The Magnificent Seven...

[danbind]

Just the Beatles part of the collection might get me to seven:

Rick 325
Rick 360-12
Gretsch Tennessean
Epi Casino
Rosewood Telecaster
Strat
Gibson J-160E

Let's drop the SG and make do with the Casino...then I can add a Jag to cover the rest of the collection...or a Les Paul Jr...

Seven isn't enough!

I think I need to trade a guitar or two for more than one amp.

[pj]

1. Blue Swamp Ash s/s/h Parker Nitefly
2. Black Mahogany h/h Parker Nitefly
3. Blonde Fender Am. Std. Telecaster w/tort. pickguard
4. Korean Danelectro Dc-3 with string through body customized bridge
5. Epiphone Metal-bodied Resonator
6. Korean Danelectro Dc Full-scale Bass with customized adjustable Fender-style bridge
7. Kala Ukulele Bass

Tis my stash. Also have a Dano baritone so maybe it's Awesome 8 instead ?

[BoringPostcards]

The lack of offsets in this thread is disturbing

[Kihtaristi]

Really hard to make it seven.. These guitars are those that would cover the most of records, but the list is still missing stuff like SG, Mustang and Tele. Some Gretcsh (or ES-175) would be also needed, but on my records many artists use Gretcsh for those meatier hollow body tones, that could be achieved close enough with other guitars on my list.

Here's my list and some comments for the specific guitar:

1. Travis Bean TB 1000
2. Fano GF6 with Fralin P90s
3. Music Man JP (Can someone guess why this is here? )
4. Gibson ES-335 with humbuckers
5. Jazzmaster
6. Stratocaster
7. Martin D28

Travis bean is purely due to the band Foals, but because I listen to it a lot and it differs from most guitars due to aluminium neck this made to the top of the list.
Fano GF6 with Fralins to cover many styles from rock to jazz. Fanos with P90s can be heard at least on the recs of Death cab for cutie, The 1975, Tiger Lou.
Music man for my prog records and I think this would be ok for the most metal stuff too.
ES-335 for stuff from rock to jazz. This can cover Les paul tones close enough too. Signature sound for the Foo Fighters. This guitar also covers tones from tele with WRHBs close enough which was suprisingly common guitar on the bands I listen.
Jassmaster to cover offset singlecoild sounds. This was hard pick over Mustang for me.
Strat for those common strat singlecoil style tones (Chili peppers, Mayer and many many more).
Martin for acoustic stuff like Ben howard, Ben Watt, City and colour and other good acoustic stuff.

[howdo3313]

I dunno, but I immediately wanna sub this into electrics, acoustics, basses, specialty(12's, tenors, mandolins, banjos, etc).
But then you end up with a list of 28.lol
Hmm 7...

JM
Paul
P Bass
XII
VI
J45 or D18
Gibson F4 or F5 mandolin

That seems alright...I think

[hansbrinker]

Rick 360-12
Les Paul
Tele
Gretsch Falcon or Gibson ES-355 TD
Bass VI
Gibson Southern Jumbo acoustic
Nylon string classical

[Embenny]

Les Paul with PAFs, throw in a Floyd and it can cover everything from 50's to metal
Any Gibson with P90s
Nashville Telecaster (to cover Tele and Strat-quack)
Jazzmaster
A nice luthier-built medium-body spruce/rosewood acoustic
A large-bodied spruce/mahogany 12-string acoustic
A nice luthier-built classical in cedar over rosewood

That's as broad a base as I can cover with 7. Filtertrons are notably missing. Jaguar or Mustang are notably missing. Much more diversity in acoustics is needed to properly cover that - I own more acoustics than electrics so don't get me started on how different an LG-2 and a Ryan Cathedral sound - I had to limit it to one 6-string acoustic so I left it at the middle ground, a modern medium-sized spruce/rosewood.

[zhivago]

Loving all the feedback

[Despot]

I don't know that I would need seven. Or rather ... I didn't know when I started to think about it and then wondered how some stuff would get covered... so I've given it a bit more thought. Here goes:

1. Jazzmaster - that covers a lot of ground
2. ES335 - again ... this covers a whole hell of a lot of ground. I've always argued that an ES does the majority of Gibson sounds you'd ever need. Which is why an ES will be my sole Gibson ekectric when I'm done selling gear. I'd use an ES before I'd use a Les Paul - which is why the ES will cover both 'needs' in this list.
3. Telecaster - the Fender-y bits that the JM can't cover, the Telecaster will.
4. Gibson J45/J50/Southern Jumbo - all do the same thing. For my acoustics sounds, this is the One to Rule Them All.
5. Gibson ES330 - this can cover rock, jangle, jazz, blues ... a lot of ground here. I was torn between going for a Guild Starfire II or III to cover the same sounds ... ideally an early '60s one with DeArmonds ... but a 330 will do a lot more as well.
6. Gibson SG (vintage late '60s) - there are some humbucker sounds that the ES won't be able to do as well as an SG - mostly the bright/snarly snappy stuff. For this the ideal guitar is a late '60s SG with t-tops.
7. Gretsch 6120 - there's got to be a Gretsch in there ... and if you're going for a Gretsch you've got to go with a 6120 with filtertrons.

It's a fairly predictable list I think - looking at my list versus others it seems fairly typical. I could have used a Rickenbacker for stuff like The Replacements ... but I don't have as many records that need that specific sound as I do records that need the others. If I'd had an eight spot I'd probably have put a Martin D28 or the like on there - but for acoustic sounds I think the J45 type covers more ground for me.

Interestingly ... until recently I had the list above (with the exception of the Gretsch - I've never had a 6120, the closest was a 6119). I've now whittled it down to four (with a view to getting to three) - my '62 Jazzmaster, '66 Telecaster, '62 ES345 and a '50 J45. The Telecaster is likely to go - and the ES345 could also go if I find a ES355 to replace it. While that final trio of guitars won't be as ground covering as the seven above, it'll do everything that I need for what I play.

[antisymmetric]

JM
Archtop with Dearmond pickup (FHC will do nicely)
Something with lipsticks, probably semi-hollow
Supro/ Airline
Strat
Hollow P90 guitar
Acoustic - not knowledgeable enough to specify which

Hard to do just seven- I feel a Tele should be there, a jazz box with humbuckers, a resonator, and Old Black.

[clef051]

7 seems like a lot

I feel like a
strat
lespaul
a good acoustic

would get me me everything I need to play


over the top additions would be
tele
jaguar
lp jr
A strat with a humbucker bridge

With mutant versions of these the list would shrink

[Zork]

- Telecaster
- SG
- Some big Gretsch hollow body
- 12 string electric (not necessarily a Ric)
- Dreadnaught acoustic
- 12 string acoustic
- A weird and cheap plywood electric, some sort of Teisco or Harmony

[Arthon]

#1 : Fender Jazzmaster
#2 : Fender Telecaster
#3 : Gibson 00 Acoustic Guitar
#4 : Gibson es-295
#5 : Fender Stratocaster
#6 : Gibson Les Paul 57-59 reissue
#7 : Rickenbacker 12 strings

Taste change so fast, but it seems that my magnificient 7 didnt change alot since december 2016. My #4 would be a Gibson Es-175 since it's better for Jazz and my #7 would be a es-330 or a good Casino for the P90 hollowbody sound.

[zhivago]

#1 : Fender Jazzmaster
#2 : Fender Telecaster
#3 : Gibson 00 Acoustic Guitar
#4 : Gibson es-295
#5 : Fender Stratocaster
#6 : Gibson Les Paul 57-59 reissue
#7 : Rickenbacker 12 strings

Taste change so fast, but it seems that my magnificient 7 didnt change alot since december 2016. My #4 would be a Gibson Es-175 since it's better for Jazz and my #7 would be a es-330 or a good Casino for the P90 hollowbody sound.

This is also interesting...in a way, this thread can be a snapshot of a record collection...as the collection and taste expands, the Magnificent Seven may change

Again, many thanks for all the replies

[CS]

Gibson explorer
Gibson les paul
Gibson double neck
Gretsch 6120
Fender strat
Fender tele
Richards 360

Which covers led zep acdc beatles Tom petty Dr feelgood shadows chic and the black keys I also listen to seasick Steve but he plays a Morris minor hub cap and a broom handle