I had a pretty modest collection of 7 electric guitars and 3 basses. All Fenders, MIM and American. One day as I was hopping from one guitar to another I realized I spent too much time guitar hopping instead of playing and making music. Whittled the collection down to 2 guitars and 2 basses and I’m spending more time playing and bonding with the ones I kept. 2 sentimental MIMs and 2 nice American models. Cheers to spreading guitars to fellow players who will use them!
Great show. I currently only have 24 guitars. Both high dollar and some lower dollar. Regardless, when I sell one it is like watching one of your kids leave home but for a good life. Over the years I have owned several hundred guitars. Now at 76 years old it never gets easier to let them go but it feels good at the end because it is the right thing ti do.
I love guitars and I have owned quite a bunch of them from cheap ones, to expensive ones and even vintage ones. One thing I noticed is that owning too many guitars never did me any good. It felt somehow heavy. Owning less guitars (but the ones I really love) feels way better to me. It's like I have more time, love and attention for the ones I have decided not to let go.
@28:00 I wouldn't sell that Melody maker les paul Jr. As it's 1 of 200 made in that color. I have one, paid $200-$300 as well and they are very rare,especially since TV yellow is the most valuable 💛.
Ahh Colin’s annual Les Paul clearout! First episode in February: Colin buys a new Les Paul!! 😂 keep up the good work Col, I myself have a new acquisition, a Fender Player Limited Edition Jazzmaster which is currently in bits while I fit a shim to the neck to make it playable!
A lot of people just don't understand how hard it is to let go of anything in a collection, being a storied one or one you have one you have a lot of work on or maybe it's just a gorgeous instrument 🎸 ❤ 😊
I get ya. This year though every guitar with £500 or more tied up in it is going* I’m getting into modding and setups and will only buy or own guitars like Epiphone (no specials!) and Squiers. There are some great sounding and playing guitars around with those names on their headstocks. *I’m getting into photography and good, cheap lenses is an oxymoron. Good lenses cost lots of money - it’s just physics
Great Therapy. I feel better now about having having a dozen guitars mainly Acoustic..My 28 Martin I bought new in 1974 for 525 us dollars is 50yrs old this year.
I feel your pain. Somehow I’ve managed to accumulate 87 guitars over the last 25 years, mostly really high end stuff too but it’s time to have a cull. I’d like to get the figure down to 25-30 but I can’t bring myself to actually do it. Good luck with your cull.
GAS is indeed a strange thing… I’ve experienced sudden inexplicable desires for guitars I’ve never entertained or even sometimes heard of! The key is to wait a few weeks and see if you still feel the same way before buying it. The other key is owning fewer high quality guitars rather than many okay ones! Thanks for this series mate. Really enjoying it 👍
I absolutely loved this episode. I could listen to you talk about guitars all night long. That Gibson Custom shop SG is sick. Looking forward to part 2
Sell everything, There are less than 10 that you can be happy with. Everything else goes. Weed out what's not exceptional/sentimental. The rule is 1exceptional guitar per shape. Have all the shapes and make sure they count. Happy new Year, talk to ya on the channel 👍
Jan 2023 I did the same thing! Sold off nearly all my gear for the same reason-- 99% were sleeping in their cases not being played. So everything went, and I bought two new guitars and two amps to be my only gear. Now, 1-year later I'm so much happier and I spend much more time playing, and far less searching for new gear. The larger my collection got, the more I began wondering if I had things, or if the things had me!? Got that squared away ;)
I've got a Les Paul, a Strat, a Tele, and an acoustic. I'd like to add a hollow or semi hollow body, and something with P-90's, and that should be me done! Although I've always fancied a Firebird as well....
I did the same thing about 2 years ago. It was very hard. I sold every piece that I didn't play on a regular basis. I also find myself still getting GAS (it is like an addiction) but fight it off. Still very hard and down to about 12 instruments that I cannot live without. Good job Colin! Cheers mate!😊
Its very hard though. When you pack them away you get that regrett in your gut. Had to sell a Gibson Studio from 2012 In Natural Finish like the SG Colin showed and miss it even though I rarely played it in the end. Sold a few Squier Telecasters and same. Just hard to let them go but we have to.
I had three guitars at once and I love them all..but sadly, I am down to one. You can't really do any self-upgrades when you only have one! If something goes wrong you won't sleep at nite!
I always watch youtube vids of guitar oriented variety when noodling around in my music room. I thought these were all guitars you were going to sell and when i heard the story of the highway one, I was shocked you would sell it. Glad to catch the fact that this is more of a collection vid than a "guitars I will sell vid." The story behind that strat makes it priceless.
Hey there my friend Colin!!! Happy New Year!.....If you love it pass it on,..Sometimes we need to clean house before going forward......Forward Is The Only Direction........Love the views my friend. John
What happens to me any time I think about selling a guitar - usually because it's been played so little it's all dusty - is that I clean it up for pictures, start playing it, remember why I bought it in the first place, and decide to keep it.
Hi again Colin! Know exactly how you feel man as I am in the same boat played stopped started again and a collection that needs culling too. Thank you for your videos...peace!
I'm just coming back to this video, still have to watch 2 & 3. I'm in the same situation for 2024, mainly because of my medical situation that I can't really play as I used to. As we know as the miles get upon us old chaps things change. So, I'll be moving them on via eBay as I don't have a Reverb page. I'll look at your page though just to see what you decided you'll be parting with. Cheers!
I’m in the market for a “cheap” T style Colin, that series will be extremely welcome! Although not sure I can wait till Feb/March 🤔 😂 the guitars call to me!
Your story behind the Fender Highway One strat hit me right in the feels. On the one hand, I can't believe you stopped playing guitar for such a long period of time. On the other hand, I can believe it because I've done exactly the same thing. I've wasted many years smoking cannabis and then later developed a drinking habit that made my self belief and motivation completely dissipate. It's always so much easier to get high and just do nothing. Now, here I am in my mid 40s, rediscovering the guitar. I'm playing rudimentary punk rock with a drummer. I lack knowledge and I posess minimal ability. On the other hand i'm writing songs that are slowly but surely, developing into small works of art that I can be proud of. Now I'm aiming to put out the mini album I should have made when I was in my mid 20s. If this is my mid-life crisis, then I don't want it to stop. Who knows what I'll do next? Psychedelic, space blues? I wish you all the best. You are a brilliant guitar player. You play with feel and demo these guitars so well. Yours is my favourite guitar related channel on You Tube. Keep on keeping on and we look forward to more!
Cheers man that’s appreciated 🙏 those were exactly my vices, and that was my age then too… so I can say for sure it’s a perfect time in your life to say yeah enough is enough I’ve done that so let’s do something else now… guitars are a great motivator and you’ll probably have found a lot of hours in the day to practice that you didn’t even know existed! Good luck with the new habit! 😎👍👍
I think the normal number of Les Pauls to own is three. An affordable Gibson Custom from the 70s, a great Gibson Standard and a Tokai LC model in flamed cherry sunburst that rips your face off.
I have about the same number of guitars as you, Colin. It’s difficult to part with some of them. However, I have gifted several guitars - Music Man, Fender Rarity Telecaster, PRS, Martin, Ibanez semi-hollow - to friends who were kind to me. I wasn’t playing them and I thought my friends would appreciate them more. The guitars needed to be played, and have their voices and songs heard. Best wishes for a wonderful New Year, Colin!
Sometimes life dictates when and what guitars to sell. I had to sell 23 guitars to pay for private surgery. I had been finding excuses to hold on to them all for years but when a decision had to be made it was easy and obvious. I kept 4 guitars which I’d spent a lot of time and effort trying to find in the first place and I play all of them which is what it’s all about. My GAS has been defeated. Well, at least for now…
Great way to kick off the new year! Unlike typical collection videos, you're making things interesting by not only showcasing an excellent line-up of fiddles, but teasing us with a chance to own some key pieces that have a history on your channel! If I were in the UK I'd probably be knocking at your door! Looking forward to Part II!
I’d love the highway one not in a position to lay out any cash just after Christmas though but if you don’t sell and I put a few good months in I’d be well keen Colin. Happy new year great little solo on the Gibson Flying V 👍
A couple of times, not just guitars,I needed to clear out: In the end, I drew a 3 circle Venn diagram with a strong KEEP reason in each circle. If something never hit the bullseye it went. Hobbies come and go with me:)...TBH I have some guitars out in the room, which I was asked to dust just the other day. Currently enjoying flash photography and trying to restrain myself, LOL. Tis a very soft market though, but obviously no clue how long that will last. Great playing as ever.
Yeah an addiction needs to be replaced by another addiction... I intend to do a cleanup in my guitar collection and will start by donating a couple to the music school in my city.
Hi there, I've just visited Reverb to look at your guitars you're selling and noticed Southend on sea.That's where I grew up.if it still exists, I used to play in the Hollywood restaurant in Hadliegh with a band called October. Nice video BTW.
Happy new year fella! 😮 65 guitars is maybe a touch 🤔🤔🤔 Mental !!! However 65’ was the year I was born, so now I feel I have a target to aim for 😂 (because we’re all actually jealous as F***) 🤫 My collect increased to 8 this Christmas as my Eastman sb55v arrived and my god, I think it’s actually sentient another one I bought due to your review😁 Definitely bringing out the best in my playing with my AC15, a big muff and soul food 😎 not that I’m any good, but man I’m In love again, even the case is a bit special. Best 1200 notes I’ve spent and all thanks to you Col 🍻cheers bruv 👊
@@matthewtyler-jones8317yeah I bought mine right when they came out and it was accidentally listed on sale, they told me it wasn’t in sale but I showed them the tag, so they had to give it to me. Like $200 off
@@matthewtyler-jones8317i got a Korean one just because it had the most beautiful red maple flamed top. Paid $600, never could connect to it and ended up pawning it for $200 to get my son a birthdaty presesnt. I WANT so much to love them, I just don't.
dood, that's about the same time my vintage strat was stolen and I gave up playing as well, 1986ish, just started again 6-7 years ago or so, I remember some things and time to time remember hey I used to play this one, however I do not remember the arthritis and tennis elbow, dequervain's garbage.. fugg . . . what's crazy is I do the same thing, buy all type of guitars play em, work on em, upgrade.. I build from scratch as well.., don't have a shop to make necks and bodies but I make due, refrets, finishes, repairs, got tons of tools n parts n stuff tho, looking for a big shop to buy a pin router so forth, shaper, saws, vacuum systems, real paint booth, hanger set up... all that.. make em from scratch... my dream as of late, somewhere along the line it went from poon to guitars? lol . . .crazy how much you can collect in 3/4 decade . . . crazy I suspect we are close to the same age
I need to thin the herd, too, but don't relish the idea of in-person selling or dealing with possible shipping damage. I may see if a local shop will take a few on consignment, although there are possible issues with that, too. I can say one thing--it's easier to buy than to sell! Good luck with your sales, Colin!
Yer killin' me. The musician in me says that I need to let go of half my own collection for others to enjoy. But the GAS victim in me needs to acquire some new toys. Maybe, if I look at it like a conversion rather than a reduction, I can satisfy both personae. Drooling over that white Epi LP Custom and that Gretsch. Already have the Wilshire. Wish you were selling that Danelectro. Good luck, whatever you decide to do. And Happy New Year!
As we say here in the States, 'Your the realist'. Finally, just got a blem Epi Firebird yesterday, for $549.00 USD. Wow! Why did I wait so long? It is no Gibson, but it is a very, very nice Firebirdesque guitar with not a single negative issue. Plan on playing the s**t out of it until I croak. Anyhoo, my son and I are up to around 11 or 12 guitars by now and thinning the herd has come up. My favorite is my goldfoil tele. I think you would be very surprised at how awesome these guiytars are. Maybe not. Cheers, mate. 12:56 P.S. put a fairly high price on the ones your not sure about getting rid of, then, when, and if, you get good money, you'll not feel so bad forbletting them go. Like it or not, the fact that YOU owned it means something to a lot of us and is worth paying a little more for.
Notes: Your Squier Bullet looks a lot better than mine, but mine was a pawn shop find and modded by a hack with a spare Gibson P-90... LOL Of the ten Gibsons, I'll probably sell the SG Special (too pretty and shiny), the Explorer (too unwieldy) and the ebony ES-235) (the cherry NOS is way prettier) That leaves me with an acoustic, a Junior and ES-235, and four cheap Gibson solid bodies. The Epi '57 Reissue Junior is redundant, the VM Jazzmaster is replaceable, the Gretsch Junior Jet Club is, well, a cheap Gretsch, and an MIM Standard Tele is not as nice as a Vintera '50s. The Steinberger Spirit is meh. Add in the Steinberger Spirit bass and I'd still have 8 electrics, 2 basses and 2 acoustics. 21 down to 12 would be terrific.
Hey buddy, thank you for sharing your story on the Fender Stratocaster. I totally understand, been there and still go there every once in awhile. It's a lifelong thing,the battle. Please take care of yourself, Steve O
I ended up buying the Epi les paul custom just like the one you reviewed in white because of your review! Great piece of kit and been playing it a lot. Got 6 other great guitars , some hardtails and some with Floyd rose trems. We all end up putting guitars back in the case for a while but for me i always pull em out again. My Godin XTSA koa top is always out to play because it controls the roland GR55 synth. Old technology now but Still perfecting my chops playing grand piano and string sounds etc for recording.Tell me i may be wrong, but with all that goes on with you tube reviews and your production company, you dont have much time to play any guitar. TC and i just turned 67 last month!
Brilliant video, Colin! You have some great stories that keep us all rooted to the spot, Your humor is pure rock n roll😂 Keep it up, Colin, and happy new year mate😊
I agree with you about selling the ones you’ve shown here. I can’t really count the number of guitars I’ve had over fifty odd years. But they come and go over time, you can’t take them with you when you go, as they say. I only have 13 guitars, and an old Fender Jazz bass nowadays. They’re enough, and I still should sell my old Starfire lll. You’ve got some beautiful ones for sure, but let them move on.
Happy new year. Although I only have 11 guitars I've come to realise some aren't getting played much and they're overrunning my little guitar room. Like you it's clear out time.
Your right my collection is nowhere near yours but all mine do get played I don't have a favourite I have a couple that I have memories when I play them one always makes me think of my departed wife the other a friend who when he passed left me some money so I bought a guitar.
I hate purging. I’m telling you. I understand having things you don’t play, but it messes with my brain. That one guitar I never played becomes all I think about the moment it goes away. Then I end up getting another one somewhere down the line. I swear. And it’s even worse when you play drums and piano and brass Instruments too.
You and me have remarkably similar histories. Guitar hiatus during the 80s and 90s, back into it, an intense gigging period, retired, buying/selling/trading/modding dozens and dozens of guitars just used at home....going through the exact same mental/emotional gymnastics if one is on the wall too long and not used enough. Should I or shouldn't I....? Etc, etc... I haven't room for more than 18 at a time, though, so I think I may have it a bit easier.
hi Colin i love your video's and have been a weekly watcher for over the last year. i was wondering if you would think about giving a review to a maybach lester from what i read online people say there are gibson custom shop quality for half the price.
I hate the idea of getting rid of guitars, so I started this with an espresso followed by strong, black coffee to fortify myself. I used to have recurring dreams in which I'd come across some guitar in the house that I'd bought and completely forgotten about. They were delightful dreams. I was always so happy. Speaking of happy, Happy New Year to you, Colin...and for the love of God, don't sell the Eastmans.
Here’s the link to my reverb shop in case you can’t find it in the description box… tidd.ly/3RIRwNs
I see 3 listings in your Reverb shop, are the other ones sold? Thanks!
@@dennisj2203 Yes... 6 sold already this week, more listings to be added on Friday 👍
I can't wait! @@theguitaristas
I had a pretty modest collection of 7 electric guitars and 3 basses. All Fenders, MIM and American. One day as I was hopping from one guitar to another I realized I spent too much time guitar hopping instead of playing and making music. Whittled the collection down to 2 guitars and 2 basses and I’m spending more time playing and bonding with the ones I kept. 2 sentimental MIMs and 2 nice American models. Cheers to spreading guitars to fellow players who will use them!
Great show. I currently only have 24 guitars. Both high dollar and some lower dollar. Regardless, when I sell one it is like watching one of your kids leave home but for a good life. Over the years I have owned several hundred guitars. Now at 76 years old it never gets easier to let them go but it feels good at the end because it is the right thing ti do.
I love guitars and I have owned quite a bunch of them from cheap ones, to expensive ones and even vintage ones. One thing I noticed is that owning too many guitars never did me any good. It felt somehow heavy. Owning less guitars (but the ones I really love) feels way better to me. It's like I have more time, love and attention for the ones I have decided not to let go.
no man. Don't sell your treasures-the faded sg is proper special. and you are a real SG man.Same the Polara!
@28:00 I wouldn't sell that Melody maker les paul Jr. As it's 1 of 200 made in that color. I have one, paid $200-$300 as well and they are very rare,especially since TV yellow is the most valuable 💛.
Ahh Colin’s annual Les Paul clearout! First episode in February: Colin buys a new Les Paul!! 😂 keep up the good work Col, I myself have a new acquisition, a Fender Player Limited Edition Jazzmaster which is currently in bits while I fit a shim to the neck to make it playable!
A lot of people just don't understand how hard it is to let go of anything in a collection, being a storied one or one you have one you have a lot of work on or maybe it's just a gorgeous instrument 🎸 ❤ 😊
I get ya. This year though every guitar with £500 or more tied up in it is going* I’m getting into modding and setups and will only buy or own guitars like Epiphone (no specials!) and Squiers. There are some great sounding and playing guitars around with those names on their headstocks. *I’m getting into photography and good, cheap lenses is an oxymoron. Good lenses cost lots of money - it’s just physics
So true!
Great Therapy. I feel better now about having having a dozen guitars mainly Acoustic..My 28 Martin I bought new in 1974 for 525 us dollars is 50yrs old this year.
I feel your pain. Somehow I’ve managed to accumulate 87 guitars over the last 25 years, mostly really high end stuff too but it’s time to have a cull. I’d like to get the figure down to 25-30 but I can’t bring myself to actually do it. Good luck with your cull.
Is your name tag from a U2 song?
That aged arctic white SG with the peace sticker in the scratch plate is my absolute favorite guitar .
GAS is indeed a strange thing… I’ve experienced sudden inexplicable desires for guitars I’ve never entertained or even sometimes heard of! The key is to wait a few weeks and see if you still feel the same way before buying it. The other key is owning fewer high quality guitars rather than many okay ones!
Thanks for this series mate. Really enjoying it 👍
I absolutely loved this episode. I could listen to you talk about guitars all night long. That Gibson Custom shop SG is sick.
Looking forward to part 2
Sell everything, There are less than 10 that you can be happy with. Everything else goes. Weed out what's not exceptional/sentimental. The rule is 1exceptional guitar per shape. Have all the shapes and make sure they count. Happy new Year, talk to ya on the channel 👍
I sold my Highway One Stratocaster and am kicking myself for doing it. Like you I fell in love with it at first glance.
Your intro guitarplaying is fabulous, Colin 👌
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Your playing has such a swagger to it. It’s a common theme in British guitarists. Love it.
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😊 Reminds me of Neil Young big time. Neil Young is Canadian though 😅
Jan 2023 I did the same thing! Sold off nearly all my gear for the same reason-- 99% were sleeping in their cases not being played. So everything went, and I bought two new guitars and two amps to be my only gear. Now, 1-year later I'm so much happier and I spend much more time playing, and far less searching for new gear. The larger my collection got, the more I began wondering if I had things, or if the things had me!? Got that squared away ;)
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I've got a Les Paul, a Strat, a Tele, and an acoustic. I'd like to add a hollow or semi hollow body, and something with P-90's, and that should be me done! Although I've always fancied a Firebird as well....
I did the same thing about 2 years ago. It was very hard. I sold every piece that I didn't play on a regular basis. I also find myself still getting GAS (it is like an addiction) but fight it off. Still very hard and down to about 12 instruments that I cannot live without. Good job Colin! Cheers mate!😊
Its very hard though. When you pack them away you get that regrett in your gut. Had to sell a Gibson Studio from 2012 In Natural Finish like the SG Colin showed and miss it even though I rarely played it in the end. Sold a few Squier Telecasters and same. Just hard to let them go but we have to.
I really don’t like flying V’s for the looks and aesthetics but I have to say the red one sounded lovely 🥰. Good luck with the sale.
I had three guitars at once and I love them all..but sadly, I am down to one. You can't really do any self-upgrades when you only have one! If something goes wrong you won't sleep at nite!
I always watch youtube vids of guitar oriented variety when
noodling around in my music room. I thought these were all guitars you were going to sell and when i heard the story of the highway one, I was shocked you would sell it.
Glad to catch the fact that this is more of a collection vid than a "guitars I will sell vid." The story behind that strat makes it priceless.
I just sold a few. If they sit in the case too long it's a sign. Someone might love it. Plus I can go and buy more 😅
Hwy 1 Strats are nice guitars. I'd have one if I wasn't addicted to 12 and 14" radius. Nice looking one.
Hey there my friend Colin!!! Happy New Year!.....If you love it pass it on,..Sometimes we need to clean house before going forward......Forward Is The Only Direction........Love the views my friend. John
Those KTR pedals are magic. Glad I bought mine when they were retail because they are going for silly money on reverb.
Your story about the highway one strat is exactly how i got back into playing after 20 years!
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What a great show! Now I've just got to build my own Bullet Strat with a P-90. That, or take my Bullet Mustang and set it up that way.
What happens to me any time I think about selling a guitar - usually because it's been played so little it's all dusty - is that I clean it up for pictures, start playing it, remember why I bought it in the first place, and decide to keep it.
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It's a sickness, really
Hi again Colin! Know exactly how you feel man as I am in the same boat played stopped started again and a collection that needs culling too. Thank you for your videos...peace!
I'm just coming back to this video, still have to watch 2 & 3. I'm in the same situation for 2024, mainly because of my medical situation that I can't really play as I used to. As we know as the miles get upon us old chaps things change. So, I'll be moving them on via eBay as I don't have a Reverb page. I'll look at your page though just to see what you decided you'll be parting with. Cheers!
I like them all but one that stood out was the melody maker, and the LP Jrs of course... Happy New Year BTW
Goodluck Colin! Only good things coming from this..
I am so glad we are an ocean apart. It prevents me from stopping in and buying more than I need and my wife says I have too many now.
I’m in the market for a “cheap” T style Colin, that series will be extremely welcome! Although not sure I can wait till Feb/March 🤔 😂 the guitars call to me!
Your story behind the Fender Highway One strat hit me right in the feels. On the one hand, I can't believe you stopped playing guitar for such a long period of time. On the other hand, I can believe it because I've done exactly the same thing. I've wasted many years smoking cannabis and then later developed a drinking habit that made my self belief and motivation completely dissipate. It's always so much easier to get high and just do nothing. Now, here I am in my mid 40s, rediscovering the guitar. I'm playing rudimentary punk rock with a drummer. I lack knowledge and I posess minimal ability. On the other hand i'm writing songs that are slowly but surely, developing into small works of art that I can be proud of. Now I'm aiming to put out the mini album I should have made when I was in my mid 20s. If this is my mid-life crisis, then I don't want it to stop. Who knows what I'll do next? Psychedelic, space blues? I wish you all the best. You are a brilliant guitar player. You play with feel and demo these guitars so well. Yours is my favourite guitar related channel on You Tube. Keep on keeping on and we look forward to more!
Cheers man that’s appreciated 🙏 those were exactly my vices, and that was my age then too… so I can say for sure it’s a perfect time in your life to say yeah enough is enough I’ve done that so let’s do something else now… guitars are a great motivator and you’ll probably have found a lot of hours in the day to practice that you didn’t even know existed! Good luck with the new habit! 😎👍👍
@@theguitaristas thank you 🙌⭐️
Great video. That Starcaster looks great.
I’d love to see a video of you talking about the story behind that initial strat for sure!
Anderton’s have a few “budget-friendly” brands they’re rotating at the minute. Worth checking out for teles
The trouble is that the more guitars you have, the less you play them, it's an annoying paradox but true! Happy new year Colin!
I think the normal number of Les Pauls to own is three. An affordable Gibson Custom from the 70s, a great Gibson Standard and a Tokai LC model in flamed cherry sunburst that rips your face off.
I have about the same number of guitars as you, Colin. It’s difficult to part with some of them. However, I have gifted several guitars - Music Man, Fender Rarity Telecaster, PRS, Martin, Ibanez semi-hollow - to friends who were kind to me. I wasn’t playing them and I thought my friends would appreciate them more. The guitars needed to be played, and have their voices and songs heard.
Best wishes for a wonderful New Year, Colin!
Happy New Year , that Gibson Les Melody Maker is my favourite Gibson ever , p90 and yellow what not like about
just found your channel from the tv yellow les paul special review! love your content, and your playing!
god bless the clash 😎
Happy New Year Colin. I would like the Emily Wolfe please. As long as you sign it stealthily!
Aloha Colin! Should have played " Born under a bad sign" by Albert King for the V
Sometimes life dictates when and what guitars to sell. I had to sell 23 guitars to pay for private surgery. I had been finding excuses to hold on to them all for years but when a decision had to be made it was easy and obvious. I kept 4 guitars which I’d spent a lot of time and effort trying to find in the first place and I play all of them which is what it’s all about. My GAS has been defeated. Well, at least for now…
Great way to kick off the new year! Unlike typical collection videos, you're making things interesting by not only showcasing an excellent line-up of fiddles, but teasing us with a chance to own some key pieces that have a history on your channel! If I were in the UK I'd probably be knocking at your door! Looking forward to Part II!
Amazing guitar's
Amazing channel
Amazing guy 🤟
I’d love the highway one not in a position to lay out any cash just after Christmas though but if you don’t sell and I put a few good months in I’d be well keen Colin.
Happy new year great little solo on the Gibson Flying V 👍
Love ya mate, picked up a couple more guitars this year too. No regrets.
Good on you picking up that strat to get back into guitar and fill your time properly
A couple of times, not just guitars,I needed to clear out: In the end, I drew a 3 circle Venn diagram with a strong KEEP reason in each circle. If something never hit the bullseye it went. Hobbies come and go with me:)...TBH I have some guitars out in the room, which I was asked to dust just the other day. Currently enjoying flash photography and trying to restrain myself, LOL. Tis a very soft market though, but obviously no clue how long that will last. Great playing as ever.
What were the three circles?
Keep those that give you biggest smile when you pick them up Colin. You know which ones I’m talking about I’m sure.
I love mine p90’s too:)
Yeah an addiction needs to be replaced by another addiction... I intend to do a cleanup in my guitar collection and will start by donating a couple to the music school in my city.
Hi there, I've just visited Reverb to look at your guitars you're selling and noticed Southend on sea.That's where I grew up.if it still exists, I used to play in the Hollywood restaurant in Hadliegh with a band called October. Nice video BTW.
😁👍 yes we’re still here!… and in fact I played there at the Hollywood in a cover band called sunraker in 1977! 🤣🤷♂️
Wow! Small world sometimes 👍😎🎸
Another great video.... I suppose this is known as a Reverse-GAS? Anti-GAS? Having to watch this pronto as part 2 has just dropped.
Happy new year fella!
😮 65 guitars is maybe a touch 🤔🤔🤔 Mental !!!
However 65’ was the year I was born, so now I feel I have a target to aim for 😂 (because we’re all actually jealous as F***) 🤫
My collect increased to 8 this Christmas as my Eastman sb55v arrived and my god, I think it’s actually sentient another one I bought due to your review😁
Definitely bringing out the best in my playing with my AC15, a big muff and soul food 😎 not that I’m any good, but man I’m In love again, even the case is a bit special. Best 1200 notes I’ve spent and all thanks to you Col 🍻cheers bruv 👊
Nice one man glad you love that little beauty!! 🔥
Curious if you’ll try a PRS this year. The SE lineup of guitars is such a good deal for the price. The McCarty 594 se is amazing
I have been very attracted to a McCarty 594 at the prices they have been selling at in sales. Not so much list prices.
@@matthewtyler-jones8317yeah I bought mine right when they came out and it was accidentally listed on sale, they told me it wasn’t in sale but I showed them the tag, so they had to give it to me. Like $200 off
@@matthewtyler-jones8317 those SE mcCartys have been getting huge praise, want too try one myself as i love singlecuts
@@matthewtyler-jones8317i got a Korean one just because it had the most beautiful red maple flamed top. Paid $600, never could connect to it and ended up pawning it for $200 to get my son a birthdaty presesnt. I WANT so much to love them, I just don't.
dood, that's about the same time my vintage strat was stolen and I gave up playing as well, 1986ish, just started again 6-7 years ago or so, I remember some things and time to time remember hey I used to play this one, however I do not remember the arthritis and tennis elbow, dequervain's garbage.. fugg . . . what's crazy is I do the same thing, buy all type of guitars play em, work on em, upgrade.. I build from scratch as well.., don't have a shop to make necks and bodies but I make due, refrets, finishes, repairs, got tons of tools n parts n stuff tho, looking for a big shop to buy a pin router so forth, shaper, saws, vacuum systems, real paint booth, hanger set up... all that.. make em from scratch... my dream as of late, somewhere along the line it went from poon to guitars? lol . . .crazy how much you can collect in 3/4 decade . . . crazy I suspect we are close to the same age
Well more guitars in the video than I own
I play all of mine
Unfortunately I can’t afford another right now
Some of these would be cool to add
Happy New Year ! I had a long and haredd look at myself as well. The mirrot cracked ...
I need to thin the herd, too, but don't relish the idea of in-person selling or dealing with possible shipping damage. I may see if a local shop will take a few on consignment, although there are possible issues with that, too. I can say one thing--it's easier to buy than to sell! Good luck with your sales, Colin!
The headstock on the flying v is my all time favorite headstock, but i h8 everything else about a v.
Yer killin' me. The musician in me says that I need to let go of half my own collection for others to enjoy. But the GAS victim in me needs to acquire some new toys. Maybe, if I look at it like a conversion rather than a reduction, I can satisfy both personae. Drooling over that white Epi LP Custom and that Gretsch. Already have the Wilshire. Wish you were selling that Danelectro. Good luck, whatever you decide to do. And Happy New Year!
That's a really nice sounding Gibson.. better sound good for the coin 🙂
Just found your channel! I’m loving it! Definitely subscribed!
That French peace symbol SG has ALL the mojo. Can’t believe how good it sounds. Of everything you showed today, that’s the one I would keep
Must be those quality tonewoods in that bad boy 🧐🤣🤣
Best wishes for a healthy a musical 2024 Colin! Looking forward to see what is going to happen to the Eastmans you have.
So did I...
Just had to say that I love your style of videos, absolutely brilliant. The transitions, just everything, perfect 👌
Whatever was going on back in Australia Colin I am so glad that Fender put you back on the right track !
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As we say here in the States, 'Your the realist'. Finally, just got a blem Epi Firebird yesterday, for $549.00 USD. Wow! Why did I wait so long? It is no Gibson, but it is a very, very nice Firebirdesque guitar with not a single negative issue. Plan on playing the s**t out of it until I croak. Anyhoo, my son and I are up to around 11 or 12 guitars by now and thinning the herd has come up. My favorite is my goldfoil tele. I think you would be very surprised at how awesome these guiytars are. Maybe not. Cheers, mate. 12:56 P.S. put a fairly high price on the ones your not sure about getting rid of, then, when, and if, you get good money, you'll not feel so bad forbletting them go. Like it or not, the fact that YOU owned it means something to a lot of us and is worth paying a little more for.
Happy New Year Colin! Good luck with the selling, enjoyed the stories 🎸😎
Happy New Year Colin!
Thank you for sharing so much !
Notes: Your Squier Bullet looks a lot better than mine, but mine was a pawn shop find and modded by a hack with a spare Gibson P-90... LOL
Of the ten Gibsons, I'll probably sell the SG Special (too pretty and shiny), the Explorer (too unwieldy) and the ebony ES-235) (the cherry NOS is way prettier) That leaves me with an acoustic, a Junior and ES-235, and four cheap Gibson solid bodies.
The Epi '57 Reissue Junior is redundant, the VM Jazzmaster is replaceable, the Gretsch Junior Jet Club is, well, a cheap Gretsch, and an MIM Standard Tele is not as nice as a Vintera '50s. The Steinberger Spirit is meh.
Add in the Steinberger Spirit bass and I'd still have 8 electrics, 2 basses and 2 acoustics.
21 down to 12 would be terrific.
Happy new year Collin, wow!! that is an impressive collection, looking forward to seeing part 2 mate. all the best.
Happy New Year Col.
Can’t wait to see your Reverb store
No1 the bulet strat with the p90 😊
Happy New Year brother man.. can't wait to see what you have in store for us this year! Ill be checking out the reverb page for sure
Happy New Year Col! ⚡⚡⚡ Love you mate xx
And you buddy! 🖤
Hey buddy, thank you for sharing your story on the Fender Stratocaster. I totally understand, been there and still go there every once in awhile. It's a lifelong thing,the battle. Please take care of yourself, Steve O
Cheers man, I was lucky I never looked back so that Strat saved me from myself! 🙏
I ended up buying the Epi les paul custom just like the one you reviewed in white because of your review! Great piece of kit and been playing it a lot. Got 6 other great guitars , some hardtails and some with Floyd rose trems. We all end up putting guitars back in the case for a while but for me i always pull em out again. My Godin XTSA koa top is always out to play because it controls the roland GR55 synth. Old technology now but Still perfecting my chops playing grand piano and string sounds etc for recording.Tell me i may be wrong, but with all that goes on with you tube reviews and your production company, you dont have much time to play any guitar. TC and i just turned 67 last month!
Brilliant video, Colin! You have some great stories that keep us all rooted to the spot, Your humor is pure rock n roll😂 Keep it up, Colin, and happy new year mate😊
Cheers man! 😁👍
I agree with you about selling the ones you’ve shown here. I can’t really count the number of guitars I’ve had over fifty odd years. But they come and go over time, you can’t take them with you when you go, as they say. I only have 13 guitars, and an old Fender Jazz bass nowadays. They’re enough, and I still should sell my old Starfire lll. You’ve got some beautiful ones for sure, but let them move on.
Happy new years Colin lets rock another years, like you say , time to reset .Epiphone Wilshire how much,
That one is (or was) for sale in the local shop link in description box 👍
Happy new year. Although I only have 11 guitars I've come to realise some aren't getting played much and they're overrunning my little guitar room. Like you it's clear out time.
I’d love a guitar. Had to get rid of mine 😢. Most guitars can live a new life in the hands of an inspired person. Keep rocking and stay cool 🎸
I'd love that Flying V, but shipping to the US would be ridiculous!
Long live to ya mate❤❤❤love from Montreal Quebec Canada
Your right my collection is nowhere near yours but all mine do get played I don't have a favourite I have a couple that I have memories when I play them one always makes me think of my departed wife the other a friend who when he passed left me some money so I bought a guitar.
Listening to you talking about culling your collection is the emotional value of yours. That is always a dilemma.
Happy New Year, have a perfect 2024 guitar year 🙂
Bought an identical V a few days ago. Absolutely love it.
This channel is such great relaxing 😊viewing that even I can forgive your penchant for Gibsons and SG's 😉
I hate purging. I’m telling you. I understand having things you don’t play, but it messes with my brain. That one guitar I never played becomes all I think about the moment it goes away. Then I end up getting another one somewhere down the line. I swear. And it’s even worse when you play drums and piano and brass Instruments too.
You and me have remarkably similar histories. Guitar hiatus during the 80s and 90s, back into it, an intense gigging period, retired, buying/selling/trading/modding dozens and dozens of guitars just used at home....going through the exact same mental/emotional gymnastics if one is on the wall too long and not used enough. Should I or shouldn't I....? Etc, etc...
I haven't room for more than 18 at a time, though, so I think I may have it a bit easier.
hi Colin i love your video's and have been a weekly watcher for over the last year.
i was wondering if you would think about giving a review to a maybach lester from what i read online people say there are gibson custom shop quality for half the price.
It’s one that I’d like to do if I can find one for the right price 👍
I hate the idea of getting rid of guitars, so I started this with an espresso followed by strong, black coffee to fortify myself. I used to have recurring dreams in which I'd come across some guitar in the house that I'd bought and completely forgotten about. They were delightful dreams. I was always so happy. Speaking of happy, Happy New Year to you, Colin...and for the love of God, don't sell the Eastmans.
Cheers mate... don't worry they are staying! 😆👍