steel. I think there are better measures of who's more of a man than who.

But then I would say that, with my tiny, flaccid guitar collection.

Philly_Q

professorben said:

Everyone here seems to have at least 12 minimum. 

Even though many of us have multiple guitars, I think the most common attitude on the forum is a slightly preachy "the fewer the better", "how many do you actually need", "you should spend more time playing than thinking about gear".  I often get the impression I'm supposed to feel guilty about how I spend my money. 

So no, by that yardstick you're more of a man.  Apparently. 

camf

My therapist said manliness starts with three electric guitars... absolutely no less. Sorry. Facts are facts.

thegummy

Men are only supposed to have one pair of shoes and one pair of trainers just like we're supposed to have one Strat and one Les Paul.

Having a different pair of shoes/guitar for every outfit is for the ladies 

english_bob

thegummy said:

Men are only supposed to have one pair of shoes and one pair of trainers just like we're supposed to have one Strat and one Les Paul.

Having a different pair of shoes/guitar for every outfit is for the ladies 

So if I have one Les Paul(ish) guitar and one Strat(ish) guitar, my spare one would make me more girly, right?

Only the spare is a Telecaster, which is surely the most manly kind of guitar out there, hewn as it is from two planks screwed together with big screws. Does not compute.

Flanging_Fred

I have 12 guitars and an exceptionally small penis.

CHRISB50

I have one acoustic guitar and long manicured nails on my picking hand. Fancy a date precious?!

Sesh

I have more guitars than I used to, and therefore I'm more of a man than I used to be. By weight anyway.

Cabicular

Yes

Strangefan

I have none

celtaidd

I have 1 with single coils, 1 with P90s, 1 with humbuckers, 1 Bass, and an acoustic, what else do you need. Oh, and a Sonntag jazz guitar (inherited)

guitars4you

I've always admired a guitar player who has mastered one instrument - Guys like Rory Gallagher and Danny Gatton have pretty much accomplished a large portion of their work on one guitar - I know they had more than 1 guitar, but a large % of their work is on one guitar - Yet the large majority of or hero's have many guitars and I dare say the longer the career the more they've ducked and dived - Yet if I had to pick one guitar then I don't know what I'd pick as so many guitars have great attributes and the perfect be all and end all guitar doesn't exist

Even Brian May has had more than one BM model 

I'm actually thinking that as I type which of our hero's have only 1 guitar

Maybe guitars are like golf clubs when you need different ones for a different situation

Yet if you take a saxophone, most will only have 1 and if they have 2 it will be say Tenor and Alto

Stevepage

I have 7. I need one for every day of the week, not like those peasants with only 2. 

SquireJapan

It's inversely proportional.

The more guitars, the less of a man you are.

The fewer you have, the more of a man you are.

Simple!

So extrapolating, 0 guitars means 100% manly. It's just simple maths really.