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Location: Tennessee | I put myself in the 26-50 as most fits. However I do play every guitar at least once every week, including the electrics and the basses. Maybe not for hours but enough to keep the top remembering what it's supporsed to be doing. I have a dedicated music room, but it is there as a place to make music, not store guitars I'm hoarding. But I am out of room. Again. |
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Location: Indiana | My vote goes to the first category but like Beal, it's not completely accurate.
From my first O in the early 70's, they were all destined to be working guitars. Minus the brief stints in the especially hard times, I've spent my life as a working musician.
I've ended up with a few wonderful instruments, special to me at least.
Having said all that, were I a wealthy musician, I could easily fit in the 100 and over category.
Especially since I discovered the OFC.
In the last four months alone I'd have bought the OFC Adamas, 07C, Koa 12 fret, and 08C from Al.
The Long neck that came up a few weeks ago, the Bearclaw 12 string, 97 Parlor, '69 Glen Campbell 12-String...
This place is sick.
I love it. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Hey Bobbo... Construction work is getting scarce... I'm sure there are people who would love to build an addition onto your house... With climate control. :D |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Cat 4 for me...I have to disagree with the SWMBO part though...I never get anything w/o her knowing and aproving (even if it's minimal...)...but I am starting to downsize...however DreamGuitars.com has given me the worst case of GAS ever! |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Barely into Category 3...and holding....for now. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I'm Category 2--and being single, I don't really have anyone to be obeyed or pampered should I ever decide to acquire another. (Of course, there are negatives aspects to that as well as the freedom....) I have as many as I have room for, and am limited more by physical issues (one naggy shoulder) when it comes to adding to the herd.
So, right now, there's
6 Ovations (Gertrude, Jewel, Rosa, Johanna, Jazzey and Ivory)
2 Guilds (Jacqui and Gilda)
1 Steinberger bass (Sugar)
and...a whole headful of wishful thinking.
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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | If it's just things with strings then a solid cat. 4 for me.. but when the peripherals are added in..
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Cc |
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Location: enid, ok | Cat 2. For now. Sure wish the old Gibson hollowbodies weren't so high. |
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Location: Utah | Cat 2, but headed for Cat 1. Someday back to Cat 2. There's just not enough time to play more than a few guitars regularly, and there's no room to display more than about 5 or 6 instruments. I can't see having dozens of guitars sitting in cases and never being enjoyed. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Anyone in cat 3 or over needs a Guitarostomy! :D |
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Location: closely held secret | Cat 2, but just barely. If mandos and ukes count I'm over... |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Strange .... for me the descriptions are frighteningly accurate ... have you been to my house? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | This thread made me think about updating my insurance list. I've got more than I thought. Funny how they sneek up on you. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by BT717:
Anyone in cat 3 or over needs a Guitarostomy! :D Oh great... all I need... another bride... 
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Think about this . . . almost 40% of the responding membership have over 10 guitars. 23% of the members have in excess of 25 guitars. Most of these guitars are Ovations. There are, what, something approaching 7,000 members represented here? Do the math. Somebody needs to present this information to Ovation's or Kaman's board. There just has to be some way we can leverage this data. |
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Location: Michigan | I wasn't even going to vote but had to to see the results. Some of you are, a little obsessed :eek:
When I first came here I only had one, as of tommorow I will be moving from cat 1 to cat 2 as I'm picking up another.
If I can st5ay in this category I think I can stay content.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by birddog:
When I first came here I only had one, as of tommorow I will be moving from cat 1 to cat 2 as I'm picking up another.
If I can stay in this category I think I can stay content. Wally Good money says your current level of contentment will be shortlived and you'll be jumping up a category within six months to a year, or sooner. |
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Location: closely held secret | More like, "If I can stay content, I'll stay in this category". |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Cat 2, for now. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Cat 2 here...have approached Cat 3..but thinned down to those that I play fairly often. SWMBO has not pulled the one in, one out, on me. I guess I am somewhat self regulated in that respect.
TRboy has promised to show me how to play more than one at a time...if that happens, I may have to add a coupla more. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | I voted...SWMBO will go along with anything , as long as I do n`t snore...
Vic
...Maître , allways on the MARK !!, ..Arthur , my MAN !!!...IFFY , why do ya` have to disappoint me , I KNOW !! that ya play them stringed things , All of them...No waist in the USAF..!! ;) |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | I'm admitting nothing :D
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I don't feel right having guitars that I don't play. Now that I have my new classical, I'll be parting with my old one. I'm even thinking about selling my Ibanez hollowbody. I haven't been playing it much, and that guitar deserves to be played every day. Both of my Morgans get played, but in rotation. We play a lot of bluegrass down here at the shop, and after a couple of months I switch them out to keep the tops moving. The only reason I don't sell one of them is that they don't make that model anymore and SOMEDAY they are going to be worth a small fortune. The old Yamaha is the "shop guitar", the one that gets played if someone shows up who forgot to bring their own. My black Legend gets played every morning with coffee. It's still the guitar I write with. And my Deering banjo gets played every day. Saturday was crazy busy in here, and I didn't get to play it all day. When closing time came, I locked the door and sat and played for half an hour before I went home. Wouldn't have been able to sleep if I hadn't! |
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Location: Michigan | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
Originally posted by birddog:
When I first came here I only had one, as of tommorow I will be moving from cat 1 to cat 2 as I'm picking up another.
If I can stay in this category I think I can stay content. Wally Good money says your current level of contentment will be shortlived and you'll be jumping up a category within six months to a year, or sooner.
I doubt it but we will see. If it ever happens it certainly won't be on that time line.
No one in my family that has lots of cash will be checking out anytime soon.
Your 4-10 range leaves lots of leway, I feel they need to be played and played well so right there I know its going past that time line.
Wally |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | Cat 3 for me. All of 'em have been played out and all of 'em get played, though not necessarily out, at least once a month. SWMBO knew about all of 'em - er, eventually. |
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Guitars: where do you fit in?
