Wasn't it Martin Carthy who said that "A man who knows how many guitars he's got doesn't have enough"?

Not been playing very long, but I have:

- An Epiphone Les Paul "Black Beauty" electric

- A Martin DX1CE, spruce top, HPL back and sides, as per Will Fly's

- An Ian Chisholm mid-size Jumbo, spruce and cocobolo. Wonderful for finger-picking

- A Vintage V300 acoustic "folk" guitar

- A Washburn travel guitar


The Washburn's for sale, as I've decided that the times its small size is critical are very limited.

The Vintage is at my sister's in Scotland, for collection prior to my annual winter ice-climbing trip, where 24 of us hire a group of chalets for the week. Not worried about it getting trashed on one of these meets, really. They can get rowdy.

I've lent out both the Chisholm and the Martin fairly indiscriminately, though I should have known better than to lend the Chisholm (no scrtch plate) to a guy who I well-know tends to play "exuberantly" with a pick. There are a few pick marks on it, but they've only dented the finish, not "broken through". He won't be using it again, ever.

The Epi hardly leaves the house now. I'm only keeping it from sentimentality really, as I play virtually exclusively acoustic these days.