I don't buy and sell that many guitars compared to some people, but I've had a good 6 or 7 that I was 100% sure were 'the one' when I got them. They all fell down the pecking order over time and mostly got sold on. Even now, I thought I had built my perfect guitar (a strat) and for the past year I felt that it was 'the one' for good, undefeatable, however, I have recently fixed up my older self built Tele and it has usurped the strat as no 1. I totally never saw that coming!
So yeah, I was just wondering if anyone has had a 'number one' guitar for over 10 years?
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I bought a 1972 Les Paul custom 13 years ago I’ll never sell. I’ve used it for 100’s of gigs/tours and used it on every recording I’ve done since owning it.
I also still own a SG I bought in 2000 and a PRS CE24 I bought in 2001.
2007 USA 52ri tele.
Had it about 11 years, been no1 since my mate first bought it and I played it after he brought it home. I got it a year or so after he bought it.
Had and still have a few great guitars, but this has seen off many challengers for the title.
Everytime I pick it up it makes me smile. It does everything I ask of it and have used it at almost every gig since I got it. Country bands, 50's Rock and Roll and Very Rock.
It's 'the one'.
Gibson Les Paul Classic 2004
ES 125 2005
ric 360 2008
Gretsch sparkle jet 2018
CS Strat 2018
I'm currently playing the lp but will probably get the strat out soon.
Current two (Tyler Classic and Fender Robert Cray Strat) are about 1.5 and 2 yrs old, respectively. Oh, my Taylor Big Baby acoustic is over ten years old, probably closer to 15.
I said maybe.....
If I was going to narrow it down to a handful, they'd all be guitars I've bought relatively recently, I've got a much better idea now of what features I like and don't like.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.