How Many Guitars Does One Player Need? Not As Many As You’d Think
Hi, my name is Jon, and I’ve got GAS.
That’s Guitar Acquisition Syndrome, for the uninitiated.
I like guitars. It’s my hobby. It’s how I de-stress and one of the things I do for fun.
For a very long time, I only had a couple of guitars. I’d hover between owning two and four instruments at any one time. And that made sense, given my income level and the frequency with which my wife and I moved (six times in the first nine years of our marriage).
But then we settled in a neighborhood, bought a house, and I started making a little more money — enough to have fun money for the first time.
I spent much of my fun money starting a guitar collection (I blame Phil McKnight). I didn’t buy anything too expensive or fancy — I never spent over $600 on any one purchase — but over the next several years, I ended up with over a dozen guitars.
My story is typical — guitarists just love gear. It seems inevitable over time that we end up buying way too many guitars. (And yeah, I admit, a dozen is probably too many.)
But if you’re just starting out, you’re probably looking at your guitar buddies, seeing their massive collections, and wondering, how many guitars do I really need?
