Justin Sandercoe of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This month: Just one more...
I just put an order in for a new custom guitar with Gray Guitars and I’m super excited about it. But hey, it’s been a while since I bought a new one – at least 18 months!
So how many guitars should you own? How many is too many and when is the right time to buy a new one? Well Einstein got it right with his magic formula of F = X+1 where F is the optimal number of guitars and X is your current number of guitars. A simple formula but effective and hard to argue with.
Let’s start at the beginning. I would always recommend that your first guitar should be an electric. Some may argue, but that’s my opinion (maybe a debate for another column?) but if that is the case then after some months of playing you are likely to feel the itch and find yourself looking at reviews of guitars and wondering what should come next. But real beginners I think should stick with one guitar and learn to play it before adding to the collection – spend your time playing and not browsing reviews. When you’re better you’ll know more about what you like to play, and make better judgments when playing any potential new guitars.
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