Why I Don't Own Many Guitars - My Guitar Collection

After spending years buying and selling different guitars, I learned that owning just a handful of high-end guitars provided me with more value than owning many affordable guitars. In this guitar review, I'll be going over the features and tones of my current guitar collection.
You'll notice that my three electric guitars are very "Fender" in nature, and that's because I grew up playing Stratocasters and Telecasters. I've owned a couple Gibson guitars (including a Les Paul Traditional and a vintage SG) but just couldn't bond with them.
Just like with guitar pedals and effects, I choose quality over quantity. These are the four guitars I own:
Suhr Classic S Antique Electric Guitar (Suhr ML Pickups)
Suhr Alt T Pro Electric Guitar (Suhr Thornbucker Pickups)
Fano Alt De Facto SP6 Electric Guitar (Fralin Pickups)
Collings D1 Acoustic Guitar
Strings I use: stringjoy.com/
#guitarcollection #suhrguitars #fanoguitars #collingsguitars
Follow me on Instagram: / andrewclarkeguitar
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Chapters:
0:00 - My guitar collection
0:46 - Other guitar gear I'll be using
1:01 - Suhr Classic S Antique - Features
2:44 - Suhr Classic S Antique - Sounds
4:25 - Suhr Alt T Pro - Features
6:29 - Suhr Alt T Pro - Sounds
9:20 - Fano Alt De Facto SP6 - Features
11:12 - Fano Alt De Facto SP6 - Sounds
13:32 - Collings D1 Acoustic
15:56 - Quality vs. Quantity
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-- Gear I used in this video --
Amp: Dr. Z EZG-50
Pedals: Analogman King of Tone Overdrive, Strymon Flint Reverb & Tremolo
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Music Credits:
Madruga by Popoi | / popoimusic
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[@thedonbishop55]

That’s a sweet collection. I own 4 too and don’t intend on owning many more for that same reason. It’s like having multiple cars when you can only drive one at a time.

[@philupbrick2961]

Wow I love your collection, man!! I have a white Fano SP6, along with my American Fender Telecaster, and a Gretsch electromatic. The Fano is typically my #1 choice. They made such good stuff in prior years, especially for being a boutique American company. I love the color of yours!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you! Sounds like you've got some great guitars yourself. Yeah, it's such a cool guitar. Need to play it more often for sure.

[@BlueDrifts]

Great vid! I’m learning the guitar right now, two years in, and I have a Harley Benton, a Tanglewood acoustic and a Lag classical, I bought all as used, except the LAG which was new, but a bit damaged through storage, so couldn’t resist at the price it was.

[@frantisca]

You have a very versatile and efficient guitar collection, with great pedal & amp ! It's sometimes hard to resist the GAS... Love the Alt T Pro, very fine guitar ! Collings are masterpieces. Cheers

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you! The GAS is neverending...

[@astewart9410]

Lovely ace collection! I’m paring down my own large collection to essentials and it’s freeing. Definitely quality over quantity!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you! Yeah, it feels so much better when no guitar is getting neglected 😂

[@eldonwatkins2066]

Love it! Really nice work. I’m enjoying your channel. I have two partscaster teles. One is a thinline cabronita with TV Jones classic filtertrons. The other is a thinline with standard tele pickups (Lambertone Blondies). I also have two acoustics. One is an Eastman AC422ce which has been so good to me the last 7 years or so. The other is a new-ish acquisition a Larrivee 00-40r which is just stellar.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thanks for watching! That sounds like a solid lineup. Larrivee acoustics are incredible instruments.

[@stephenfeldman8104]

KZbin's algorithm hooked us up. They know what they're doing. Nice playing and I look forward to checking out your channel. As for the guitars you demo'd, I'm afraid I'm a fan of your not-go-to electric Fano.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Hey! Glad you're here. Appreciate it. Yeah, I feel like I need to play it a little more often.

[@lengross4126]

You and I share the magic number of four guitars being optimal. For me it's two electric and two acoustic. Unfortunately I have three more guitars stuffed in a closet that I never play but can't sell because of their sentimental value. I find myself playing my favorite electric (a modded Classic Vibe Tele), and favorite acoustic ( a Seagull Enourage) 95% of the time.

[@314westender159]

My goodness that Fano sounded great! Wow

[@roboneill2548]

I'll turn 63 in a few weeks - restarted trying to learn electric guitar a little over a year ago. I'm working on the pentatonic scales and the different bar chord shapes (with a side of I really need a systematic approach - but I keep getting distracted by things that sound cool!! Anyway, I currently have a Epiphone Les Paul (an instructor I had was selling some Seymour Duncan p/u's so I had those put in), a Godin Radiator (quite a range of different tones from a H-S-H with coil splitting) and a Peavy Predator (which doubles as a barbell) that already had locking tuners and some "hot--rail" pick-ups installed when I got it.. I didn't really understand what I was getting there - so thought it sounds good in it's own right - I now know I was more looking for that single-coil sound. I really love the sound of your Suhr "Strat" - I'm not sure I'll have the money for one of those anytime soon (though I am putting a Harley up for sale)... the other thing is I'm not sure my playing will ever merit a high quality instrument such as that!!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Those all sound like solid guitars you've got there. The Suhr stuff is so great, but you can get the same tone out of any other decent strat. It's more about your playing and the rest of your rig. :)

[@roboneill2548]

@@andrewclarkeguitar They are indeed all solid body guitars … They all have what I’d deem decent tone (I also have a couple pretty decent amps .. a Blackstar HT-5 tube & Roland 20watt Cube) … as I live in a condo I can’t really push either unless with headphones… The varied guitars does give me the opportunity to spend extended time getting to know what I like/don’t like in terms of how each “feels” … I do love those chimy single coil tones (interesting I’ve wound up with guitars that are most or all humbuckers .. I know at my level of playing beyond decent playability… no guitar is going make me any better… As Suhr guitars were feature here, I reflected an appreciation for how they sounded … but I don’t necessarily need one… Thanks for your reflections!!

[@MK-tj5bf]

Love your collection. Great choice! Suhr kinda pricy ones. :)

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you very much, my friend!

[@calyptratus187]

I have 3 + 1 quality ones as well! Two acoustics. Lowden + Rainsong. Les Paul and a cheap modded strat which I will replace soon. Then that will be a travel guitar. I've been thinking of even narrowing it down to just one acoustic and electric but this is making me think again! Lol Just having a Lowden and a Suhr would be a dream though. Less distraction for me

[@emorcen]

I can't even play the single guitar I own well after 20 years of actively trying. Getting more won't help me.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Haha, fair enough 😂

[@725niko]

20 min a day is all it took for me to get even remotely sounding good. 8 years later and I’m building a collection of pedals for my first live gigs. Just believe in yourself and commit 20 min if you can. I believe in you!

[@danielrios5074]

I have an acoustic dreadnaught, a modded G&L S-500 (Seymour Duncan Cool Rail pickups) and a G&L Espada HH. I prefer quality over quantity and although G&L makes good guitars, I’m looking at graduating to a Suhr, possibly parting with one or both of my GLs.

[@brianmiller6828]

Good stuff. I'm up to 23 or so, starting to think about thinning the herd....or not...

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Only if you have to haha

[@Ringer1982]

As a beginner player, for me it's quantity over quality for sure, because to me having 2 different kinds of guitar is a lot better than to sitck to only one. Once I have a sufficient quantity (I'm thinking about 4 guitars in total) maybe I will start thinking about changing them to higher quality instruments. Currently I have a Strat and a Les Paul, and I'm thinking to add a Ibanez Gem junior and a baritone.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Sounds like you've got a solid little collection going!

[@cepwwpec]

Here before your Suhr signature

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Oh man, that's the dream.

[@seanzinger]

That Fano looks killer. Always wanted one of those since I first saw them around 2010. Just can’t seem to find one.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I actually just let go of the Fano a few months ago. Great guitar though!

[@DeadReckoner]

Awesome collection. I have Gibson, PRS, and Fender, but Suhrs are really calling out to me! You're not really a fan of low-end in your EQ, huh? Not a criticism, just an observation :)

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thanks! My set up has changed a lot in the last year and I think it's much more balanced these days 😅

[@brian91145]

I have 16 guitars but no duplicates. I think that’s where people mess up. Just got rid of a Flying V, not my style anymore lol

[@mirkojovanovic3216]

I agree with you,quality matters.I also have 4 guitars of pro quality and 1 cheap for kicking around. Cheap guitar can never be converted to pro quality no matter what they say on various channels.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Totally! I do feel like I need a cheap guitar for travelling 😅

[@mirkojovanovic3216]

A cheap guitar is a must for whatever reason

[@strangeuniverse1199]

I have 41 guitars but can't play one song on any of them. Some of them have never been played. I have some amplifiers that have never been used either. The guitars just sit around like trophies.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

41!? My goodness, that's a lot of guitars, haha 😀

[@Daeva83B]

Playing for over 30 years off and on. And the only guitar that i bought is also my worst guitar. An accoustic Fazley, it's alright, nothing special. My other guitars are all from my father and atm my main guitar that i use is the guild s-90-nb from '75 :D An acoustic classic nylon guitar, which i actually replaced the snares to steel strings, and yes my guitar is fine, those steel snares are on it for years and the neck is fine. And 2 other electric guitars, one small travel guitar a fender i believe, but i need to fix that one. And one american guitar, that i can't plug in, because here in europe we use 240v. I need some special equipment for it, but that one is a beauty as well, don't know the brand, but it's definitely a unique guitar (rare i think) I will never buy a new guitar. why should i? The ones that i own play just fine and i think i will repair them instead of buying a new one.

[@josephbrotherton7578]

Do you have some kind of heavy eq on? They all sound unusual to me.

[@VanjaSpirin]

Strat guy talking about guitars? I would listen if that would be HSS Suhr strat. This is a real quality all rounder. And that would be my only guitar if I have to chose. But normal choice would be: LP and Telecaster, and HSS strat. For all kinds of music.

[@cabro7335]

I go for quality and i hate guitars that duplicates like 2 dreadnaughts and 2 strats hahaha

[@nekkon1989]

Which guitar is the best for worship music?

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I don't play worship, but if I had to guess, I'd say the Alt T would be best!

[@Thirdgen83]

Wire your humbuckers in parallel instead of series. They'll have single-coil clarity and no hum.

[@PunkMarioBros]

One problem I have with humbuckers (which may just be from my bad experience) is that they don’t take pedals too well. My first guitar was a Les Paul style guitar and when I got my overdrive pedal, it sounded so bad but I needed an overdrive for my music so I ended up being an Epiphone Casino which ended up taking pedals really well and the P-90 pickups worked really well clean

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I agree with that for sure. I feel like single-coils are far more likely to agree with most pedals. With humbuckers I need to be a lot pickier with my choices.

[@samuelpeinado1267]

Disagree… I mean I agree that strat style guitars take pedals well. I disagree that hum-buckers don’t ask pedals well. Humbuckers take pedals great. Especially on stage where I don’t have to worry about the buzz adding extra noise. They are very different though. So an s-style guitar pedalboard probably would sound pretty bad with hum-buckers.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

@@samuelpeinado1267 That's a fair point! As a player that grew up playing single coil guitars I think it's more of a comfort thing for me. My Suhr Strat's pickups are noiseless, so that's not a huge concern.

[@VanjaSpirin]

Humbucker not taking pedals well? What is this? Some single coil cult here? This is such a nonsense.

[@PunkMarioBros]

@@VanjaSpirin tbh, I think my problem wasn’t the pedal, it was the amp settings. My old amp settings sounded really bad and now I’ve sorted that out my original guitar sounds impeccable!

[@JosephCompton66]

Martin D-18 and Reverend guitars crosscut with noiseless P90 style pickups.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Nice, Joe!

[@JosephCompton66]

Love your gear reviews and guitar lessons. I think they are the best on you tube.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

@@JosephCompton66 I really appreciate that. Thank you!

[@JUNNY923]

2:45 Is that the bedroom lick?

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I'll be honest, I have no idea what the "bedroom lick" is 😅

[@JUNNY923]

@@andrewclarkeguitar There's this old short clip of John Frusiante playing a guitar while sitting on the floor and towards the end he plays that same chord progression you played. It's been covered by so many people and is basically a meme now lol

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

@@JUNNY923 I've never seen that before! Glad I'm in the know now. Haha.

[@DrAgan_tortojed]

Lots of superfluous info here - every sparrow out there knows the steel frets are superior (and stainless steel is of and in itself superior, as a material when it comes to many machines, other than guitars). Alas!, it is also very well known that the steel frets are more expensive, therefore the producers use other materials more often, wherever it is possible . Swapping that old strat for a copy called "Suhr", you gained nothing (steel frets and tremolo bridge of your choice could've been built in any strat). That Collins of yours sounds just like million other medium jumbo acoustics, some of them being much cheaper than this one.

[@A-rl4or]

Hearing mainly electric players switch to acoustic is always funny