- Joined
- Feb 11, 2009
- Messages
- 23,450
- Reaction score
- 19,316
- Location
- NJ (The nice part)
- Guild Total
- 112
I am in the same boat GAD. I have rough count 28 Guilds with half of those being acoustics. Then you factor in the others like my Carlo Greco, 5 American Strats, Couple of High End limited Gretsch Black Falcon Run Guitars, a few Lawsuit era Takamine Acoustics and Aria Pro II Electrics, and the miscellaneous resonator or 2 plus a Mandolin and I am right around the same number of 40-45. Then you could add the Roland Digital Piano as well plus 7 Guitar Amps and my Recording setup. Can't forget the stockpile of NOS and hard to find Guild Guitar parts as well as other brands. It makes for a whole lot of stuff. The biggest space eater is the Acoustic Guitar Cases but I don't want to take those to storage on the off chance I need to case a guitar right then. Every time I go to sell one of my guitars I pick them up to check them over and play them to make sure everything is copacetic and I immediately realize why I haven't been able to put it up for sale as at this point they are all dear to me in one way or another and have defining qualities about them which make them my Keepers, LOL!
On a positive note I have made progress in the past year. Instead of buying more guitars I actually traded a guitar for guitar twice which cut down on the overall number by having one in and one out. However as I type this I am in the process of going through a new acquisition which will have a NGD posted for it in the next few days so you could say I have fully regressed as well, LOL. Regardless I know this is a first world problem and I am happy to have it!
TX
Oh, I didn't include the pianos (2) and the ukes (2) and the amps I have (4) plus Axe-FX rigs (2) plus PA speaker (1) plus.... Oy.
I think the biggest issue for me (and probably you from what I've seen) is that many of the guitars I have are very rare or hard to find and some are rare and mint and some just have an emotional attachment. First world problem to be sure.
It's still cheaper than owning a boat.