WHAT DO ALL MY GUITARS WEIGH? - what is the combined weight of my entire collection?

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I wasn't sure how many guitars I had in my house before filming this, I was honestly afraid to count. Now I know the exact number and the exact weight of all the guitars cluttering up my house. It's a lot, I feel embarrassed I should probably sell some.
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[@sweetwater]

Kudos for tackling such a heavy topic.

[@captaintony1227]

Yeah it was pretty sweet ;)

[@ousley421]

SW makes it possible

[@60CycleHumcast]

Omg

[@LuisRFeliu]

sell more 6.9 guitars

[@joshuaevans1922]

DAMMIT SWEETWATER. NEVER AGAIN.

[@ousley421]

This content is nourishment for the partially insane, do not stop.

[@riphopfer5816]

This was almost exactly my thought. I’m on the edge of my seat.

[@prime4sd32]

Yes, this is perfect. We're going to need a spreadsheet on this afterwards.

[@cdavidlake2]

Data!

[@leeinthesprings]

It's very cool that Sweetwater does this. Totally the reason I will buy guitars from them.

[@mattdoliver1984]

Hey Ryan.......&Steve. just wanna say that you always succeed in putting a smile on my face, I’ve been having a rough time this year due to a relationship breaking down and my son being in the middle as you can imagine it can be quite testing, it’s not a pleasurable experience ....anyway I just want to thank you guys really because without you knowing I can come over here and watch your content that’s always fun and positive and has helped take my mind away from things every now and then ....so yeah, sorry if I’ve gone on but wanted you to know that what you guys do is appreciated & helps in ways that you most probably don’t intend when your putting the content together 👍🏼😊

[@OutstandingBill1]

I know exactly what you mean. Ryan and Steve are a great antidote to life's ills. Check out the Warmoth channel for alternative therapy.

[@barnshart9662]

You should make a series that's basically the Olympics but it's your guitars competing to stay in the Burke household. Rank em best to worst and see how that makes you feel

[@robertlathan4639]

KEEP THEM ALL SO NO REGRETS FOR THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY!!!

[@BrentAdams]

That's a lot of guitars....BUT...That's what you are all about here, my Friend. (...and I do Love Sweetwater's site for comparing the guitars that they have available... at least the ones that are already recorded.) I've got 19 guitars, baritones & basses in total. I believe that one will be put up for sale pretty soon. Most of mine are here for a unique "sound" or style & get used in my Music creation. My two newest ones all almost identical (I bought the "upgraded" version after trying out the first ... and LOVING it! ...to see if the "upgraded" version really meant anything to me in my playing and recording world. I think I will offer up both and give the first serious buyer the option. I'd be fine owning either one!)

[@phillipalter6499]

I'm actually going to Germany starting on Saturday the 10th, very excited, I also convinced my wife to go to Thomann's with the idea that we're also going to go to Nuremberg to visit and sightsee. Also I just want to say you kind of got me into surf guitar and surf Rock so thanks for that

[@60CycleHumcast]

Check out bamberg near Thomann. It’s a really neat area with lots of old buildings. Apparently it didn’t get bombed in wwII because both sides wanted to protect the breweries.

[@cutronixxx]

I am so happy to see that you did this after Steve suggested it. Silliness wins! Hahahahaha!

[@ScottMoeGator]

I'm glad I lasted to the end and got to see my heaviest guitar made into an example, that red Schecter Retro Ultra III also has the most humbuckers, and switches.

[@60CycleHumcast]

I intentionally went for that one because every-time ive picked one up my back screams at me to put it down. They look so cool though.

[@lone-wolf-1]

Bought recently a Cort G100 with body out of meranti- it weights just 4.8 lbs! That‘s 2,18 kg!! Feels like a toy, but is actually very comfortable. 17:12 wow those vinyl stripes look so nice on that transparent body. I like it so much! 😍 Great art piece right there, Ryan. Bravo!

[@quints1876]

Yes! The video we’ve all been waiting for! … been looking forward to this since discussed in the podcast 😆

[@cubbyjo]

I played in a band in the 90’s with a guy who had a 70’s Les Paul that we measured on a postal scale at around 14lbs. His other main guitar was a MIJ superstrat that was easily half the weight even though it had a Floyd Rose.

[@markuusss]

Wasn't expecting Ryan to have a crisis at the end of this

[@andiebetjemann7920]

Wow! 1) I always wondered, what kind of guitars you'd own beside those in the wall of your studio. Now Is know, that there are even more weird ones in your arsenal. Especially those you finishes yourself look awesome. 2) I adore Sweetwater for sharing the info of weight an detailed pictures of specific guitars. That's really a help, when you compare guitars and you wonder, whether a different style of guitar might suit or if one got an very heavy or light example of a standard model. Thanks for the great Infotainment!

[@alecmullaney7957]

Thanks Ryan, this is great background while I'm working

[@Aaron-ot3uv]

Video idea: you should price out your entire guitar collection next. If your guitars average $325 each then you have over $15k in guitars hanging around. Sweetwater should sponsor your vid in exchange for you using their gear exchange to sell half of your guitars for Sweetwater credit. If/when they all sell you would then owe us all a big livestream event where we get to celebrate with you by watching you sweat and stress while picking out the perfect Fender Custom Shop to buy using your Sweetwater website credits.

[@Aaron-ot3uv]

Or better yet, get them to fly you out so you can choose the perfect Fender Custom Shop in person.

[@60CycleHumcast]

Oh man. You might be psychic. Sweetwater and I are talking about this concept exactly. Not half my guitars but a few guitars and probably a pile of pedals. Sell it all for sweetwater credit and then buy something wild in a live video.

[@Aaron-ot3uv]

@@60CycleHumcast Sick! Sell as many as you need to in order to get yourself a Custom Shop Jag, Jazzmaster, or Strat. Maybe sell a little more and get yourself a blonde Super Sonic Head and Cabinet too!? You've worked hard to get this channel to where it is - it would be fun to watch you treat yourself! If most of us are honest, we've probably been playing long enough and have enough gear lying around that we could fetch ourselves some fun rigs if we started consolidating... (albeit we'd likely not be on the same level as you haha)

[@noRest4Gary]

Super jelly of that Starcaster. It's a beautiful looking guitar. They usually play well too.

[@MrSJPowell]

So, your heaviest guitar is 9.7 lbs, and your lightest is 2.9 lbs. Your average weight is ~7.3 lbs, and your most common weight, with 5 guitars, is 8.2 lbs. Also it looks like you added something twice, because I'm getting a total weight of 341.2 lbs, and I checked my spreadsheet against what you had twice.

[@skakid0]

Omg the madlad actually did it! 😂

[@shreedove69]

Wait... you're actually doing this. Cool. I'm in.

[@Snarkyone1965]

I don’t know about your planet Ryan, but on mine a year consists of 365 days, not 356.

[@coyotestardust]

I was feeling bad about owning more than a dozen guitars but this video made me feel much better, thank you ;)

[@BrianBrazilHarmonica]

If you're playing from 3 to 4 hours a night by practicing or doing gigs the size, balance and weight of a guitar can be a factor. Over the past 3 years I've bought 5 guitars and only kept 3 due to the weight. I don't feel comfortable playing one that weighs more than 7 pounds. I've a 72 Telecaster Thin Line that weighs a little over 4 pounds, a Sterling by Music Man Albert Lee HH model that weighs 6 pounds and an Epiphone ES 339 that weighs 8 1/2 pounds. I like them all, but I may have to sell the ES 339. It's was advertised to be like an ES 335 just smaller and lighter than an ES 335. The size was smaller, but it weighs the same as an ES 335, 8 1/2 pounds according to the measurement at Sweetwater and my scale. The profile of the neck and the radius of the fretboard are a factor as well. Then the pickups, tuning machines and bridge.

[@MrShooter72]

Really cool seeing some of these guitars!

[@North_9]

If you REALLY want to sell some of those guitars, maybe try Sweetwater's Gear Exchange. Maybe document it. Seems like a perfect project.

[@1rwjwith]

You have some great creative finishes on your oddball guitars! Great…

[@G4LPodcast]

That Gold Sparkle Hondo is Brilliant looking!

[@caro_lam]

i like the way you write the number 4

[@gathda]

No, I love the way it looks right now. I love it.

[@audiomonster303]

dude you made me count and I am at 40 guitars, time to give some away!

[@bestfriendscreative]

This is a good video.

[@xNimrod97x]

Wow. Talented and beautiful.

[@killbotgamma]

I really want that gold tinsel flying v. That would be great in an 80s metal band.

[@TerrestrialMack]

"Boy is it lumpy!" 🤣

[@barnshart9662]

Just an FYI there's 365 days in a year. You need to add 9 more pounds of guitar to have one for each day of the year.

[@60CycleHumcast]

Oh god. Did I mix up numbers? Was it 356 pounds? Typical.

[@mattoverminder]

For a split second, I got excited that you had given me a guitar. Like, maybe I had just forgotten, or hadn't noticed, but then you got to the "side" part of "Matthew Burnside", and I was all "ohhh, OK" Don't mind me...

[@gilbertrodriguez1960]

I love that sparkling Flying V.🎸👍

[@aidanoswald5034]

"I have too many guitars" That doesn't sound like real guitarist talk to me. Are we sure Ryan is a guitarist? Really though I have eight and it feels like too many. Missed opportunity to wear the poundland shirt

[@sassycat]

I should inventory my guitarsenal, maybe do a bunch of shorts videos...

[@spikedink4677]

you mad man you actually did it

[@norseman61]

“I’ve got a pound of guitar for every day of the year”. Classic.

[@mjdbruyn]

The combined weight of all my guitars, including strings and wiggle sticks but without straps, is 9.650 kg (21 lbs 4 oz).

[@periurban]

It's hilarious you guys still use the old imperial measurements! So complicated!

[@captaintony1227]

Not really. Its a lot easier to say 8 lbs 10ozs than 4 kil 56 grams. I had to do math to come up with this comment lol.

[@periurban]

@@captaintony1227 It's a lot easier to add 4.56 kg and 4.56kg and come up with 9.12kg than it is to add 8lbs 10ozs and 8lbs 10ozs and come up with.... whatever it might be! And don't even start me on "cups". WTAF?

[@-processdrone-]

Oh wow, I remember when the SIlver Sparkle Harley Benton Fusion 2 used to be in almost every video! Is that gone already? I realise you've had the REV Star almost a year now, but it's weird to think you don't have the Fusion 2 now. This tells me you're better at moving guitars on than you seem to think.

[@60CycleHumcast]

i sold the harley benton a few months back, it was a great guitar but man, i gotta make room around here, stuff keeps coming in so stuff has to go out.

[@rickmiller7884]

So you actually did it. Bravo, can you figure out the price per pound?

[@CorbenEdward]

32:18 As a guy who will spend $500 on gold hardware for a $70 guitar, That things a beauty. Need's more gold!

[@lilymae4131]

This gives me some perspective on how much my Haley Benton Mad Cat weighs compared to other guitars, and it's heavy not just my imagination at 10.2 pounds.

[@graybryan9521]

You should get down to 200 lbs of guitars... Maybe do a video of the 5 guitars that you most enjoy playing (not because of any sentimental reasons or any other logic), just what 5 guitars would you play the most if you only played at home, no bands, no church, no KZbin channel...)

[@RByrne]

I've spent a lot on fishscale, too.

[@OutstandingBill1]

The American recipes I see often provide measurements in cups. It can be tricky to fit ingredients like butter into a cup, so it's lucky there's a handy weight conversion. You have 700 cups' worth there. And since cups are really volumetric, that's 43 US gallons. Average guitar volume is therefore just under a gallon. Or 11, depending on how you look at it.

[@blainemarquise]

43 gallons of butter, specifically?

[@OutstandingBill1]

@@blainemarquise you can generally substitute margarine or gold tops for butter

[@mykhedelic6471]

The water is sweet, the Earth is clean.

[@orlando33]

That super sonic is light! got mine from sweet water and its around 8!

[@jimhart1959]

I think the important question is: what is the weight of an unladen swallow?

[@moogsmiley4157]

I like this content! What happened to your Silvertone 1423?

[@grmelectric6826]

When you mentioned doing this during the podcast, just to troll the goobs who care about the weight of a guitar, I was so excited 😂😂

[@robertgiamerese9382]

That's a really weird flex, but dammit, I'm in.

[@osuspirit]

I forget the model, but I think my favorite one is the ibanez-esque one with gold lipstick pickups.

[@60CycleHumcast]

the starfield

[@mykhedelic6471]

You NEED a Dano '59, the newer NOS+ is killer, and.... lots of pretty color options... And they don't weigh much.

[@richardcramp2850]

i love your videos man

[@TarenLeitzke]

I got surprisingly close with my mental estimate of the weight before you finished adding them. I figured you had about 50 guitars and they probably average about 7lbs, maybe 8lbs, each, so the total should be about 50*7 = 350lbs, maybe 50*8 = 400lbs. Also, I don't think 50 guitars is a lot for someone who makes guitar videos (or does anything guitar-related) for a living. For someone like me who only plays guitar at home as a hobby that's probably a lot (I have 5 and sometimes feel that is too many), but I feel having a lot of guitars is almost a part of the job description for someone who reviews and/or plays them for a living.

[@ullr1159]

Now, what did you pay per pound and are guitars cheaper than filet mignon?

[@shckltnebay]

I had a 74 LP Custom that was 12.5 lbs

[@onefatstratcat]

My ESP 356 weighs11.7

[@polaritypictures]

So you sold your SG and Squier Contemporary tele?

[@joshfeatherstone8546]

I’d like to know the mods you made to the late 90s Mex Strat. I have one and that guitar refuses to go out of tune with the wiggle stick and it’s probably the best sounding guitar I own.

[@muznick]

I've only been playing for 6 months and have 37 guitars. All cheap ones though. Like a Chinese Guitar Center.

[@captaintony1227]

How else will you know what kind of guitar you like ?

[@JakRabbitNick]

Idk about other weight conversions, but that has to be worth about 27 coffees.

[@DavidLeeKing]

I'd been wondering if you still had the harley benton Double Cut junior - looks like you don't!

[@aaronabubo]

You really went to pound town.

[@davidlane2069]

And where was the Grote?

[@mattbluesmain1359]

love to buy your xaviere gold sparkle strat with maple neck

[@60CycleHumcast]

thats gone already. I gave it to Aaron from the Gear Slum podcast.

[@joedibb3223]

Now think about how an elephant can way up to 15,000 pounds. 356 doesn't seem that heavy. Thats roughly 42x as many guitars so by that logic you need another 1640 guitars to add to your collection.

[@67goat]

Don't worry. 47 is nothing. 99 if not counting basses (100 if you count the Bass VI as a funky baritone). 106 with basses.

[@Snarkyone1965]

I’ve seen that face before, the one you make when you realize you have way too many guitars to justify. The old “time to thin the herd” look. It’s like a thousand yard stare…

[@MillerCustomGuitars]

Some heroes wear capes and some heroes send superchat the cost of a scale.

[@CoreyKJ]

what punk band were you in? i am in san diego too. the red strat decorations remind me of zombie lounge ;)

[@60CycleHumcast]

I had a band called 'Your Favorite Band'. We played a lot of dive bars and all ages venues around 2003-2008ish

[@SeasonedSalmon]

What a mad man 🤣 weigh your amps next 😭

[@ArghhMX]

We need the number of pedals

[@eddienomoney1882]

Left handed but play right. Me too!!!!!

[@kdakan]

Unused property becomes a liability, time and energy you spend to keep them clean at least.

[@smartmammal9926]

Houston, you have a problem...LOL

[@markpell8979]

Remember, the gross weight of all of your guitars in pounds (without straps or other non-permanent accessories) divided by the total number of said guitars yields the "Burke's Number." My Burke's Number is 6.955. Includes 8 electrics and one acoustic. Convert to Metric where that is appropriate.

[@sid35gb]

Is he gonna weight them all at the same time?

[@wyattr7982]

Do all your amps and pedals next

[@wyattr7982]

Also i love the color of that room my childhood bedroom was that shade of blue

[@dr.s.]

Now you only need a little more than 6 times as many to have a ton of guitars.

[@ultrakool]

ryan: I think I'll weigh all my guitars with a fish scale and not write down their names also ryan: gee, that's funny, but my guitar's g and high e strings have been slipping out of tune a lot lately 🤔

[@pagaopaganus1498]

HAHAHHAHAHAHAH Laughing just with the title!

[@dadudezpr]

Dude you are a lefty!!!

[@lament10]

Next weigh your amps!

[@captaintony1227]

Now you need to weigh up all your amps.

[@recensionscompagniet]

A year has 365 days not 356, and 356 pounds of lumber is quite a bit.

[@seanfromaustin]

You have more pounds of guitars than me. Challenge accepted.

[@donaldstraiton461]

Ah about 539 cuvave fuzzes. Nice

[@keatsstrummer3973]

Are you a lefty that plays a righty?

[@60CycleHumcast]

yep

[@Loooosszeeerrrr123]

Yeah why guitars so 🪨🪨🪨 ton?

[@shredb4dead]

If it weighs the same as a duck and it’s made out of wood… it’s a witch!

[@mykhedelic6471]

Maybe it's nuthin but it irks me that you're putting all the weight on one of the tuning keys. Even if only briefly...

[@davidlane2069]

What,no Garry's? 😳 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ChrisRash]

2023 goal, 400 pounds!