Could you survive with one guitar...

cruxiform

Same here. HSS Strat.

Strat54

I could if I was allowed to cheat by adding two Strat pickups to a nice '53 Esquire! There's a lot to be said for minimalism and streamlining life. I used to have a stupid amount of guitars.....peaked at 42 and all silly priced stuff too. Happily down to five now ...don't miss them and instead of deciding which one to play I now have more time actually playing. Has cut down on restringing time too....plus fiddling with settings on amp and pedals.

RocknRollDave

I could manage with 1 x acoustic and 1 x electric, not sure I could pare it down to just one, but if I did I could definitely get by quite well for my gigging needs with my trusty Telecaster.

Bridgehouse

RocknRollDave said:

I could manage with 1 x acoustic and 1 x electric, not sure I could pare it down to just one, but if I did I could definitely get by quite well for my gigging needs with my trusty Telecaster.

I read that last bit as "get by quite well for my digging needs with my rusty telecaster"

flippin phone!

guitarfishbay

CU22, good balance of weight, ergonomics and tone.

Schnozz

joeyowen said:

Maybe a hsh strat with coil tap 

Bingo! That's all you need

Mine has a Floyd Rose, so it's probably better to have a Hardtail for alternate tunings.

RocknRollDave

Bridgehouse said:

RocknRollDave said:

I could manage with 1 x acoustic and 1 x electric, not sure I could pare it down to just one, but if I did I could definitely get by quite well for my gigging needs with my trusty Telecaster.

I read that last bit as "get by quite well for my digging needs with my rusty telecaster"

flippin phone!

It's a very versatile tool, the Telecaster!
Even has an ashtray, if you're into your carcinogens.

Bridgehouse

RocknRollDave said:

Bridgehouse said:

RocknRollDave said:

I could manage with 1 x acoustic and 1 x electric, not sure I could pare it down to just one, but if I did I could definitely get by quite well for my gigging needs with my trusty Telecaster.

I read that last bit as "get by quite well for my digging needs with my rusty telecaster"

flippin phone!

It's a very versatile tool, the Telecaster!
Even has an ashtray, if you're into your carcinogens.

Garden tools with built in ashtrays? How very true to the 50s way of life

proggy

It would be a Telecaster for me.

mellowsun

If we're going minimal then it would have to be an acoustic, so my Wee Lowden

frictionfraction

Beeb thinking about it a bit more and is probably now say Suhr Alt T Pro. Pretty much covers everything well 

Sassafras

Since I no longer gig I could quite happily survive with just my 12 string acoustic.

guitargeek62

Give me a PRS Hollowbody with centreblock, piezo, and all other specs from my Paul's Guitar and I'd be very content indeed.

jeztone2

Well back in the days of no money. All I had was one guitar. Prob a Strat with a hum bucker in the bridge or a Tele.
In some ways I think having less stuff makes you more inventive. I was gonna build a big programmable pedalboard this year & Ive stepped back from it. Simply because I really like the simplicity of what I have now. 

UnclePsychosis

Yeah, pretty easily I reckon. I often consider doing it to be honest. 

thebreeze

Yes.

The multitude of guitars is because this is a hobby (or an illness).  I've found if I go away or leave playing for a while and then come back to it, whichever I play first (I have 7) sounds perfect and I wonder why I ever bothered getting the others.  Then I play another one and think "oh this is great because xxxx" but really I'd have been fine just playing the first one.

vasselmeyer

I could do it on a PRS DGT but I'd be thinking of my Tele all the time.

Iamnobody

richardhomer said:

Could happily see out my days with just Strat....

I want you to be happy Richard. You better send the '64 335 to me for safe keeping...I don't want it to make you miserable!

I 'could' survive with one guitar, I could also survive with no guitar. I wouldn't want to do either. If I had to I'd probably have one good Telecaster.

mudslide73

I've gigged my LP only for 10+ years so yes. I always take my Strat as a spare but never use it.

John_P

My custom 24 might not get the majority of gigs these days but it will always be number one and I could use for almost any type of gig.  

I could almost most say the same and be happy with any of the les pauls - especially the axcess and while they get gigged more often that particular PRS is the one.