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In my case and everybody else I played with it was lack of money,my Uncle was a musician in the late '50s early '60s and that was the way he and his friends were.
For many years I could only afford one good amp and one guitar...all through the late '70s to mid '80s it was a Les Paul and a Marshall 2x12 combo.....I had three sons and a wife and bills...music had to wait sometimes.
Now that the kids,and wife are gone...I've been like a kid in a candy store,buying what I want and loving it!

I will admit to having more guitars than actually needed (I say this as I'm currently planning another purchase), but I will also say with all honesty each of my axes bring something different to the table, sonically as well as "feel" differences, which make me play or approach the instrument differently...it's not just an excuse to buy more crap.

My Tele is my go-to, but I can't discount my Strat's smooth, light airy feel. I play "nicer" on the Strat. The Tele is the blue-collar bruiser that I use for more muscular tracks or songs; it feels a bit stiffer and heavier (not just weight, but also the action/neck profile).

My first electric (and possibly my best built guitar), my venerated G&L F100, gives me another totally different feel and response. Between the "fast" neck, the humbuckers and the mahogany body, she changes the game each time I plug her in. Instantly, there's a warm yet articulate richness that makes me approach songs differently (and choose effects differently, too)...but I play her the least.

If the truth be known, as far as my electrics are concerned, the Tele is the one that's the most "me" guitar--the one that I could live with forever if I were forced to choose only one...yet, it's the cheapest one in my stable--MIM, nothing fancy. 

If were of a different mindset, I'd sell everything and learn how to retune real fast to accommodate alternate tunings.

I understand why we "gotta have" all of them, and I think we're more materialistic as a society than the previous generations (especially pre-Baby Boom).

My  dad, born in 1942, is the front end of the Baby Boomer, and he suffers from C&T&GAS--Car & Gun & Tool Acquisition Syndrome. He has more "stuff" in his closet than his own father probably ever owned in his life.

I'm supposedly Gen-X--born 1970--(I rejected that label and never really fit in to the stereotype of it) and I'll readily admit I tend to be bit too materialistic. I really don't need about half the stuff--memorabilia especially--that I own...but I keep getting more.

I remember my grandmother rarely had more of one particular item; she maybe had two pairs of black shoes and then a couple of other colors, but she probably had less than five pairs of shoes...in contrast, the Armadillo 'Tween has over thirty pair, and she's still growing. My grandmother had only a small B&W TV; my dad offered to buy a larger color one, and she said, "Why? This one still works..."

It wasn't just that she was poor (she wasn't wealthy, that's for sure), it was just her simpler attitude. I wish I had more of that. We sometimes get weighed down with the "stuff" we own.

...but that's not an invitation for you to ask me to give it to you!  :P 

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Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

Can sometimes be a good thing to have only one at your disposal, wonder if this would have been on the set list had Danny Kirwan not broken a string on the previous song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxux5Ldm ... re=related
Methinks probably it was the next day for Fleetwood Mac things changed, and yep to the money theory, how many families back then had both parents out working not many I'd imagine whereas today it's the norm or am I wrong, probably maybees....I don't know, why are you asking difficult questions anyway I thought I'd eventualy become a multi guitar owner this first entered my head shortly after joining the forum dreams of custom shop and one of those please Oh and one of them must have one of them Meh....faded now, quite happy squeezing the life out of my one and only Strat......tempting fate I know but what the heck bring it on.. c'mon you telecaster wimps..please

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this is a good post to talk about other guitars and amps.true most guys in the early sixties did in fact,share an amp with another guitarist.yes most guitarists had only one guitar.these guys played with single pups,non-locking tuners,ETC:the squier affinity strat plays just like these old rock and roll guitars.most (NOT ALL)would go see MANNY'S for their guitars.being an experienced guitarist from 1965-66,i saw most of the biggest rock and roll bands,and i'm sure most played fenders/gibsons,without heavy MODS to their guitars.i know that a lot of folks on this forum likes to MOD their guitars,nothing wrong with that however,i love the sound of the single pups.my guitars are all original,with no MODS,except for strap locks.i dig the purist sound from the sixties,and i always try to get the SAME SOUNDS,of the early guitars/rock bands.

Uh-hu? Ah well: with me it IS just an excuse to buy more crap.



Can you give it to me?

I'm asking - uninvited.

Cheers - C

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I remember in the late 60's and early 70's most all dance clubs had their own piano,and "Shure Vocal Master" P.A system and many had mic stands. Bands just had their instruments, amps and mics. Lots of older big bands around that used the P.A. to announce songs & MC.

I've seen many country groups with 2 guitars in one amp back then and a string Bass.

In some of the old Elks, Moose, & Lions Clubs and Steak House & dance Halls I will see an old Shure Vocal Master stashed in a corner.

I don't remember anyone having more than one "ax" until 1980.....

L.A. (Feel'n kinda old all of a sudden)

In my experience I only started bring back-up guitars to gigs in the mid-70s but I always owned at least 2 guitars since 1966 when I was 12.I don't recall any of the local musicians bringing along backup gear until the mid 70s unless of course they were a top notch act.

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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.

It was always that way that I remember--I got my first guitar and I knew I would end up owning more.

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Well it's interesting to note that SA's old enough to be my son. That having been said, I offer you another point of view in this. For a variety of reasons, the patrons of live music expect that cover bands will reproduce note for note and sound for sound reproductions of the recording. Interpretation is no longer acceptable. This is also on the part of players. Technology has had to rise to the occasion to permit that to happen. I don't have to tell you how many tone-questors have come to this Forum to inquire as to how achieve Gilmour's sound, and his web site will pretty much give you the path to it. Ceri will understand completely when I suggest that all of these devices including the guitars themselves, are part of the armamentarium and the palette which musicians employ to create.

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"Another day in paradise!"

Did you catch that, SA?

Cheers - C

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