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i have kinda settled down in the last 5 years , but i spent 25yrs of my music life touring internationally from hotel to hotel residency constantly , so to me i like the idea of just 2 instruments.... for making travel/touring more practical .... so give me a gig guitar and a backup ...cos thats all one really needs
and yes a players tastes and technique and even genre shift constantly ...so i'm all for upgrading be it in quality or just taste to instruments that suit the music you performing at that time.... but i usually favour selling off one to bring the other in
personally i been on a rollercoaster ride in last years trying to find "the one" for my current style of solo jazz guitar
so yes some people are collectors and others are players ...not that one can't be both ...but to either collector or player i think the requirements for "gearvana" are different
but hey we all looooove guitars .... so as long as you love em and play em, buy as many as you want
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10-21-2013 11:47 AM
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Just as a curiosity, does anyone know (or can estimate) how many guitars does Pat Metheny have?
Sometimes I think that the main problem of having lots of guitars is that, trying to play all of them, so
jumping from one to another, does not allow to come to a complete knowledge of just one instrument and develop
one's own sound. One has to deeply know the instrument played and fully exploit all of its possibilities.
Continuos change brings only distraction and confusion.
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A: 7
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I actually found an old book about P.Meth, written in 1989, which counts 29 guitars.....
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Honestly, I would love to need only one guitar. Our guitar needs evolve. I certainly don't believe in owning more guitars than I can play. It takes a while to find your sound, and it takes a while to find a guitar that fits your needs, physically and sonically. What I can't understand is how someone can own more than two or three of the same model. I own six electrics. They all sound very different, and they more than cover everything I do. Over the last seven years, I've acquired three, sold one, and traded one. At some point, I hope to scale down to three.
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I enjoy learning new songs and I find that every time I buy a new guitar I learn at least one new song, it works out well!
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I love guitars!
I think that it's ironic that the people who play music for a living, and play at a very high level, are often struggling financially and can't afford the fine instruments we all fantasize about. Most of the good players around here use very mundane instruments.
I'm lucky. After a lifetime of buying and selling and trading up, I've owned most of the guitars I desired. The guitars I have now just can't be improved upon. However, even the luckiest person will find something to complain about. I kind of miss my guitar lust!
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If I have more than 2 guitars at home, I get distracted from "my precious", which is practice time. I keep other guitars at other places out of my home so that I don't have to lug an instrument around all the time (i.e. I keep one at the office, one at my parents' home, and a travel guitar in the trunk of my car), but when at home I don't want to be distracted by gear. But everyone is different. If I had more time on my hands I'd probably have more guitars around.
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I'm just the opposite: every time I learn a new song, I buy a new guitar!
Originally Posted by ESCC
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I have way too many guitars and there is no reasonable justification . The sheer number does not make me play any longer as my time is fixed, nor do they make me a better player. All I can say is that different guitars inspire me to play in different ways and believe there is value in that alone. My telecaster makes be inspired to play in different ways (styles) then does my archtops or nylon stringed guitars. There is also something personally compelling about learning how to get the most out of each instrument. I tend to switch guitars from gig to gig just for the fun of it.
That being said, I consider any activity that pulls me away from purely making music as a damaging distraction. Sometimes I want to go record or play my keyboards and I get caught up in some technical aspect such as trying to program something new on a synth, updating an effect plugin, moving mics around, restringing a guitar, finding a battery for a pedal and never actually get to the point of making meaningful music.
I think if I were able to get into a more minimalist mindset I would be much better for it.
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Do these count?
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You selling kits, Hammertone??
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I have 4 that get played regularly. The others are vintage warhorses (Harmony, Kay) that are more or less wall art.
I would have more if I had more money.
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....maybe.... Originally Posted by jasaco
pm me
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Just to mention my left hand numbness has dictated what I can play which has led to letting go the ones I cannot manage with.
I sold my Le Voi recently, that was a choker. But I could only manage 5 minutes on that neck.
The Korean Triggs guitars are on the way out as my fumbling fingers cannot manage the shorter scale.
So in a round-a-bout way my physicality has dictated my gearvana and left me with; an old tokai strat; squier Mascis Jazzmaster (the neck is 43mm wide at the nut and thick proportion all the way) and my recent project, a jazzed up 60's squier custom tele ( thinner neck all round and I can feel it resonate).
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Depends. Laminate or carved? Originally Posted by Hammertone
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- mostly carved Originally Posted by Broyale
- a few pressed solid plates and bodies
- a few pressed laminated plates
- all air dried for @50 years
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Wow! There are some impressive guitar collections on this board!
I just have my Heritage and Gretsch hollows and a Gibson flat top. I really don't need anymore than those guitars are capable of. That doesn't stop me from wanting more. My wallet does the stopping. Now. .... my only concern is a gig where not even my sealed, laminate Gretsch can handle the feedback.
I should be paying some louder jams here that could test my gear. I have Doug's Plugs to try in those circumstances too
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I used to have only one guitar which I modified to be super-versatile. It is still one of my favorite guitars but I like having the option of playing guitars that suit specific needs. I could live with just one or two but having more is fun and definitely makes recording easier.
PJ
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I don't mind having a modest stable, by which I mean four or five guitars. The number has no real significance for me. I like to have well made and playing instruments of different types. To that end I own a nice flat top dreadnought, a tele, a solid dual hum bucker type, a carved arch top, and a nylon string classical. Then an odd ball or two hang on. These hangers on include an old beater steel string and a tele style hollow body with strat PU configuration.
Not counting the old beater acoustic in the closet, I'm at five. No, six, sorry. Four electrics, plus the dreadnought and the nylon.
One of these days I'd like to try a classical crossover type, maybe to replace my current nylon stringed guitar. Also, I'd like to try and ES-175 type. However, closet space in my house is at a premium!
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For sure, if I'm waiting for a download of a virus sig file in my den, or commercials on TV in the living room, reading the paper (yeah, I guess this one is odd) or sitting on the can (even more odd :-) ) or even when I'm waiting for something to cook. I have guitars hanging (not the better ones) in every room and whenever there's several minutes to spare I can easily get to play. Originally Posted by Jim Soloway
BTW, I've gotten to the point that I don't know exactly how many guitars I have and I try to play them all.
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