I was at a new years eve party a few weeks ago and somebody asked me how many guitars I own. I had the sit down for 5 minutes and seriously count them out in my head lol.
10 as it turns out. 4 electrics, 4 basses and 2 acoustics. I didn't count the ukelele, the 2 cgbs and the 2 builds underway. One day I might have them all in one place.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
Here's a pic of my most recent guitar acquisition, it's a Gibson USA Les Paul Studio with a Vintage Sunburst finish and coil-tapping on both pickup volumes, you pull the knobs up to coil-tap each pickup, reconfiguring them as single-coils:
Yeah true that, I've still got an Epi LP Standard, Epi Flying V, Yamaha Bass and a Samick Dreadnought sitting at me Mums in New Zealand. I'll grab em' one day:POriginally Posted by pablopepper
haha looks like there's not too many forumites that don't have GAS. Most builders will have at least 2 or 3 axes. I'm at the severe end of the GAS scale and don't even know how many axes I got. Off the top of my head got 1 acoustic bass, 4 electric basses, 1 acoustic guitar, about 12 CBG's, 2 lap steel guitars, and a rough guess close to 40 electric guitars. Plus about 7 builds on the go. There must be a new name for this level of GAS !
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Due to space limitations and a rather foolish agreement I made with my wife, I have had my GAS capped. If I want a new guitar I have to sell one. So I find myself looking for loopholes (eg: a mandolin wouldn't be a guitar and I'm considering updating my lapsteel after finishing the bass and the other kit that is coming later in the year...)
Current:
GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
Excellent, nice work, you win!! Do you mind if next time I'm asked why I need so many/more guitars I refer the asker to you?
This can be explained mathematically.
X=y+1
X is the perfect number of guitars and y is the number of guitars you currently own.
Last edited by pablopepper; 13-01-2015 at 09:32 AM.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
no worries Metalhead, I'll be happy to explain to your other half why you need more guitars !
Yeah Pablo thats the equation alright, mine is more like X = y + 5 !
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
And then there is BAS, which i have a chronic case of.....
Last count there were 12... Or was it 15?
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
that's not a chronic case DB, you give too many of your axes away, if you kept all the ones you built that would be chronic !
7 posts off 2K mate !
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
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