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I don't sell guitars anymore- which means that a purchase has to be considered- although I've mostly also stopped actively looking.
The exception being this week because I couldn't take a guitar on the flight to Singapore (I could have checked it but I didn't want it damaged), so I bought something when I arrived.
If I buy something it is usually because I have a specific requirement for it.
If I eventually run out of room then I might need to think about it.
I have loaned a few out to trusted friends.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Lots of collector types on there, and the guitars rarely leave the home. Quite good for Japanese stuff too.
Yes. A Fender Stratosonic...
Chambered, 24.75" scale length - bought NOS in 2006 and my No.1 ever since. It's the burning house guitar.
It's so good I bought the P90 version too!
I decided to sell everything I wasn't playing and just kept this Tele. And then recently bought a Vintage V72 as a backup but with a bit of a difference. And that's it for now, until I see bigger paycheques/if I'm lucky enough to inherit money or win the lottery. I got tired of buying and selling all the time and, as others have said, I'm happy with what I've got.
Most of the guitars there are either overpriced or not in Singapore- a lot of bedroom traders in Malaysia and Indonesia.
There are a few interesting things though, including this for £1100.
and this for £700:
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
That all changed during the last big cull when I stuck at 3, the two previously mentioned and my 52ri Tele that has been my go to since I got it around 8 years ago.
Come to the current cull (still ongoing) & I admitted to myself that the PRS hadn’t been gigged in 10 years, so I let it go along with a few others. This time I didn’t leap at the first thing I found but waited and recently picked up a long time object of GAS - a ‘93 Pinkburst Musicman Albert Lee. It addresses all the issues I have with strats - half decent bridge pickup, only 2 control knobs and is a hard tail too. Plays great too. Is this a keeper? I really hope so. It’s certainly cured my GAS for now.
What I have learnt: The perfect guitar for me does not exist. I will never be satisfied. I don't really need anymore than I have right now. Too many guitars is a distraction from playing.
Edit: Wtf @downbytheriver it was sold on here for under £2k in 2015. Someone under sold that. Just checked and I sold one in 2014 for £4000
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/46889/
Here's your old one. Love the chocolate lined case which was unique for that period....
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So if you find one you like, you will keep it unless one has a lot of money to throw around then there's plenty of temptation around I guess I've been lucky and found good ones early on. Or it's the fact I don't have excess money to throw around lol
In truth I’m the worst of all serial tarts. ‘The One’? My Trigger’s broom Jazzmaster.
https://imgur.com/a/W87Ac
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I got my first electric Applause stratocaster in 1991 and by 1993 I had moved to a city which had a music store where I spend a lot of time and money in getting into what I wanted in gear. I was hearing it but was in expirenced in how to get it and had to discover the road myself and so it became.
So guitars got traded back and forth becoming slightly better and amps stayed longer while effects did in the end not do to much for the money invested.
By 1995 and onwards the tide shifted a bit. I got the first guitar that had potential for long term and since that was a bit limited i went for the dream a year later.
Then the final guitar was in 2001 and somehow no reason to keep it despite the price tag.
Since then I have gotten less interested in getting guitars and stuck with what I got so much that it has hard for me to get back into it for the right reasons.