I have a Fender Telecaster and a Washburn HB30. The Washburn is in getting new pups put in. I am very excited to get it back. I play both guitars consistently.

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Nope. The amount of time you practice properly will make you a better player. It wouldn't matter if you play one guitar or one hundred.

Personally I have guitars hanging on all 3 floors of my place. Just so they're handy.

If anything playing more than one guitar will break you of the mental block a lot of people seem to create, about switching guitars. Once you train yourself to switch, you won't ever have problems worrying about scale length, or fretboard radius, or weight. instead you will only think about playing. People who stick to only one sometimes have a tendency to create roadblocks in their mind. "oh i can't play that, I am only used to electric.' or "oh no! i only play a 7.25 radius, i can't play anything flatter' or "I can't play that, it only has single coils" all irrelevant minor niggling details, that shouldn't inhibit your playing at all.

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I'm not an expert, but I play one on the internet.

I agree with Twelvebar all the way on this one.Early on I played just a suped up Tele for so many years it was kind of uncomfortable when I played a Strat because of the volume tone knob configuration. So I just went out and bought a Strat instead of just borrowing one and that solved that problem.

That says it all. Mike

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

And now this should give you the PERFECT reason to go out and buy ten more guitars....

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"If it's planned, it's boring." - Freddie Mercury

IMO I think one should have as many guitars as they can afford/want. Each guitar sounds and plays differently, even ones within the same model/year/ect.

With that being said, you will have to learn the nuances of that particular guitar, but the playing skills you already have will remain, and sometimes get better due to having something a little different to play on.

I think limiting one's self to just one guitar will hinder rather than help a player. I am looking for my future #3 right now. Right now it is a toss up between the Fender Stratocaster with the Floyd Rose tremolo or a ‘72 Telecaster® Deluxe. We'll see in a couple years which one wins.

RK

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2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

I recommend some model Telecaster RK. You should have both a strat and a tele. But you don't need me telling you what to do!

As stated by some of my esteemed collegues here...I think that it is good to have more than one. I have my Tele which is my main guitar and one I absloutely love to play..and I have my Strat which I use for different songs/tone etc. I feel that knowing the dynamics of both those guitars really helps me as a player. JMO..

As stated in a previous post you should by and play as many guitars as you can.I played my first paying gig at 15,i'm 55 now and still rockin'.I've spent every cent I've ever made playing on gear and still have frequent GAS and $@!(amp stockpiling syndrome...my term)attacks.I now have 28 stringed instrument(25 guitars) 10 amps and dozens of pedals.I think that limiting yourself to one guitar or even one amp stifles your boundries,with a varied palette you cn broaden your musical horizons.Also the difference in neck feel keeps your fingers more flexible at least that's what I believe as different action,scale length and string guage contributes to widely varied finger pressure and position.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

This was always my philosophy. Sure, you can be comfortable with several guitars but there's always THAT one, if you know what I mean.

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Additional guitars won't damage your playing ability, but spending too much time plotting acquisitions and chasing an imaginary "tone" will...

Really like the way that ‘72 Telecaster® Deluxe looks. Played one in the store the other day, wow what a great tone that one had.

RK

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2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

I guess it's a matter of choice. If you have and play one guitar all the time you become at one with the guitar. But will it make you a better player? No only practice will do that. Good Luck.

I play my Squier Strat about 50% of the time, my Fender Strat about 30% of the time and something else about 20% of the time. It feels a little weird to change guitars around a lot (especially if you're going between different kinds of guitars like going from an ES-335 to a Tele). But it's never really effected my playing.

I don't really know of very many people who stick to only one guitar. Everyone has their favorites though.

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In a way i can agree with only practice will make you better but if you only practice on one guitar it could hinder your abilities on other guitars. I say this because i play mainly acoustic and feel that i'm pretty good but when i play electric i don't feel as confident. The size difference from acoustic and electric makes a big deal when converting from one to the other. So all in all playing more than one guitar will be alot better for you.