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Location: Boise, Idaho | My thoughts fit between Capo Guy and OMA in terms of what you "need". I agree with Dave on what you want. In my case, one 6 string and one 12 wasn't enough to motivate me, but once I started getting into the "too many" area according to SWMBO, I started practicing a lot more. The dweezil method of liking only the multihole, ebony neck, or the "manly" neck method of others would bore me. The other extreme, having one of each, was a bit much, but I still think about it.
I think any player ought to have a 6 and a 12, yes, but also a nylon and a 12 fret wider neck for fingerstyle. Spruce top, cedar and maybe graphite tops would help the variety. I've barely touched the electrics, but there are so many different varieties of sounds from those, that the needs could go on forever if I ever get into playing some of the songs I'd like to on electric guitar.
The hope is that when I get more time away from work I'll still have enough motivation to enjoy playing them all. Every one of the 14 I have sounds excellent and different from each of the others. How could that be too many? |
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Location: Waterloo, IL | I have five, and want just one more (for now). I would like to add a solid-body Ovation to my small herd (when finances will allow).
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | I prefer the multihole ebony fretboard but I have others! Round holes, wide nuts, narrow nuts, walnut fretboards, rosewood fretboards, elecrics, a perspex body, a chrome plated body, one with a whammy bar, a carbon fibre body with spruce top, a 5 string banjo, a 5 string bass, hell even a £3500 Taylor! |
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| How many do you NEED? None if you're a hobbyist and a bunch if you're a pro.
I used to like to have a spare on gigs in case of mishaps, but now I gig so close to home I can run home on breaks if I have to. I hate to carry anything I don't absolutely need. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Consider your chain jerked, dweezil. As well as you play, you should have a wide variety. |
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Location: Seattle | my guitar "problem" now requires a scheduled rotation of play time between my court ordered 12 step program for "G.A.S". |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | you really only need 67, and spares for some of them. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | I have too many... and I don't care!  |
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Location: Houston, Texas | The ideal number of guitars is 20.8, you stay busy for a couple of days restringing all of them then you have the rest of the year to wear out each set of strings, (if you average two and and a half weeks). |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | If you play out a lot, you need at least a few to cover all the bases. DFor instance, I needed a very electric jangly strum over the weekend and took the Strat, with a completely different pedal board. I could probably cover all my needs with five or six guitars. Everything beyond that is just hobby gratification, which I can happily say I try my darndest to satisfy. |
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Pros & cons of multiple guitars?
