What Did Your Guitar "Collection" Cost?

Well, OK, I'll say it. I'm getting next-to-nowt done this week, and might as well write it off.

----Whinge - Please Ignore ----

The pickups for The Elmer One arrived, but the ashtry bridge didn't and I can't quite bring myself to use the modern one, so that is stuck in a rut. The soldering iron didn't arrive so that rules out The Old Burny One, specifically but most everything else too in truth..The body/neck for The Wasteland One hasn't shown up yet. Though I have everything else. The drill bits have vanished, so The Floored Genius One is still un-holy. The Joe Le Taxi One is still body-less. My determination not to start new projects until I'd finished the ones I had started is in tatters.

 

---- End of Whinge ----

So instead, I returned to an old chesnut..and asked myself a question or two.





 

What guitars do I want for me, myself and my psychosis to play?

What I mean by that is - what guitars do I want to provide a stable and sustainable home for, without fear of being flogged to pay for parts for another.

Which takes me back to, what guitars do I own - assuming that I am only care-taking anything that has been Jookified.

And at the moment the answer would be:

1. Aria Acoustic: I don't really play this much, but it is one of those sentimental things. Electrics are busted.

2. The Golden Shower One - My permanently loaned Jooky. In for a fret job.

3. My Bashed-up Gordon Smith Desk. Where to start?

4. The Broken Dot - The Epi dot who's neck I repaired and is no doubt worth so little it isn't worth selling. Mr Bump sticker or not. Over-keen use of glue in pickup-glued-in-horror.

5. The Orpheum SG. Needs a setup and a bit of fret work (though not a lot)

So five guitars, all of them in various states of disrepair and distress.

On top of these I've always fancied a Les Paul - though the Gordo and Orpheum cover that really, but it would be nice one day.

And the glaringly obvious one is a complete lack of a Jazzmaster, which is probably the only guitar I really need in my life, the rest cover the itches and wants.

Not really an expensive bunch, skipping the Golden Shower which has been rebuilt so many times I couldn't begin to put numbers to, the rest cost a combined (Aria £50 + Epi Dot £60 + Gordo £150 + Orpheum £50 =) £310    .

Hmmm, a grand total of £310 - expensive hobby this.

So, if I may be so bold, and assuming most people who read this have guitars already,

How Much Did Your Guitars Cost? 

And What Else Do you Need?

(You can reply anonymously if that is easier ;)

Not that I'm bored or anything.