If you could only have 5 electric guitars...

newi123

Id be very, very stressed if I had to have five........ its bad enough with two!

xOilCityPickups

I don't really want any more than two for my personal use these days ... but A hollow body Gretsch and a Tele ... then add more Teles to taste ... 

Creed_Clicks

OilCityPickups said:

I don't really want any more than two for my personal use these days ... but A hollow body Gretsch and a Tele ... then add more Teles to taste ... 

I think that could do me ! But might miss a humbucker, just to have…

strtdv

If it were a money no object fantasy list it would probably still be fairly similar to what I have: a couple of really nice Teles, a nice Cabronita, a nice Strat and then an unfilled wildcard slot for something like a PRS, or giving Gibson another try, or a HH Suhr or similar

axewound

1 Strat 
2 tele
3 les paul 
4 Tele deluxe
5 Charvell hss san dimas

bouzordion

looking back at my list... i basically have that list now after picking up a jazzmaster yesterday. so why oh why am i still trawling the classifieds/ebay/reverb every day? i don't even particularly want anything... think i need to do some gratitude journalling or something!

chrisj1602

Gibson Les Paul Custom 3 Pickup, Bigsby
Gibson 355 with Bigsby

Fender 60s Telecaster
Rickenbacker 360/12, the original George Harrison style
Keep my Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar that has sentimental value as well as being great…

Fifty9

R9
Duesenberg Mike Campbell 
Navigator 60s Strat
MB Blackguard
Gretsch g5420tg

HarrySeven

Impossible. 

xOilCityPickups

Creed_Clicks said:

OilCityPickups said:

I don't really want any more than two for my personal use these days ... but A hollow body Gretsch and a Tele ... then add more Teles to taste ... 

I think that could do me ! But might miss a humbucker, just to have…

Most Gretsches are fitted with humbuckers ... Filtertrons. Admittedly I swapped my Filtertrons for Dynasonics ... but I like that 'ruder' tone. 

Dave_Mc

duotone said:

Dave_Mc said:

duotone said:

Stratocaster 
Telecaster
Les Paul
335
Superstrat with a Floyd Rose
 

That if the LP has P90s, or if the LP has humbuckers I'd be tempted to go for something with P90s instead of the 335...

Good point @Dave_Mc ;;;;

Maybe an Epiphone Casino instead of the 335 would be a good shout.

I was thinking that too and it's a good call as it'd kill two birds with one stone by also covering the hollowbody thing but- based on my Eastman- the lack of upper-fret access would annoy me if it were my only P90 guitar. I think there were some 330s with better upper-fret access but supposedly (according to the internet- I haven't tried them!) they didn't sound just as good.

Creed_Clicks said:

I would try and have 5 guitars that offer 5 different things sonically, but I suppose with the tone knob etc, you can make 1 guitar do for lots of different sounds. But maybe something like:
A strat
A tele (a strat can sound like a tele and vice versa)
A humbucker guitar (335 or LP or SG, or you could get a HSS strat!)
Something with filtertron style pickups
Something with P90s or lipstick pickups (a Danelectro Convertible for a hollow body with a lipstick!)

Or out of the 5 make sure 1 is a semi hollow or full hollow body, for something different.

If you are a metal head, something with a locking trem system.

Yep agreed, that's pretty much what I was doing- at least the 4 main/most popular pickup types which are usually (citation needed!) considered to be PAF-style humbucker, Strat, Tele and P90. 

While I was tempted to go for another different pickup (and/or guitar) type for the 5th, I thought it was more useful to go for the locking trem/superstrat spec considering that's really my favourite style of guitar and suits what I play the most. If I could only have one guitar, it'd be a superstrat, and not just because it's arguably  the most versatile guitar there is if you have to cover a lot of sonic ground. They also have a sound and feel of their own which is arguably perfect for the styles of msic I play most- 80s rock and metal really.  EDIT: Also I could go with hotter pickups in the superstrat to cover a bit more ground.

If I could have another one or two a semi or fully-hollow would be in there but- again for what I mainly play- the solidbodies suit me better even though I totally agree having some air in there is "more different". It's a balance between "different" and "what suits you".

bluecat

I think, for me anyway two is quite enough. One Strat and one Tele. I have two acoustics also. Who could really want for more? 

BowynMadley

5 you say?
Ok so in no particular order 

Les paul standard 
SG special (p90s)
63 reissue strat
52 reissue tele
Gretch 6119 tennessean

That lot will cover almost every base shy of hair metal 

ziggynugget

dawb said:

I'll bite - have to reduce my collection but...
Rory replica Strat
George Harrison Rosewood Tele
1979 ES-335
Gold Top LP
Epiphone SG with P90s

Hey Dawb, just saw your list and I'm after an ES-335....... what's your connection to a '79?  Is that particularly good year or your year of birth or something?  

HAL9000

Regardless of my previous response I now just happen to have exactly five guitars…

3 Strats of various flavours 
1 Tele
1 Yamaha Pacifica Professional

… and I feel, guitar-wise, that I’m pretty much where I want to be.

Strats are my preferred ‘live’ guitars so three gives me options and backups.

The Tele was a present from Mrs9000 for my 50th so has sentimental value and will never be sold. Due to fret wear it’s now semi retired.

The Pacifica Pro is just a superb instrument. Sure, it won’t be replacing my Strats as a regular gigging guitar but will get the occasional outing when I fancy something a bit different.

Logie

I have the three in my profile pic. Two more would be overegging a very nice pudding

chromatuna

I would have one more than I have…

Strat
Tele
PRS CU24
Gibson Les Paul Special

…so I have single coils, P90s and humbuckers covered

I really don’t need another but have an SG itch that I need to scratch at some point

…or maybe a non reverse Firebird but they are harder to find and spendy

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

chromatuna said:

I would have one more than I have…

Strat
Tele
PRS CU24
Gibson Les Paul Special

…so I have single coils, P90s and humbuckers covered

I really don’t need another but have an SG itch that I need to scratch at some point

…or maybe a non reverse Firebird but they are harder to find and spendy

One word - Filtertrons!

neil_d

Currently, I have 5: Tele, Tele, Strat, Les Paul, Semi-hollow.

The Strat is likely out the door soon. But if it's five for life, then I might replace a Tele with something fully hollow or archtop.