Who here has several guitars and amps but is not in a band?

[Riggins1966]

I'm "technically" not in a band.

But I fill in for several bands around my area. I probably gig more than most working guitarists in my town. Had 9 shows in the month of June alone.

And yes, several guitars and amps. I cover a wide range of genre's so have to have the appropriate tones/gear.

 

[MetalHeadMike]

Necro or not here I come

Haven't played in a band for about 26 years and even then it was just a garage band for fun, but I still enjoy the hell out of rocking out in my basement. I Just picked up a Wizard MCII and am in the process of culling the herd from 7 to 2 maybe 3 amps and have 2 guitars with another coming before years end. One 2x12 and one 412 and I feel like I have all I need for the foreseeable future.

Every time I sell off a few amps thinking I'm going to thin the herd, I always end up buying more. Just sold of 3 in the last month. Currently I have 4, but just bought one over the weekend and another cab to go with it. So soon I will have 5 heads/5 cabs/4 guitars and about $40k invested .... All for my upcoming tour of the room above my garage!

I hear ya man! We gear whores, ampoholics, guitar heads just seem to always kid ourselves don't we hahahaha!

I unloaded one amp last month, one yesterday, have one up here in the classifieds here (Fryette D60---Buy me .....end shameless plug), and will be listing my KSR Ares here in the next couple weeks.

 

[splatter]

I giged for 18 years back in the day .now I can't find any talent to put a band together ,although we are auditioning a singer on 7/28/18

I play at church on sundays through a Lunchbox evh 15 watt head and a 1x12 cab.I also use my fractal fx8 for that .
My main amp,one that I built gets played at home and when we try to put something together .

In comparison I don't have that much gear . At this point 4 amps and 5 guitars and the fractal system.
2 of the guitars see a lot of play.

 

[riffermadness]

When I started playing back in 84'-85' Metallica was really hot then,so I was working a lot of hours,then would take my lunch break and go home and play,then back to work.
Then after work it was drinking,women,lots of pot and partying,and playing guitar,I really only made it to house party band status because I/we had a fucking blast,now at 52 with a destroyed spine from top to bottom and arthritis kicking in now I only play at home,+ I had to move out here to the country in East Texas where there isn't anything going on,heck I can't barely even sell stuff on Craigslist out here because its so slow and everybody just works and comes home to their wives and kids.
I have 7 nice guitars now,my main rig is EVH 5153-50 watt head & matching 2-12" cabinet with 12-15 pedals.I plan on getting the PRS Mt-15 head and thinking about a REVV head,like the 100P or the 7-40,.thats about it nowadays here in the sticks,if anybody lives near Texarkana PM me,I wanna jam and have met ZERO people out here,but for real forums like Rig Talk and 2 others help try to keep my sanity because here at Rig Talk I have seen the best equipment ever,some of you all have just killer equipment and lots of great info here,and lots of kickass players here for sure,so please keep it up ! Oops ,yeah I am not or never will be in a band.

 

[JerEvil]

Me!!! I have some recording projects I do but as of the last 5 months I’m sans-band and have no real desire to join or start one.

Most guys out here are flakes. I’ve been gigging since 1990 or so. Toured the country many times over doing everything from playing bass in a Ska band to all out Death Metal.

I still love playing live but my work and family are priority at this point. Who knows though... maybe I’ll stumble across a few more like minded folk and give it a go.

 

[rstites]

I haven't played in a band for about a decade. Really, I haven't played in a serious band in nearly 20 years. That was when my last band attempting to "make it" folded and I had my first kid. (I was already working full time as an engineer, so even that attempt was half-hearted - no starving musician here!) When I brought everything home from studio and rehearsal space, my wife had a full Marshall backline along an entire livingroom wall in our small 2 bedroom apartment when we brought our first kid home. I did a major gear purge at the time, planning to keep around a few key pieces and just enjoy playing by myself. In my early 30's, I figured I was retired from it.....and in a lot of ways, I really was.

The wife wanted to start attending church at the time, and I only stipulated that it had to be somewhere that did contemporary music so I could work my way into playing there. So, I did play Sundays for over a decade a couple of places. I found out I was far from the only old metalheard playing pop-rock tunes on Sundays, and as a bonus my wife is a great vocalist, so we actually played together regularly for that entire time, something I never thought would happen.

I actually met several guys and started another band, of "older" burned out metalheads writing original music and playing occasionally. It was a lot of of fun and we did that for several years. Unfortunately, I got relocated across country away from those guys, and then again a few years later. I managed to find the church thing each place, thought that's fallen by the side now. I haven't had any luck finding anyone to play with regularly for anything else.

Anyhow, over that time I've picked up pieces here and there for the fun of it. Unfortunately, I seem to find more inspiration buying gear than to actually play without any project to work on. I need to figure out a way around that, as my skills are seriously deteriorated now!

EDIT: How do I pay for gear? I've worked as an engineer since the early 90's. I have a good salary and can manage a hobby or two for the fun of it without too much issue. Actually, I semi-retired from that into academia a few years back, and I actually teach electronics to aspired audio engineering students as part of my duties now, which is a lot of fun.