What's the "pecking" order of your guitars?

[donlyn]

What's the "pecking" order of your guitars?

Don't have a "pecking" order.

I have a 'heard', not a 'hen party'.



Edit ==> Upon consideration, I tend to play the four guitars that are spruce over rosewood the most. The two laminates ('lam' in signature), especially the EJ-200, are my go-to guitars in times of wicked high humidity. My larger solid wood guitars can sound kind of 'off' or 'wonky', where the laminates tend to have their normal sound.

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[Stonehauler]

Whatever is closest at hand.

Okay, seriously? When I play an acoustic, I play my 25 year old laminate guitar (solid top) far more than I play my Taylor.

Because I want to be considerate to my wife, I tend to play my Sheraton II more than I play my acoustics (combined) I just pick up the Sheraton and play it unplugged. As a semi-hollow, it is loud enough acoustically to for me to practice, noddle, and play, while still keeping it down enough that my wife doesn't keep wincing when I accidentally drag my fingers on the string when moving up/down the fretboard, or when I hit a (not so) occasional sour note.

I am in the process of acquiring a 12 string, so I anticipate my acoustic playing will go up at least short term once that happens.

[standup]

I’m playing my Larrivee 00-40 a lot because I’m trying to work on fingerpicking. My Gibson J50 has a very different sound, so it’s not lower in the hierarchy, just different.

As far as electrics, I’m playing a Gretsch Anniversary a lot because that’s what I’m playing in a band. Otherwise it’s a tossup between a partscaster telecaster and a Reverend Double Agent. Different moods. Those last two.

[Driftless]

Out of about twenty, I can think of five acoustics and four electrics that don't have a pecking order because they're too different. Some I play more often, but it's like choosing a hammer or a saw. They each do a job the others won't do.

[Gchord]

My J-50 is tuned to standard E, my 00-16DB is tuned a semitone down (Eb) and my GS8 is tuned a whole tone down (D). (I have lost some high end in my vocals over the years and there's quite a few songs I like playing with the guitars tuned to D.)

So there's no pecking order, I just pick the one that suits the song I want to play.

[58Taylor12]

I have three 12 string guitars, one's forever, and two could be sold. I have a 2012 Taylor 12 string cedar top jumbo in excellent condition, a 2006 Breedlove made by him before he went back to Taylor that's a 12 string jumbo in mint condition, and a 2005 Takamine EG523SC maple 12 string jumbo. Nothing beats the sustain and richness of the Taylor. Thought about buying a Furch cedar top 6 string to play, but can't decide. Breedlove was an investment at a great price (per the production manager at the plant). The Taylor is a keeper forever, but the Breedlove and Takamine could be sold for rich 12 string with a smooth action in a hardwood. All cases original. FYI, I use the new D'Addario XS light gauge strings in the white packaging on all of them. All are kept in cases with multiple humidifiers and maintained at about 45% humidity.

[H165]

1. 14 fret 25.4 scale on 000-12fret body; Brw, one off, my personal grail
1. 12 fret 25.4 scale on SJ deep body; Brw, one off, for something different
1. Maple J, 25.4 scale, one off (my first build)
1. Guild F-312 1965; the 12 string
1. Harmony H-165, altered (always within reach at home).
1. D-18 (old, but not ancient), for jams.