A benefit from thinning the herd...

[Woody Sound]

...less strings to buy.

[Max405]

...less strings to buy.

And then, you can put the nicer strings on all your guitars...

[lawson-stone]

Looking at how much TI's cost these days, that no small consideration!

[drbhrb]

I have 3 guitars that need a set up right now... it's going to cost $100 in strings and $150+ in luthier fees. Yikes

[mr. beaumont]

This is why I use Chromes and learned to do setups myself

[Toddep]

This is why I use Chromes and learned to do setups myself

Absolutely... Did the same here

[GNAPPI]

You failed to mention that losing 2,3 or more "lesser" guitars enables / entitles you to maybe an L5 or Super 400 / V or other higher end git. You still have less strings to replace with SAVINGS in the long run too!

[drbhrb]

This is why I use Chromes and learned to do setups myself

I've tried chromes a number of times and really don't like them. Chrome 12s feel like higher tension than the TI 14s that I use. Uncomfortable. I do basic setup adjustments myself but I still like to have each guitar done professionally once a year.

[Dylanfan424]

I do all my own setups it really isn't too hard on an archtop, also in my opinion TI are the only way to go, I don't think I could ever go back to Chromes.

[abelljo]

More money in the bank and more focus on the music and less on the gear.

[Wildcat]

A benefit from thinning the herd? Makes the wife happy. Happy wife, Happy life.

[Woody Sound]

A benefit from thinning the herd? Makes the wife happy. Happy wife, Happy life.

OH YES. Any time I sell a git or amp, she says "Which one is next?!"

[vinlander]

Happier wife, more room and money left are, in that order, the ones coming to mind.
With that said, with only 3 Archtops, 2 solid bodies, 1 flat top and a bass, I am fortunately a "harmless" one compared to many on here so thinning is not required at the moment in my case.
She keeps telling me the wives should start their own thread to share with each other on their husbands and their "toys"

[Dana]

I just make my own. Amazing what you can get from the hardware store.

[Klatu]

OH YES. Any time I sell a git or amp, she says "Which one is next?!"

Absolutely right. I find it to be a slippery slope because mine won't be fully satisfied until I'm left with just one. Why would I possibly need or want more?

[GNAPPI]

I don't know about you guys, but my ex had some collections... high end Teddy bears, Japanese Netsuke (carved ivory figures) as well as Asian porcelain and then there were the home furnishings.

Gals collect "stuff" too but for some reason we do not tend to notice it?

[Woody Sound]

I don't know about you guys, but my ex had some collections... high end Teddy bears, Japanese Netsuke (carved ivory figures) as well as Asian porcelain and then there were the home furnishings.

Gals collect "stuff" too but for some reason we do not tend to notice it?

Well at lease you can USE a guitar for something creative or productive. But A TEDDY BEAR?

[kenbennett]

I'm down to one of each kind: one archtop, one solid-body electric, one flattop acoustic, one fretless 5-string bass, one fretted 4-string bass, one standup bass, one tenor banjo, and one violin.

On the string front, searching through a bunch of guitar accessory 'deals' on Amazon, I saw the strings that I use on my flattop on sale for about $4 a set. Then I noticed that they were marked 'used'! What's up with that?

Also, I like Chromes in the .012 gauge on the archtop. Stringing the standup bass hurts the bank account the most.

[vernon]

Back to the basics of making music with your hands and ears. Simplification helps me learn contentment. I'm blessed to have married a musician, so the "thinned down herd" can be defined as 7 guitars, 3 amps, 4 cabs, and just under 10 "essential" pedals.

[Woody Sound]

On the string front, searching through a bunch of guitar accessory 'deals' on Amazon, I saw the strings that I use on my flattop on sale for about $4 a set. Then I noticed that they were marked 'used'! What's up with that?

Back in the starving college days I hung with a bass player who would boil his strings on the stove top to get another life out of the set.

[vinlander]

On the string front, searching through a bunch of guitar accessory 'deals' on Amazon, I saw the strings that I use on my flattop on sale for about $4 a set. Then I noticed that they were marked 'used'! What's up with that?

After the relicing trend, how about a new market of selling used strings from famous players, if you can't have their fingers, at least get the next best thing: their DNA

[Greentone]

Spouses count cases, not hang tags. I found that out a long time ago.

[Nate Miller]

Back in the starving college days I hung with a bass player who would boil his strings on the stove top to get another life out of the set.

that's a no shitter. That works. Especially for bass strings

[oldane]

Spouses count cases, not hang tags. I found that out a long time ago.

We are not rich, but we don't miss anything either, so my wife doesn't object to the money tied up in the guitars. But now and then she complains about the space they take up and says we need to sell some of them off. Then I just have to switch the subject to that grand piano she inherited years ago and which fills one of our rooms. Then there's no mention of the guitars for another couple of months. All of the guitars - in cases - and my amp could easily be acccomodated in the floor space under the piano.

[kenbennett]

Back in the starving college days I hung with a bass player who would boil his strings on the stove top to get another life out of the set.

I was a string boiling bass player back in the day. When the strings started getting too dull, boil them, and play for 3 or 4 more days. Boil them again and get another day or 2. So I could stretch the useful life of the strings about a week. And I wasn't starving, just on the road trying to squeeze another $20 out a week's pay.