Maturing and Guitars

[inspector13]

There are some advantages to maturing. One being income. After trading and selling several guitars over the last few years, I always regret loosing them once they are gone. My most missed were Larrivees, a LV09 and an OM03BW. I have come to the realization that I must no longer sell or trade a guitar unless I really don't like it. You cannot replace the personality of a particular guitar, each is an individual. GAS is going to make my collection grow from now on. No more one in one out. Thank you for allowing me to ramble and wish my marriage good luck.

     

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[PortHueneme]

Just make sure you apply the one in one out rule to wives.
(it's required in most states)
As I am always told, buy the guitars you want, it's your money.
Being older and having no one dependent on my income allows me some extravagances, like the new "O-50" on its way.

[mgbgt]

Gotta agree. My first new git bought with my paper route money was an 00-17, was kept in my 56 merc montclair coupe at all times. I have had 9 guitars ( only kept 3) in the 1 1/2 years since I rekindled my musical ambitions. I don't have the income but will buy the best built and sounding guitar I possibly can even if I don't have the talent to back it up. My mistakes never sounded so good as they do now.

[phil]

That's an excellent philosophy. I've worked a bazillion hours over too many decades to think about. I'm not going to apologize for owning multiple guitars. I personally don't like having guitars around that never get played though. If a guitar sits in the case for too long I start to think that it needs a new home. They are meant to be played after all.
 

[aaronjnoone]

I'm sort of glad I can't afford to buy every guitar I see. I probably wouldn't appreciate the ones I have as much as I do.

When you find that "one guitar", the one that you know is perfect for you and you have to have it, you feel so proud and satisfied when you finally own it.

I had a D-03R that was stolen from me in Chicago, and it took me three more years to be able to afford to replace it. I now own a spruce/mahogany one, and it's more valuable to me than anything.

Now I'm saving for a LV-05. That's gonna be totally sweet when I get it.

[Old Geezer]

Well, I suppose I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world on this count.
My wife has said that life is too short to buy the cheap stuff...guitars, cars or liquor!
She has bought me as many guitars as I've bought myself over the years.
If I start GASSING, she just says "are you sure?"..."think about it for a while, the go for it ...but only if you're sure"

Life (and wife) is good!

OG

[unclrob]

BUT....at some point you run out of house.I was up to 80 guitars at one point.Now i've brought it down to 5 acoustic,1 archtop,4 electrics,3 bass's,1 electric uprite and 5 amps.

[rrgguitarman]

BUT....at some point you run out of house

Exactly! that's my problem. You do run out of house! In fact i'm thinking that I have too many right now.     

[inspector13]

Just make sure you apply the one in one out rule to wives.
(it's required in most states)
As I am always told, buy the guitars you want, it's your money.
Being older and having no one dependent on my income allows me some extravagances, like the new "O-50" on its way.

I have been practicing the one in one out rule with wives for years and it has been working well to this point.

Now I must hold on to the guitars I have while adding to the heard. I just checked UPS and my new Larrivee OMV-70 is sitting 150 miles north of me waiting for Monday delivery. I hate that UPS does not deliver on Sundays.

Now what guitar is next?

Rob, I would like to have the problem of 80 guitars. Damm, 80 guitars. That is mind blowing!

[unclrob]

They were meant for my retirement,BUT life got in the way!!!!!!!!

[Caleb]

Interesting thread...

The older I get the less I care about...or should I say obsess...over guitars.  I used to want one in every shape, size, color, wood combination, etc.  But now I don't.  I can't really even explain why this happened, but I just became unusually content with what I have.  I never thought I'd get to this point, since I used to be completely opposite.  Heck, sometimes I go into a guitar shop for strings and don't even venture into the acoustic room to see what's in there. 

And out of all the stuff that I've sold, which is most of what I've ever owned, I don't regret any of it.  I'm down to my old Takamine, my Larrivee, and now my mandolin, which gets most of my attention these days. 

[Lougar]

I had to add my two cents.

I am getting worse as I get older. It seems I have really bad GAS...I have a son who plays so I feel that eventually all my guitars (40 at last count) will be his one day.

I don't know how you all feel but the voice of a guitar is not just it's tone. When I play them they seem to truly talk to me. They are great works of art and collecting now for almost 40 years has brought me nothing but joy.

I have only recently played and fell in love with Larrivee's. I bought a D-03 from a forum member as a gift for my son. I couldn't believe the tone, volumn, and playability of that guitar. I have a Martin D18V a Taylor 510 and 810 Gibson J50 and other hog dreads but that Larrivee is a stand out. After playing it and spending some time on this forum I became aquainted with Jason from Notable guitars. I am now the proud owner of an L03-WL. Boy what a guitar. It truly blew me away.

As I get older I think I might die of terminal GAS. I couldn't think of a better way to go. We all have to die of something....LOL.

[inspector13]

For me, I think it a case of not knowing what you had till it is gone. The two guitars I spoke of at the beginning of the thread, I wish I had back. I believe I became too comfortable with them and was looking for something new and exciting. Hind site is always 20/20. I'm not looking to horde guitars, just keep the ones I like instead of worrying about having no more than a certain number. I did not HAVE to sell them and next time I won't. 

[whiskeyjack]

The older I get the less I care about...or should I say obsess...over guitars.  I used to want one in every shape, size, color, wood combination, etc.  But now I don't.

Ya.  I can say that too.  There were phases - Gibson, Martin, Taylor, Larrivee. . .   Dread, M, OM, 000.  Twelve strings were my real weakness..  These days it just seems I've run out of obsessive/compulsiveness where guitars are concerned.  Some serious disappointments along the way hurried it along too I think.   The culmination is now a matter of wanting to build two guitars: the quest for instant gratification has become more distant.

It used to be, I'd see a really nice guitar on ebay or a forum somewhere and I'd immediately start thinking about what I'd have to sell to get it.  I've sold a snowmobile to buy a guitar once!!!  That's how sick I was.... (Coulda' been worse: coulda' been my ATV (gasp!!).    My Taylor phase was the worst and most expensive.  Geeze, those things were like chiclets in assorted colours.!!

For me, I think it a case of not knowing what you had till it is gone. The two guitars I spoke of at the beginning of the thread, I wish I had back. ..... I did not HAVE to sell them and next time I won't.

And THAT is soooooo typical.   My greatest source of sellers' remorse is toward a 1967 B-45 Gibson twelve that I sold for $350 back in '88.   What made me sell it?  A Martin D12-35. . .which I eventually had to sell due to osteoarthritis (I can't play dreads anymore).

It's good to have a handle on why you're selling something and being more in control of the situation rather than allowing lust to run its course.  Lust knows no reason in women or guitars!!      .....but it takes a while to come around to it.

[ElJefe]

Kids are gone from home...their college is paid for...their off my insurance....I can now buy nearly any guitar(s) I want.  It is a strange time to choose a life of simplicity...but I did.

I own 1 guitar.  Might get another in case one starts smokin' and needs too cool off.  Not likely though.

[Mike Deane]

It is a great topic!

Last week as I was trolling e(vil)Bay, I saw this one great deal that I couldn't live without, and so I press the "Buy It Now" button without my wife's approval.  I am in deep trouble because the guitar just arrived, and I need help...    I hate my GAS problem...

the "Buy It Now" button, btw, is worst medicine for GAS problem.   

[dermot]

I learned not to sell em early... when i let my 62 Tele & a 50's C&W special go for a song back in the 70's...

Now i have 25+ guitars, and keep 7 out to play.. so i have 18 in storage or on loan and i'm happy to leave them where they are...

And my partner is totaly supportive.. she gets FAS... flute aquasition syndrome.. a good flute makes great guitars look cheap....


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[Jeff]

Got an ongoing deal with my wife.  Each paycheck, we both put a little something away in our respective credit union account (separate accounts left over from my days in the Navy).  Come December, she buys a Louis Vuitton bag (I know.  I don't get it either), and I buy a guitar--guilt-free.  Like I mentioned in another post, I'm going for a National resonator this year.
Jeff

[Caleb]

Got an ongoing deal with my wife.  Each paycheck, we both put a little something away in our respective credit union account (separate accounts left over from my days in the Navy).  Come December, she buys a Louis Vuitton bag (I know.  I don't get it either), and I buy a guitar--guilt-free.  Like I mentioned in another post, I'm going for a National resonator this year.
Jeff

Sounds like fun.