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06-04-2023, 07:53 AM
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I have three of the exact same guitar, a 00, but no other kind of guitar. I'm much happier this way. I thrive on simplicity
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06-04-2023, 08:25 AM
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I have spent the last 25 years playing fingerstyle, and it has become my primary focus as a guitarist. During that time I have come to the realization that I don't require a collection of guitars to cater to different playing styles like strumming, flatpicking, or hybrid picking. I think investing in one exceptional instrument far outweighs the benefits of having multiple good ones.
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#18
06-04-2023, 08:28 AM
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When I add it all up I've probably spent around $25,000 to get all the instruments I currently own. The most I've spent on any single one is $3,000.
I enjoy my Eastman E2OM-CD which I spent $500 on as much as my Martin HD-28 that I spent $1,850 on. I really love to play my $2,200 '46 Kay bass. My $3,000 custom 10 string carved F4 mandocello sounds like nothing else I've ever played - likewise my custom 10 string Hardanger viola. Then there are the mandolins, resonator, 12 string, archtop.... I would not want to give these and all my other instruments up to have a single $25,000 instrument. I'm sure it would sound and play great but it would not be able to all the things I like to do musically.
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#19
06-04-2023, 08:36 AM
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I enjoy variety.
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06-04-2023, 08:36 AM
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I great acoustic (new 00-28) and 4 electrics.
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06-04-2023, 08:39 AM
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Great question, I think maybe 2 good ones? As someone mentioned, I can slightly tire of a tone, and enjoy playing something different to cleanse the palate so to speak. I play my spruce/hog the most, but I eventually crave that rosewood clarity and really enjoy playing that for a while.
Although, I could definitely handle just one if I had to, heck I could handle only owning a Yamaha FG820 or something if I had to, sound and play great.
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06-04-2023, 08:39 AM
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I would want 2 good guitars. Though 2 great would be better.
I think I already own the 2 good guitars I would want. If I could get down to 2.
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06-04-2023, 09:10 AM
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This!
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And I don’t need MANY, but I do need a few. SO worth the expense when I get to play for active listening audiences and can see them light up. Plus even my mistakes sound better! Good thing, cause I make plenty! Hahahah Three gigging axes. Two for different tunings, when I can take two, and a spare in case one needs the kind attention of my Tech/Luthier Tim Luranc. Plus a smaller axe for playing quieter at home. Thus my three JK Customs and the RT 2 … The rest, like the 12 strings, are for different types of playing. YMMV, etc. Cheers Paul
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06-04-2023, 11:10 AM
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I think I would choose two good guitars, I like tuning variations.... and if I had only one great guitar I might be afraid that it would get damaged, so I might not play it as much... or take it anywhere.
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#27
06-04-2023, 11:18 AM
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Under the perimeters of the question: one really great guitar. ( And remember: the definition of the "good" and the "great" is not set by the OP's question, so I presume it is the quality, not the price. Cost usually correlates with quality, but it is not causation. A new Froggy Bottom may be qualitatively "better" than one that is 25-years old, but what is the price differential? )
And, of course, the OP's question in no way prohibits the obtaining of another "great" guitar, capable of running with the first, sometime in the future. Pretty much all collections of great guitars started with one.
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06-04-2023, 11:21 AM
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There just isn't one single guitar that does everything I want a guitar to do.
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06-04-2023, 12:01 PM
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I have 9 in my house, (wife has one), 4 of which were around $100 or less, or free, and have just sort of accumulated. The other 5 are all quite different from each other; my wife's '61 Gibson J50, Yamaha FG840 spruce over maple, Guild D120 all hog, Alvarez GA, and my latest, Yamaha LL6m. They are all good guitars, though not expensive, and I very much enjoy the fact that I get something a bit different from each of them when I play them.
I am stewing about a rosewood bodied one, but must admit that since I got my LL6m my GAS has subsided down to a level I have not experienced in years...
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