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That wouldn't be a bad thing.
Anyway most guitar sales are probably beginners' models, being sold to beginners. Not that many people own multiples.
Business greed for ever more sales is the real problem - stupid over hyped models nobody really wants. (Just my opinion.)
light weight
have flattish radius
have big frets, 6100 or 6000
Gibson scale
have a no fuss but reliable trem (no Floyds, Bigsbys etc)
have a single coil in the neck position
aesthetically fairly traditional looking
I have some other less crucial prefs that also narrow things down like:
Locking tuners
Single volume control
It's very rare for any model to meet all or even nearly all my specs. It's frustrating because I can't find exactly what I want, but it does mean I don't buy loads of guitars.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Kids = less time. Harder to gig. Harder to commit to a band. Buy gear to compensate until you realise you have become a collector.
I'm happily in the buy gear and pretend that 1000000 delay options matter at the moment.
if you stick to it you will end up great.
This helps break the cycle, believe me. Okay so I did have a dozen or three guitars at that time but nevertheless it works. Guitars are then great things to sell off for cash and all of this goes under everyone's radar during the legal battle. I wasn't even made to declare mine despite the opposing legal teams efforts and having unbeknown to them a six figure sum invested in them....lol. The downside is that half of everything else you own is given away but that in itself can be a blessing and one to keep future GAS in check.
Post divorce I cut down my collection to some really special guitars, I now have more time to play and less time restringing, cleaning and deciding which one to play...happy days
Phew! I think that might actually be believable.
• Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@Goldeneraguitars
I admit I'm biased - I think the world would be a better place if grown up people bought fewer toys (I'm talking about less production in mid- to high- end guitars, as I assume most of the sales figures in the industry are for the mass-made entry level stuff.)
There'll always be a small market for better quality stuff. I just get the impression Gibson in particular are over producing at the moment and may end up suffering big time.
Having one or two great, inspiring guitars which you learn to get the most out of, rather than a dozen average ones which you never really do and end up trading for something else equally average must surely be a better approach. If not, why not?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
You don’t wanna be that guy on his deathbed going, “If only if spent another hour on The Fretboard and bought that 1963 ES345”.
GO.
Got fed up of the self-pretence that it was anything other than collecting new toys. I don't want to be a collector, I want to be a player and all that gas nonsense just distracts from that.
Still like acquiring pedals but thats much more manageable.
How long does it take to learn to get the most out of an instrument? 3 months? a year? 5 years? a lifetime? I've had a MIK guitar that many would say is mediocre for 22 years, if I haven't manged to get the best out of it by now I doubt I ever will
If someone is trading something 'average' for something else 'average' perhaps they are only comfortable at that level of expenditure or more simply do not have that kind of money anyway? Acquiring half a dozen average guitars over a number of years may have the same final cost of buying one great one but it isn't as affordable unless that person just goes without over the same time frame until that money has accumulated. Personally I'd rather just play with what I've got and if something mediocre crops up I may snaffle it up and enjoy it.