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Really enjoyed the video. I remember reading an interview with Buddy Guy, in which he tells the story of leaving his favourite guitar at home 'for safety', and taking a cheap one to gigs. One night while he was gigging his 'el cheapo', someone broke into his home and stole his best guitar......

Don't forget the type that have constructed entire careers out of spreading their particular brand of "instruments as pieces" sickness via UA-cam. To each his or her own, but I avoid those channels like someone with the stomach flu trying to shake my hand.

Telecaster

No SGs mentioned- SG superiority confirmed.

Great list, of sage advice.

Nice observations , but dissuading folks from collecting guitars is like trying to get a cigar connoisseur to stop buying expensive boxes of exotic cigars.

Kept waiting for the "tone fanatic". The "tone fanatic" may overlap several of the types discussed and perhaps by default most closely matches the vintage fanatic, but there is more to it than that. The "tone fanatic" can likely tell you what/who inspired their choices - even if reachng the lofty goal of re-creating that magic may be challenging. Ultimately the magic is in the fingers, but the tone is in the wood, the design and the craftsmanship. Seems like a pretty big oversight, but that may just be me...

Guitar collectors always have rubbed me the wrong way. Shut up and play guitar.

Why don't collectors play their guitars? Because they can't!

As a kid I lusted after the guitars my heroes played. I really got it back to 4 that I really thought I needed. A Tele, strat, LP and 335. Over 30 years I collected one of each but find I don't gel with a strat at all so it will probably go soon, perhaps to make way for a p90 equipped LP. There's an amazing array of guitars out there now that I just don't look at because despite the faults of their primitive early designs a tele and an LP do exactly what I require of them and I just can't afford to collect other instruments that are cool and I'd certainly love to have.😂

I just cycle through them one at a time. 🙂 There is also the collector who just likes how they look on the wall.

This video raises a lot of questions. I used to say "relocked guitars are like a piece of art. But like he says, they are meant to be played. I also used to sneak guitars in the house too embarrtto say how much money I spent.

Love the channel, keep up the great work; one question for you. You say not to be a collector that buys guitars and put them under the bed and not play them for years. What would you say to collectors like Joe Bonamassa, Keith Richards, and other wealthy musicians that are actually hoarding hundreds of rare vintage guitars and effectively driving vintage prices through the roof by cornering the market? I love these guys as players, but they are hurting other players that might own these guitars at better prices and play them. Just a thought.

I bought and tried a 1977 Guild B-301A bass. Nice, but not for me. My bandmate is giving it a go, and if he lies it, he will swap to me his fender highway jazz bass. I never have held a jazz bass. I am a full-time 1968 telecaster bass user.. Stay tuned.

So disappointed nobody mentioned Spinal Tap’s “no, it can’t be played”

I own 43 guitars and basses. I simply have collector DNA. I also have a regular band to play with and a day job. I have zero collectors guitars or case queens. I play most of them. I regret some of them. I also make them and use my collection as reference points. I am a specs sheet geek. I am a sucker for nearly every marketing gimick out there. I haven't sold from the collection in about 5 years. The yearly budget is about $6000 got buying them. Ok so who am I?

I was a #2, then I realized how much I like 335 styled guitars. I've sold of a bunch and bought a few more semis. now I just don't buy anything.

The “Relic” snobs and the discussion/arguments they have online with strangers will always crack me up.

I'm currently recovering from GAS, and working to decrease from the "one of every shape" syndrome. I was at around 75 pieces when I finally had my moment of clarity and began to reduce the lot. The pandemic made it a lot harder to justify having the herd without being able to play out with them. After my bass player passed away, the wind went out of my sails and I have had my own health issues to deal with as well. It takes a lot longer to part with pieces for what I paid for them than it did to gather them. Something to consider.

I’m the I need to know what that sounds like guy. So I try to have one of every still. Stat, Telly, LP p90s, semi hollow, and a baritone. Oh I always need a fat neck. So I sold some of my original purchases because I didn’t at the time know I only like fat necks. I do love gear but I also practice at least an hour a day.

I have to say, I really do like having "one of each" but I do actually play them. At the moment I tend to go back and forth between a Squier Tele with a Warmoth 1 3/4" nut and a Campellone Special. Couldn't be more different from each other!

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It’s simple enough for me with Strats. No 2 point bridges. No CBS era big headstocks. No humbuckers. No locking tuners. With Teles it’s easier, as long as they have 3 saddle bridges.

Do whatever makes you happy concerning collecting guitars or anything else

All through my journey it was simple. Does it play well? A guitar is a tool to me. I have owned Strats because I had to. Once I no longer needed it I sold it. The only guitar I have owned through it all has been my 84 Explorer. I am now down to it and my D18. My 50 watt JCM and my Mark IV and one cab. A few boxes and 200 feet of old cables. If I cannot use or need it, I don't have it.

You forgot the category into which I fall: the limited/unique collector. Everything in my collection, guitars, basses, and drums, is either custom or limited in some capacity. I like to have the unique/limited/custom stuff, but I always fear something bad happening. Insurance will cover the value, but I'll never have THAT instrument again. Hasn't slowed me down yet, though 😁

Did I miss something or did you skip over the Ampeg b15 r of the late nineties? I had one, played upright bass and electric bass through it and it sounded great, and looked really cool.

I didn’t see myself in any of those collectors, so I must be fine? Maybe. I‘d call myself a collector of guitars that offer a lot for the price, but aren‘t necessarily cheap. In the end, I aspire to elevate the playing over the collecting. I‘ll let you know when that happens. Thanks for another thoughtful video.

I particularly agree with you asking the question: "What is a guitar that's never being played?" And as much as I appreciate the visual beauty of the product of a great craftsman, if any instrument is not being played, it is just a conglomerate of wood and metal (and other stuff). It may be a bautiful one, but it's only an instrument with an instumentalist... (Written enough, gotta go noodle around on one of my guitars...) ;-) Keep up the good work!

I don't even know if I consider myself a collector, but I have more guitars than anyone would ever need. I play some guitar, but not a lot. Some of these guitars were expensive, some were cheap. Some are vintage, most are not. Most of them are in mint condition, some not. Some of them have appreciated over time. Others have yet to do so, but I always try to be a smart shopper. Most are Fender products, but not everthing. There are a few Gibson products, a few Rics, and Danos. One thing they all have in common is that I simply like them all! I don't own everything I like, but I like everything I own. I only buy things I like, and I enjoy owning all of them. I see them as potential good investments that I can have fun with in the meantime, and I like to have them around whenever I get in the mood to play. If the market craters, then I still had fun. Guitars are a tool, but they're also fun to just have! They simply bring me a lot of happiness, and that is worth a lot! I'm sure I will sell some of them in the future, but I intend to always have a few around that I am especially fond of.

58:00 I love to hear about companies that didn't grow for growth and greed's sake. It is particularly saddening when a small microbrewery upscales their brew system, including the filtering system, and their beers lose that distinctive flavor that I fell in love with.

I feel this list can be applied to many more hobbies :) Number 8 is the category that kills hobbies for me. People in it for just the money drive up the prices for 'real' enthusiasts, keeping cool stuff out of reach for the average Joe.

I only buy guitars to MOD, PLAY and GIG. Collectors are posers.

Your videos, and the concept behind FWW, as well as a couple of real nightmarish experiences with vintage guitars that I purchased inspire me to reduce my collection from 70 to 17. Thank you.

might sound a little like sadism, but i really cant stand easy to play guitars, but not due to the "oh it plays itself" stigma. i like something that fights me a little bit. also, i have only ever had 2 guitars in my stable- an electric and an acoustic, also these instruments have always been cheap since im a student that cant afford expensive gear.

I’ve probably fallen into several of those categories along the way. Live and learn.

Honestly I look at guitars, effects, and amps as investments in happiness. If something isn't going to make you happy, what's the point?🤔

Thank you.

What if I am all of these types, all at once, AND also collect stamps and coins? 🤣

I'm the type of ''collector'' who will put something up for sale and then take it down 5 minutes later.

Combination of 3 & 4 here! 🙋‍♂

I feel attacked

If you’re interested in adding to the Mira collection, I have an 08 limited Maple top I’m willing to sell. Obviously played but great shape.

I was all proud of myself for not being any of these and then #3 was so real it hurt. I’d imagine you relate to that one, because you described it so well it was like a therapist cracked a code in my brain.

Despite the action oriented thumbnail picture.

There is another type that needs to be mentioned: the Modder, that's the person always looking for after market parts to customize and improve their guitars. Very popular with the "value" player modding cheap guitars to indeed punch above their class, but it also happens to expensive guitars, to improve upon what's already great

I love this video, although you might have omitted one other type of collector. The guy that collects "sounds". I'm 70 years old and have collected since 1974. Early on, all I bought were Gibson guitars. This is back in the day when you might walk into a pawn sop and find a 1959 Les Paul Burst for "$500.00". As time went on, it occurred to me "I'm actually a hoarder and all of my guitars sound the same"! I switched gears and started to collect classic "sounds". I got rid of a good portion of my Gibsons (a little less than 50) and started buying A Stratocaster, A Telecaster, Rickebacker 12-string, A Gresch Country Gentleman, A Les Paul Standard, A ES_335, A P-Bass, A J-Bass, A Rickenbacke Bass, and A Gibson Thunderbird bass. Since then, I've also purchased cheaper guitars for no other reason that they have a unique sound (Danelectro, Teisco, etc.). Frankly for me personally, I've had a lot more fun collecting. I've also done the same thing with amps.

I’m relieved to not find myself on your list. I’ve never had the money to drop on a really nice high end guitar so all of my purchases fall into the zone of the best guitar for the least money. The ones I do purchase get the living life played out of them and though they’re long past their prime I hold onto them as dear friends marking my musical journey. Over the years I’ve bought and sold a few guitars but always with an eye, or ear as it may be, to having a nice sounding guitar so that I can play the living life out of them. After 55 years of playing I own 3 guitars (all Epiphones) that are wonderful. I was given my best friend’s 1976 Martin D35 after he passed away. I don’t see myself as the owner of that instrument, but I’m the steward until I find someone to pass the legacy of good music onward. Three of these guitars get played regularly, unfortunately my oldest guitar, a 1972 Epiphone, needs a whole lot of loving’ to make it playable again. It was the first brand new guitar I bought after working lots of OT to get it. It has been with me through my musical journey and tgat won’t change. I value the ones I can afford and play and don’t lust after the next one. Okay, a D28 would be really nice but I’m realistic in recognizing that if I wanted it that much I’d have found a way, but I didn’t. It’s about the music not the tools. To finish your tool analogy, I don’t lust for the toolbox, I’m all about the things tools can make. Another thoughtful video Keith! Keep up the good work Sir!

Don’t get what you want. Enjoy what you have.

#9 doesn’t apply to me generally, but it does apply to one guitar in my collection. I have a guitar that I have owned for 32 years, and very rarely played. It’s an extremely limited edition PRS with a lacewood top, and it’s personally signed by Paul Reed Smith. I have only gigged with it once. It doesn’t have a scratch on it, because I rarely play it-even at home. It has spent 98% of its life in its case. I really need to start playing it.