lol...too funny!

you and me both

Truer words were never spoken...

Son of Nun gb

LOL

Great story thanks for sharing. 🙏❤️

See Ray Charles in Blues Brothers movie playing the electric piano that Murphy Dunne says “has no action”.

I've got some redpill videos you need to watch bro

No. If you are a working musician, you need a minimum of two. You need a backup if something happens. Break a string onstage? Just grab the other one.

100% true about the “other guitars”. Lol It’s fun to have a variety. But there’s always one that’s your real go to.

Correct.

he's got more than one Red Special...and he owns a pretty collection at home....we're all sick, we never have enuff of that evil thing called guitar

I think an even better example in Willie Nelson with at well worn classical guitar.

this one was the most obvious example! i missed it too

@@thispal1438 most of his collection are replicas of his Red Special. Prototypes of the mass produced lines, his two Fryers as his backups, and then other replicas like his Badger with the f-hole. And then he has his acoustics and the black telecaster he played Crazy Little Thing Called Love with on tour... but beyond that? He once said Queen’s drummer Roger Taylor has a more unique/bigger/rarer collection of guitars!

Except that he doesn't play it so much in the studio, most of Queen was Telecasters apparently

Glad to help Brandon. Watch the “shopping” video for a booster shot. :)

brandonwrightmusic facts

ha ha GA

exactly. people constantly shopping for gear vs people spending the time practicing.

Oops ....that's why I have 20 guitars and can't play better than I do 😖

unless you're shopping in the store

A French Philosopher wrote a long time ago that 'the more books people own, the less they read' … The same concept.

Shopping for guitars is up there with truly great ways to spend your time - you do get to play them after all.

This is me as well. I like well made, pleasing instruments, that I enjoy playing. When I was younger I had to economize. Now I play what I want.

Well said 👍

The red '94 Squier Bullet Strat I bought this summer bested (after new electronics, tuners and bridge) the '98 MIA Strat I bought new. I sold the MIA within two weeks.

IMSLP ftw :)

Squiers are under-rated. I had a friend in college who paid $200 for a squire strat and it was surprisingly playable for the money.

The Squier® Bullet® Strat® is a fair guitar for the price. I've owned one for about 8 years. It's a great platform for cheap and free modifications. I recommend a great set of strings. Personally I use Ernie Ball Super Slinkies (Pink pack 9-42) I also recommend sanding down the outside fret edges, setting up correct intonation, and maybe a pickup upgrade. Overkill options include: a brass or bone nut, locking tuners, Floyd Rose tremolo, push pull potentiometers, and a complete rewiring job using specific treble bleed capacitors of your choice.

Still have my 89' squire bullet in red it now lives in my son's room.

Mission accomplished!

Hey you too! I thought I was the only one! :) . For me it's always the last one I seen that moved me. Honestly, when it comes to guitars it doesn't take much to move me. Lol

I have four guitars and two bass guitars... 50% of each group are essential ones. Perhaps I could stop in six guitars if I had a thinline Tele and a Charvel San Dimas... and one Precision bass.

Questfortruth....I have 5 and I'm the same way lol! 👍

The wife disagree🤪joke

yeah me too. 90% of the time I am playing a Jackson USA Rhoads. I've got a bunch in the closet and I am really starting to think about selling a bunch off. Not too interested in collecting guitars anymore, BUT I am spending hours and hours re-learning songs and writing my own songs. It's a phase that everyone goes through.

neh I'll get a new tele custom shop to play smoke on the water

Well said! I can and do play anything, even 'shaffordable' guitars with wonky frets and crappy electronics have a character of their own through a good quality amplifier. Nothing beats the feeling when you first, truly, play a guitar to the extent you become lost in the music. It took me many years to realise that I am the source of the magic, not the piece of wood the transducers are screwed too. I wish more people stopped searching for inspiration in new guitars and took a chance on addressing their own limitations. Do you remember the first time you played in a live mix? Suddenly the lettering on the headstock of whatever guitar was strapped to your body didn't matter at all..

I don't have the patience or attention for more learning so I just continue to consume luthiered craftsmanship and boxes of electronics in hopes that one day I'll sound ok. ;) Instead of van Gogh or Rubens I have works by Fender and Gibson on my walls.

Yeah, and I heard tone is in the fingers, too.

I agree with you. Except, you also need an acoustic. Bare minimum is a Telecaster and an acoustic. Telecasters can give you close to the sound of both the Strat and the LP.

@@juliengoguen17 I was never into acoustics. I had an expensive Takamine in the 90s but sold it around 2006. If I was buying another I’d buy an Ovation Celebrity. Like the electro acoustic sound.

I'm pretty sure that I could get away with a standard Tele... and a Tele with humbuckers... and a Tele with P90s... and a Tele with Filtertrons. Yeah, that's all I need.

@@juliengoguen17 I feel the need... for a steel string acoustic, a classical, a resonator... maybe a tenor. Oh yeah, multiple steel strings for different tunings. And lastly, one strung for Nashville tuning.

Brian may prolly has the worst sounding guitar in rock history

That’s cool but I prefer keeping it simple like the Bauhaus-‘less is more’ Herr van Der Roger.

I'm with you 100%. Lived much of my guitar playing years with a single guitar, because that's all I could afford. Now that I'm older, there are few things I enjoy spending money on more than gear!!

@longrider I don't even want to think about all the amps and speaker cabs, microphones, pedals, loopers ............. My boys are all budding musicians, just starting a Rock & Roll band. I'll give them my equipment when they are ready (If they need to play Giant's Stadium ROTF )

I have GAS too, .. guitar acquisition syndrome. 13 electrics now, very nice ones!

I AM SO GLAD TO KNOW I'M NOT ALONE!!!

Meeeee toooo hahaha

I think it could be a les Paul strat or Tele. Just one of the classics.

The third one should be a cigar box guitar universal instrument really

Why would anyone need a Strat? Horrible thin sounding things that need humbuckers and / or mid boosts to rock out. PS My tone may be trolly, but my point isn't. For me the most overrated electric guitar ever.

topperdoggle So you say that Hendrix, Gilmour, SR Vaughan, Clapton and many other great guitarists dont know jack shit about guitar?? GREAT

But dont sell 28 other guitars. No one force you to stop buying. Keep buying and still playing regularly at the same time. It is best of both world. Hahahahha. I will collect enough guitar to fill my multi-floor house until I die. And I still love to play guitar every day. Nothing wrong with own many guitars, even if you dont play all guitars. There is only ONE reason to stop buying: "Your financial status is bad, you need to keep your family happy first, then your inner happiness second".

Buy an expensive older tube amplifier. Its there.

That's just an excuse to buy cool stuff. I know, I've had that conversation a whole lot with myself over the years. If you're searching for that tone by buying a bunch of guitars, you're either not shopping correctly, or it's simply not in the guitar. Find the guitar the feels natural in your hands, and you're halfway there.

Ime guilty as charged,badly addicted since the late70s

Build a 5e3 clone and mod it.

@@buckjofiden4804 It's not enough. 😅

"When we are watching youtube about guitars, we aren't playing guitars". I know my enslaving dragon...

@@loopie007 No. not true. While watching about guitars, i dinged my favorite ( nearly new one) on its own case latch (revenge of the envious guitar case...) i blindly put it down

actually while watching this video, I absent-mindedly strapped on my strat lol

If I played as much as shop, I would be the best guitarist on the planet!

Yes when we're shopping for guitars we aren't playing them but it means that we're still thinking about them. Looking is just a very short break from playing! which is healthy!

jasfiona YES!

jasfiona , absolutely!!!

Even brian may has about 4 versions of the red special

​@@bensteward8937 Only for live performances, if a string breaks.

@@bwebb90 Actually, he plays the copies and only breaks out the original if a string breaks. Plus the copies have slightly different setups for different songs. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLCPgsSevZO0cWw.html

a bit of a late reply here, I gigged for seven years with a usa strat moded out with a symour duncan JB in the bridge, normal strat sigle coil in the middle, P90 in the neck. never needed to change guitars unless a string broke, which was rare.

Seriously. I love the HSS setup. I more or less need a humbucker in the bridge position for metal, but I prefer single coils in the other two positions. Throw in a coil split on the humbucker, and you're left with a total genre-hopping instrument.

Exactly! We even hang them from the walls too! And unlike paintings, you can grab one and make your own art with it.

I have to say AMEN to that.

Or: Guitars are tools and you have to make art with it. In that sense one can be plenty enough. That's more like my idea of it. (Even though I have three and I do hang them on the wall. :)

all two of them,you mean ?

Good to hear you've found your "happy" to keep you going. Rock on John from England - from down under in Australia 😎

Awww. I feel for you. Pleased the guitars keep you company - if you’re a guitarist then there’s nothing like a guitar to give you many happy playing hours.

I have 52 and hope to be a kick ass guy like u if i can make it.

Foster, honey. You'll have another dog before ya know it. nothing like playing drums or whatever with a dog sitting inside the kit. :)

Thanks "X"! This was a pretty early video and I've done more stuff on this subject. To be honest it's a road I'd been down only to realize that fewer guitars and more time on each is where I am happiest. I'd searched this subject myself and felt that the message was lacking. Seems 350K folks have wondered the same thing in one form or another. See my recent video "When to buy and when to sell gear" for a more recent ramble on a similar subject. Thanks for watching. Keith

So much so, that while playing live he only swaps guitar if necessary (such as needing an acoustic or a different tuning). If a string breaks he uses a back up (all his backups and tuning guitars are copies of his red special btw) and his tech changes the string and he gets it back right away. He always uses the one guitar.

I couldn't believe that a whole video about single guitar players went by without Brian May being mentioned.

I saw a Hofner Violin Bass at Harry Landis Music at Bankstown , a suburb of Sydney Australia. Must have been 1968 I guess, get ready for the price,...$65. I was just a kid in my teens so I couldn't afford it but my mate Richard had the money and he bought it before he went home to England. He better still have it or I'll be cross with him if I ever see him again. I really miss him and his family they were kind to me.

And his 4001 bass

Ps: It’s in my living room

@@derkaholic is it comfortable to sit with? I'm only getting one bass in this lifetime and have that one in my sights.

Don't forget he played a Rickenbacker

@ridho best comment!!!

Amazing

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ROFL 😂😂😂💀💀💀

I Think just like you. I have lots of guitars and I play, but I can´t even call myself a musician.

I have 60 and consider myself just beginning. Some of my friends have collections that dwarf mine

@@caverna1969 I own 9 stringed instruments, all different sizes, shapes and sounds. I play for me, I hang them on the wall because they are beautiful to me, and it encourages me to grab one and play everyday.

I know I have a thing where I feel I have to justify having wanted a piece of gear, even if I bought it with my own money and had the money to buy it for myself. My circumstances were my circumstances, but I'm willing to bet I'm not the only person who feels this way

I've sold guitars that I wasn't playing feeling the same anxiety. It's like they were mocking me for not using them. I've always regretted it and wish I still had them 😂

I had that problem so I sold most of them. I loved all of them. I like the idea of just focusing on playing one or two and getting to know them inside out.

Excess is its own form of poverty, strange as it sounds. I get it. I really do. I recall my early days of playing when I couldn't afford one of my own and learned on borrowed instruments. When I got my 1st, a Rickenbacker 4001 bass, I was so totally in tune with it. I foolishly sold it when I was broke and desperate years later and have had a succession of basses & guitars since. I believe we value each instrument a bit less the deeper we get into 'instrument acquisition syndrome'. Better to love a soul mate than to have a harem.

Brian has at least a dozen replica's of his main guitar. There is avid somewhere that his tech did.

Frank B aye I might have seen that also. I think he got part of the wood from an old mantel or something.

yeh ...but he STILL owns , teles , strats, etc etc ....he may only play the red special mainly ...but for those times you want different well .....you cant get all those sounds from his red special .

Well yeah, but although he is a great guitarist, i don't like the tone and sound, its a bit scratchy for me, i don't like shredders for the same reason, always squealing with no feeling, but that is just my opinion

Jason Bogikes Probably because Brian May actually owns a few dozen Red Specials. You can see the photos of him sitting around in a room full of them if you search google hard enough. He also used to tour with a few black telecasters along with it through the 80s as well. The players he mentioned here, such as Clapton and Page, truly only had the one instrument for large periods of their professional life. We like to think that the instruments themselves were SO amazing and unique, that that’s what made them special. The older I get, the more I get the feeling that these guys simply bonded with one instrument so hard, and learned its idiosyncrasies so well, that when they would play a different guitar, it just felt like a stranger to them. Let’s not forget that many of the iconic guitars we salivate over, actually came to these players from other players who rejected them to begin with. SRVs number one was traded in as a reject from aother player, at the store where Stevie later found it. The Page ‘59 Les Paul, came from Joe Walsh. Joe had it refinished and had the neck sanded to make it slimmer. After that, Joe did not like the feel of it anymore, and he vigorously pushed Page to buy it off of him. Now that guitar is simply synonymous with the sound of Led Zeppelin to this day. I think once you have put in the time, you learn the limits of what that individual instrument can do. It becomes part of your voice. Second nature. And then when you play another seemingly identical instrument from the same brand, it just does not respond in the familiar way you expect it to. That’s what tricks your mind into thinking the first one was more special. Instead of realizing that the work you put in with it, is what made it feel like so. I think that’s what really happens.

I got all the guitars you mentioned and then some!

BC rich daymn , they are so rare these days

Huh, I have that exact same guitar!

Sounds like my first guitar... I've got a couple others, but nothing sounds like that 23 year old, beat up nylon string.

Welcome to five watt world!

Especially if it's a Les Paul.

Two of each kind, like on Noah’s Ark so that they become fruitful and multiply.

I didn’t think of that. Thanks.

This video seriously misses the most important fact: you can get robbed anytime. Fellow Mexican musicians would agree... You need at the most absolutely minimum 2 electric guitars, and if you're a cafe guitar player, you need two acoustics. It's common sense. And on top of that, you could break a string, or the electronics could fail and you're screwed.

I literally read a post about a musician being robbed once every few months

Thanks Victor

​@kevindlinc What is a heavy metal guitar? If YOU are heavy metal, then I think you can show up with a Gretsch White Falcon and still blow them away. (Having said that, I do own several guitars myself - but then again, I'm not a very good guitar player ;) )

You need at least two if you're playing gigs. Even only occasional gigs. You gotta have a back up. No one wants to watch you change a broken string of diagnose an issue and attempt to fix it. Something will go wrong with your guitar at some point. Even if you don't play gigs you should have a backup. If you have to take a guitar in for maintenance, it's likely going to be at least a few days for even the most minor thing. That's a few days without playing if you don't have a backup.

@@devilsguitaristmusic You beat me to it. You need two minimum.

@@devilsguitaristmusic YOu are right. And because I am too careful of those circumstance, I had to buy 12 guitars in case 11 other guitars of mine have problem. And I am worrying about my 12th guitar already. Hahaha

Jedi One well said

Exactly. A pro needs several guitars!

@@JacobPetersenPage I'm pro and have one.

well it depends on the gig...would it surprise you that many of them do just fine with one ( their main go to axe)...if you're a session player on many different types of session of course then you will need a lot of different guitars but only in that case

The only thing I can add is if you're a "player" you can use 5, but you have to admit how many, "seriously" do you need to be content? Including a bass, and a mandolin? I have no respect for collectors.

Pat Metheny retired his ES-175 because its falling apart but he doesn't trust anyone to work on it. After the years he'd bonded with it, I can't blame him.

Willie uses several guitars.

Ha! That's the spirit. Just doin' your part right? I like that. Hope I don't need to use it (and can stay on the buying wagon myself.)

Grim Jeepr Word

You're quite right... They won't buy themselves!!

I dig it.

An upside to getting older

Agreed.

I'm never going to live long enough!

143 guitars, got it

Yeah I have my Dobro tuned to Open G.

Forgot DADDAD

No, you need AT LEAST 2 guitars per tuning!

@My Trash Don't Forget Led Zep. The Rain Song DGCGCD

I'm the same , one for each tuning. But we can't forget LED ZEPP RAIN SONG DGCGCD And don't forget when you change your tuning all the time especially tuning that are higher to a lower and a Wide Range of Keys in between Each ends of the Spectrum like Nashville Tuning From the Highest Note to the lowest note in Nashville tuning . Some even use different string for Nashville Tuning to get a better slide sound like a lap steel. Those strings are like the thin string on the twelve string, Those are the strings some people use for Nashville Tuning. You can't de- tune those enough to get a Proper Low C. change causes Different Stresses on your guitar. Especially from a Low C to Nashville tuning and keeping it in those tuning for a while and see how good it keeps tune with the big difference in the stresses on the neck. Yes People can do it with one or two guitars. But we'll see how they feel after a while. Switching up between 5-6 different tuning and tell me after a long period of time. God All the Pro's have at least 3-6 Guitars for live work. Especially breaking a string live. Watch gonna Do Son? It takes a toll on a guitar switching up like that. Plus Time on stage . You really want to be de-tuning after every song. Not me. I want to be handed a guitar in perfect tune and one that will stay in that tune because the stresses isn't fucked with after every song change . There are Pro's And Cons of it. God even Brian May keeps at least 5-6 different guitars. and he never changes one unless for a different tuning or string break. Less Hassle More Guitars. More Hassles and the embarrassment of having to tune replace and tune up a new set of strings live on stage in from of thousands of people for one guitar. You Pick!

Have you ever played a Japanese Tokai tele? Those are excellent.

Update. The 1975 LP deluxe, and the 1973 lp deluxe are now gone. Just the 75 and 77 telecasters now. The 24 3/4 scale felt short after all the tele playing.

Update. The 1975 telecaster has been sold. Only the blonde 77 telecaster is here.

How many you need is tied to how many make you happy

I only keep one guitar in its case, my martin 12 string, and you are correct, i play it the least while its my favorite! I hang the rest on the wall and pick them up daily.

Not if you are a working musician. Things go wrong, strings breaks etc. Two minimum.

funny!

I love my telecaster and don't need or want anymore, actually going to sell my sg for some pedals and I'll be happy.

Nailed it !

Right on brother! The most basic yet most versatile guitar on the planet. God bless Leo Fender and the Telecaster!

I dont like em. Im like: no humbucker for bridge pickup..??

are you rich

Yeah, when they ask you about your number of guitars, do exactly what you posted here. Just fill in the blank with a disease that a guitar won't giver you: " Guitars cost less and they will never give you _______________________."

You’ve got about the same as my local guitar shop ...

Tell me where I can buy a guitar for the cost of a pk of cigs??? Then again, now that I think about it, I bought my first used no-name acoustic in 1964 for $15. It was a piece of shit. I got rid of it and bought a brand new Harmony H56 w/vibrato for an extra $135. Hey! and WOW! $15 is what a pk of cigs cost in New York today. What a strange coincidence!

Eugene Horhut I think he meant in the long run, consistently buying cigs can pile up large amounts of money

Michael Brook Shovel guitar or cigar box and I’m working on turning my old skateboard into a lap steel guitar

JellyrollHorton yeah!

THX

I've never understood the "My LP is too heavy" school of thought. I have a LP that weights 10 lb and when I strap it on I don't even notice it weighs 40% more than any Tele I own. Unless your sick or have no muscle mass whatsoever, 5 lb shouldn't matter a bit.

@@MetalGuru965 Having a les paul that weights 10 lbs for years before i had any other guitar, I get your point of view, i used to think the same, but after i bought several other way lighter guitars, they are more comfortable in every way... and i imagine if you are a gigging musician (which I am not) those sort of things matter a bit more... just my 2 cents. I still love and play my Les Paul but i get it when people want lighter guitars even if they don't have any physical impediment.

Greg hey brother it’s all part of the fun IF you can afford it. I know what you mean. We’re all finding our way in different ways... best is to enjoy! 👍

@@johnbennett3714 Agree completely John. There was a time not long ago when I could afford it, and enjoyed every aspect of the buy, sell, buy up, sell, buy even more up, etc. But times a bit harder now, so I mostly just dream of a new Strat, or maybe someday a LP Jr TV Yellow. I'm sure I'll be Johnny Thunders then!

So very well said. Each of my guitars allows me to express what's inside of me the best possible way. Playing each one is like a conversation with an old friend. Sometimes they have alot to say and sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get something out of them.

Yes, you need at least one decent steel strung acoustic guitar and at least one electric to get started. However, you definitely get different tones out of different pickups and hollow bodies from solids, so for me I have a 330, an acoustic and an Epiphone Emperor.

@@nickjimenez6138 Totally agree with you re. David Davol, and may I say Nick, your comment also...."So very well said".

Thanks Evan, I currently have 5 guitars. 2 acoustics and 3 electrics. Dreadnaught and Jumbo, and SG copy, Strat, and the latest addition a Squire Jazzmaster. I love them all for different reasons but have made the greatest connection with the Jazzmaster. The least amount of time played on yet I feel connected to it somehow. The action is perfect and the sound is great. Considering how inexpensive it was and that it has no name pups in it I'm amazed at the playability and ease with which I can think the sound in my head and it seems to come from the amp. My playing has taken on a new dimension, more aggressive and confident. I think I'm falling in love with the my new axe, but don't tell my wife. The body was painted a sparkling silver and it has the reverse headstock. I plan on changing the pups and putting a new trem system but I love playing this guitar. But I'm currently upgrading the Strat so one thing at a time.

I agree . in a word MOTIVATION. it is key to life and art, too.

Yeah, me too

Thanks man! You know how they say on the shampoo bottle, "repeat as needed"? Watch this video when you get the itch to buy. I will be doing the same thing.

Although he tours with maybe 6 replicas by a few manufacturers

@@robertwhitcomb6105 He does but in an interview he said he wants to play his original the most. When a string breaks he wants it back as soon as the string is replaced. Also they are as close to his original as you can get.

And the pickups are gouged up because he uses a 'sixpence' (a British coin dating back to the 60's) as a pick.

You only need one at a time, or one for each song.

Rock On Seems Like Something...you deserve it.

bullitt foruu Thanks!!

Congratulations. That guitar will really mean a lot to you. I hope you enjoy it.

Daisy Chase Appreciate it, thank you 😊

Great story. Build sounds great. In '01 or so i saw Squier Jagmaster in a shop window. i was in love, sb/ts. A few months later, its covered in dust and left for dead. mentioned this to my Wife she bought it for a x-mas gift. funnily enough became my Robben Ford hb style jam axe.

Thanks for watching Dale! Have a great new year.

Nice!

That’s a great way to change your style. Tele’s and strats tend to give you a less constrained playing in my experience as well. Still - there’s plenty of models of tele to go at 😄

Wow that's exactly what I I have. I mean exactly. Tele strat les paul and a j45 clone

+ 355..

Same here. Twenty five years of playing a strat, played friends Gibsons and PRS's etc, but never a Telecaster. I bought a Telecaster during the first Covid lockdown and I haven't looked back since. I've also started noticing, now we have access to so much great guitar content on KZfaq, how many serious pro's use Telecasters. And if you have a Telecaster with a humbucker in, well, you can conquer the world.

Couldn't pass up a *Glarry* Telecaster for experimental purposes. $89 with free shipping on their website. I used a coupon code from a quick Google search and saved 5% on top of that. *$85 shipped.* They didn't charge any taxes either. Wondering if they're using a loophole.

_"Oh, I've already watched this video."_ 😅 *"I'm from the future. You only needed a Stratocaster !"* 🎸 and the Glarry telecopy came out nice after rolling the fret ends, and proper setup.

We are brothers by different mothers.

@@marckuffler8486 Fathered by Les Paul who fathered the electric guitar from the parts he pirated from his mother's phonograph....and so it is written

Guitarholic

spend time doing both in tandem as the overall result will be in you being a better player and happier person.padawan

Thanks for the thought man 👍

Your commentary is most impressive with a natural flow to your words that makes it easy to read......

Wow, wonderfully said. I came here to say something similar, but your words will do a lot better than mine. I think that many commenters here are missing the idea that it’s not just guitar MUSIC we love but GUITARS themselves. I actually find myself talking about and thinking about the guitars, amps, etc. just as passionately as the music that comes from them.

@@tylernewton7217 I totally agree with both of you, the iconic brands and shapes are just art an their own and I just appreciate that so much! but yeah I'm good with my strat, tele and my jazzmaster 🤙🏼

Funny thing is, none of the greats ever worried about it all that much. They just got whatever guitar they could find and played it. They didn't have anything specific in mind as far as hardware goes. That's why they were great--they got into playing and made do with whatever they could find instead of fussing over every nitpicky little thing.

Nice word-smithing. You sir are a cunning linguist