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Location: Texas | Including Ovations and others?
Me?:
10 guitars (acoustics and electrics)
3 mandolins
2 ukuleles
1 5 string banjo (thanks Miles) :)
Serge
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Blind Lemon Parker |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Me - 10 + a whole bunch of parts.
Nicky - 4 |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Me - 12 plus one in the mail I'm not suppose to know about.
Tanis - 2
+ 3 really old violins passed down in the family line |
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Location: Colorado | I only have one... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Do they have to be fully assembled to count?
Eight Acoustics, Nine electrics, Three Bass', a 5 String Banjo and a Six string No-Body.
But I can stop anytime... |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | 2 Ovation acoustics
1 wood box no-name acoustic
1 $20 Chinese Les Paul knockoff
2 basses (a week ago I only had one. I got me an early Christmas pressie) |
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Location: Vernon CT | 2 "O"'s, 2 Woodbox, all Acoustic.... |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | 7 and 1/2 O's
(Gertrude, Jewel, Jazzey, Rosita, Princess, Gloria and Diva--and 1/2 of an iDea guitar, which I share with a friend)
1 5-sting bass (Sugar)
2 mandos (Plink and Angel)
1 banjo (Twang, a legacy from the blue-eyed carpenter)
1 fiddle (Shriek, also his)
and...
1 clarinet (which forlornly resides under the bed, untouched)
--Karen |
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Location: Caribou, ME | 46 guitars (electric, acoustic combined, 16 of them Ovation or Applause)
2 electric basses
1 Kay upright bass
1 baritone guitar
1 uke
1 sitar
2 tenor banjos
3 5 string banjos
2 autoharps/zithers
1 lap steel
2 violins
1 viola
2 mandolins
2 cellos
1 Dobro
I think that's it. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | A better question is "What do you really play?" Changes overtime, but lately I seem to be gravitating towards the following
- Guild GSR F30R OM sized
- Takamine 740FS 12 fretter
- Collings Koa Ukulele |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Pretty evenly between the GP-1, GS-III & Tornado...not too much acoustic stuff over the last year. |
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Location: Flahdaw | 4 acoustics
1 electric |
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
A better question is "What do you really play?" The 1113 gets a lot of "playing around" playtime as it's in the basement next to my pc.
When I play concentrated for a longer time it always ends up with the UTE or the FD14. In the past weeks almost only the FUD. Amazing little baby. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Play is pretty evenly divided between the '05, 47RI, Millennium and Strat. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | This week it's the '77 Tele, the '83 Collector prototype, and a '77 1132 Matrix tuned DADGBD. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Oops...I goofed (as if anyone cares)
3 acoustics- all played evenly
1 electric |
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Location: New Hampshire, USA | 2 Acoustics (1 Ovation, 1 Applesauce)
4 electrics (2 Ovation, 2 strat copies)
1 bass (Kawai solid Koa body) |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Too many, but I want more.
6 electrics
8 acoustics
1 resonator
1 lapsteel
1 bass
2 mandos - neither in good working condition
1 viola
2 violins
1 chello
2 ukes
Many years ago I had a banjo. My IQ went up 6 points when I got rid of it.
As for which I play? I have played every one of the guitars in the past month, but I have played my 2 Adamas and the Carvin H2 the most. |
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Location: Michigan | One less than what I want and one more than my wife thinks I should have... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
A better question is "What do you really play?" Sorry to hijack the thread, I just thought how MANY due you actually PLAY was more meaningful. Anybody with a credit card can buy a lot of guitars. My father was a stamp collector, had about 800 stamps. Yet every month it one took ONE to mail the rent money, |
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Location: south east Michigan | My acoustics get rotated quite evenly.
In comparison, the electrics are rather neglected. |
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Location: Utah | 7 total, 4 acoustics and 3 electrics. All get played fairly regularly.
Acoustics:
Adamas 2080
Ovation Patriot
Ovation 6778LX Elite
Yamaha (my first real guitar from 40= years ago, playable but needs a reset)
Electrics:
Hamer Newport Pro
Ovation Viper
Hohner G3t |
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Location: SoCal | How many guitars? For right now, enough. In the future, who knows?
How many do I play? Actually, almost all get rotated thru.... |
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Location: Newington, CT | Roughly 20 (give or take a couple)
The flowers of the collection:
• Adamas 2080 x 2
• OFC II (S/N: 2)
• FD-14
• Adamas MERB
• Adamas 1681-5
• '07C x 2
• Gretsch 6117
• Gitane "D-500"
• '01C
Also:
• Several lower-end Ovations and others, including one Matrix beater/wall-hanger.
• One Agile AS-2000 Les Paul knock-off that I bought for a song, both because it WAS so inexpensive ($199) and because it has a wideneck.
• An Academy wideneck that sounds much better than it should, and is very playable.
• A certified, genuine MWoody with a nice wideneck tuned to Open G.
• Several lower-end electrics for my kids and me to mess around with.
• An Ibanez electric bass
• An Agile AS3000 fretless electric guitar.
• A super-inexpensive left-handed (I'm right-handed -- this is for certain, shall we say, "experiments") Epiphone Les Paul knock-off.
• Two Guitar Hero controllers (do those count?)
• One old Takamine acoustic, of unknown provenance, that got all this started
All either serve or have served an important purpose. They all helped me to figure out what is "the perfect guitar" for me (at least for now).
Playing-wise:
• I gravitate frequently to the OFC II because I think it's written into the state of Connecticut laws that one must play such a fine guitar if one owns one. Or maybe it's an existential-level responsibility. I forget which.
• Then, I play the FD-14 a lot, 'cause it's just bloomin' gorgeous, HUGELY playable, has a spectacular wideneck and sounds like a dream.
• The Gitane for the gypsy jazz sound.
• The '01C, because it's tuned to Open D, and I want to learn what to do with that.
• The MWoody, 'cause it's tuned to Open G, and I want to learn what to do with that.
But, I go through phases, so they all cycle through fairly regularly in any given year. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I like Dave's question of "how many do you really play?"
A while back, when I actually counted my guitars, I decided I just had to many guitars! So I started playing each one to remember why I had each one. I couldn't find one I wanted to get rid of.
There are 2 that I will keep for sentimental reasons and won't play much. But now I really enjoy playing all of my guitars.
This may sound weird but a lot of times I will play something on one guitar, then stop and start playing the same thing on 5 or 6 other guitars. I tend to play things differently on different guitars. When I play the same song on my Adamas, my Country Artist and my Archtop, for example, they have such different sounds and personalities, I usually approach the same song differently.
So I have too many guitars, but at least I'm playing them now! |
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Location: Tennessee | My name is bobbo and I am a guitaroholic. |
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Location: Flahdaw | I keep one of my 3 acoustics nashville tuned and I'll play a song on one guitar, then play it on the nash....get a completely different sound. Sometimes I really like it and consider it a keeper, other times not so much. But it definitely keeps that guitar in the rotation. |
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Location: chicago | Elite R-768x w/Roland gk-2 pickup
Godin multiac w/Roland gk-2 pickup
fender strat w/ Roland gk-2 pickup
Legend ad-11-5
legend 1716
Hernadiz classical
Washburn tanglewood 12 string(been strung at pitch since 1981 and the neck is still ammazing)
applause uke
JS Kansas (my highschool axe)played it for 28 years till I got my first O |
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Location: Derry NH | if you ask my daughter, 1.5 :cool: |
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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | and in the link below, you can see them all......
Oh, no! 2 are still on the journey, thanks AL and Patch!
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Location: Boise, Idaho | 15 Ovations. Nothing else.
I rarely play the 2 electrics, but they're there if I ever get around to learning some lead.
The Matrix stays for sentimental value.
The 12 string rarely gets played, but everone needs a 12.
The Classic doesn't get played, cuz it's on loan to somebody, but everyone needs a nylon string.
The rest get played regularly, with shifting preferences. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | In order of acquisition...
Yeah, I just copied it from the list I keep cuz my brain is mush.
Lyon Pseudo-Strat -- 49th B'day present to myself
Adamas 1681
1778T OP-Pro
6778LX-NEB
Parker P-36
1778T-OF Flame T from TJ
Parker PM20
1612-4 Beater -- bought for parts and found-out it still plays!
Sweetwater T from Slipkid
1114-4 from TJ
Uber-Deacon VXT by Woody
1771LX-CCB
2778LX-5 -- (Listed on d'Bay)
Jay Turser JT Hawk electric 12-String
Academy KA-17
2078T-5 -- Painted it RED 11/11/10
CC54i-PL iDea
BC Rich Nekkid Bich
2778LX-4
Traveler Speedster and Mobile Cube -- inbound ETA 12/20/10
I play the Painted T outside, sometimes the Academy. But that is cuz it's Winter.
During the summer I tried to give everybody their turn on the street corner.
Yeah, there are some that I rarely play... But when I take them out to think about selling them I suddenly get separation anxiety and end-up keeping them. :p |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | There are a number that come and go but these will be staying for the foreseeable future:
Original Series Shiny Bowl: Models #1 thru #8
Electric Storm Series: Tornado, Hurricane, Eclipse
Solid Body Series: Viper & Viper III, Preacher Deluxe 6 & 12 string, Breadwinner 6 & 12 string, UKII
Parlors: ’97 Collectors Narrow & Wide Neck, 5741, PPG3, PG18-X
Other Ovations: FD14; Patriot; Custom Legends 6 & 12 string; MM68 Mandolin
National Single & Tricone Resonators
Various National & Rickenbacker Lap Steels
1950 Fender Dual 8 Pro, Sho Bud Professional, Sho Bud LDG |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by fletcher:
There are a number that come and go but these will be staying for the foreseeable future:
Original Series Shiny Bowl: Models #1 thru #8
Electric Storm Series: Tornado, Hurricane, Eclipse
Solid Body Series: Viper & Viper III, Preacher Deluxe 6 & 12 string, Breadwinner 6 & 12 string, UKII
Parlors: ’97 Collectors Narrow & Wide Neck, 5741, PPG3, PG18-X
Other Ovations: FD14; Patriot; Custom Legends 6 & 12 string; MM68 Mandolin
National Single & Tricone Resonators
Various National & Rickenbacker Lap Steels
1950 Fender Dual 8 Pro, Sho Bud Professional, Sho Bud LDG Wow! |
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Location: closely held secret | Nice well-rounded collection. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | 9, plus an Adamas 12 string coming in via UPS on the 24th. (:
The only non-Ovation/Adamas is my Ukelele ... a Kala cutaway with built in electronics and solid mahogany sides, back and top. |
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Location: closely held secret | I'm with Paul & Bob. I have enough, probably more than I need, and probably fewer than I will have... |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | - 8 Ovations, counting the mandolin
- 3 Fenders
- 2 Gibsons
Lately, I mostly play the '62 Strat, GC Adamas prototype and '68 Josh White.
However, I've recently discovered early, single-cut Gibson Melody Makers. I took a 1961 model as a partial trade on a D-28 I was selling. Simply a killer little vintage guitar for cheap...a po' man's Les Paul Jr! I can hardly put it down.
I liked it so much I now have a 1959 with the wider, hotter pickup on its way in the mail. |
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Location: Newington, CT | I forgot the 1713...got one of those too. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by AlanM:
I forgot the 1713...got one of those too. YOU NEED A UKULELE !!! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | a gross +/- |
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Location: New Thermopylae | One short of too many. |
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Location: Colorado | a few |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Originally posted by AlanM:
I forgot the 1713...got one of those too. YOU NEED A UKULELE !!! |
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Location: California | some.. |
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Location: Jet City | Currently at an even 20. All made here in the good ol' USofA
Electrics:
1 Gibson
1 Mosrite
5 Peavey
6 Ovation
Acoustics:
2 Adamas
5 Ovation
Most get played regularly, except for the Mosrite. It's in a case most the time. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | 25 guitars
4 violins
1 uke
1 balalaika Russian folk 3 string
1 autoharp
2 bayan (Ukrainian and Russian) button accordians
I play each one (sure, I have my favorites)
or: they get sold!!! |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | 11 guitars and 1 bass, all used for specific types of music I write. All ovations played on my cd, but the next cd there will be other guitars used also. |
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Location: Michigan | 11 guitars :D , i hate odd numbers :mad: , im going to get busy working on # 12 :rolleyes: . GWB |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Just sold three so ninety something........
AJ :rolleyes: |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | AJ, are they all Ovations or do you have others too? |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Currently 62 Ovations and 39 others.....plus a couple of wall hangers
AJ |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Four dozen on hand, the following of which are regularly played:
Ovation 1567 (band practice)
Adamas 1881 and Fender Strat Amer Standard (home practice)
Adamas 1187 custom
Tak EF75
Ovation VXT custom
EA6 and EA12 Vipers
Gibson SST
Hamer Monoco III custom and Improv (only occasionally) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | AJ, I'm proud of ya!! |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by AussieJames:
Currently 62 Ovations and 39 others.....plus a couple of wall hangers
AJ Hmmmm...62 + 39 + 2 = ninety-something?
Numbers get smaller once you get south of the equator?
NICE collection, AJ!!! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | MEWP II
CA 1976
Warmoth Tele+
Electric Papoose
I want more, but that's all I can play on a regular basis. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Don't keep track. |
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Location: NW of Philadelphia | Just 10 including 3 O's. |
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So, how many guitars do you own?