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I found a guitar I love playing - Semi Tele with HB & single which gives me loads of variety - I've also got a decent Strat which doesn't get loads of use and an Ovation acoustic which does.
Have a nice amp - very important - and lots of pedals which I swap in & out. Three guitars, almost endless options.
But, without the Tele I'd still be actively looking for another guitar (actually I am half looking for a Les Paul Studio anyway).
My advice: Find a guitar you gel with, be it electric or acoustic, and play it to death.
I say have as many guitars as you want. Nothing wrong with options. I’ve done the whole “sell everything and concentrate on playing” thing before. It didn’t work.. well, for me anyway.
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If design/semi hollow body is not your thing then go for Baja. You suggested that already and they are great guitars (I had three - all great players). S1 switching will give you fat, "almost" humbucker style signal too.
I'd like to have Tele, LP and some superstrat ideally - but all I know is that one decent guitar is far better then 3 low quality ones.
(Otherwise in guitar world 3>1 always) ;-)
The tele is to me a relatively expensive guitar and is totally stock, kept in a hard case and is my treat guitar when I have proper time to play, set up by pedal board etc.
The strat started off as a squier standard, cost me £100 second hand and I have painted it, refinished the neck, changed pickups and plastics and have just bought aged tuners from Axecaster, this is my experimenting guitar, I wouldn't want to devalue the tele so I can sell it if I ever want to. If you have an interest in modding I would have a second expendable guitar at least.
If I was pushed and had to have only one guitar I would possibly sell them all and buy an american strat or maybe just keep the tele. Or get a jazzmaster perhaps... : )
For me as a bedroom player this is all i need.........
BUT i do keep looking at the Chris Robertson PRS and 62 Telecasters, must not give in
I own 10 electrics and I'm liable to buy more, because they are lovely things
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Single guitar idea is valid only if you always play roughly the same genre of music. If you hop around a lot between genres then I don't think there's a one size fits all instrument.
I do find several guitars distracting, but necessary due to recording and various band projects.
However, one of the best guitarists I know, who tours with decent sized bands / artists uses a Squier telecaster which is the thing nowadays, almost every guitar produced is good enough to progress, as long as it is set up well.
The Baja Tele's are very nice, but the necks are pretty chunky, if you prefer a slimmer neck the Squier Classic Vibe Tele's are pretty much as good.
If bedroom is being compared to professional recording then, of course, that's a different story.