Guitars

I am an insane collector of guitars with a, seemingly, incurable case of, what is known amongst fellow sufferers as GAS – or “gear acquisition syndrome!” At the peak of this madness, I had over 30 guitars – electric, acoustic and bass guitars. Many of them were not played (too expensive to risk it) just kept under the bed and carefully “looked at” every few months. Since those heady days, sanity (loosely defined) has returned and my collection now stands at an extremely modest 11 – well 12 if you include Jenny’s gigging Taylor. 13 really, if you add her Telecaster and, I suppose 14 if you include the lap steel but that really doesn’t count! And don’t get me started on mandolins, ukuleles and so forth. Let’s be sensible!

BUT….all of the guitars are in use for recording and gigging duties. Still, I’m always on the lookout for bright shiny things – well, it would be rude not to augment the collection regularly – and also weed out those axes which aren’t pulling their weight – in order to make room for new acquisitions. And so it goes – round and round, one out, another in! I have an obsessive attachment to eBay, not to mention an unhealthy interest in the junk mail from all the big guitar stores which regularly attempts to draw me in. I recently sold a 2014 Les Paul – it was a lovely guitar but very much in the get-it-out-and-have-a-look-at-it-once-in-a-while category – and bought a rather wonderful Cadillac Green Gretsch Broadkaster! I shall write a blog on this, as it is my current fave.

I never make any money, buying and selling – the reverse in fact! Still, it keeps me off the streets (mainly).

I thought you’d never ask – here’s a list of the current collection: