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For a single guitar solution I would go with a 60's style Statocaster.
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I've never had more than 3 decent electrics on the go at any one time (no big rule there, it's mostly been a financial constraint) but they've always been there to cover different tonal bases and more importantly to bring out different styles and inspirations when I'm working on new stuff. I really think if I only had one, I'd end up frustrated at the things it couldn't do and start hating it. That's probably a reflection on my personality.
I'd maybe go so far as to say that my Explorer is the one I'm most fond of, because it's a great workhorse. Stays in tune, easy to play, and looks cool + it's the guitar I associate most with a decade of regular live shows.
But... I don't resent its limitations because I can put it down and pick up, say, a Strat when I want a sharper, quicker attack, spank, out of phase sounds, a trem arm and a totally different playing experience. If I didn't have the possibility of Strat sounds, I'd get really tired of the Explorer.
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I have a strat, a tele, a LP and a PRS. If I had to keep one, it would be a very close call between the 2003 LP standard and the PRS Paul's Guitar. I think the LP would just edge it. I played the LP and nothing else for years, and i know how to get almost any tone I want out of it. A lot more versatile than believed. I am tempted by the new LPs with the coil tap, but experience makes me feel that coil taps are largely unnecessary really. You can get the same sort of vibe by playing a bit differently and farting around with settigns on the guitar.
The PRS is lovely though, very nice to play, but I think I just prefer the LP by a whisker.
Although obviously you also need a bass and an acoustic
Teenage Pieman lusted after Jaguars, Jazzmasters and Rickenbackers. Then he bought them, played them for a bit and eventually sold them on.
I've owned maybe 50 guitars? I don't know, I'll sit down one day and work it out. But I've owned enough that I know what I DON'T want anymore. I don't really want another Ricky, for example. That's quite a powerful de-GASing agent in itself.
In terms of getting rid, did anyone ever get something ridiculously cheap? Like hundreds cheaper than it should be? Let's say a couple of my guitars are worth £800 each but I got them for 2-300 each. I'm keeping those because even though I could sell them for a song, they're almost worth more to me as bargains, particularly as I use them... Does that make sense? Not sure I'm articulating that point very well...
That's how I do it anyway,
the one Tele, the one strat, the one les Paul, the one....
you get the point