How many guitars do you really need? Dipped In Tone - Episode 5

[@fivewattworld]

Ha! Stumbled on this. Guys! I really should have guested on this one episode. :)

[@DippedInTone]

Def on the next one! Zach here, I tried to figure out a different title but couldn't come up with anything that worked within the context. This was a viewer question that took over the majority of the episode.

[@fivewattworld]

And at 28 mins you give me a shout out. I was "there" after all. Thanks guys!

[@RhettShull]

You’re a legend Keith!

[@celestelongway7315]

Ha ha ha ha ha . Thumbs up! Dude u ROCK!. BTW I loved the sound of your jazz combo behind some of your vids. I think your fans may like to hear a little more of your great jazz combo's music from back in the day. Cheers! Michael T Wyman in and 99 in L..A.

[@richardrigsby5286]

Guitar for me is an escape, I can rest my mind and lose myself for a minute. Its also a connection to my brother that passed away, he taught me how to play guitar and its a way to keep connected.

[@justinbishopmusic]

ALL. OF. THEM. You need all the guitars.

[@stanislavmigra]

exactly

[@justgould]

I'm apparently the opposite person to Rhett, bikes are my livelihood and guitar is my amazing escape that I'm ok at. I'm always amazed at how many people both ride bikes and play guitar. Perhaps unsurprisingly I find photography and scuba diving also tend to be common hobbies for these people. I've always put it down to an affinity for activities where you can nerd out over gear.

[@DippedInTone]

Nice Justin! (Rhett here) what do you do in the cycling world?

[@justgould]

@@DippedInTone Well, I've worked in bike shops most of my life, but these days I mostly consult for cities to develop cycling plans, policies and help design bike infrastructure.

[@VanDimes]

@@justgould All 4 are my hobbies - biking and guitar are my main hobbies with photography and scuba below that. I've never heard Cervelo as the "dentist" brand, have you?

[@ronp7762]

I am so not your target audience -- 52, unrelated career, took up guitar again after 30 years after being inspired by guys like you, Tim Pierce, Rick, etc that guitar doesn't need to be this unattainable thing, and it's okay if I never get very good. I recently bought a 90's Godin for next to nothing that I just love -- it's amazing how having a guitar that feels right makes playing more fun (duh). So I'm the ultimate novice, nowhere close to your target audience, but I love your channels and your podcast. I get to live vicariously and enjoy music, gear, and good guys schmoozing about my favorite topics. Keep up the great work!

[@isaactrapala]

Greetings from Tijuana, MX. I've been following Rhett for a while and when I saw he was doing a podcast with Zach I started binge watching the available Episodes... Personally, I've been playing guitar mostly at church for about 11-12 years, I'm 24 this month now, I've learned a lot, I've gotten a few gigs outside church, paid and otherwise, and I really have just been playing with my first guitar. I wanna get my next guitar in the near future, and in my quest for "gear", videos and channels like yours have really helped me to learn about gear and the possibilities of it, thank you for creating great content.

[@kobilux]

I am a painter and musician. So music is only half of my business. Being rather tight most of the time I have to shop very carefully for gear. But let me tell you a little story here. I started off in a Punkband 1987 with a Teisco I bought for 50.- from my trombone teacher. I learned all the nescessary chords (both of them) on that one guitar. trashed it 1988 and bought a black 335 Clone. I just loved the looks. I didn't know anything about guitars and I didn't care. When I trashed that on a gig an got my first record contract 1990 my next was a green Tele with an fhole made by a company called Fenix. I loved that one a few years. I even gave it a name. "Trick" sounded greatand tought me that a guitar is more than a noisy cool looking thing hanging round your neck. So my early years I was that one guitar guy. In 1994 with my new band, I was more into Folk and jazzy stuff. So I felt limited with the one electric and got a 500$ 1960's Gibson ES120T single pickup hollow body wich was my pride and joy. Good for songwriting, stage and recording. I broke and reglued the headstock, it got stolen and recovered, I added a bass bleed circuit, broke and replaced the bakelite scratch-box,... That guitar kind of let me forget completely about Trick. In fact I left good old Trick in a studio and forgot about him until the studio moved and they contacted me asking if I want my guitar back. I said no. Eventually I boughtd a cheap acoustic and my brother presented me a 1960's Framus DeLuxe electric 12string. The limited choice of guitars defined my sound. And that's my point actually. Style is based on limitations. And the fact that I now have seven guitars is... Well, thanks to you and some others I wanted to explore the world of sounds. So I added a new Tele, a Strat, an acoustic 12, a new 335 and a Gretsch. Should I find out I am going back to the same instrument over and over, I will sell the rest again. A guitar that isn't get used is,... errrr.... useless. Cheerio Jake

[@matthewcasey892]

Guitar for me is a long love affair. I’m the guy that maybe y’all could pigeon hole as “that lawyer, accountant, doctor” player. You would be right and wrong. I am a veterinarian. However, I have been playing since I was 10. Played in pubs etc from high school through university. Then life and work and family happens. The guitar went in the closet for YEARS. Several short revisits with music but finding balance is hard. Now my kids are in university, my professional life has gone well and now I can afford a Custom Shop Tele. Your regrets of not getting into Jazz and blues and theory are shared by me, exactly the same. Now I end my day with my Tele, my Mjolner pedal into my new Bartel Sugarland Amp...because I have sounds in my head still and I can afford that gear. I love it. Give the poor lawyers and accountants a break, thank goodness they love music. Peace boys.

[@rafamontec5604]

I just made a really passionate routine every monday where I listen to dipped in tone at the morning, or whenever you realease it on my ivoox, and then at night I hear it again on youtube paying even more attention to everything. I sent the email with the "how many guitars are really necessary?" so, thank you so much, blesses to you both!

[@netanelgallagher7323]

The best podcast video/ audio. This is my opinion...

[@fivewattworld]

From what I know about Zach, I'm guessing that Victoria behind him is an Electro King (their Gibson GA40 clone)? Yes? We need to talk.

[@DippedInTone]

Silversonic!

[@beaubarber]

The intro is the best yet again and those suckers who only listen to this are missing out. So good

[@oncetherewerelions]

Hey, science teacher with kids in the suburbs here. Long time musician (piano first for me, then acoustic guitar), but I just bought my first electric guitar in June (a Gretsch G2622 that might be the same one Rhett picked up in March on the budget episode). So I’m no dentist or blues lawyer. Used to play keys in a folk-rock band that gigged every other weekend or so in CT and NY, and then we had kids, our drummer had twins, and folks moved a little further away. I was largely oblivious to guitar pedals. And now because of the pandemic rabbit hole of TPS, Bukovac, JHS show, and your channel Rhett, I’ve jumped into GASing for pedals and I’m playing a lot more electric at home. It may be Zach’s fault (along w Joey Landreth) that I’m out browsing for fuzz and a harmonic tremolo! Considering springing for the Golden Fleece as my first fuzz to pair w the Gretsch. So it’s a hobby for me for sure, but a lifelong one, and now my kids are picking up instruments which is a pretty great development. A lot of convergence here, and I’m digging the channel and these conversations you’re having. Cheers from CT!

[@neenerheaddj]

6:00 - Agreed, re: MOOD. I’m a player not unlike you guys, but I LOVE the MOOD. It, the Thermae and the Preamp MKII will be on my board until I’m dead.

[@mgscheue]

Love the MOOD, too. I'd really like to get the Thermae at some point, too.

[@edibleresidue]

Used to play in a working band a few years ago, lots of gigs, weddings, etc, fell into a depression that kinda snuck up on me. Guitar, for me is what kept me centred and helped me through those hard times. Don't play in a band, but i found my meditation with guitar, and i play everyday, sometimes studying, sometimes jamming, always learning. Everybody should play guitar.

[@FabianSalomonsson]

It’s great that you show us pictures of the things you talk about. Keep doing it!

[@1017dantheman]

Guitar for me is somewhere in between a hobby and pro. I’m a middle school music teacher by trade, but I’m in a couple weekend warrior bands, lead worship on Sundays and play guitar and/or violin in pit orchestra gigs.

[@JohnnyMoniz]

Loving this show, and particularly this episode! I work in the film industry here in Atlanta as a DGA assistant director. During the peak of the lockdown, I resurrected my long neglected guitar hobby, and also dove deep into the youtube rabbit hole. KZbin's algorithm sent me to Rhett's channel, and ultimately to this one. Anyway, keep up the good work fellas! These videos, and the ones that led me to this channel, have definitely helped me make some great choices with my evolving rig/collection.

[@thierrylecuyer1507]

Great podcast once again. Hobby for me, even though it takes up lots of my time. I'm very passionate about it, but happy it's a different creative outlet than what I do for work.

[@VixCrush]

It depends on how many alternate tunings you are involved in. It is a pain to have to tune stuff on the spot so having a guitar set in a certain tuning that you can just pick up helps. I have a PRS CU24 and that is all.

[@mikebrookfield]

I smashed a carbon Cervelo R3 into pieces in a road race about 10 years ago... then went back to racing an aluminium bike and raced on it to a pretty high level... I had a 63 Strat but was a pain to tour with so sold it & now mainly play Fender Orig series guitars... its nice to taste the sexy stuff but you quickly realise what is best in reality...

[@fossilmatic]

Guitar is the common element in many interests; making music, being connected and engaged with the history and culture of popular music of the 20th century (arguably dominated by the guitar) as a cultural historian, making crafted wood-based objects, being obsessed with the synergy between the human voice/touch and an “instrument” (so, also sailing, mountain-biking, photography), living in a creative realm where you reach beyond the craft towards the magic (also, painting, sound production). There is no division between these things, and no need to “rest” from them as long as you see they are actually the same thing.

[@virginiusmaximus7006]

You need 3. An acoustic an electric and a bass.

[@GuitarGearGyan]

Excellent content. Think this format really compliments Rhett's channel with the unscripted straight from the heart approach. Zach & Rhett have some incredible online chemistry. I need 18 electric guitars..... why? Because that is my current collection and I love all of them. I rotate them weekly so in a month they are all played 4 to 5 times and serviced ever 3 months. They all bring something different to the table. For acoustics I think all 5 shapes Dreadnought, Parlour, Ochestra, Grand Acoustic & Jumbo make a difference and one of them can be a 12 string. Also do not forget a Ukulele, Mandolin, Banjo and Bass...... Basically get a room and fill it with guitars.

[@guitar8617]

I've been primarily working as a musician and on the production side of things (studio, live sound, video) for my jobs. That usually traps me in one place for long periods of time. Love either rock climbing, running, or hiking to give me a sense of space and being outdoors.

[@johnodotca]

There is something magical about putting the guitar away for a few days and coming back to it with fresh... ears?

[@nonolaporte3195]

Dipped In Tone : How many guitars do you really need? Me : Just one more...

[@jloiben12]

This is the only acceptable answer

[@msbrech]

I've recently stumbled across this podcast and I've started over at the beginning on Spotify. For me, guitar is an evolving thing. I'm coming back to playing after flirting with it in college. It's difficult to make the time in my day where I have the mental energy to sit down and practice. But in addition to learning and playing, I have a growing interest in luthiery, and in learning how to make my own guitars. Time and money are the obstacles (aren't they always?). Not just a lot guitar or a parts build, but taking blank wood and carving out a body and neck. Crafting my own instruments.

[@scottpickett9779]

Guitar for me is my second job. My every day job Is selling fermented grape juice ( wine) for a living, but been playing guitar for 35+ yrs on the side making a few bucks. Best of both worlds.

[@yashdaware2458]

52:30 Living in India none of my family members or friends had ever heard rock or metal or any other guitar dominant genre, most of my family have never made it past Bollywood music. For me to discover any kind of music that had guitar playing was quite unusual, it was just at a point in high school where I thought of expanding my horizon as I was getting sick of the trap beats. Things have changed and I've met a lot of people who enjoy rock n roll however my corner of music still remains untouched by any of my real life friends.

[@charlessantarpia7074]

Cervelos and Pinarellos are definitely dentist/lawyers bikes. PRS/Gibson Custom Shop etc are definitely the guitar parallel. Having said that, there’s another biking thing that applies to the real rub with all of the above, “all kit, no clue”. If you’re a skilled player with a flame top, cool. If you have a wood library prismburst and don’t know what modes are...not cool🤓

[@stephenparsons3532]

First off Rhett I’m fan . But you said something about pop tart sprinkles guitar You have a pink sparkle Novo

[@tennesseejam9788]

Another consideration and benefit to having multiple guitars is if you play a lot and don’t play with a light touch having multiple guitars helps spread out the fret wear and reduces the need for recrowning and refretting.

[@Taallyn]

I was just watching a video on Tested just before I loaded this podcast! Love that channel!

[@RhettShull]

I love Tested, with all my heart.

[@dirtbagel]

Guitar was a hobby, but in the past few years I've come on staff as a worship director, and I do some occasional sessions and shows. It has become a professional thing, and I'm looking for hobbies

[@AlmostGrewMyHair]

I just play guitar as a hobby and interest. I listen to more music than I play. I started playing to be able to get the feeling I get from music, and being able to "wield" that emotion.

[@elephantsonthestreet]

The how many guitars do you really need debate is an interesting one to me. To be completely honest... we all know the answer is 1. However, that's no fun and if it's in your means to own more to fuel inspiration and just overall fun then why not?

[@soilsample]

In a way, it extra inspires me to play only one for so long. One that I truly made my own.

[@ctm6761]

I think that something that is awesome about having a guide on a journey, be it guitar or anything else in life is to have someone share enough to show you a path and helps you to understand what you are looking at but gives you the room to discover for yourself and what it means. I think effective teaching is a combination of guiding and self-exploration once you have a set of tools to work with. I picked up the guitar this year as something I wanted to learn that was completely different than my regular work and to give me something to think about and focus on that was different than my average day and the teacher I have has been great. He helps me with concepts and techniques and then gives me questions and ideas to explore, which has given me the space to try to apply what I have learned, and to me, that is such an effective teaching combination.

[@mralgebro]

I. Love. This. Show. Keep it going! Variax 😭 Guitar is mostly a hobby now. I used to play in church a lot so I love all of Rhett’s church experience stories. I love the practice discussion. So yeah, I don’t make money from music. Occasionally write songs for myself and record stuff with friends for fun. Been playing for 20 years!

[@BaselineHypocrite]

Lol… this guy (points at self) just spent the last couple hours practicing with an online lesson/backing track using this Boss Waza Air Headphones. So easy… no cables, streaming from KZbin to play along, and they sound great. I also own an HX Stomp, an almost never use it for headphone practice unless I need a looper. Too busy with power, guitar, headphone cables… and honestly, the Boss headphones sound many times better than any of my headphones out of the Stomp. The Stomp stays on my board and the Boss headphones are for easy/fun practice.

[@csxblackmusic]

Started out singing....picked up Guitar 10 years ago to learn an instrument other than my voice. I love making music, recording and playing guitar as a release, from life and my job as a professor. Getting into guitar later in the game (26) it's hard to know who I should get a one on one lesson from. It's hard feeling like you're just not good enough to learn from a seasoned player, but I'm not an absolute beginner.

[@jaylunaguitar]

Guitar for me is a passion and its something I wanna do professionally but I just dont know how. I've been a bedroom guitarist pretty much forever because I couldn't find anyone to start a band with that shared the same level of interest in music as I do nor were they reliable. I've spent my time learning as much about guitar as I can and to figure out what I want to do with guitar professionally. Whenever I feel stuck I just stop for a while and just watch too much KZbin lol.

[@AMPSHOWS]

Hi guys, the motorcycles are my other passion and ride and good weather, at least three days a week, revolving my three different motorcycles. I play most of my guitars unplugged, not only to practice., But since I write songs and work out the parts before, recording them in other peoples ProTools studios, since I am not a fan of being my own engineer, I have not produced the amp show or L a guitar show since Covid put me out of business so I am now concentrating on creating new music and looking forward to putting it out finally, which is some thing that I have never done in my 73 years on this planet love your show keep up the good work Loni Specter

[@jaylangan7074]

Guitar for me is not a profession, but it is part of a love of music. I play because it makes me happy!

[@misterknightowlandco]

Most players, myself included, could go the rest of their lives never needing anything more than an HSS strat.

[@jsiguy100]

Definitely! Personally for me, a SSS strat and a deluxe reverb could serve me for a lifetime with my priorities straight. Good thing my priorities aren’t :)

[@lockedowng]

This is the absolute correct answer.

[@josh_7202]

Speak for yourself 😂

[@misterknightowlandco]

@@josh_7202 I did 😆 I said myself included. Im a bit of a minimalist. Owning more than one guitar makes me anxious. If I have two, my natural impulse is to sell them and buy 1 better one. It's not a money thing either it just makes me uncomfortable. I recently did a purge, cuz I had 1 guitar I played 95% of the time. I sold everything and bought my first real nice amp. 1 guitar, 1 amp, no pedals and I'm good. I'm not a professional or play out anymore though.

[@TheCodeMonk]

This was me....then I tried a tele and fell in love.

[@matthewtayloryowieresearch1912]

Far too many guitars are grossly insufficient woefully inadequate and nowhere near enough. Great show guys, from a new sub in Oz who has only been playing guitar for a lousy 42yrs, Im 51. Played to large crowds from the age of 17 & recorded / gigged. I research yowies (Australian sasquatch) in my spare time, to get away from music. Peace & rocknroll & yowies are real.

[@Joec9t]

1 guitar, are you guys crazy? I’m going to have to make sure my wife doesn’t see this 😜 Another great podcast, loving it.

[@frantisca]

The DGT is a great guitar. I'm not crazy about the pickups either, but I won't swap them. One has to tweak the settings on the amp to find the right tone. You can't leave the same ones as for your Tele or your LP, but, once you find the right settings on the amp/pedals, it sounds great. I start by bringing the tone knob on the guitar to 2 and start from there by raising the level until I find the sweet spot (usually around 4,5). Rhett: the CE series sound very good. I personnally have a preference for the CE 22 against the 24 (the neck is also thicker). The pickups tone is awesome.

[@BrunoFidelisMusic]

I actually learned to play guitar when I was 5. Stopped because of family issues. But now I have a day job and also recorded a small EP, so I really want to make a living off of music. Now I have 2 guitars (both used and cheap but got the job done). Also I really emphasize with Rett I didn’t get lessons because my family saw that I learned a lot by myself. Anyways nice episode!

[@KrenarCilkuGuitar]

For the topic what guitar is to you.. for me, everyday, I wish that guitar would be my main thing, meaning that I can make a living with guitar.. the only thing that I enjoy spending my time on is guitar but I just cannot find a way to make that a reality at the moment.. so yeah, I'm a dreamer of being a pro guitarist at the moment.. great podcast, thoroughly enjoyed it.. stay safe!

[@nilsx3020]

This podcast has easily become one of my weekly favorites. You guys are right up my alley, even though you (Rhett) were called a dad rocker on the gearpage due to your NightSky review, haha. Call me a dad rocker then. I play to unwind, because I enjoy it, creating music and tones is my passion.

[@DippedInTone]

Oh yes, TGP definitely isn’t short on opinions about me and my videos lol -Rhett

[@nilsx3020]

@@DippedInTone well, be rest assured that doesn't influence most people one way or another.

[@setheinsteiner2980]

Great episode Rhett and Zach! I love this podcast.

[@robertovillegas7677]

To me, guitar is my creative escape. I do web/graphic design on my 8-5 job where I can be creative but have kinda like rulesets on how to do that efficiently and effectively. With guitar I get to use that creativity with no rules attached, allows for more freedom and works to blow some stress off, and put it to work on church gigs once a week.

[@TheBrandonLewis]

I work at NASA and I noodle while I think. I play to relax and I also play while I’m anxious. Lol so I play a lot.

[@danmorrison8746]

WILDBERRY POPTART BURST GUITARS ARE WONDROUS!

[@robertovillegas7677]

Great episode as always! My approach to having guitars is to have versatility and diversity of pickups, so far I have a HH PRS, HS Ibanez JS, P90 SS Ibanez Gio, HSH Ibanez RT, and looking for a P90 Rivolta, that should have me covered 😂

[@FrankLafone]

Guitar is just a hobby for me. I'd love to make some side hustle off it, but I just started playing about 18 months ago. I don't see myself making any money off it at any point. Up until 18 months ago, I used reading, video games, and classic car tinkering to de-stress from work.

[@fly51256]

Joey Landreth uses Montreal assembly pedals “count to five” pedal. If he is ever a guest that one was so weird.

[@sugatooth]

Jokes on us, the intro track will always be just banter about why the track hasn't been made yet

[@bradleymerino1531]

I'm here from the future. You are 100% correct.

[@gellington88]

Blows my mind that people can get so down on a PRS 10 Top for $5k because they are too pretty, but don't bat an eye paying the same money for a Heavy Relic'd Fender or Gibson VOS. Buy what you want, and enjoy the guitar for what it is. If you buy expecting a return on your investment, you're likely to be disappointed. Love the show. Never make an intro!

[@tone1798]

Great channel! Does this make me a guitar nerd??? Hope so! BTW awesome name!!!

[@matthewcasey892]

Just when I think it is ridiculous to own “many” guitars I get a new Mike Campbell Instagram post and realise you can not have enough guitars.

[@hannenw]

👍 for Adam Savage's One Day Builds.

[@misterknightowlandco]

Hey with that Discord thing you could take calls as well. I think it would be cool for people to ask direct questions and chat a little bit. 🍻

[@RhettShull]

totally! we'll need old school call screeners though.

[@juangi_mx6774]

Answring for the 47:15 question, guitar for me right now is becoming something more serious, music in general is, im 15 now and i dream to became a professional studio/hired gun guitar player, i would love to go tu us to study in a music college and after that just stay there, i love guitar, i love music, and right now i think its really what i want to do, i spend the whole day playing, practicing and learning new stuff always, i just love it.

[@MegaJamie360]

I know this is an old thread but a good in.. I cycle, play guitar and I’m a full time realtor. But it’s funny because I put guitar 1st over everything lol.. yes play in a few bar bands but I own a hell of an arsenal of good guitars.. it’s a live and passion. But I have a Blue TT bike triathlons I ride and love that… hell even my running shoes are expensive as hell. No matter if it’s guitar, cycling or running good equipment makes a difference. Just the way it is

[@jloiben12]

Is there such a thing as a PRS guitar being less than best-in-class quality (at the price)?

[@andrewthomas7573]

For me guitar lies between more professional work and playing for fun. My goal is to play full time, but so far I’ve only done part time sessions and gigs and such. I definitely get where you guys are going with that though, I’ve noticed the more professional work I’ve gotten to do, the more it’s almost less of an escape. Luckily, my other escape is hunting🦌

[@davidrustad2084]

I think for non-working players who do need to make practice or musical meditation easy, and especially for those who travel for non-musical profressional reasons, the Wazas are actually the Jam man. The no cable without interference from the airforce base on the wireless rig, the 3d environment effort (not the head turning thing, just the surround), the into input jack and turn on ease? An Iridium doesn't deliver on that. I have one. It's on my pedal board in the basement, and if I'm down there I'm messing with gear. In the nice front room with the Crater Lake tapestry and the window, the headphones and the transmitter thing are just AN (one) object with no cables for the dog to mess with or to annoy any wonderful wife who may linger around the situation. I think you might have some remnant feelings about your Paris trip, man, and I think you miss an opportunity to promote the thing that we got to, which as the man says must be that practice be easy. Peace Rhett. Love you guys.

[@jloiben12]

For me, I think you only “need” 1 electric, 1 acoustic, and 1 bass. Give me a PRS split coil (ie - CE Standard 24), a dreadnought acoustic, and any bass with a p-style and/or a j-style pickup(s). With pedals, you can cover every sound (assuming you have the requisite skills). For $700, you can get a hx stomp and an expression pedal which covers literally 100% of your pedal/amp needs. All in, you can get a great setup for like $2-3k

[@markmilanovich6209]

when you say 7-9 guitars, is that 7-9 electric or 7-9 total (acoustic and electric)?

[@frantisca]

IMO, ideally one would have a Tele, a Strat, an LP and a semi-hollow (Collings I-35 is my favourite). Pickups: there are so many types and makes lately that you can get lost in the offers. In my experience, the closest to a P90 clarity that I can get without the hum and inherent problems to its conception is a low-medium output PAF-type humbucker, unpotted with Alnico 3 magnet. The CustomBuckers fitted into CS Gibsons are a good example. Tone, dynamics, harmonics and overtones without the hum. I am sure if you AB'd a set with a vintage LP, you would get a pretty close tone. I also have a set of Seymour Duncan SH2's (bridge as well) on a Thinline that sound absolutely awesome. My 2ć.

[@phillipasby9202]

Oh Rhett - you break my heart ... I'm decades older but very much admire your playing and in many ways the things you do are what I've been trying to do as a player ... but my #1 right now is a PRS cu22 special semi hollow ... alas... :p Meanwhile - Zach, welcome to the dark side! Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated! :)

[@powdershredder1136]

I’m just a player now, but I’m pretty new to the game and working on making it more of a career path or at least side hustle thingy

[@DreCarvalho]

I don't think in guitars, but in pickups. So, I need one or two of each: single coils, p90s, mini humbs, humbuckers...

[@concernedcitizen939]

I’m a simple man - 10 electrics, 2 Amps, 2 road bikes: a reworked 2006 DBR Podium 5, and a tweaked 2017 Specialized Tarmac Sagan, and 1 MTB I almost never touch. I have my eye on a new amp, a new guitar, and a new road bike. Gotta have dreams and goals. Guitars and Bikes are both lifelong hobbies.

[@bradleymerino1531]

Same as motorcycles. The number of needed guitars is always N+1. N = your current number of guitars. Same goes for pedals, beers, you get the idea.

[@celestelongway7315]

Rhett u r a legend ! yeah!

[@preeteshpatel3962]

les paul, tele, strat, 56 les paul with p90s, gretsch with filtertrons, 335, and ......a suhr modern with hot pickups for 80s hair metal. :)

[@6StringStories]

That gold DGT looks sweeeet

[@mchristr]

Four. Solid body with single coils, solid body with dual coils, archtop, and acoustic. At least that's my answer today.

[@jamesmarkham7489]

I gigged for years with a mim jazz bass and an amp. I kept getting work and teaching lessons. Getting more instruments was a luxury never a need

[@ebathurst9216]

Could I get a discord link Rhett?

[@Umbrellas0]

So which of you is changing your name to Dipton Tone

[@Musickbox8]

Disagree about the Mood. You definitely can recreate the same sounds. There's obviously a reactive component to how you approach the pedal. You really can't approach it as a guitar pedal IMHO. I would think of it as a module on a synth. Once you get how it works, you can do some amazing practical things with the pedal.

[@trampley]

Guitar is what I do while I should be working. For like 2 hours a day.

[@alexanderkernoghan4385]

For me guitar is a compulsion. I used to be a pro and still play every day.... even on the days when I hate it. There was a time when I resented this but now I feel lucky I have something that is that important to me that is totally my own. To have days you hate it, you have to love it. How many guitars? 1. Never buy anything to make music that you don't make already. 2. Make sure you have a relationship with all your instruments 3. Don't keep instruments that you feel uncomfortable playing, even if it is something you think you should have.

[@RileyStockwellMusic]

Nice Job gentleman

[@MrRafaztar]

PRS DGT VS NOVO? FIGHT!

[@DippedInTone]

Zach here. They are so different. The Novo is much more resonant and lively, when you strum a chord the whole guitar is vibrating. It's alive and 100% is my favorite guitar, one of the best I've ever played. The DGT is a machine, it plays effortlessly and the neck is perfect for me. The PRS doesn't resonate as much and doesn't have the same unplugged character, not even close. But there something about it, it fits in my hand and against my body so comfortably. The DGT has knocked my R9 out of the number 2 position.

[@MrRafaztar]

Dipped In Tone Podcast thanks, it’s interesting how 2 guitars made in the same era are similar price ranges with similar configuration (HH) can be so different. Thanks for the response

[@somebodyelseuk]

One guitar, and if you're gigging, an identical backup. If I could go back to the start (early '80s), I'd have bought a sensible car and a 'burst.🤣

[@jimleininger8963]

Berry, Carlton, Hendrix, King, Page, Clapton, Atkins, Gilmour... examples of players who "could have" made careers on just one guitar. I'll never be one of those, so I need N+1 guitars

[@metalmick]

All you need is one good Tele.

[@jimleininger8963]

You asked.... guitar to me is 100% just for fun hobby. I have no intention of ever making a penny. Frankly, the idea of doing 2 songs at open mic night makes me freak out. Having said that, hobby and just for fun doesn't mean I don't take it seriously. It's a hobby and an obsession at the same time.

[@bpsiloam]

And a really good acoustic

[@neenerheaddj]

The OP-1 is not out of production, btw...

[@icemanlee666]

(Guitars I currently own)+1

[@ComebackJoey15]

Three Novo's and I'd be set!

[@jeremyhickersonsalem]

It should be your thing to always talk about that track you're going to have, but never have one.

[@jaycareaga9929]

As many as I want.

[@jvbluesville3426]

Strat, tele , Les Paul, es 335, jp6 aka(súper strat) Les Paul p90’s times 2