Who has had the fewest guitars?

[fuman]

I've had 19 guitars. I've been playing for 41 years. So I guess I am at -22. I still have 6 of the 19.

[CelticDude]

Originally Posted by Brooklyn Bob

If you take number of guitars divided by number of years playing I'm at 0.2777777

Yes, this seems like the correct formula: guitars per year. So for me, 7 guitars over 10 years equals 0.7. Seems like a reasonable way to quantify GAS.

[keith.rogers]

I had probably 25 years where I had one guitar, and it spent probably 20 or more of those years unplayed. Not easy to calculate that sort of thing. But, ignoring that, I came up with (acoustic only) numbers of -39. Add in electrics, it's -32. I have no idea what that means at all, though I know I'm probably at the lower end of whatever kind of distribution there is. (Ex-statistician in me is mildly curious but not enough to actually do anything about it )

[dwasifar]

My wife has had zero guitars. I'm thinking she wins.

[shakejfran]

The longest period I've owned is a Martin D-28, had it for 8 years and counting.

The shortest period I've owned was a Yamaha A3R. I tried the AC3R and I liked it, but for some reason at that time I bought the A3R. At that time I realized that not all all-solid body guitars sound the same and some could sound horrible. It was also very heavy due to its pickup system. I sold it in less than three months I think and decided I should stop wasting money on cheap guitars and get a proper one.

[FrankHS]

Originally Posted by dwasifar

My wife has had zero guitars. I'm thinking she wins.

But your thinking is wrong, if you've read even the first whole page of this thread. I attempted to tie this thing up yesterday by awarding my ersatz "prize,", to FROSTIE, so FROSTIE, please contact me, or I will PM you!! Or else, carry on, folks. I'm done for a while.

[PHJim]

Originally Posted by dwasifar

My wife has had zero guitars. I'm thinking she wins.

But the formula doesn't work for her unless you tell us how long she's been playing.

[PHJim]

Originally Posted by shakejfran

The longest period I've owned is a Martin D-28, had it for 8 years and counting.

The shortest period I've owned was a Yamaha A3R. I tried the AC3R and I liked it, but for some reason at that time I bought the A3R. At that time I realized that not all all-solid body guitars sound the same and some could sound horrible. It was also very heavy due to its pickup system. I sold it in less than three months I think and decided I should stop wasting money on cheap guitars and get a proper one.

The longest period I've owned is a 1962 D-21 which I bought/traded for about 40 years ago.

The shortest period of time I've owned a guitar was less than a week. It was a pre-war OO-21 or O-21. I read an ad in the Buy & Sell paper that said something like, "Pre-war Martin guitar worth $1000. Will sell for $250. Modernly decorated."
I hopped in my car and drove two hours down the 401 to Toronto, all the while wondering what "modernly decorated" meant. When I got to the house, a kid showed me his brother's old Martin with the most beautiful Brazilians back and sides, but with heavy gauge strings which had pulled the replacement bridge off and a front with the ugliest paint job I've ever seen. I told him it would take a fortune to get it playable and I couldn't give him $250. I offered him $50 and he jumped at it. I took it home and stripped the paint off the front and was allowed $200 on a trade to luthier Ed Dick. He fixed it up and it's now owned by a British Columbia folk singer who mailed me a photo of what it looks like now. I mailed her a photo of what it looked like when I got it.

[FoxHound4690]

Originally Posted by FrankHS

Curious about those who may have a low rate over a lifetime. Add up all the guitars you've owned, if possible. (Dont count the quick returns, if any.) Subtract from that number the number of years you've been playing.

What's your non-GAS rating?

SX Dreadnought acoustic that was my very first guitar. got it in 2002 still have it to this day.
Ibanez electric guitar. sold it in 2009.
Casino stratocaster style electric. cheapo that i sold last year.
Redding 512 twelve string. sold it last year also.

My Current guitars I have and never intend to sell:
Maton SRS808C.
2018 Gibson Les paul classic
Fender Stratocaster american pro that i currently have on layaway.

All up, 7 guitars in my life time of playing. been playing since 2002.

[BRVC]

5, including an arch top Silvertone. But I didn’t play guitar for over 40 years.

[wooglins]

Positive 9. Slowed down now. Bought way to many inexpensive and expensive guitars chasing something. Once I got to the 4000 dollar trade value mark I realized rewards were decreasing.

[Mountaine]

Too Brief. My answer is negative sixty seven.

[sleeperservice]

In the 50+ years i been playing I've only had about 10 guitars in all that time,about 8 of them being recent acquisitions,however,being a bassist for 45+ years probably explains why.and could explain the 60+ basses i've owned and still have a wall full of.

[tomopoole]

(1+x)n =1+nx+ n(n−1)x2 2!+n(n−1)(n−2)x3 3!+n(n−1)(n−2)(n−3)x4 =

[TBman]

Hmm.

Not in any particular order

1. Sears Silvertone
2. 12 string Yamaha
3. An archtop of unknown brand
4. Guild D-55
5. Ovation Legend
6. Washburn D-10S
7. Epiphone cutaway a 220 ?
8. Masterbilt Dr-500R
9. Yamaha LJ6
10. Martin D-16GT
11. Larrivee OM-05
12. Gibson J-45
13. Seagull folk
14. Lucero Classical
15. Avalon
16. Cordoba Classical
17. Guild D-120c
18. Republic Resonator

18 - 35 = -17

I've been playing since I was 9 years old so that's 55 years, but I didn't play all those years. The number is probably more like 35 more or less. So its an estimate.