How many guitars do you own?

[pes_laul]

4 now

[t_ross33]

8

[MichaelE]

#6 will be here Wednesday or Thursday.

[street music]

At 5 now thanks to Carvin.

[hubberjub***]

Update: 19 not including mandolins, violins, cellos, string bass, or banjos.

[sumitomo]

Just one more,then I'll stop! Sumi

[street music]

hubber? 19- man that is a lot of guitars. Do you shoes to go with each of them?

[hubberjub***]

As long as I can still fit them all in my studio the wife doesn't care. Once they start overflowing into the guest room I might start losing appendages.

[Brian Krashpad]

As long as I can still fit them all in my studio the wife doesn't care. Once they start overflowing into the guest room I might start losing appendages.

That's why most of mine are stored at the office.

[MAXIFUNK]

2 basses 4 Guitars its all in my sig.

[NWBasser]

3 twangy sticks - 1 good acoustic/electric, 1 cruddy acoustic "camp" guitar,
1 electric.

3 boom sticks - two fretted passive 4-bangers, 1 fretless 4-banger.

[sunvalleylaw]

Were the initials, M. F. . .

I have 3, the Joshua acoustic I started with, my strat, and the Fullerton ST-4. There are 3 more in the household. My son has an acoustic and his Fullerton ST-3, and my girl has her Indiana Filly pink acoustic.

I now personally have 4. My Fullerton is gone, sold to Player. It was replaced by my Viking. And I now have the Martin, so now two acoustics. The kids' guitars are the same.

[oldguy]

Does this include guitars we own, but have loaned to friends/family?
And what about guitars we own, but are not playable, but for decoration?

[Brian Krashpad]

Does this include guitars we own, but have loaned to friends/family?
And what about guitars we own, but are not playable, but for decoration?

Not my thread, but I'd say "owned" is "owned"-- if you have legal title to 'em, count 'em. I know I counted guitars and/or basses that have been or are loaned to my kids. Conversely, I didn't count my daughter's bass even though I paid for it-- it was a birthday present and is hers.

As far as playability goes, that seems like a slippery slope too. I have a 1960 Duo-Sonic that's arguably playable, but certainly not gig-worthy, and I counted it.

Fwiw, ymmv.

UPDATE: I went back over the thread (looking to see how out of date my last pic/total was), and in doing so, found that the OP, DVM, effectively answered the "loaner" question as per my above opinion, and went a step further even, stating, regarding kids' guitars:

You can count those, too, IF you play 'em more than your kids do!

See post #25. So there you have the official response from the Original Poster.

[sunvalleylaw]

Hmm, I could say I play my daughter's Indiana Pink Filly more than she does, but I don't.

[Brian Krashpad]

Well, I went back and checked, and even though I updated during 2009 (a couple times, iirc), of course my totals and pics are not current.

So for the upcoming new year, here's the current batch:



I need to take a new acoustics group shot also. Two of my acoustic guitars are in this old photo (which includes a mandolin my dad had loaned me, which I've since returned, but doesn't include my Oscar Schmitt mandolin I bought to replace it):



Not included above, guitar-wise, is the Esteban (yes, THAT Esteban) acoustic-electric I picked up this year in a pawn for a Benjie:



By my count, disincluding mandolin, banjo, and ukelele per DVM's original instructions, I have a total of 28 guitars now (20 electric guitars, 5 electric bass guitars, and 3 acoustics).

Happy New Year!

(in advance)

[Algonquin]

More than I need, but not as many as I'd like.

[Brian Krashpad]

More than I need, but not as many as I'd like.

Oh, don't be a tease. I see 10 in your sig if I'm counting right.

Show and tell!

[Ilovecheapguitars]

I have 4 completely finished and playable, 1 being built and 2 that are complete for now.