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Since I've stopped playing regularly i have gained additional guitars, two amps and a load of pedals.
So there's a Takamine EG332 bought new in the mid 90s; an LP Studio bought new in 1998; a Fenix Telecaster bought new in the early 00s and then relatively recently a Furch about two years ago and a Guild Starfire just over a year ago.
The most aging is on the Studio, where the cat sat and chewed it (little bastard).
Or my budget isn't quite what I need so rather than wait. for example to buy a Les paul that I wanted for a long time. I end up buying 4 other gibson guitars and a strat that probably ended up costing more than the guitar I really wanted.
I think new guitars were a distraction from actually trying to push to learn something new. A new guitar is just gives me the illusion I am getting better as I play it a lot and naturally try new things.
So I cut down the collection and bought 1 Les paul. So now I have 3 guitars, 1 Les paul junior, les paul traditional and a telecaster. I won't be selling 2 of those anytime soon.
I am sure I will add a few more later. but they will be thought about very carefully and saved for appropriately.
I'd rather have 3 or 4 I really want than 7 or 8 that are just ok.
I haven't gigged for about 18months due to daft work hours etc. I've got no plans to sell my main guitars.
I impulse buy *a lot* and some stuff sticks around, some gets flipped on depending on whether I connect with it ot not.
I have sold on some guitars I loved, just because I ddn;t really need them.
I think the flipping is more a symptom of the average guitar player owning more guitars these days. Most I know have a core of 2 or 3 guitars that don't change very often, and anything in excess of that is likely to be flipped
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Acoustics are slightly different, as my playing could still benefit from guitars that have better (to my ears) tone and better playability. I've played guitars I couldn't afford that I would have bought in a heartbeat if I could - including trading the instrument it would be replacing. So I'm not there yet, I guess.
Same for amps. Since 1980, I've owned the following amps as "main" amps. There's been a few others on the periphery, but these are the ones I kept and played for a long time before changing.
Vox AC30 TB
Acoustic 165
Sessionette 75
Cornford Hurricane
Rivera Clubster 45
That's not many in nearly 40 years.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I flipped a lot of gear because there is no decent local shop for me to test everything I want so mail order was the best way to go about it.
Thankfully, now I’m settled and building a collection.
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The others I have not as aged, my main band guitar (Les Paul studio) shows the most wear, I do like when they look like they've been used for like 30 years!
My '94 USA Standard (bought new in '97) is in much better condition, but is coming along nicely. It has (had!) gold hardware, and some of it is still gold. The poly lacquer's gone through on the back of the neck. Not as pleasingly, it's also in *dire* need of a refret.
They seem to get more chips in the paint and the necks have worn a lot.
I don't think I'm alone in this.....?