Variety in the guitars you own

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beggar_guitar

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I'm contemplating selling off my Dean (Any offers?) in order to finance a new purchase. There's a Yamaha Tele style guitar I've been GASing over for some time, and posted about at least twice. Link to Specs Specs say it has Duncans, but the silly former owner put in EMGs. Configuration is still the same though.

Of course if I did this that would give me 3 similiar, yet different guitars. A strat, a tele, and something of a Hybrid I suppose.

I see some guys on here have listed their gear and have strat upon strat upon strat, some have One and that's all they need, and we have the guys like Jolly with a massive collection of LPs, or BTMN with all his Deans.

What's the reasoning behind owning several similiar guitars?

I'm also GASing for a semi-hollow as well. So that would be something different for me Tonally.

I guess I'm asking.. Do you see the need in owning mostly similair guitars, or do you like to diversify? And Why?
 
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i like diversity across types ... so i have an SSS strat, a tele, a hard tail HH super strat w/piezo and synth, an HSH trem super strat, and an HH semi hollow .. i still want an LP and a ric-12 and maybe a big ol jazz box

some guys like diversity within a type (e.g LPs with subtle - or not so subtle - differences)
 
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I´m all about the middle ground. I love diversity, especially for tonal selection and a different feel or attitude. But I´ve also learned to stick with what works. As a result practically all of my electric guitars are strats, superstrats and Vs (though I absolutely love Les Pauls and Explorers and regret selling mine), but within those confines there is still a variation in woods, construction method, hardware, scale length, pickups and number of strings. ;)
 
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variety is the justification for my many guitars (I always have an excuse when somebody points to one of my guitars and asks if I NEED that guitar)

1. Gibson B-25 : a mid 60's acoustic which has a natural finish and cherry pickguard; it has a smaller body and a very ringing, resonant tone

2. Crate fat strat : it is decent for an import strat; i need those middle and neck single coils for that hendrix "little wing" tone

3. Epiphone les paul classic quilt top : it's a limited edition in blueburst with black hardware; I'm currently increasing its utility by installing the mustaine duncan active pups

4. Squier jazz bass : in metallic black with a black pearloid pickguard; I needed a bass and love the jazz bass body and neck, plus it just looks perty with the pickguard I installed

5. Ovation acoustic/electric : in wine red strung with elixirs; i needed an acoustic/electric for coffee house gigs since my gibson has no pickup; it also serves as my travel giutar

6. fender 12-string acoustic/electric : in black, who doesn't want a 12-string?

7. Yamaha AES-620: in blue flame
8. Yamaha AES-920: in honeyburst quilt

7 and 8 kind of break my whole variety thing; they're both Les Paul style guitars except the 920 is a higher grade guitar with a real quilt maple cap and african mahagony back and neck; the 620 is a veneer flame maple I'm sure; I'm going to put the '59s and the wiring from the 920 into the 620 and put my duncan custom and duncan 59 neck in the 920; the reason for this is that the 59's that came with the 920 aren't 4-conductor and I want to install a push/pull coil tap for each pickup.. so i guess the variety between my 3 les-paul type guitars is one has active pups (the paula), one has push/pulls (the 920 will have this), and one jus has regular old passive pups with no coil-tapping (the 620).. I'll probably be selling the 620
 
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I Love strats and so I Own 5 of them,but I also own an SG,a LP,and 2 Teles,and a really nice acoustic...The strat is still my number 1 axe and so I keep more of those around..Plus I snag as many really nice lefty strats as I can since they are pretty rare compared to you righty guys!:laugh2:
 
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I just like Les Pauls. They fit me to a T and fit my musical style as well. However, I have other guitars that I like to play when I'm in a different state of musical mind so to speak. I have three hollowbodies/semi hollows (whatever they are) that all sound completely different. I usually play them when I'm in a mellow mood. I'll whip out a P-90 SG Jr when I'm in a gritty musical state....and so on and so on. Anyways, Les Pauls are just me. I have different pickup combos in all or most of them. I get the same feel out of each of the guitars for the most part, but they have a little bit of a different sound to them.
 
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Different guitars are great for different moods and styles. When I play a Strat, I usually go off on neo-classical shred. If I'm playing a hollow body I'll start playing Jazzy stuff, etc.

For the most part I prefer either set neck or neck-thru guitars with short scale necks and a pair of humbuckers. Still, I plan on getting a "traditional" style strat and a hollow body at some point.

Cheers,

CJ
 
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My 3 (soon to be 4) are all very similar except in shape. I clearly go for the look but if they didn't sound or play exactly how I want them I would either get to them do that or sell them. Between them they all sound and play different but they're all great and never let me down when I'm playing them.

I've tried just about every guitar under the sun that has ever struck my fancy and ended up on what I have as the ultimate for me.

I know what I like and can't see spending money on anything less.
 
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people tend to think of Jags, Jazzs, and Mustangs as "all the same guitar", but IMO they're as different between each other as strats and teles are...

The Jag and JM both have a sound where upon listening, you can really pinpoint what they are... Not the most ambiguous sound. The JM has the laid back surf sort of tone, while the Jag has the percussive surfy tone.

The Mustang can be more ambiguous... like a heavier sounding, poppier strat.

When I need to be in a situation where I can cover any base, I'll use the Mustang. When I really want to sound stellar (and don't have to use distortion too much), I use the Jag ;) (though I'm planning on potting the pickups so...)

The feel of all the guitars is different too, the Jag being the easiest to play, so when I want to take it a bit easier I'll pick it up.

I don't see any need for a Strat or Gibson, but I could see myself with a Tele... I just don't see it getting much playing time.
 
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I have about 25 guitars (some on loan) and they range from 40's archtops to Historics, AVI's, and a bunch of US made cheapo 50's and 60's stuff (Silvertones, Supro, Harmony, Kalamazoo, etc). They all get played...
 
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I was perfectly happy with one electric and one acoustic 'til I found this forum. I now have six dual-humbucker guitars, and an assortment of other configurations. They aren't all listed in my sig.

Seymour just makes so many good things to try. ;)
 
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Beggar, I've been wondering this for a few weeks, is that Stone Gossard in your avatar? It looks like him from the early PJ days.

Anyway, I buy most of my guitars for versitility. I like being able to replicate a wide variety of sounds based on a wide variety of artists and tones I like. Among other guitars, I own three Les Pauls but they all have a different tone which is noticeable. One has a classic vintage tone, another has a similar tone but with less high end, more low end and it's a bit hotter. The last guitar is very hot in comparison to either of the first two and more modern sounding.

Variety is good when it comes to guitars.
 
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Nope. It's me.

Innocent_Bystander said:
Beggar, I've been wondering this for a few weeks, is that Stone Gossard in your avatar? It looks like him from the early PJ days.
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Cool responses. I perhaps should have made this a poll.

Personally I don't know what side I would take in this. It's something I'm trying to figure out.
 
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Basics for me. Two historic Les Pauls (one with antiquities, one with p90s), an EJ Strat, a nce Gretsch and a new mahogany slab guitar from Mohawk Valley being built.

I occassionaly try to go off the beaten trail, (Rick 360, and others) but they alwways end up getting sold. I know what I like, and I like what I know.
 
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I own this:

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And this (among others):

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Stratocaster SSS - Pointy Jackson H - Squier '51 HS - PRSfake HH - LesPaul HH

They're all pretty different for me - except the LP and the PRS knockoff...they both suck equally :laugh2:

Not pictured: Squier '51, it didn't exist yet
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i don't own many guitars. but each guitar has a lot of variety in sound- and i find myself going for the same type of sound no matter what guitar i play.
 
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At the moment none of my guitars are the same. Here are the 3 worth mentioning:

Cort Impala (strat style guitar)
Epiphone G400
Epiphone Les Paul

I think I'm still on a search of finding out which guitars are for me which is why I like having different guitars. Only thing I don't have is a Tele...and a shredder guitar...and a PRS...ok, I'm going to stop posting before the GAS bug bites me. :D
 
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Speak variety in my guitars: two axes, two Paulas.

I basically bought the Gibby because the Epi couldn't behave herself jam session with a drummer (@ high volume).

At first, they were just the same to me, playability-wise, with the Gibby sounding better.

After ten years, I am still learning to appreciate each of them (the upgrade to a set of '59 in the Epi helped a lot). And I wouldn't be able to say which one I prefer. Just enjoy both of them...

Even though I am dying for a telecaster nowadays.
 
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beggar_guitar said:
I guess I'm asking.. Do you see the need in owning mostly similair guitars, or do you like to diversify? And Why?
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My reason is due to the variety of songs I play / cover. Can't cover a stratocaster-driven song with a LP with split coils, even if it does sound close. Mainly I'm glad I got a Stratocaster because the Hillsong stuff we play tends to be very Strat-driven. That and I like how much versatility a Strat has. Then I have my LP with the HR combo and push/pull pots for the pickup splitting: gets close, and at least if I only need to play one song in a set of 10 that needs Strat tone, I can compensate on only one song. However, if I'm playing mainly strat stuff and one song is for an LP, I can compensate with tone knobs and a "notch" position on the 5-way. Then I own an acoustic because, well... :D I'll soon buy a classical guitar too.

But I usually need them due to what I play: I need diversity. If I only played metal, I might own a strat for the novelty of it and for variety, but then I'd own several humbucker-equipped guitars. It's just one of those things. My 2 cents....
 
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