That getting a guitar would be like mountain bikes

They all do different things and one is never enough… 😐

They ARE all the same, aren’t they?

There CAN’T really be justification for more than 1?

No…you want a nice full bodied sounding electric guitar, like a Les Paul, then maybe something a bit sharper, like a telecaster, when the mood takes you, a twelve string, a bottleneck acoustic, a standard steel string acoustic, and a classical nylon string acoustic.

I’d say that’s a minimum 😉

Just like bikes – if you have the skills you can do anything on a cheap hardtail. If you’re a bit crap, you need skills compensators…

No…you want a nice full bodied sounding electric guitar, like a Les Paul, then maybe something a bit sharper, like a telecaster, when the mood takes you, a twelve string, a bottleneck acoustic, a standard steel string acoustic, and a classical nylon string acoustic.

Les Paul – tick
SG (in place of the Tele) – tick
Yamaha steel string acoustic – tick
Cheapo nylon acoustic – tick

😆

Have very limited proficiency on all of them, but appreciate their differences and would not be parted with them for the world. Wife says I can’t have any more though…… 😉

You’ll be needing a fretless bass too.

There CAN’T really be justification for more than 1?

There’s a simple rule, if you know how many guitars you have got, you haven’t got enough 😉

Don’t forget the amps. You need at least 4 different cabs with different heads for each tone. Versatility is your enemy in the quest for tone!

like bikes then, it is the Mrs who dictates how many you are allowed to own

and whilst we are on guitars, I also find that I don’t spend as much time using mine a I would like rather like the bikes

you need to keep it real, man, 6 strings is waaaayyyy too many.

and whilst we are on guitars, I also find that I don’t spend as much time using mine a I would like rather like the bikes

This 🙁

Rusty junior has

Les Paul
Fender Strat
Steel strung Ovation acoustic
Nylon strung Spanish acoustic
Fender bass
Mandolin
Ukelele
(all left handed, just to make life more difficult)
Practice amp
Performance amp
Enough pedals, boxes, cables and gizmos to construct a proton accelerator

He considers himself seriously under-guitared

I have a very cheap Epiphone LP… first guitar, therfore a keeper, but must justify a higher end “replacement” at some stage.

This has caught my eye…

Also fancy an Epi archtop such as the 339

Don’t forget a 12-string

Ideally one of those double necks that Jimmy Page had – Gibson SG (?) with a twelve and a six.

I think someone had a triple necker with a 12, a six and a mandolin, but I can’t remember who (shoulda been Nigel Tufnel really)

Do Ibanez still make then seven string guitars? Should get one of those too.

Banjo?

I’ve had a serious guitar issue for years

I currently don’t even know where all my guitars are but I think I have 15

12 that I know for definate

includes
PRS
Les Paul
3!! Strats
2 Telecasters
80s Charvel superstrat

Then there the pedals, amps, recording stuff, multi FX

put a gun to my head and I could decide the perfect setup but I can change as the mood suits me

🙂

I think someone had a triple necker with a 12, a six and a mandolin,

That’ll be Ritchie Sambora for playing ‘wanted’ live

Those 339 are very appealing

Just seen this has opened up in bath, should sort you lot out:

Homepage

Ive got just one, my old parlour yammy. Stratched and a bit bashed, but I luv the sound. Dads got a tele for when I need loudness lol

Want aEpiphone Casino at some point

You only need one guitar:

i have one for playing and one fopr when I go camping
then again i play classical and dont get the guitar collecting tbh

Only ever owned one doss [ hack] guitar and one proper guitar at any given time.

Just seen this has opened up in bath, should sort you lot out:
http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/

That bunch of **** from Denmark street

They’ve always done alright by me.

I have an electric and a bass, both cheapish Tanglewood ones from Cranes in Cardiff; a Seagull acoustic which I bought for about £200 in the US but is fantastic, far better than anything I’d played before under £500 in the UK; and a banjo which is just fab 🙂

Mrs Grips bought me the banjo as a random surprise gift once, it was waiting for me when I got home from work. Brilliant she is 🙂

You’ll be needing a fretless bass too.

Always thought a fretless semi-acoustic 5-string Flying V bass might be the single most niche guitar. Sadly, so-one’s ever bothered to make one.

Remember seeing Sting playing an 8-string bass at Newcastle City Hall. Made not a blind bit of difference to the woeful sound, but I’m sure it made him feel a million times better.

Would a semi-acoustic flying V even work, acoustically speaking?

Would a semi-acoustic flying V even work, acoustically speaking?

‘Course not, but it would be a laugh.

i “need” another guitar.will be taking my tele to be serviced next week.if i didn’t have an ibanez to use,i would be guitarless until they repaired it 😯
that’s my excuse anyhoo for wanting an ibanez s series guitar next either one of these
or if i can stretch to it one of these 😀 my excuse being that i “need” a rock guitar with 24 frets/whammy bar/buckers e.t.c 😉

my son has 2 electric ,1 electro acoustic and 2 acoustic

I’ve got a few too.

a Yamaha ERG121 wot I bought from Argos! £150 including practice amp, the same package now is almost twice that price at reputable guitar shops.
a cheap electro acoustic, except the pickup doesn’t work any more, so it’s just a cheap acoustic. Still plays ok though
a Dean Sarasota 12 string semi-acoustic. Lovely guitar
an AXL Player p-bass copy which plays pretty well too for the price

I’d also like an LP copy but I’d never get to use it. Need more cymbals first 😉

Mrs Grips bought me the banjo as a random surprise gift once

Now that is the surprise gift of champions – I’m jealous

Although an octave mandolin would do it as well really

I have an Ibanez S470 that I’ve have for probably at least 18 years, a Tanglewood bowl backed acoustic (nice sound, PITA to play ‘cos of the bowl) a Bass whose make escapes me for the moment and an old nylon classical.

I also have an oldish Marshall Valvestate 8280, Boss MT-2, Boss PS-5, Boss CE-2 & a TC Electronics Dark Matter. I also have an old Zoom multi effects pedal, but that doesn’t get used much at all.

The lovely Mrs Feet is getting me a Boss RC-3 for my birthday later this month 😀

I also want a Boss DD-7 and a Les Paul Standard!

Yay! Another thread I can wade into late…

Plumber, I probably have you beat. And I don’t know where all my guitars are either.

I’d say the minimum is:
Acoustic parlour
Acoustic dreadnought or jumbo
Strat
Tele (you can’t tell me that you need a Strat OR a Tele, surely?)
Les Paul or a PRS
Something with P90s – an SG perhaps
A superstrat from the 80s
A bass
A fretless bass
A 12 string
A semi acoustic
Something with a Bigsby
Something you made yourself out of bits
A mandolin or a uke (having both might melt your brain)

I can probably tick all of those a couple of times… 🙂
And at least as many amps.

Chipps – “a” semi acoustic? Seriously? “A”? As in one? There’s a huge amount of variety in semi’s, so almost as much ground to cover as the solid body electrics… I’ve currently got a Fender ’69 Tele Thinline, an Epiphone Riviera (centre block like a 335, but with mini humbuckers and a Frequensator tailpiece), an Epiphone Casino (fully hollow with P90’s) all of which are *very* different guitars. I’ve also got a Rickenbacker 330 and that really is just something completely different, not to mention totally awesome…

Oh, and you fogot to mention a Fender Jazzmaster (or Jaguar) from your list. But it’s got to be a proper one with the correct bridge with the tailpiece in the correct position…

Ive got an Ibanez S series and cant play for shit any more 🙁

In fact I’m going to go and get it out.

Chipps, strat or tele, perhaps one of these do?

Deluxe Plus Telecaster (0089) by Sofaboy TT, on Flickr

10 mins to set it all up and remembers fresh wound on finger tip. Thats my excuse any way. The cats have fled!

Dunno I have 3 and feel like its too many as I tend to just play the same one for a month then change to another one as I feel guilty about not using it! Mind you they are very similar with 2 of them being les pauls (one humbuckered, the other p90’d which is immense by the way) and an SG. Whilst it can be nice to have other sounds I always find myself gravitating back to my original thing, and I don’t really find that singlecoils work for me unless they’re big fat p90s of awesomeness.

May as well post pics!

(the p90s are now back in the tobaccoburst Pearl)

Aria Les Paul style
Ibanez Ex
Aria bass
3 amps

Only got the LP at our house and a practice amp as I have only just picked up a guitar again after 6 or 7 years. I am rubbish tho’.

What I would have liked to own when I played more….

Jackson V
Dean (dimebag darrell style)
Robert Trujillios bass setup from when he was in suicidal tendencies
Fender Precision bass

lack of talent and cash are the problem!!!!!!

Personally, I think certain stringed instruments are best when pretty girls play them: