I have seen a lot of people say even top of the line PRS are weak. I finally got my hands on one. After spending quite some time with it I walked away thinking it was weak.
I try to at least strum each one a couple of times every week. The least played is my Les Paul, I love it and it was my dream guitar but it’s honestly the least comfortable to casually play. Sounds amazing though. Most played electric is my Tele, it’s so smooth, always in tune, feels great. Most played overall is a Taylor acoustic, easy to grab and play and sounds just right. Freaking love that guitar!
@@charlesbolton8471 You just did! Ain't it fun hangin' out with Bax and Jonathan? Anyway tonight I will make a point of playing my least-played guitar.
@@markpell8979 I’ll add that my newest guitar is a partscaster hardtail Strat (with all Fender parts except for the pickups), it’s right up there with my most played Telecaster.
@@edwardruiz8920 A few months ago I traded a Gibson Les Paul Studio for a Schecter E1. I've played the Schecter about every night since. Barely ever touched the Gibson. I'm 6'5" and the Les Paul just felt too small and uncomfortable for me as well.
I'm new to guitar, so I started learning on a POS acoustic from Amazon which was basically impossible to play (although I didn't know that at the time). I have since replaced it but now it's hanging on the wall as a decoration because it's much better at that.
I try to put each of my different guitars in different tunings, the reason is I try to compose a new song in each tune. This challenges me to be more creative and also by default allows me to play each guitar everyday.
All my best guitars never get played. To explain: I know those guitars are amazing. They have survived hundreds of competitors and cannot be dethroned. It's the bottom five I keep playing, trying to find the magic...trying to find a reason not to sell them...with that I mind ... "the hour is getting late 1987 Jetglo Richenbacher ... you need to start stepping up."
Funny story: I was buying “too many” guitars, per my wife, and the cases were taking up closets, etc. I found a used Schecter online and bought a wall hanger... I bought a guitar strap and put pins of all her favorite things on it... She doesn’t even know what it is nor has any interest but we have something in common now and she loves her aqua blue guitar hanging in her she shed. The strap tells her interests... Since she got one too, (it is literally a rock n roll aesthetic in her room with stuffed animals on it.), I have bought many since with no issue. elfin magic?!! Dunno, don’t care. It worked. I bought it special for her in her style and she’s included. Wacky but whatever! Cheers and Happy New Year guys!! Love the hangouts and topics!
Lol! Had similar problem. I supposedly owned "too many" guitars. I got away with "it's and investment. I'm going to resell it for a profit" but my wife caught on by the 3rd guitar. The next one I named after her, so she wouldn't LET me sell it (as if that was going to happen any way...😉). The big surprise was when I said jokingly that I wanted the all rosewood neck sea foam tele. She said no way, but if I got rose gold, she'd buy it for me. Thought she was joking, but she did! She's definitely a keeper! Married 30 yrs and she hasn't killed me yet....
I've been into PRS guitars since 1985. I have PRS guitars. They all get played. I have a first year PRS sc245 that looks like it's been used as war club. Beat up. Plays and sounds great. If I own it, it gets played.
I would like to see some pics of a beat PRS. I think it might be the reason PRS isn't viewed the same way as Fender and Gibson. You don't see a beat up PRS that looks like it's been played for 20+ years, maybe I'm not looking.
@@jimb2577 I'm not much on photo taking, but I'll see what I can do. One reason PRS guitars hold up better (the older ones anyway).....no fragile lacquer finish.
I usually don’t comment on peoples hair but my man, I think it’s time. It was alright just having it grey but to go through the trouble of dying it. Come on Bro. We had a good run
As a bass player, my wall hanger is my Fender Dimension bass. Gorgeous to look at but not my favorite player. I play my Fender Jazz basses more than any of my others. Thanks guys, great subject.
I have a 1959 LP Special, 2014 LP Custom, 1987 LP Custom, 2013 USA Strat, 2006 MIM Tele, and a 1994 Rickenbacker 360 6 string. The Rickenbacker gets played the least because the narrow nut width makes the neck crowded on the first few frets; all the other electric's are simply more comfortable to play. The good news is that it's a mint Fireglo, and it's really fun to look at:) And it's way too pretty to sell as it will sit right there and remain mint while it gains value. I do take it out for a stroll for Tom Petty, the Beatles, and the Byrds!
Wow, an interesting question and I've never heard it put this way. I have eight electrics and an acoustic and I keep 'em all ready to grab and play. Various LPs, a couple Squier Mustangs and a vintage Schecter PT. I try to play each regularly, but the one I play least these days is the Schecter. It's great and was my main axe for twenty years but my old hands have a harder time stretching now for some things in the lower registers on the longer neck. So the same would be true for 25.5" Fender types in general and that's really the only reason I don't have any except my Schecter 'Tele clone.' But I play 'em all, just seem to prefer shorter scales now after a life that's been hard on my hands. Once I get to the third position the reaches kinda stop being an issue though. After saying all this I realize my Yamaha acoustic is actually the one that hangs on the wall more than the others. It's nice but it ain't electric. Self-explanatory.
I have a Gibson Les Paul, autographed by Les Paul. While Les would probably be horrified at the thought of it being mostly a show piece, I can’t play it without worrying that I’m going to rub off his signature. It’s a shame, too. It’s a great gitter. 🎸
Years ago I was struggling to make music on whatever flea market guitars I could scrape up and I found a Kay solid body with a single pickup. Weird looking for sure, but very cool… I had a buddy who was a pro guitar player around town and he got all excited about it and bought it from me and what he said was “some guitars are like fine wine and some are like Cheese, I have learned that Cheese is more affordable than wine. Aged Cheese can be very good or terrible. Thank you for this fine piece of Cheese”
I have an old harmony archtop I bought from a charity shop, I was hard up at the time but saw it in the window and the guy saw how I took to it and let me come in every week and pay ten/twenty pounds here and there until I covered the hundred it cost. It’s beat up but has wear in all the right places. The paint is all gone from the neck lol. Anyway I’ve had it for a few years as my only guitar it even survived a house fire and it’s my baby. I’ve even worn in a heart shaped patch on the front where there is no pick guard ala Wes Montgomery. It can be a bitch to play but I feel that it has made me a better player because it doesn’t give up the goods without a fight haha.
Displayed guitars also tend to get the most play ;) For example that Black Les Paul Classic (3rd from right in the picture you blended in at about 40 sec.) is my most played one. Others that live in cases, tend to stay there as I am to lazy to take them out.
We have a 55 (I think) Kay 40 that hangs on the wall. It never gets played and that’s intentional. Now I have an electric Aria Pro II “The Cat” that hangs in my music room that rarely gets played. I bought it for my wife many years ago in Germany. My son learned to play guitar on it so it gets picked up on occasions and it sneaks in on a FB What Song game on occasions also. I also have an expensive PRS signed by the artist but I play it and it's always ready.
For right now, it's my ESP/LTD EC256 (Light Cherry burst)with a Gibson 490T & Tokai Goldstar Sound Strat (Dark Cherry Burst😊) The Schecter & Chapman ML1 both are loved and will get love ❤️ regardless 😁
I'm far from being a collector, but, I have a Les Paul Standard that I bought new in 2000. It's just so damn pretty that I can't bring myself to play it. I don't display it, it just lives in a closet. After all this time it probably has about 20 hours of play time, never gigged. It's not the best LP I've ever played but it's better than average, I've never had a set up done on it, so it could be an even better player, who knows. My main player? An '83 Japanese made Squire Strat. Crazy world.
Great question! For me, it's my Yamaha SA-2100 'cause it's in mint condition and I don't want the gold hardware to get worn down. Also, my antique white American series Strat, which stays in a case so the white doesn't turn yellow. The Parker hardtail gets played very rarely because I keep forgetting to unplug it and the battery dies. Most played,,....Affinity FSR Tele.
My rare 1970 Giannini Craviola steel string acoustic. It sounds and plays like no other. I'm an electric guitarist in a power trio. To me, acoustic guitar is a texture I use during recording. It sounds fantastic and then it goes back on the wall.
Rickenbacker 330 until I sold it. My first electric, but I soon realized that it didn't bring anything to the party tonally, clean or distorted. Great workmanship, but p90s, humbuckers, filtertrons, jazzmasters, and tele and strat single coils just opened a whole new world for me. Now it's time to explore firebirds and gold foils.
@@deaddoll1361 all I can say is that it didn't work for me, and I played it many times before I sold it just to make sure. I think if it had pups from the sixties or earlier, I probably would still have it. I'm confident that it's being enjoyed in loving hands now.
My Les Paul gets played less than all my guitars. I have to wrestle with it every time I play it. My Fenders are way more comfortable.I play my Jazzmaster the most love it.
I have a late 90's Jagstang that I purchased new way back then. I occasionally take it down and give is some love but it is basically "as new" on the wall. When I practice, I use a nicely made but much less expensive Squier Strat. I'm not worried if that one gets beaten up a bit.
Not having my studio / music room set up yet all of my guitars are kept in cases aside from one I leave on stand if I'm home and playing..just bought a house this year so I'm in the process of designing my space..then my guitars can be out and displayed without me worrying about them so much..I play all of my guitars pretty much equally...I go through phases..but they all get time..PRS..GIBSON..FENDER..EPI...5 GREAT PLAYERS
Jackson. Warriors and Rhoads. And they hang on the wall so they're easily accessible to play regularly though not as regularly as my Ibanez PS60's that are in hanging stands next to me; the Ibanez PS120 and PS10 are in their hard cases for protection. Thanks for asking. 😎
I brought my PRS SE Custom 24 35th Anniversary into our local shop to see what they would give me for a trade in, they thought that it was a Core model, all I did was change the pickup rings and switch tip to cream colours and totally changed the look of the guitar !!! Yes the PRS SE are that good looking !!!
I was a Gibson man for the longest time. Recently I bought a Friedman vintage T with p-90’s and I haven’t touched any of my Gibsons. I’m not gonna get rid of my gibsons but I’m truly impressed with the Friedman.
I don’t display my guitars, I leave them in the cases. But I play all of the good ones (About 24 in rotation) for fun and recording. The only things I own and don’t play are my early guitars that struggle to stay in tune but I’m determined to improve at some point.
I gig with lower-end guitars like MIM Strats and various PRS SE models. Guitars like my Les Paul stay at home. And at home, most of my playing is while learning new songs for gigs or dialing in my Fractal rig, so I use my gigging guitars for that as well. Net result is the nice guitars get very little playing time and stay in their cases.
Burswood Esteban from QVC, unplayable with severe concave neck, but I was too naive to know back then. Kept it on the wall as a reminder to avoid impulse purchases. Took it down yesterday. Needed the space for working instruments.
On my wall is a Fender, a PRS, a Schecter, a Washburn, and a bad ass super hot rod Squire. They all get played all the time. Not on the wall i have a Laguna, a Silvertone, another Washburn, and believe it or not my favorite of them all is a Jay Turser Tele copy that is magic! They all get play time regularly!
TRUE STORY: I was working at a guitar store in NY that had Phil Collen (Def Leppard) there to sign autographs. A guy bought a Martin Acoustic for him to sign. He walked out after all excited, saying "Wow, he looks great!!. I love Genesis!!". He thought it was Phil Collins.
I sold my Peavey Tele-copy case queen last year because the plain, flat edges that make a Tele a Tele cut into my arm and really made playing it painfully difficult. I bought it because whenever I went to my local guitar store, there was a Reactor AX hanging on the wall that I was really intrigued with so I had to buy this one when it showed up on Craigslist. I bought an Eastwood Classic 6 HB-TL with a repaired heel that has become my favorite. 😊
None of my guitars are "wall ornaments". Admittedly, they don't all get the attention they deserve all of the time, but they all serve a purpose when I need them. My go-to guitars are at both ends of the timescale spectrum - i.e. my oldest and most recent. At the "vintage" end is my 1978 Gibson The Paul - bought new as my first "serious quality" guitar and it just gets better with every passing year (a wonderful no-nonsense instrument that's never let me down), while among my new guitars Tone Fox's Elcaster Mk.1 is just stupidly good - it still blows me away every time I play it after spending time with my other guitars!
My Gibson Les Paul Traditional is on my wall. My Epiphone Les Paul Custom and my '02 Mexican Strat are on stands, in the same room & get the most play time.
I have 14 guitars. 9 are hanging on the wall in my studio. Fender, PRS Ibanez and Epiphone are on the wall, My Taylor, higher end PRS and Gibson stay in their cases. The rest are my daily drivers and all get a lot of use the ones in the cases get equal use but are special to me and I keep them safer
I have 2 guitars on the wall. A 1998 mim strat that has been gutted and rebuilt. I also have a Rogue acoustic that I paid $109 for in 2009. I've never been in a position to collect gear or guitars. I respect the fact that others are able to collect. It's a dream. But most guitar players are broke as shit. We do it all out of love and for sanity but I wouldn't turn down a Custom Shop collections. Also I think people aren't afraid to play strats because strats give you balls. Balls. That's right Balls. Love the show.
I know someone buying a guitar and using it for wall art doesn't affect me, but I would be lying if I said I didn't find it a little heartbreaking. You see the same thing in the vinyl community on a smaller scale. I'm not well informed enough to know if it's overall good or bad for the hobbies. Does it inflate prices to be out of reach of the people that might actually use them or does it help sustain the companies we love and ensure they will be around? Do rising tides lifts all ships?
First off, I'm not proud of this. My bucket list guitar since childhood was a Gibson Les Paul Standard in Cherry Sunburst. I finally bought one as a birthday present to myself. Instant sentimental value. It sounded amazing, but when I got it home I suddenly noticed all the nicks, dings, and scratches on my other guitars. I became so worried about scratching my new LP that it quickly became a case queen. I even bought a 2nd Les Paul that was used and already had scratches and dings on it. I eventually moved to another house with a spare room I could use as a designated music room. At that point I started playing the Cherry Sunburst regularly, but not nearly as much as the "pre-dinged" one.
Gibson, fender,tokai,epiphone,cort,Taylor,Martin,avalon,Ltd,ibanez,chervel,eko,old,marlin and more. They don't all get played, but they all are in good playing order . Playable art
I recently took a look at my 'guitar wall' which had 5 instruments on it, a '65 Gibson Melody Maker, a '67 Gibson Melody Maker, a '78 Gibson S1, a cheap Ibanez bass and a '93 strat. I realized that I never played the 3 Gibsons so I took them, along with a bunch of old-school effects and recording stuff, down to the Guitar Center and sold it all to them. I bought the strat new in '94 and that's the guitar that I always pick up first, so that one isn't going anywhere, but all of that other stuff was just collecting dust.
Kind of funny, my core custom 24 is hanging on the wall because it is the lowest quality guitar I have ever bought although the most expensive! Volume pot is frozen, the nut had to be redone, tuners friction is all over the place, some real easy, others real hard to turn. Less than 4months old! Minor issues to be sure but 5 grand!
@@charlesbolton8471 yes. They did not make many. It looks like the full aluminum with hpl back and sides but they added a mini dimarzio and Bigsby at the factory
@@harryebbeson I didn’t even know (or maybe I just forgot) that those existed. I remember the standard ones well, because I almost bought one. There was also a bass.
The guitar I usually play the most is… my PRS haha my CE 24 is my main axe, we have a bond, I play my best with it. My least played is my Les Paul, and I think I will sell it to get another PRS 😅 Yes, they’re the prettiest, but they’re more than just “pretty”, I think. I genuinely believe they’re the best guitars.
Definitely PRS . I have a Vela and Alex Lifeson acoustic. Both great guitars and beautiful but find myself grabbing a strat or a 1970's Yamaha acoustic
I have a lot of guitars and all are out so I can grab whatever strikes my fancy. Your question interested me and after some thought my answer is Gibson. I own many but I grab them the least often. Sadly they tend to be the guitars that I have to fight with most.
My ‘02 Gibson Les Paul. Beautiful guitar but never really bonded with it, a true case queen. A buddy of mine had a Chibson. Fast forward I put a set of Gibson pickups in the Chibson LP and sold the Gibson 😉
I have a gaggle of PRS core models, many that are very pretty, and they all get played throughout the year, however.......I am super fortunate to have a Dragon II which stays in a nice display case. It was bought as a trophy guitar and not to be regularly played.
Got a stratovarious, a tele and single-cut. The tele gets some attention, but I adore my 3 oddball vintage USA made Guild electrics like they are children. If they don't allow Groovy Guild S-series guitars in heaven, you'll find me playing mine in hell. Right beside the flaming pit of Sulphur where they torture lawyers. 😊
The one guitar that definitely doesn't get played is my acoustic Epiphone guitar. I leave it out for display, but I never pick it up to play or noodle on it. I always go to a case and pull out my Guild D40 or Martin D18 or Fender Am Strats or teles. I always leave the good stuff in the cases and go for them. Definitely more effort, but the tone, playability and quality is definitely something my hands and ears appreciate.
My most played guitar is my PRS se, second is my Taylor T5, then my tele, Gretsch resonator, then my guitars I built - a 4 string guitar hero guitar, cigar box guitar, and an ammo box guitar. 12 in all… some just hang
All of my acoustic guitars are regularly played to keep them awake except for two.I do have a Harmony h181 and a Guild 12 string, these have the strings loose because they are over 50 years old. I think I might put fresh stings on the Harmony just for the neck of it. It is solid mahogany and Sitka. My electric guitars are only played with friends a couple times each month.
Ten years ago i've been saving money for a Fender Johnny Marr Signature Jaguar. After many months i finally got it. Stunning guitar, but i never got used to it. Just sat in the case. Eventually i ended up selling it a few weeks ago. Some guitars/amps/pedals just simply sound better in other hands.
For me as a bassist with 5+ basses, my first two I acquired many years ago my firsts, I rarely play. Namely fender p bass and an Ibanez.. I’ll never part with them but my playing has progressed as well as my needs. I play customs and my always good german baseball bat neck Warwick’s.
My three "hanging" guitars are a 2004 50th Anniversary Model sunburst Strat, 2005 Carvin California Carved Top in black quilted maple with Floyd Rose, and a 2007 Gibson sunburst ES335. The most played is the Carvin and the least played is the Gibson, probably due to playability comfort.
All of my guitars are in bags or cases but the two least likely to get played are the Explorer because with the case it weight 25 lbs and the guitar is huge, and an SG Special in burgundy sparkle, because it's way too pretty and pristine. I fear marking it up. I ought to sell 'em both LOL.
I have an Ibanez and two Jackson's that don't get played enough, because they're currently in the bedroom, and I couldn't find space for them in the living room (where my rig is) Also have a couple BC Riches, and a Samick in the closet, but they need some new parts to get into decent playing condition. The ones I use the most nowadays are an LTD, a Charvel, and another Jackson. Also have a Stratocaster in the rack, but it gets played less because of the pickup configuration, and the style of music I play most often.
I left a Gibson SG behind. Sometimes I wish I had it. But I never really played it because it just never sounded right, the factory nut was never cut right.
I have 3 guitars. One of them needs a new volume pot (at a minimum) which just isn't in the budget, so it stays in the case. The other 2 get played all the time, though the Strat gets more action than the acoustic.
I play all mine. Gibson, Fender, Gretsch etc. The Custom shop stuff maybe a little less often, as 9 times out of 10 i just play a beater guitar i keep laying around to play.
The best playing guitars I own are 2 Tele partscasters built from Guitar Fetish bodies. One has a Guitar Fetish neck and one a WD. Both have very high end tuners , pickups, bone nuts etc. They get played the most.
My PRS gets the least play, but that's because it's blue (and would fade easily) and almost 30 years old, and is in an awkward place in a hard case. Working on rearranging things so I can keep it out of its case more.
I've owned a vintage Gretsch Tennesseean and it was terrible... was the guitar I owned the shortest (like a month)! I have a modern Duo Jet and Anniversary and they are AMAZING! Just confirming your final point.
The Sheraton gets played the least. I put in new electronics and pickups and it plays wonderful. But it's huge, delicate, and the case has SO many latches that I usually reach for my MIM Tele which I leave out.
I try n keep one of each type I like. Got the nylon acoustic, parlor, dreadnought, strat, lp. And still have multiple lp's lol. Definitely want a more metal based guitar next. Maybe a Frankenstrat like EVH or a V like Randy Rhodes. But over all I play all of them or try to at least. Some days I have a favorite and the others ride the bench for a little but none are neglected lol.
I have seen a lot of people say even top of the line PRS are weak. I finally got my hands on one. After spending quite some time with it I walked away thinking it was weak.
I try to at least strum each one a couple of times every week. The least played is my Les Paul, I love it and it was my dream guitar but it’s honestly the least comfortable to casually play. Sounds amazing though. Most played electric is my Tele, it’s so smooth, always in tune, feels great. Most played overall is a Taylor acoustic, easy to grab and play and sounds just right. Freaking love that guitar!
I could say the same thing.
@@charlesbolton8471 You just did! Ain't it fun hangin' out with Bax and Jonathan? Anyway tonight I will make a point of playing my least-played guitar.
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I’ll add that my newest guitar is a partscaster hardtail Strat (with all Fender parts except for the pickups), it’s right up there with my most played Telecaster.
Least played for me is the Gibson and the most is Fender. My Shecter getting a lot of use these days. The active pickups keep bringing me back.
@@edwardruiz8920 A few months ago I traded a Gibson Les Paul Studio for a Schecter E1. I've played the Schecter about every night since. Barely ever touched the Gibson. I'm 6'5" and the Les Paul just felt too small and uncomfortable for me as well.
I'm new to guitar, so I started learning on a POS acoustic from Amazon which was basically impossible to play (although I didn't know that at the time). I have since replaced it but now it's hanging on the wall as a decoration because it's much better at that.
Cool you stuck with it, crappy acoustics have soured so many on learning (myself included).
Crappy acoustics are like cheering for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Frustrating and leaves one perpetually disappointed. Cheers
I try to put each of my different guitars in different tunings, the reason is I try to compose a new song in each tune. This challenges me to be more creative and also by default allows me to play each guitar everyday.
I need to do this :)
I do the same, I’m looking at 5 different guitars right now, and 4 are in different tunings.
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Guys, I don't know what you did to the sound but, it sounds so much better. I can actually hear you without turning my sound all the way up!! Thanks
All my best guitars never get played. To explain: I know those guitars are amazing. They have survived hundreds of competitors and cannot be dethroned. It's the bottom five I keep playing, trying to find the magic...trying to find a reason not to sell them...with that I mind ... "the hour is getting late 1987 Jetglo Richenbacher ... you need to start stepping up."
Yes, when I get a Squier to sound and play great, it's more satisfying than playing my McCarty. Makes no sense.
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Damn that’s a great way of putting it I also feel that way haha
Funny story: I was buying “too many” guitars, per my wife, and the cases were taking up closets, etc. I found a used Schecter online and bought a wall hanger... I bought a guitar strap and put pins of all her favorite things on it...
She doesn’t even know what it is nor has any interest but we have something in common now and she loves her aqua blue guitar hanging in her she shed. The strap tells her interests... Since she got one too, (it is literally a rock n roll aesthetic in her room with stuffed animals on it.), I have bought many since with no issue. elfin magic?!! Dunno, don’t care. It worked. I bought it special for her in her style and she’s included. Wacky but whatever! Cheers and Happy New Year guys!! Love the hangouts and topics!
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Lol! Had similar problem. I supposedly owned "too many" guitars. I got away with "it's and investment. I'm going to resell it for a profit" but my wife caught on by the 3rd guitar. The next one I named after her, so she wouldn't LET me sell it (as if that was going to happen any way...😉). The big surprise was when I said jokingly that I wanted the all rosewood neck sea foam tele. She said no way, but if I got rose gold, she'd buy it for me. Thought she was joking, but she did! She's definitely a keeper! Married 30 yrs and she hasn't killed me yet....
I would have interpreted what she said as "TO many guitars?" And I'd reply " yes please, lead the way".
For me it was a Gretsch White Falcon. I was always afraid to play it and five years later I finally sold it and took a massive hit on it.
I've been into PRS guitars since 1985. I have PRS guitars. They all get played. I have a first year PRS sc245 that looks like it's been used as war club. Beat up. Plays and sounds great. If I own it, it gets played.
I would like to see some pics of a beat PRS. I think it might be the reason PRS isn't viewed the same way as Fender and Gibson. You don't see a beat up PRS that looks like it's been played for 20+ years, maybe I'm not looking.
@@jimb2577 I'm not much on photo taking, but I'll see what I can do. One reason PRS guitars hold up better (the older ones anyway).....no fragile lacquer finish.
We used a white epiphone les Paul as our wedding guestbook, so we got that on the wall
I just have a hall of mirrors with my Strat in the middle so it looks like I have 300 awesome guitars hanging up.
I usually don’t comment on peoples hair but my man, I think it’s time. It was alright just having it grey but to go through the trouble of dying it. Come on Bro. We had a good run
Rickenbacker for me. Had several. Love the look and sound but they just don’t get played unfortunately
As a bass player, my wall hanger is my Fender Dimension bass. Gorgeous to look at but not my favorite player. I play my Fender Jazz basses more than any of my others. Thanks guys, great subject.
In my bass days the cheaper Peavy got as much time as the spendy Carvin. Vibe counts.
I have a 1959 LP Special, 2014 LP Custom, 1987 LP Custom, 2013 USA Strat, 2006 MIM Tele, and a 1994 Rickenbacker 360 6 string.
The Rickenbacker gets played the least because the narrow nut width makes the neck crowded on the first few frets; all the other electric's are simply more comfortable to play. The good news is that it's a mint Fireglo, and it's really fun to look at:) And it's way too pretty to sell as it will sit right there and remain mint while it gains value. I do take it out for a stroll for Tom Petty, the Beatles, and the Byrds!
Every Epiphone I’ve had. I find these cool looking models…but never feel great in my hands.
Wow, an interesting question and I've never heard it put this way. I have eight electrics and an acoustic and I keep 'em all ready to grab and play. Various LPs, a couple Squier Mustangs and a vintage Schecter PT. I try to play each regularly, but the one I play least these days is the Schecter. It's great and was my main axe for twenty years but my old hands have a harder time stretching now for some things in the lower registers on the longer neck. So the same would be true for 25.5" Fender types in general and that's really the only reason I don't have any except my Schecter 'Tele clone.' But I play 'em all, just seem to prefer shorter scales now after a life that's been hard on my hands. Once I get to the third position the reaches kinda stop being an issue though. After saying all this I realize my Yamaha acoustic is actually the one that hangs on the wall more than the others. It's nice but it ain't electric. Self-explanatory.
Thankful for 50k. We can finally see this arm wrestling match between Baxter and Jonathan
Love all your shows.the best, paul.
I have a Gibson Les Paul, autographed by Les Paul. While Les would probably be horrified at the thought of it being mostly a show piece, I can’t play it without worrying that I’m going to rub off his signature. It’s a shame, too. It’s a great gitter. 🎸
Years ago I was struggling to make music on whatever flea market guitars I could scrape up and I found a Kay solid body with a single pickup. Weird looking for sure, but very cool… I had a buddy who was a pro guitar player around town and he got all excited about it and bought it from me and what he said was “some guitars are like fine wine and some are like Cheese, I have learned that Cheese is more affordable than wine. Aged Cheese can be very good or terrible. Thank you for this fine piece of Cheese”
Cheers! Or should I say Cheese?!
I have an old harmony archtop I bought from a charity shop, I was hard up at the time but saw it in the window and the guy saw how I took to it and let me come in every week and pay ten/twenty pounds here and there until I covered the hundred it cost. It’s beat up but has wear in all the right places. The paint is all gone from the neck lol. Anyway I’ve had it for a few years as my only guitar it even survived a house fire and it’s my baby. I’ve even worn in a heart shaped patch on the front where there is no pick guard ala Wes Montgomery. It can be a bitch to play but I feel that it has made me a better player because it doesn’t give up the goods without a fight haha.
Displayed guitars also tend to get the most play ;) For example that Black Les Paul Classic (3rd from right in the picture you blended in at about 40 sec.) is my most played one. Others that live in cases, tend to stay there as I am to lazy to take them out.
We have a 55 (I think) Kay 40 that hangs on the wall. It never gets played and that’s intentional. Now I have an electric Aria Pro II “The Cat” that hangs in my music room that rarely gets played. I bought it for my wife many years ago in Germany. My son learned to play guitar on it so it gets picked up on occasions and it sneaks in on a FB What Song game on occasions also.
I also have an expensive PRS signed by the artist but I play it and it's always ready.
For right now, it's my ESP/LTD EC256 (Light Cherry burst)with a Gibson 490T & Tokai Goldstar Sound Strat (Dark Cherry Burst😊)
The Schecter & Chapman ML1 both are loved and will get love ❤️ regardless 😁
My taste in guitars in the last 10 years. Was a Fender fanboy for a long time but ESP and Schecter are my favorites now.
I'm far from being a collector, but, I have a Les Paul Standard that I bought new in 2000. It's just so damn pretty that I can't bring myself to play it. I don't display it, it just lives in a closet. After all this time it probably has about 20 hours of play time, never gigged. It's not the best LP I've ever played but it's better than average, I've never had a set up done on it, so it could be an even better player, who knows. My main player? An '83 Japanese made Squire Strat. Crazy world.
Oh no. You gotta play them. I tend to rotate mine. Its telecaster for a while at moment. Prs just finished a few months.
Awesome episode! Guitars are art.
I have a Kay hollow body from the early sixties hanging. It is almost unplayable but looks cool.
I thought about doing this with my '37 Harmony Cremona V archtop, but it's playable and too dry to leave out of its' case for an extended period.
I'm surprised you mentioned hagstrom! I have a swede, and that's my go-to guitar. I like playing that over my ultralux tele, Believe it or not!
Great question!
For me, it's my Yamaha SA-2100 'cause it's in mint condition and I don't want the gold hardware to get worn down. Also, my antique white American series Strat, which stays in a case so the white doesn't turn yellow. The Parker hardtail gets played very rarely because I keep forgetting to unplug it and the battery dies.
Most played,,....Affinity FSR Tele.
My rare 1970 Giannini Craviola steel string acoustic. It sounds and plays like no other.
I'm an electric guitarist in a power trio. To me, acoustic guitar is a texture I use during recording. It sounds fantastic and then it goes back on the wall.
Rickenbacker 330 until I sold it. My first electric, but I soon realized that it didn't bring anything to the party tonally, clean or distorted. Great workmanship, but p90s, humbuckers, filtertrons, jazzmasters, and tele and strat single coils just opened a whole new world for me. Now it's time to explore firebirds and gold foils.
Check out Chris Buck's RUclips where he plays a 330 and realise how wrong you are.
@@deaddoll1361 all I can say is that it didn't work for me, and I played it many times before I sold it just to make sure. I think if it had pups from the sixties or earlier, I probably would still have it. I'm confident that it's being enjoyed in loving hands now.
My Les Paul gets played less than all my guitars. I have to wrestle with it every time I play it. My Fenders are way more comfortable.I play my Jazzmaster the most love it.
I have a late 90's Jagstang that I purchased new way back then. I occasionally take it down and give is some love but it is basically "as new" on the wall. When I practice, I use a nicely made but much less expensive Squier Strat. I'm not worried if that one gets beaten up a bit.
I try and keep no more than 3 at a time for this reason, I just don't like having a bunch of guitars that sit in a case.
Not having my studio / music room set up yet all of my guitars are kept in cases aside from one I leave on stand if I'm home and playing..just bought a house this year so I'm in the process of designing my space..then my guitars can be out and displayed without me worrying about them so much..I play all of my guitars pretty much equally...I go through phases..but they all get time..PRS..GIBSON..FENDER..EPI...5 GREAT PLAYERS
My Rics are the most displayed, least played. But man, when I play them they get played!!!
Jackson.
Warriors and Rhoads.
And they hang on the wall so they're easily accessible to play regularly though not as regularly as my Ibanez PS60's that are in hanging stands next to me; the Ibanez PS120 and PS10 are in their hard cases for protection.
Thanks for asking.
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Mine are on guitar stands, play all of them. Taylor, PRS SE, and my J-45 get the most attention.
Happy almost New Year!
The most displayed guitars are obviously the squier in the corner of every teenagers room, always displayed, never played
I brought my PRS SE Custom 24 35th Anniversary into our local shop to see what they would give me for a trade in, they thought that it was a Core model, all I did was change the pickup rings and switch tip to cream colours and totally changed the look of the guitar !!! Yes the PRS SE are that good looking !!!
Doesn't it say "PRS SE" on the headstock instead of Paul Reed Smith???
I was a Gibson man for the longest time. Recently I bought a Friedman vintage T with p-90’s and I haven’t touched any of my Gibsons. I’m not gonna get rid of my gibsons but I’m truly impressed with the Friedman.
I don’t display my guitars, I leave them in the cases. But I play all of the good ones (About 24 in rotation) for fun and recording. The only things I own and don’t play are my early guitars that struggle to stay in tune but I’m determined to improve at some point.
I gig with lower-end guitars like MIM Strats and various PRS SE models. Guitars like my Les Paul stay at home. And at home, most of my playing is while learning new songs for gigs or dialing in my Fractal rig, so I use my gigging guitars for that as well. Net result is the nice guitars get very little playing time and stay in their cases.
for me -- It's a Peavey 7 string - it has some VERY hot humbuckers & a Floyd Rose but I play my Fender and Squire.
Burswood Esteban from QVC, unplayable with severe concave neck, but I was too naive to know back then. Kept it on the wall as a reminder to avoid impulse purchases. Took it down yesterday. Needed the space for working instruments.
On my wall is a Fender, a PRS, a Schecter, a Washburn, and a bad ass super hot rod Squire. They all get played all the time. Not on the wall i have a Laguna, a Silvertone, another Washburn, and believe it or not my favorite of them all is a Jay Turser Tele copy that is magic! They all get play time regularly!
TRUE STORY: I was working at a guitar store in NY that had Phil Collen (Def Leppard) there to sign autographs. A guy bought a Martin Acoustic for him to sign. He walked out after all excited, saying "Wow, he looks great!!. I love Genesis!!". He thought it was Phil Collins.
I sold my Peavey Tele-copy case queen last year because the plain, flat edges that make a Tele a Tele cut into my arm and really made playing it painfully difficult. I bought it because whenever I went to my local guitar store, there was a Reactor AX hanging on the wall that I was really intrigued with so I had to buy this one when it showed up on Craigslist. I bought an Eastwood Classic 6 HB-TL with a repaired heel that has become my favorite. 😊
My Gibson Les Paul as it’s heavy and has a huge neck. Love my PRS and putting 9s on it made it amazing
None of my guitars are "wall ornaments". Admittedly, they don't all get the attention they deserve all of the time, but they all serve a purpose when I need them. My go-to guitars are at both ends of the timescale spectrum - i.e. my oldest and most recent. At the "vintage" end is my 1978 Gibson The Paul - bought new as my first "serious quality" guitar and it just gets better with every passing year (a wonderful no-nonsense instrument that's never let me down), while among my new guitars Tone Fox's Elcaster Mk.1 is just stupidly good - it still blows me away every time I play it after spending time with my other guitars!
My Gibson Les Paul Traditional is on my wall. My Epiphone Les Paul Custom and my '02 Mexican Strat are on stands, in the same room & get the most play time.
I have 14 guitars. 9 are hanging on the wall in my studio. Fender, PRS Ibanez and Epiphone are on the wall, My Taylor, higher end PRS and Gibson stay in their cases. The rest are my daily drivers and all get a lot of use the ones in the cases get equal use but are special to me and I keep them safer
I have 2 guitars on the wall. A 1998 mim strat that has been gutted and rebuilt. I also have a Rogue acoustic that I paid $109 for in 2009. I've never been in a position to collect gear or guitars. I respect the fact that others are able to collect. It's a dream. But most guitar players are broke as shit. We do it all out of love and for sanity but I wouldn't turn down a Custom Shop collections. Also I think people aren't afraid to play strats because strats give you balls. Balls. That's right Balls. Love the show.
I know someone buying a guitar and using it for wall art doesn't affect me, but I would be lying if I said I didn't find it a little heartbreaking. You see the same thing in the vinyl community on a smaller scale. I'm not well informed enough to know if it's overall good or bad for the hobbies. Does it inflate prices to be out of reach of the people that might actually use them or does it help sustain the companies we love and ensure they will be around? Do rising tides lifts all ships?
First off, I'm not proud of this. My bucket list guitar since childhood was a Gibson Les Paul Standard in Cherry Sunburst. I finally bought one as a birthday present to myself. Instant sentimental value. It sounded amazing, but when I got it home I suddenly noticed all the nicks, dings, and scratches on my other guitars. I became so worried about scratching my new LP that it quickly became a case queen. I even bought a 2nd Les Paul that was used and already had scratches and dings on it. I eventually moved to another house with a spare room I could use as a designated music room. At that point I started playing the Cherry Sunburst regularly, but not nearly as much as the "pre-dinged" one.
Gibson, fender,tokai,epiphone,cort,Taylor,Martin,avalon,Ltd,ibanez,chervel,eko,old,marlin and more. They don't all get played, but they all are in good playing order . Playable art
I recently took a look at my 'guitar wall' which had 5 instruments on it, a '65 Gibson Melody Maker, a '67 Gibson Melody Maker, a '78 Gibson S1, a cheap Ibanez bass and a '93 strat. I realized that I never played the 3 Gibsons so I took them, along with a bunch of old-school effects and recording stuff, down to the Guitar Center and sold it all to them. I bought the strat new in '94 and that's the guitar that I always pick up first, so that one isn't going anywhere, but all of that other stuff was just collecting dust.
Dude you sold them to guitar center? Lol
Yes I did, and I was far happier with the outcome than the guitar center guys ended up being.
My Gibson Flying V.
Great guitar, sounds good but a PITA to play sitting down.
I always cycle through my guitars, play a different one every day
Kind of funny, my core custom 24 is hanging on the wall because it is the lowest quality guitar I have ever bought although the most expensive! Volume pot is frozen, the nut had to be redone, tuners friction is all over the place, some real easy, others real hard to turn. Less than 4months old! Minor issues to be sure but 5 grand!
Totally agree with PRS but the Silver Sky is a major exception.
I have a Martin XLtAlternative. Aluminum top with a pickup and a Bigsby. It displays more than it gets played.
That seems like it would be really cool. Did it come stock with the pickup and the Bigsby?
@@charlesbolton8471 yes. They did not make many. It looks like the full aluminum with hpl back and sides but they added a mini dimarzio and Bigsby at the factory
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I didn’t even know (or maybe I just forgot) that those existed. I remember the standard ones well, because I almost bought one. There was also a bass.
The guitar I usually play the most is… my PRS haha my CE 24 is my main axe, we have a bond, I play my best with it.
My least played is my Les Paul, and I think I will sell it to get another PRS 😅
Yes, they’re the prettiest, but they’re more than just “pretty”, I think. I genuinely believe they’re the best guitars.
Definitely PRS . I have a Vela and Alex Lifeson acoustic. Both great guitars and beautiful but find myself grabbing a strat or a 1970's Yamaha acoustic
My father-in law has one of those Yamaha’s-what a sweet sounding acoustic.
I have a lot of guitars and all are out so I can grab whatever strikes my fancy. Your question interested me and after some thought my answer is Gibson. I own many but I grab them the least often. Sadly they tend to be the guitars that I have to fight with most.
My ‘02 Gibson Les Paul. Beautiful guitar but never really bonded with it, a true case queen. A buddy of mine had a Chibson. Fast forward I put a set of Gibson pickups in the Chibson LP and sold the Gibson 😉
There’s a BC Rich Mockingbird on the wall that never gets played. Maybe because I don’t have a case for it.
I have a gaggle of PRS core models, many that are very pretty, and they all get played throughout the year, however.......I am super fortunate to have a Dragon II which stays in a nice display case. It was bought as a trophy guitar and not to be regularly played.
Got a stratovarious, a tele and single-cut. The tele gets some attention, but I adore my 3 oddball vintage USA made Guild electrics like they are children. If they don't allow Groovy Guild S-series guitars in heaven, you'll find me playing mine in hell. Right beside the flaming pit of Sulphur where they torture lawyers. 😊
PRS, Duesenberg, James Trussart, & Zemaitis. Bought them because they are art. 😉
The one guitar that definitely doesn't get played is my acoustic Epiphone guitar. I leave it out for display, but I never pick it up to play or noodle on it. I always go to a case and pull out my Guild D40 or Martin D18 or Fender Am Strats or teles. I always leave the good stuff in the cases and go for them. Definitely more effort, but the tone, playability and quality is definitely something my hands and ears appreciate.
My guitars are always in reach. One next to the couch (where the amp is). And another next to the bed for some pre-sleep noodling.
My most played guitar is my PRS se, second is my Taylor T5, then my tele, Gretsch resonator, then my guitars I built - a 4 string guitar hero guitar, cigar box guitar, and an ammo box guitar. 12 in all… some just hang
All of my acoustic guitars are regularly played to keep them awake except for two.I do have a Harmony h181 and a Guild 12 string, these have the strings loose because they are over 50 years old. I think I might put fresh stings on the Harmony just for the neck of it. It is solid mahogany and Sitka.
My electric guitars are only played with friends a couple times each month.
Ten years ago i've been saving money for a Fender Johnny Marr Signature Jaguar. After many months i finally got it. Stunning guitar, but i never got used to it. Just sat in the case. Eventually i ended up selling it a few weeks ago.
Some guitars/amps/pedals just simply sound better in other hands.
For me as a bassist with 5+ basses, my first two I acquired many years ago my firsts, I rarely play. Namely fender p bass and an Ibanez.. I’ll never part with them but my playing has progressed as well as my needs. I play customs and my always good german baseball bat neck Warwick’s.
My three "hanging" guitars are a 2004 50th Anniversary Model sunburst Strat, 2005 Carvin California Carved Top in black quilted maple with Floyd Rose, and a 2007 Gibson sunburst ES335. The most played is the Carvin and the least played is the Gibson, probably due to playability comfort.
"Every Esteban is a special addition" -Baxter😆
Just play the shit out of all of em.
for ten years, I only played my Rickenbacker.
But since putting together my tele partscaster.....
What's that yellow guitar behind/in between you two with the tortoise shell pickgaurd? She's a beaut.
All of my guitars are in bags or cases but the two least likely to get played are the Explorer because with the case it weight 25 lbs and the guitar is huge, and an SG Special in burgundy sparkle, because it's way too pretty and pristine. I fear marking it up. I ought to sell 'em both LOL.
I've got a resonator on my wall. Pick it up every few months, but looks too cool to leave in the case.
Did your channel by any chance, change audio or microphones? Or did your voices all change? Or is it just me...
I have an Ibanez and two Jackson's that don't get played enough, because they're currently in the bedroom, and I couldn't find space for them in the living room (where my rig is)
Also have a couple BC Riches, and a Samick in the closet, but they need some new parts to get into decent playing condition.
The ones I use the most nowadays are an LTD, a Charvel, and another Jackson.
Also have a Stratocaster in the rack, but it gets played less because of the pickup configuration, and the style of music I play most often.
Old Harmony Patrician f-hole acoustic, neck is warped and i mostly play electric.
I left a Gibson SG behind. Sometimes I wish I had it. But I never really played it because it just never sounded right, the factory nut was never cut right.
My Les Paul 60's. I injured my lower back so now it sits in its stand staring at me whenever I enter the room.
My sister just gave me a vintage harmony for Christmas... It's in really bad shape. Unplayable but it looks awesome hanging on the wall
I have 3 guitars.
One of them needs a new volume pot (at a minimum) which just isn't in the budget, so it stays in the case.
The other 2 get played all the time, though the Strat gets more action than the acoustic.
I play all mine. Gibson, Fender, Gretsch etc. The Custom shop stuff maybe a little less often, as 9 times out of 10 i just play a beater guitar i keep laying around to play.
The best playing guitars I own are 2 Tele partscasters built from Guitar Fetish bodies. One has a Guitar Fetish neck and one a WD. Both have very high end tuners , pickups, bone nuts etc. They get played the most.
My PRS gets the least play, but that's because it's blue (and would fade easily) and almost 30 years old, and is in an awkward place in a hard case. Working on rearranging things so I can keep it out of its case more.
I notice that the heavier the guitar , the less I play it no matter how good it sounds.
I love lighter guitars as well.
I've owned a vintage Gretsch Tennesseean and it was terrible... was the guitar I owned the shortest (like a month)! I have a modern Duo Jet and Anniversary and they are AMAZING! Just confirming your final point.
The Sheraton gets played the least. I put in new electronics and pickups and it plays wonderful. But it's huge, delicate, and the case has SO many latches that I usually reach for my MIM Tele which I leave out.
I try n keep one of each type I like. Got the nylon acoustic, parlor, dreadnought, strat, lp. And still have multiple lp's lol. Definitely want a more metal based guitar next. Maybe a Frankenstrat like EVH or a V like Randy Rhodes. But over all I play all of them or try to at least. Some days I have a favorite and the others ride the bench for a little but none are neglected lol.
ha, right now i'd say Ibanez. Pre SN RR Sr and an AS 73.
I need to fix that .
Happy New Year !!
I just started playing my LP Custom after 6 or 7 years. It's been a wall ornament.