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Mine always was a Les Paul. Then I got one, and a few years later my dream guitar became a 335. Then I got one of those and now my dream guitar is a 175.
"The older we get the more hollow our guitars become" is true.
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Got bought a Westfield Les Paul copy when I was like 12 for a birthday present which I thought was great but it probably wasn’t, then bought a battered Les Paul studio years later which was pretty awful, came back from 3 years at Uni to find the headstock had magically broken off while in a soft case while I was away (Mom claims she didn’t touch it at all.....)
Still wouldn’t mind a Custom one day, but I think after I get a strat sorted I’ll be gas’ing for a 335 or similar in red (similar to Noel Gallaghers just without the bigsby!)
The jazz route has been 335 -> cheapo jazz box -> 175 (hankering never fulfilled) -> Sadowsky Jim Hall (only thing that'd move me now would be an opportunity to own a real D'Aquisto - my Sadowsky is based on Roger Sadowsky's experience of maintaining Jim Hall's D'Aquisto for 20yrs. Short of a big lottery win a real D'Aquisto is very unlikely)
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Then I discovered Gilmour and "needed" a Strat. I've owned loads - I had a Squier Silver Series for my 21st and I've come back to it. I wanted a CS but ended up buying a PRS 503.
Then I discovered the joys of the Telecaster. So I bought a good one. It was nicked. I bought another good one and it got destroyed by a "luthier" who knew less than my neighbour's cat about refretting... painful. So I bought another good one. I still have it. Its probably my number one guitar.
When I was a kid I wanted a guitar to do everything, then when I realised that couldn't be done I wanted one of everything. Then by the time I'd owned one of each thing I wanted to try I figured I don't actually like that much different stuff, so cut back to just the standard Fender/Gibson/PRS stuff.
However, now I've discovered how much I like the Evertune bridge for the music I'm playing I now want to add more guitars with Evertune Bridges, and keep my old ones as they are. There's not really a single dream instrument anymore though.
Now my dream guitar is a Gretsch 6120.
So in answer to your question - Yes.
I would feel a right dick standing on the stage with a pointy superstrat these days, with my balding head and middle age spread!
When I was a kid I wanted a guitar to do everything, then when I realised that couldn't be done I wanted one of everything. Then by the time I'd owned one of each thing I wanted to try I figured I don't actually like that much different stuff, so cut back to just the standard Fender/Gibson/PRS stuff.
However, now I've discovered how much I like the Evertune bridge for the music I'm playing I now want to add more guitars with Evertune Bridges, and keep my old ones as they are. There's not really a single dream instrument anymore though.
I went a bit Van Halen crazy for a while so bought a Kramer,
now I am big on Led Zeppelin I have a Les paul telecaster and considering a danelectro not that I really need it.
I want a double neck too but I know really I don't need it.
That dream died when I discovered that I don't like jazz.
Lowden ala Bensusan & Hedges
Now:
Gretsch Duo Jet - obtained, success!
Gibson J45 - one day if I get tired of my AJ
I suppose now, I'd still like a really good Strat (although it wouldn't be a USA standard), but I'd also like a really good classical (8 string, maybe, or a Southwell A-Series), and a really good T style guitar. And a nice archtop ... and ... and ...
I suppose it hasn't changed much, but I like completely different kinds of music these days, which is a tribute to the versatility of the basic Fender designs.
It took some time before I found one, and it just happened to be Olympic White, just like Smith's.
I've subsequently bought two more Jazzmasters. Bloody love the things!
I said maybe.....