Which guitar do I take on the road? Jackson Browne’s answer:

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Wow, the logistics of having that many guitars with you on stage (and the road) must be staggering. I guess he must keep a small army of techs employed. Ignorant question: Does anyone else have that many guitars with him on stage?

I've never before seen this number of guitars with a single performer. The collective onstage armory for a Crosby, Stills & Nash show may exceed this - but that's for three guitar players.

I can only imagine the spreadsheet needed to keep up with the care and feeding of 23 guitars: string gauge and changes, tuning, battery swaps for the pickup. Heck, how do you even get them in the proper order in the onstage guitar racks or find the correct case when it's time to pack it up? With the distance between gigs, most of the maintenance would have to be done while rolling down the road in a bus. At least I don't have to worry about bouncing into potholes while I'm changing my strings.

Al
 
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