Nine Types of Guitar Collector to Never Become

when i was a teenager i paid wayyy too much money for a really nice schecter with the money from my fast food job. i was scared to tell my parents i spent that much money so i told them i only paid a couple of hundred for it. one night me and my step dad were fist fighting because he was an abusive alcoholic and he grabbed my guitar and broke it over my CRT television, i was heart broken. a few days later he said he was going to buy me another one and i had to come clean that i paid nearly 1000 dollars for it, and he said if i would have told him that from the beginning he wouldnt have broke it because at the time he thought he would just buy me another one and he couldnt afford to replace a 1000 dollar guitar. it was 2008 and the dude was loosing everything his job, our house, but still gas lighting me into thinking it was my fault that he broke my guitar is just something that dude would do. all he could afford to get me was a 1970's harmony electric that was better suited as fire wood

“Shop less, Play more! Love it.

We all love small, independently owned guitar shops. The huge irony is they can't exist without most of these guys. When I was young, I frequented one such guitar shop ... I was one of those kids that would hang out, paw the nice guitars while chewing the fat, and then buy a pack of strings or some picks every once in a while. During one such visit, I asked him how business was and he told me if it wasn't for 3 guys that didn't even play guitar, he'd be done. A doctor, a lawyer and an aeronautical engineer were his three best customers. None of them actually played, but they all collected and traded high end and vintage guitars. And their buying is what kept the shop afloat. So while WE should't become one of these guys, someone sure better.

What makes me happy is the sound that each guitar gives me and the inspiration it provides me. They all get played just like a painter with a pallet of colours. ❤ I love them all.

I'm not a guitar collector....but I am a fuzz monger. There's always room in my heart for another fuzz!

I think there's a little bit of all 9 in all of us, at one time or another. Great video!

Number 10: the ADHD Guy With a Sweetwater Credit Line. This season he wants a Gretsch, because he saw Brian Setzer live and now he’s ‘feeling Rockabilly!’ No, wait, now he wants a Pia, because he’s always loved Vai! Hold on—there’s 48-month financing AND a sale on SE Silver Skies?? Can’t have enough S-types! But wait—Eddie is why he picked up the guitar in the first place, and look at that new ‘Bumblebee’ striped Wolfgang! Boy, do I pity THAT sad sap! Whoever and wherever he might be!

I don’t play guitar, any instruments for that matter but i do enjoy watching the guitar videos, it’s a new world. The one thing that stands out about this video is it applies almost identically to the motorcycle world. Every type of guitar guy you mentioned has the motorcycle counterpart haha

All through the 1980s my dad had a squier strat he'd gotten while in the military. I watched my whole life as near about every guitarist I ever seen made a negative comment about it. He never cared , he knew. He was a musician. I've since played guitar for over 20 years now, and have yet to play a strat that rivals his MIJ E series. Players know a good instrument, no matter the name or cost. That's all that really matters,everything else is fashion.

I think the Internet has changed the hobby in ways none of us anticipated. I remember the days when every time I visited a new city the first thing I would do is find the nearest guitar store to see what undiscovered treasure I could find. Now, the whole world is at your fingertips and, for me, it’s taken some of the fun out of the “hunt.” Kind of like what social media has done to dating.

Great! Yeah I'm more than one of these. I have decide which to question and which to embrace. I was walking down the street here in Mississippi and saw a guy with an Orioles shirt. We're rare here so I stopped and talked to him. We had an Orioles moment and then he saw my 5 Watt World tshirt and said "And your a 5 Watt World fan too!" So we had a brief guitar addict conversation that included some of the identity phrases you shared here. Life is about connections and these kind of connections in unlikely places and times is a real joy. Thanks for building an opportunity to belong.

My bandmate is a Trader/Flipper. Whenever he brings a new (but always used) guitar to rehearsal, we always say “nice knowing you” to his new guitar. Sure enough, two to three weeks later, it’s gone. What’s funny is he ALWAYS says “this is the one, I’m never selling this one”. Lol

I’m a collector who couldn’t play more than a handful of licks when I bought my 1st guitar. I’m working on being a player who collects, instead of a collector who can’t really play. It’s always “this next guitar will be the one that inspires me to practice”. But I acquire a new guitar more often than I learn something new. I say that I will sell or trade my rarely used guitars, but I’ve only ever sold 2 and they still kind of haunt me. 🤷‍♂️ that’s me. A guitar hoarder… I mean collector.

Them,, "which type are you?" Me , "yes I am" I think really the only ones I'm not are the ones who sell guitars

Keep in mind that when a manufacturer builds a "BLINGED OUT" guitar I REALLY DO NOT THINK they actually think that that guitar is going to see any appreciable amount of playtime.

Number 4 hits hard as I have a few Squiers that "punches well above it's weight" 😉 Another great video Keith.

When i was 12 years old, my parents told me if i learned a specific Chet Atkins song, they’d buy me a Les Paul. I learned it as well as a 12 year old could learn it, but alas, life got in the way, and i never got that guitar. At 53, i finally traded a guy for a Les Paul tribute. It was like a dream come true. A REAL Gibson Les Paul after decades of looking at the greener grass, playing with guys who owned multiple models, custom shops, etc, while i tooled away on my Schecter Devil custom- a 700.00 guitar when my wife got it as a Christmas gift. Once i had that LP in my hands, i just stared at it. Reveled at its beauty. Simple, plain maple top, just enough bells and whistles. Put my hands on it; and hated it. Well, not “hated”, but rather was so supremely disappointed. The neck profile wasn’t for me. I put it down to just being used to flatter necks, “metal” guitars, and perhaps i just wasn’t refined enough to play a classic instrument. A couple months ago, however, i had an opportunity to purchase the brand of electric my parents DID buy me- a 1980’s Hondo Les Paul ‘lawsuit’ electric. Made in Korea, by Sammick, out of plywood, and questionable electronics. Tuners that were so sensitive, it took forever to tune up. Heavy as a chunk of concrete. It shipped to me, and i was instantly in love. Plays like a dream. I hear guitarists always saying a guitar isn’t any good unless you have to fight it a little. Me, i prefer my guitars to just play. My battle is in getting a great mix, writing a good hook. Not fighting a guitar. A straight neck, electronics that work, shiny frets, new strings. I’m a simple guy… And the lesson i learned, the classic instrument isn’t everything. I play that 300.00 guitar more than my Modshop strat, made to my specs, the Les Paul, the Wolfgang, which is an 80s beast, and sometimes, even more than my beloved Schecter devil custom. Because it’s just fun to play. It inspires me. It inspired my last single, aptly named “hondo”. I’ve always been the guy who only owns what is needed. Nothing more. Would i love a few others, for different genres, yes. But they have to feel right, inspire, have a certain something, or they don’t work for me. Probably going to sell the LP.

There is "The DIY Luthier" that decided it would be cool to build a cheap DIY kit and have the satisfaction of playing it afterwords, but gotten obsessed with how different guitar wiring/pickups ergonomics and constantly pursues a new body type to build but guitar playing skills are hobbiest at best. Their built collection displayed like model kits and is hard headed on never buying a premade guitar, only waiting for a kit to come out. Man writing this with a mirror really helped for some reason.

Type 10: The Florence Nightingale collector. These collectors have taken road worn to the extreme. Their beloved collection of guitars have Gibsons with broken headstocks, PRS’s with hazed out finishes, and Fenders that are so worn that even Mr. Sayce would suggest retiring it. These people love the deal that can be had with broken guitars OR that worn feel OR are allergic to animal dander and therefore cannot adopt that adorable abandoned puppy from the pound. For whatever the reason, they collect the broken, the battered, and the forgotten guitars and nurse them back to health. Creating a stockpile (sry…”collection”) of somewhat lower valued guitars that are priceless to them.