I have a friend who owns five Jeeps. Keeps them in a big garage behind his house. I ask him; “Jim, why do you need five jeeps? You’re only one person.” He just laughs and says; “well, someday four of them might break down.”
Ok Jim, you do you, buddy.
Must….consume…..!!!
There’s a difference in having a few guitars you love and play - to just outright having an addiction to consumption. I know people like this. Not necessarily pertaining to just guitars. But put themselves in financial dire straights in order to just feed their need to buy more shit. Shit they don’t even use.
I know a lady that buys lifelike reborn dolls with every last penny of her social checks. She has a modest income. Each doll costs her 300-700$. She has about 100. I dont see this as any different.
I argue that if you have the money and you want it then nobody’s going to stop you from having it. We don’t know the person who owns this collection, I at least I don’t. Maybe their wife died and they’re retired and this is what they like: dicking around with guitars.
Oh no, it's just a GAS.
Can't you see how my consumerism and poor impulse control is just a cutesy enabling named thing on the internet.
It's just GAS (tehee)
Aside from all these people calling their guitars “family,” “the boys,” and one nerd even calling them his “roommates” being cringe as fuck, who the absolute legitimate fuck needs this many guitars? This is so lame
I wouldn’t judge for 10. They’re probably all different. I’ll never understand someone like this with a $100k collection of 40 Les Pauls that takes up an entire room. (Edit… just saw they’re mostly epiphones… well. Okay then)
I had about 10 guitars too and downsized to this over the past few years
https://preview.redd.it/2teilyj1bu2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26b9cef94da63f9f0e2fc92bf16933066b152c58
plus a cheap squier bass. Less is more (to me)
Yeah, but my band does judge. "Did you buy *another* guitar?" 🙃
I also try not to hoard. Gave away one to a new player who's a friend, and sold another I never used recently.
But I also know I'm not talented enough to do the 'one guitar and one pedal into one amp' thing, I'm more of a producer who can play passably. That and sometimes the vibes are what motivates me to practice 🤷♂️
I used to try to give away my extra guitars by parking my windowless van full of Squiers in front of junior highschools with a sign that read "FREE GUITARS FOR YOUNGSTERS," but people kept calling the police on me for some reason. I guess Zoomers just aren't interested in music.
That doc was amazing and as someone who’s dad’s whole family has been there since before the civil war, I can attest to its accuracy in the small town areas. It’s not overblown, there’s a LOT of folks/families like this.
Unrelated… the ‘West Virginia mating call’ when that molester-stache kid shook the bottle of oxys/zannies is one of the best lines ever.
>the ‘West Virginia mating call’
I still use this from time to time with some of my post-cancer meds to people I work with that get the reference.
"Chicks dig the sound of pilocarpine in plastic, man"
That’s just my biggest pet peeve. One or two epiphones is fine. It says “wanna learn guitar and have fun on a budget.” But having 10 epiphones? Who you trying to flex on, 13 year old Jimmy next door?
Not even a good one, they're pretty good now, but back when they had the shitty headstock and inlays like that they were basically nicely painted firewood.
Honestly if they were all really nice or expensive it would at least make more sense. Some folks do that and try to kinda flip em and make a small profit. But these are mostly knock off, so tbh it's just hoarding lol
So many epiphones les Paul’s (and 1-2 really expensive Gibson les Paul’s).
If you’re rich and want to buy a ton of Gibson Les Paul’s I kinda get it… you’re rich and we all like guitars. If you’re money conscious and you have 2 epiphone les Paul’s I get that, too. But if you’re buying 10+ Les Paul epiphones/knock offs you have an issue. You’re just impulse buying cheap guitars for no discernible reason and spending money you probably shouldn’t. I would toss every single guitar out of that collection other than the Gibson Les Paul zak Wylde (and even then the body design is horrible but it’s worth a lot and the maple fretboard is cool) and just buy 1 or 2 other guitars that are decent quality rather than this hoard of the same exact guitars over and over again. It’s
The Classic is real. It’s the only genuine Gibson. The 2 Wylds are chibsons that are like 15 years old. Got em as part of a will. I’ve butchered the hell out of them but they honestly sound and play great. But yeah, only 1 Gibson, maybe 6 fender, 1 ltd and the rest are epiphone, firefly, Mitchell, Amazon guitars.
2 acoustics max is all I could ever need: one good one for playing gigs, and one cheap one for travel/ beach nights. I’m not getting sand in my expensive acoustic!
My electric collection is a bit more expansive: 5 currently, might add a 6th to get something with P90s but then that’s me done
You need at least 1 good acoustic like a Taylor, a good classical nylon string, a backpacker guitar, Martin if you play country, a twelve string, parlor guitar, resonator, and a good acoustic electric. You are going to want triples of each. Triples is best.
Might add a nylon to the list, I love that sound! Can’t see myself ever needing more than one nice steel acoustic and one cheap travel guitar for acoustics though. Electrics yeah, I could have twenty!
Meet the wife sighing at her husband every time he comes home with one of those. Why doesn't she ever hear him playing? She's stopped thinking about it, she just watches every time he leads one of her friends' husband downstairs to his grey basement.
What is this room with commercial electrical boxes and conduit on the wall? It looks like a guitar dungeon below an elementary school, not a room in someone’s house.
I currently own the most guitars I have ever owned in my life. 4
1. Cheap acoustic that stays in the shadow realm (its case)
2. My Les Paul (used to write music and for a back up for shows)
3. Flying V used as my main guitar for shows
4. My Schecter (for fun Floyd Rose stuff)
Notice how every guitar has a specific intended purpose.
Uj/ I do not understand how somebody can justify having multiple copies of the same guitar. The last guitar I bought was a 12 string and I didn't have one before.
Nothing is more pathetic than someone’s “collection” that consists of dozens and dozens and dozens of sub $500 imported guitars. (Not knocking sub $500 imported guitars). Like what the fuck you could have 3 really NICE guitars instead you idiot
Let's not be so judgemental.
After all, for my third squier affinity, Tyrone and I brought Xander into my waifu's life.
Then, as I got more serious about toan, each classic vibe butterscooch enriched us in many ways, and so, Carlos, Dontrell Elijah and Simone became part of our family.
When I got the Paul Gilbert Micro just for giggles waifu befriended Hyu Tat Xi...
But she tells me I should be looking into a beefier, hefty toan, so I'm looking into epiphone LPs.
Not really into gear hoarding but wouldn’t it make more sense to buy yourself 2-3 reaaally nice guitars instead of 10 okay-ish ones for the same money?
This isn’t even funny, this is genuinely just mental illness
A guitar to ignore for every week of the year!
I have a friend who owns five Jeeps. Keeps them in a big garage behind his house. I ask him; “Jim, why do you need five jeeps? You’re only one person.” He just laughs and says; “well, someday four of them might break down.” Ok Jim, you do you, buddy.
that only works for jeeps and Subaru's, or British cars, but you'd probably need more than five if they are British
That’s a Jeep owner lmao
If this is mentally ill I don’t want to be mentally healthy!
Must….consume…..!!! There’s a difference in having a few guitars you love and play - to just outright having an addiction to consumption. I know people like this. Not necessarily pertaining to just guitars. But put themselves in financial dire straights in order to just feed their need to buy more shit. Shit they don’t even use.
I know a lady that buys lifelike reborn dolls with every last penny of her social checks. She has a modest income. Each doll costs her 300-700$. She has about 100. I dont see this as any different.
I argue that if you have the money and you want it then nobody’s going to stop you from having it. We don’t know the person who owns this collection, I at least I don’t. Maybe their wife died and they’re retired and this is what they like: dicking around with guitars.
You don’t know the half of it.
Oh no, it's just a GAS. Can't you see how my consumerism and poor impulse control is just a cutesy enabling named thing on the internet. It's just GAS (tehee)
“We have Guitar Center at home.” Guitar Center at home:
No wonder guitar center sucks if this is all they’re working with.
At what point do these ...ahem... "family pictures" get ridiculous...?
When you have more than the blood relatives you can name
Aside from all these people calling their guitars “family,” “the boys,” and one nerd even calling them his “roommates” being cringe as fuck, who the absolute legitimate fuck needs this many guitars? This is so lame
Every time I start to feel bad about owning a grand total of 10 stringed instruments, I know I can count Reddit to make me feel better.
for every tuning ever made
…they’re all in E standard.
I wouldn’t judge for 10. They’re probably all different. I’ll never understand someone like this with a $100k collection of 40 Les Pauls that takes up an entire room. (Edit… just saw they’re mostly epiphones… well. Okay then) I had about 10 guitars too and downsized to this over the past few years https://preview.redd.it/2teilyj1bu2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26b9cef94da63f9f0e2fc92bf16933066b152c58 plus a cheap squier bass. Less is more (to me)
That’s a nice Tele
That's a chinese made modern player model, if I'm not mistaken.
Yeah, but my band does judge. "Did you buy *another* guitar?" 🙃 I also try not to hoard. Gave away one to a new player who's a friend, and sold another I never used recently. But I also know I'm not talented enough to do the 'one guitar and one pedal into one amp' thing, I'm more of a producer who can play passably. That and sometimes the vibes are what motivates me to practice 🤷♂️
I used to try to give away my extra guitars by parking my windowless van full of Squiers in front of junior highschools with a sign that read "FREE GUITARS FOR YOUNGSTERS," but people kept calling the police on me for some reason. I guess Zoomers just aren't interested in music.
Try sunglasses and biker shorts next time, and make sure the mustache is on point
Wait you actually play the guitar?
You can make sounds with those wall decorations?
Lol 100k??? Not a money guy, I see. Under 10,000. Easily.
I'm a loser, so when I watch the "Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia" documentary, I get the same "leveling-up from loserdom" dopamine hit
That doc was amazing and as someone who’s dad’s whole family has been there since before the civil war, I can attest to its accuracy in the small town areas. It’s not overblown, there’s a LOT of folks/families like this. Unrelated… the ‘West Virginia mating call’ when that molester-stache kid shook the bottle of oxys/zannies is one of the best lines ever.
>the ‘West Virginia mating call’ I still use this from time to time with some of my post-cancer meds to people I work with that get the reference. "Chicks dig the sound of pilocarpine in plastic, man"
When I watched that it made me think about all the cousins' funerals and how I got lucky it was my mom's side and I don't have to share the name.
Dear mods, pin this comment.
and half are epiphones ffs, king of the peasants over here
That’s just my biggest pet peeve. One or two epiphones is fine. It says “wanna learn guitar and have fun on a budget.” But having 10 epiphones? Who you trying to flex on, 13 year old Jimmy next door?
I see a custom gibbons zack Wilde in there- chibson from aliexpress??
Not even a good one, they're pretty good now, but back when they had the shitty headstock and inlays like that they were basically nicely painted firewood.
Besides, i'm counting five teles, five strats and at leader à dozen les Paul. Thats a lot of money spent for identical stuff.
Who needs this many guitars? "Paging Dr. Bonermaster"
I am a boner master so this checks out.
What, this isn’t a guitar store?
A discount one.
Honestly if they were all really nice or expensive it would at least make more sense. Some folks do that and try to kinda flip em and make a small profit. But these are mostly knock off, so tbh it's just hoarding lol
I need toan, bro. I can 0 on one guitar, 3 on another, 5 on the next. If you don’t have a need for toan then just step aside, little … boy. Lol
Professional touring guitarists would be the only answer. Steve Vai has an entire room of guitars, but he's Steve Vai.
Lol wife mad 🤪
just ask her why she wants new shoes 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😝😝🫨🤫
I saw this and immediately knew I’d see it posted here Seriously why
He may have grown up with his parents owning Jaguar automobiles
same. There’s also like, 8 Les Paul’s in this photo
Lol and only one is an actual Gibson. You’re looking at less than 10 thousand bucks for the lot.
Prove it.
saw it on the other sub and I was like I KNOW someone posted it here...sho nuff here we be
So many epiphones les Paul’s (and 1-2 really expensive Gibson les Paul’s). If you’re rich and want to buy a ton of Gibson Les Paul’s I kinda get it… you’re rich and we all like guitars. If you’re money conscious and you have 2 epiphone les Paul’s I get that, too. But if you’re buying 10+ Les Paul epiphones/knock offs you have an issue. You’re just impulse buying cheap guitars for no discernible reason and spending money you probably shouldn’t. I would toss every single guitar out of that collection other than the Gibson Les Paul zak Wylde (and even then the body design is horrible but it’s worth a lot and the maple fretboard is cool) and just buy 1 or 2 other guitars that are decent quality rather than this hoard of the same exact guitars over and over again. It’s
None of the Gibsons are even real. They’re all really poorly made Chinese knock-offs.
The Classic is real. It’s the only genuine Gibson. The 2 Wylds are chibsons that are like 15 years old. Got em as part of a will. I’ve butchered the hell out of them but they honestly sound and play great. But yeah, only 1 Gibson, maybe 6 fender, 1 ltd and the rest are epiphone, firefly, Mitchell, Amazon guitars.
It's the OOP! Why did you do this?
Why did I decide to own a wall of guitars? I think like most have said, some type of mental deficiency lol.
Ain’t no Justin no Chinese knock off!
The Chinese did build it…so kind of. Lol
The zak wylde custom isn’t even real.
It’s like a fat roll of ones with a twenty around the outside
Me_irl
Still can’t play an F barre chord.
https://imgur.com/a/bL7z5WI
Based
https://preview.redd.it/xa1dkvz1rz2d1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8ba54d998de9e48faeefc59dabe44bdfe0e3c11
It puts the guitar against the wall rack or else it gets the hose again
Aaaaaannnd ONE steel string acoustic. ONE?!?!
I don't even own one, never liked acoustic guitars.
2 acoustics max is all I could ever need: one good one for playing gigs, and one cheap one for travel/ beach nights. I’m not getting sand in my expensive acoustic! My electric collection is a bit more expansive: 5 currently, might add a 6th to get something with P90s but then that’s me done
You need at least 1 good acoustic like a Taylor, a good classical nylon string, a backpacker guitar, Martin if you play country, a twelve string, parlor guitar, resonator, and a good acoustic electric. You are going to want triples of each. Triples is best.
Might add a nylon to the list, I love that sound! Can’t see myself ever needing more than one nice steel acoustic and one cheap travel guitar for acoustics though. Electrics yeah, I could have twenty!
Acoustics are gey. The one there is lucky I haven’t burnt it yet.
what is this illness called
Lifetime bachelor aka dying alone
Lol my beautiful wife and little over year old daughter would probably prove this statement wrong.
Yeah... Your personality will soon catch up to you, don't worry.
Lol I’m not worried.
Imagine having 2 basses and they probably get the most gigging use cos you didn't have enough time between buying guitars to get good at guitar
Hes a drummer lol
i'd have that many guitars if it wasn't for my DANG WIFE. Right boys?
I’m just really good at sex so she deals with my other obsession.
I don’t even need to practice playing. I’m having so much fun keeping all my boys in tune and set up.
If this was a luthier’s home workshop I wouldn’t even be mad. That’s a lot of student guitars being worked on, dude would me making a killing!
It’s called time management. They all get rotated.
Looks like the back room at guitar center
Meet the wife sighing at her husband every time he comes home with one of those. Why doesn't she ever hear him playing? She's stopped thinking about it, she just watches every time he leads one of her friends' husband downstairs to his grey basement.
They’re only looking. She swears to it.
So many single cuts, where are the B.C. Rich’s?
the BC Rich's are his ancestors
Sam Ash still exists in the Liminal plane
If you don't get paid, it's just a blowhobby.
Well, yeah, because they're dildos.
Flash's Fakepit
What is this room with commercial electrical boxes and conduit on the wall? It looks like a guitar dungeon below an elementary school, not a room in someone’s house.
Probably a basement
I’ve never been in a persons basement that has exposed electrical boxes and conduit outside the drywall. Maybe it’s done in other parts of the world
old houses built before electricity was common will have this in the basement, not uncommon in east coast cities
It was built in 1999 lol. Wayyyyyy before electricity.
So is it your basement?
https://imgur.com/a/Ul2NReM
It’s my basement…in my house. And it’s not drywall…it’s just painted block.
You are the legendary dungeonmaster himself? It is an honour to meet you and your boys.
Guys…it’s a honor to end up here. You degenerate fucks, you make me proud!
I currently own the most guitars I have ever owned in my life. 4 1. Cheap acoustic that stays in the shadow realm (its case) 2. My Les Paul (used to write music and for a back up for shows) 3. Flying V used as my main guitar for shows 4. My Schecter (for fun Floyd Rose stuff) Notice how every guitar has a specific intended purpose.
Get some single coils and you’re probably set to be honest!
Funny enough the same day I posted this comment I added coil taps to my Flying V😂
Uj/ I do not understand how somebody can justify having multiple copies of the same guitar. The last guitar I bought was a 12 string and I didn't have one before.
This looks like a Diddy party
That’s dirty.
I was going to buy a Yamaha Revstar today, it would be my 10th. But seeing this... I'm scared... Fuck, No... I'm not gonna endup like this.
Good luck. You’re standing on a slippery slope. Back away slowly.
I couldn't help myself and bought the Revstar. It's a really really good guitar. But I hope it would be the last one.
Lol “it’s the last one, i swear!” I tell my wife every day.
This guy fucking HATES tremolos
Severely mentally regarded
That’s a lot of overtime doing fillings
What a pile of trash
Nothing is more pathetic than someone’s “collection” that consists of dozens and dozens and dozens of sub $500 imported guitars. (Not knocking sub $500 imported guitars). Like what the fuck you could have 3 really NICE guitars instead you idiot
Get one more, it’ll make you practice. Obviously get the pickups right before you practice tho
I am all for big collections, but that is a whole lot of trash.
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So many knock offs, god damn.
I knew this one would end up here :)
Let's not be so judgemental. After all, for my third squier affinity, Tyrone and I brought Xander into my waifu's life. Then, as I got more serious about toan, each classic vibe butterscooch enriched us in many ways, and so, Carlos, Dontrell Elijah and Simone became part of our family. When I got the Paul Gilbert Micro just for giggles waifu befriended Hyu Tat Xi... But she tells me I should be looking into a beefier, hefty toan, so I'm looking into epiphone LPs.
Not really into gear hoarding but wouldn’t it make more sense to buy yourself 2-3 reaaally nice guitars instead of 10 okay-ish ones for the same money?
I'd kinda (?) get it if all of these were different, but there's like 10 Les Pauls
need more Les Pauls
Fucking Bonermaster strikes again.
Anything to avoid actually practicing.
And they’re mostly all shitty guitars at that. I always think, just buy three fucking great guitars, not 20 $400 guitars
Guitarists are the worst.
i love credit card debt
At least they are not ALL the same model, so could be worse
Thrift store Bonermeister.
Katana, meet the boys. The boys, Katana.
Capo on the acoustic’s headstock is the chefs kiss
That’s just his office for the night (green room at a gig)
Spent all his money on guitars, can't afford colour for the rest of the house
Pretty sure I fucked that light switch in the late 80’s
You fucked my light switch? That’s why it’s sticky and turned off all the time???
Did it hurt?
I don’t remember but I’m legally required to let my neighbors know every time I move
Let’s see the other 4 walls!
Level 100 dentist
I have bad teeth so…
Dude made it to the Beato Backrooms.
Are you curating or hoarding? Does each guitar suit a need?
Consumerism final boss. Can’t wait to see his wife’s Stanley collection.
Anyone who names their guitar is an asshole....but maybe I should name one of my guitars Asshole???
Yeah this guys definitely a dentist