How many guitars is too many for you?

[Rayaus]

I set my limit to 7 guitars :

2 7 stringers (floyd and fixed bridge)
4 6 stringers (3 different tunings and a floating bridge guitar)
1 acoustic

 

[jordanky]

I had sixteen at one time I think (!) and now I'm down to seven. I could have a hundred guitars and still justify it to myself somehow; I'm sure crack addicts have the same train of thought.

 

[Azathoth43]

Someone at work asked me how many guitars I own. I asked "If I said 6 would that seem excessive?" He answered "No". I said in that case, 9.

At least I don't spend my money on drugs.

 

[pink freud]

Someone at work asked me how many guitars I own. I asked "If I said 6 would that seem excessive?" He answered "No". I said in that case, 9.

At least I don't spend my money on drugs.

Really?

 

[Given To Fly]

I'm doing a little bit of thread resurrection here but I have been thinking about the posted question quite a bit lately. I currently have 9 guitars and realized I'm only able to play 4 of them with any consistency. 5 of them just live in there cases most of the time. So for me its 4 guitars:

2 classical guitars
2 electrics: 1 with floating bridge, 1 hard tail or blocked bridge.

 

[MWC262]

I'm with Steve Vai, you can never have enough guitars. But I find myself to not have enough space like he does with my guitars.. I've slimmed down from 11 guitars to 6. I just feel like I can't connect with the guitars anymore, plus not having space for them doesn't help.

 

[mcd]

Just went from 13 down to 4 recently, but i have room for another one just cause all my guitar needs aren't met. I'm sure it will go back up slowly though

 

[Sephael]

I think too many is when you have to stack them like cord wood instead of being able to give them a proper home. For some this would put the limit at 2, for others 2 dozen doesn't come close. I'm up to seven and there are so many more I want. Some to fill a niche and some to collect because guitars are playable art IMHO. And not just guitars mind you, I plan to add a violin or two, a couple basses, mandolin, banjo, etc.


A 1500+ guitar collection to rival Jimmy Page maybe a tad excessive though, but only maybe.

 

[MFB]

I could see myself having as little as two guitars, maybe three. All seven strings with tunings in B, Bb, and A standard. Thats the lowest I'd ever need to go and most of the time Id just be using them in their 6 string standard tuning with a few tunings using that 7th like Mastodon or practicing Amon Amarth.

At the moment, I have 4 but one of which I'm trying to sell; I have the Jackson as my go to, my Kramer in D, and my Strat will be fretless in maybe Open C or B standard to be really crazy.

 

[MikeH]

No amount of guitars is too many, if you play them. For me, I have a gigantic list of guitars that I want simply because I think they're cool. They could be the same exact guitar in different colors and I still want them simply for the novelty.

 

[SymmetricScars]

For me, 2 sevens, an acoustic, and a bass is all I really want or need. Anymore than that and I just don't think they'd get the playtime they deserve.

 

[Dooky]

I'd feel bad if I had more than the 8 I currently have, because then there would be a couple that I would rarely play; as it's a struggle to make use of the 8 that I have now.
It's just plain wrong if you have guitar sitting around collecting dust. It's guitar cruelty! You gotta be able to give them all plenty o' love and attention.

 

[Stealthtastic]

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Thats my limit, fortunately I'm a few short, so I have room for more.

 

[dgs]

The only limit for me is money. If I were wealthy there is no telling how many guitars, I would own (among other things like: Keyboards, drum machines, mixers, amps, mics, multitrack recorders, etc).

 

[bob123]

437.

 

[Fiction]

I want 8 guitars, but i'm not limiting myself to that.

The only thing I know is however many you have right now, it's not enough.

 

[Stemp Fester]

How many is too many...

...does not compute.

 

[AscendingMatt]

i used to have 7

2-6's
1-7
1-8
2-acoustics
1-bass


but i sold on of the acoustics and a six to pay for a custom im having built

 

[teamSKDM]

Also, depends on if you like locking trems, having different guitars set up for different tunings if they all have locking trems.

 

[Given To Fly]

Thats true, floating tremolos really make a difference. If you need a floating bridge and like to play in different tunings, then you basically need 1 guitar for each tuning. Unless you are a wizard at quick setups!