Multiples of the same style guitar

[TBman]

I have 4 dreads, but one is an all hog Guild D-120 cutaway, one is an inexpensive Washburn that I almost never play, one is a D-55 that I retired from playing and the last one is my Martin D-16gt. I play the Martin less than the D-120. Their tone and feel are quite different even though they share the label "dreadnaught." My other guitars are a slope dread, again, totally different than the other dreads and the rest of my guitars are unique body styles that I don't have duplicates of.

Guitars can have the same body style and share the same woods, but still be vastly different, especially if they are from different builders.

[BrunoBlack]

Sure do, different brands & different woods.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by Haasome

Sure do, different brands & different woods.

+1. That way they all bring a little something different.

I have a couple Taylor GAs but different series (300 and BTO) and different woods. They both sound like a Taylor and both sound very different.

My 5 are different:



Do what you like!

[tadol]

Originally Posted by jklotz

I've currently got 3 OM/000's in my stable. Simple logic would dictate that I really don't need 3 of the same style guitar.

Well - your first mistake is to assume simple logic has anything to do with this - if it did, there wouldn’t be forums like this -

Over a dozen years, I’ve ended up with maybe 10(?) model Fs from Santa Cruz - all but one used. There are one or two that are pretty close to being duplicates, but there are enough differences between the rest that I don’t have a problem hanging onto them. 2 are 12 strings (1 maple, 1 walnut) 3 have carved backs (maple/cedar, maple/sitka, granadillo/redwood), 1 koa/koa, 3 “beaters” I gig with (koa, maple, eir) and another maple w/o cutaway - that one I could probably sell since it doesn’t come out often, but I doubt anyone would pay me what I feel its worth, or even what I paid for it. And actually, thats probably true about all of them - someday, I’ll have to deal with it all. But not right now -

I guess thats as close to simple logic as I get -

[Skip Ellis]

I have a Martin 000-18 and a Brook Torridge - both mahogany with (supposedly), Sitka tops although the Brook is darker). The Brook is slightly smaller - closer to a 00, I guess. The Martin is more 'in your face' and is used for Chet/Merle/Piedmont/ragtime stuff and the Brook has a more refined voice suitable more for Celtic/folk/classical things. Started out in 1960 with a '36 0-17 and just never got away from mahogany. I think I've only had two rosewood guitars in 60 years and both got traded/sold quickly.

[jpd]

Originally Posted by jklotz

I've currently got 3 OM/000's in my stable. Simple logic would dictate that I really don't need 3 of the same style guitar. So it got me thinking. Do you guys have multiples of the same guitar with slight differences, or do you choose others for different body shapes/scale, etc?

I tend to collect L-00's with different tone woods.

[lodi_55]

I have similar nylon Taylor for gigging, but I see this as a good backup plan.

I do love Carmel Guitar Co OMs, but I'm not sure why I bought two. I might end up selling one as that redundancy doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[MrDB]

I've had a 000-28 for several years. My dream guitar has always been a 000-42 which was out of my budget. I saved my nickels for a long time and bought myself a 000-42 as a retirement gift to myself.

So I have a 000-28 and a 000-42. Nearly identical 000's although the 42 sounds better. One of these days I'll probably sell the 28 as it's now redundant.

[brencat]

I used to have more variety. As I get older, there is a certain sound I want to hear all the time, so my guitars are consolidating around that Martin vintage voicing.

I have 3 dreads and 2 smaller bodies, but the woods are similar.

1 Sitka/EIR, 2 Adi/EIR, and 2 Adi/Hog.

[jrb715]

Two OMs, same maker but one EIR/German the other mahogany/adi. They sound very different. Love them both.

[Oldguy64]

Originally Posted by jklotz

I've currently got 3 OM/000's in my stable. Simple logic would dictate that I really don't need 3 of the same style guitar. So it got me thinking. Do you guys have multiples of the same guitar with slight differences, or do you choose others for different body shapes/scale, etc?

As you can see from my sig, I have a dozen guitars.
Half of them are dreads.
Half of those are spruce over Rosewood.
All three of my jumbos are spruce over maple, but only one is a six string.

Yes, they all sound a bit, or extremely different.
My Takamine 12 sounds very different from my Guild 12.

I didn’t so much care about differences on all of them.
A lot of my time is spent on “rescuing” guitars.
Even among guitars that I didn’t think needed rescuing. 🤷🏾

[Kh1967]

I tend to favor variations on the same theme to wide tonal variety. So, yes...I have multiples of the 'same'.

[Birchtop]

Originally Posted by jklotz

I've currently got 3 OM/000's in my stable. Simple logic would dictate that I really don't need 3 of the same style guitar. So it got me thinking. Do you guys have multiples of the same guitar with slight differences, or do you choose others for different body shapes/scale, etc?

I basically have multiples of the same guitars. Especially when it comes to electrics. Gibson SGs and Fender Strats. Seems I can’t get enough

Don’t have as many acoustics at one time. I’ve owned and played a variety of them over the years, but there’s also many I haven’t tried yet. I like the Dreadnought and 000 class for the most part, and I can see myself owning multiple of each.

[Kerbie]

I've owned three Collings 0s simultaneously in the past, although right now, I'm down to two. Each represented different wood combinations. Buy what you like.