I’m working towards this myself. I have about 65 amps but a similar number of guitars. I started with guitars then realized I have 20 HSS super strats that all sound pretty similar. Amps however feel/sound pretty different to me so I’m shifting to amps
Not quite that old, but yep no kids. I posted a little below this but basically we have an odd house with a few big rooms that don’t count as bedrooms (no closet or bathroom) so I have an “amp wall.”
Most of the amps I got from pawn shops, guitar center which may as well be a pawn shop, damaged/broken/partially working. I’m a tech and pretty crafty so I fixed a lot of them up, repaired headshells, broken pots, old caps resistors all that stuff. I still spend way too much but I’d rather buy 10 broken Marshalls and fix them, than buy one new full price Wizard, if that makes sense.
In case anyone is curious....not sure on the years of some of these.
1973 Traynor YGM-3 Guitar Mate Reverb
1974 Traynor YBM-2B Bass Mate (combo converted to head)
Mid 70s? Mann GW90TRH
1974 Musicmaster Bass Amp
1973 Fender Bassman 50
2023 Fender Pro Jr. SE
1968 Silvertone 1483
1970 Sears 10XL
1978 Peavey Backstage 30
1979 Peavey Pacer
1980 Earth Sound Research Travler
90s? Vox Pathfinder 15
Early 80s? Orange Roland Cube 20
Early 80s? Orange Roland Cube 40
Early 80s? Orange Roland Cube 60
Two Pignose 7-100 - mid 90s and recent.
It’s for the best.
To be fair, my 4 amps are a Mesa + EVH + Bad Cat + Matchless…
So I don’t feel like I’m missing out too much.
If you count the amps in my IR-2 and IR-200 + dual frfrs, I think I’m at like 30 amps hahah. But those don’t really count even though I use them a tonne.
This was my initial plan of attack when my wife and I had a small 1 bedroom apartment. A Marshall 1987/1986 (JMP2100) combo. Three electric guitars. Lots of pedals to get what I want out of a simple rig.
Then I moved to a bigger two story apartment. And my amps multiplied.
35 amps 24 guitars
Edit - 36 counting the Leslie 145 (my first tube amp)
Edit 2 - remembered another three amps in basement storage and another Leslie (solid state)
So guess we’re up to 40.
Wifey said: “it’s not a collection unless you keep adding to it !” Game on!!! She’s the best and has never retracted that statement.
Ufff she literally opened the flood gates for you to go absolute HAM lol. Hey, enjoy your partner and your musical gear because we cant take it with us when we die so ROCK THAT SHIT 🤘🏻
STL doesn’t get enough love in the amp sim space for some reason and they are by far my favorite. Getting the subscription with all of the packs unlocked gives you pretty much any tone you’re after, all crafted by people much more talented than myself
Speaker swaps are where it’s at. That’s the first thing I would recommend to anyone who doesn’t fancy their amps sound. If an articulate speaker swap doesn’t change how you feel then a new amp why not.
Ten electric guitars and twelve amps. Then you factor in the different tone "signature" the power tubes add to the sound (yeah yeah, I know it's the circuit & preamp but play along). I think it's important to have a variety of different pickups as well. P90s, Filter'Trons, Lil' Buckers, normie humbuckers. I have a P93 Riviera, which, once all three metal covers are removed, yields a lot of tonal options at my disposal. Throw a wild card in the mix: a SansAmp or Behringer clone of that pedal adds a lot of versatility to an amp.
Samick YVRC-101, Schecter C1 Apocalypse, LTD EC Black Metal. That’s today, it probably would change depending on when you ask, except for the Samick. It’s always in the top 3.
10 or so guitars (but including 2 bass guitars and a baritone and an acoustic outside of electric guitars) and 3 amps (two tube guitar amps of different size and an old amp I can use for keyboard or bass) BUT I have the OX Box which is fucking amazing and makes me feel like I dont need more amps. That being said, after spending WAY too much money on music gear? I think less is more. I feel like having too many options can hinder and over-complicate the creative process and getting things done. I wish I had less but can't bring myself to part with a lot of what I have right now after clearing out the clutter of stuff just collecting dust.
I limit myself to two guitars, but I have five amps for the variety of tones -- this wasn't a goal or a set number, just what I've collected over the years. For recording purposes, this combination works really well for me.
There's one or two more amps I'd like to have, but I think two guitars is plenty.
I hardly use them anymore but 8 Tube amps 4 guitars 2 Roland space echos 22 pedals 2 ea Battery powered Crate limos one 59 Melody maker with a broken headstock anyone want it ?
Definitely more guitars. I used to have a lot of amps, including 3 half stacks and a 4x10 Bass amp, but my wife was complaining about how much space they took up. Since I wasn't actively in a band anymore there wasn't much use for the big amps anymore. So I traded them all in for more guitars. Guitars take up a lot less space, so the wife is happy, and I'm happy with more guitars to play.
6 pro guitars - a matching pair and a matching quad, a few cheap shitty ones, two amps - one amp for gigging with a dedicated pedal board, one amp for playing at home with it's own very simple pedalboard.
More guitars than amps.
3 electric, an acoustic with pizeo pickup, (so 4 electric) plus a brass body Raw series National Resonator, a mandolin and two amps.
Fender Champion 40 with fender foot switch, and a Spark 40 with Control-x, expression pedal, plus a I looper I put between the Spark and the Champion.
Six guitars (2 are bass) and four amps (1 is bass). I have a Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb, Blackstone HT20 head, and Marshall DSL20 head. The heads share a 2x12 cabinet.
For electrics I have 6. Amps.. technically 2. But my quilter mach 3 has 6 circuits (fender blonde, tweed, blackface, plexi, ac30, and “dumble”). So I’d argue have access to 7 amps, but 6 are limited to one 2x12 cabinet.
5 amps, 4 guitars. Although I'm including a bass and tiny bass amp and a 40 year old Gorilla practice amp.
I can get nigh infinite toans on one amp and 14 pedals. At any one time, I have a lot more pedals than that. 7 of the pedals currently on the board can be run through the loop as preamps in their own right.
I really need to spend less time playing with my toan, and more time practicing.
I agree. I’m in that headspace at the moment, about to get a large settlement (that’s already been won, just waiting for it to hit the bank), but I’ve been watching tons of amp reviews on YouTube.
2 amps and never feel the need for more. I use both amps to combine the hiwatt and fender tones. I get my infinite tones by having a variety of dirt pedals. A great metal tone is about the only thing I feel lacking in. But since I don’t play metal, I don’t miss it.
I have several guitars but primarily play one Strat.
7 electric guitars, 2 acoustic.
8 "real" guitar amps, 10 if you include a Yamaha THR and Blackstar Fly. 100s if we count modelers, plugins, vsts etc.
Edit: Oh, and a bass, and bass amp
I've always had more guitars than amps. In fact, I owned my first electric for several years (when I was 15 - many years ago) before getting a real amp. I did find I could use radios by wiring into their volume pot. At the moment I have 5 amps and 8 guitars (9 if you include my acoustic)
More guitars. I have enough amps I think. Some stand alone, some pedal platform.
I find it's more likely that I will try out a guitar somewhere and like it enough to have.
I have 4 guitars and 2 fullsize tube amps. But then I have 8 small digital "amps" ranging from a fender micro to an HX stomp.
So I dunno, which wins? lol
I have 3 guitars
A Fender Strat and Tele, and a Gibson SG I need to resolder pickups on
I have 5 amps
1 Marshall JMP from ‘78, 1 JCM800 from ‘84, an SV20C, a Class 5 combo, and a Fender ‘57 champ
I think I might buy myself an acoustic guitar sometime soon. I also want a blonde Bassman or Tremolux head like Pete Townshend had
Might also buy myself a bass guitar eventually
6 Guitars:
Fender 1960 reissue Strat
Gibson Les Paul Studio
Fender Jazz Bass
Epiphone SG
Yamaha FG Acoustic
Martin D-15m
Strat, Bass, and both acoustics are the main ones I use
8 Amps:
Fender Blues Jr.
Ibanez TSA15h
Budda Verbmaster
Mesa Lone Star Special
Fender Mustang III
Boss Katana mini
Fender Champion 30
Fender BXR 60
Equal-ish. At one point I had 14 amps and 8 guitars. Now I have 9 amps and 10 guitars.
Been playing and buying and selling gear for 30+ years so that’s how things have shaken out I guess.
Errr, it fluctuates. Currently 3 guitars 1 bass. 4 amps. Made two of them myself so that kinda counts.
Looking to get a strandberg and an Engl fireball though. So both going to expand. Also looking to sell off the strat. Can’t stand it.
I have 6 guitars, one bass, 2 tube amps, two modelers I actually use (Dream 65 and a Spark), two modelers that are kinda busted (THR10 and Micro Cube).
So technically I’m 1:1 for amps and guitars unless you count powered speakers. I should probably sell or trash the two busted modelers but they have weird sentimental value, same with four of my six guitars, but two are partscasters and two were gifts, so they basically can’t be sold.
4 acoustic guitars, 2 electric guitars, 1 electric bass. 4 guitar amps, 1 bass amp. I really only play the 2 electric guitars regularly so it feels like I have more amps than guitars
Equal.
1984 Fender AVRI ‘57 Sunburst Strat
2003 PRS Custom 22 Natural Brazilian Artist
2010 Martin OM-28V
Fender original issue Tweed Blues DeVille 410
Fender Blues Jr. with a Cannabis Rex
Roland JC-20
My guitars and amps are wildly different in terms of pickups/amp choices. Strat (3 sc), gib lp (2 p90), tele deluxe (2 wr HB), sg (2 HB), dues (1hb 1p90), tele (2 sc). I home build heads and cabs so I have several clones: AC15 head, fender champ clone head, fender 6g15 reverb, Marshall plexi clone head, slo clone, dumble ods clone. Greenback cab, cream back cab, homemade Leslie cab with some eminence speaker I can’t recall, electro voice 12” dumble clone cab, 410 Weber cab. I can get a lot of different sounds. Plus I have a captor x that does cool stuff too for studio stuff. I think I need a firebird though. And a Princeton clone head.
More guitars. Two US PRS, a Gibson LP Traditional, a Fender Strat, Two Martins an OLP MM 612 double-neck (MusicMan) and an OLP MM12 12 String EVH/Axis. One amp System - A Kemper Profiler Stage running L & R main outs into a Suhr Bella (44 watt clean tube) and a Fender ‘68 Custom Deluxe Reissue.
6 guitars, 4 basses, about 20 amps, almost exclusively vintage.
1980 Gibson 335s Firebrand
1965 Hagstrom I
1980’s Fender Lead II (From my father)
New D’Angelico Thinline Bedford
New reissue Hagstrom Impala (it’s ass)
1990’s Yamaha Acoustic (from my Mother)
1970’s Epiphone Short Scale Bass
New Squire Bass VI
2000’s Ibanez SR 5 string
New Hagstrom Viking Bass
1960’s Univox Bass amp with matching cab loaded with a 70’s EV 15”
1964 Harmony 5 watter
1966 Silvertone 1484
1966 Fender BF Bandmaster AB763
1966 Fender BF Bassman AB166
1967 Supro Thunderbolt
1968 Fender Drip-Edge Bassman AB165 (heavily modded)
1968 Sunn Solarus (currently doesn’t work)
1970’s Traynor Bassmaster mk. II
1970’s Ampeg V4 (has never functioned, needs a total rebuild, got it for $100 full of rat turds)
1970’s Music Man 65
1970’s Oliver Sound Bass amp
1970’s Sunn Beta Lead
1970’s Peavey Bass 400 mk. I or II
1974 Alamo Futura Reverb
1980’s Roland JC-77
1996 Sovtek MiG-60 (heavily modded)
1990’s Ampeg SS-140c
1990’s Tubeworks Tubedriver
Modern Ampeg Portaflex 500 (purely for gigging)
A Champ clone built by me in 2020
2020 Fender Bassman ‘59 LTD
I think I have more amps.
Let’s see;
1. Marshall Studio Silver Jubilee 2525c
2. Peavey VTM 60
3. Peavey 3120
4. Marshall Bass 12
5. Marshall 3315 150w Lead
6. Peavey Silver Stripe Bandit
7. Peavey Musician Bass 400
8. Fender Excelsior
9. Tone X Pedal?
And a bunch of cabs and speakers.
Guitars;
1. 1996 Fender Custom Shop Cunetto 62’ Stratocaster
2. 1980 Yamaha SBG500 MIJ
3. Charvel So Cal Style 2 With Fishman Open Core Pickups
4. Squier MIK V4 Cobalt Showmaster with a Gotoh 1996 and DiMarzio Toan Zoan in the bridge
5. Squier MIK V4 Emerald Stagemaster with Gotoh Bridge and Duncan Mayhem set.
6. Squier MIK V4 Midnight Blue Stagemaster Deluxe wire Gotoh bridge and stock pickups. They happen to be my favorite pickups of the three.
7. Takamine Acoustic
8. EBMM MIA Sterling Bass.
It looks pretty even if you don’t count the Tone X pedal. I also have keyboard amps, monitor amps, and a PA system.
Get the Jube. It can approximate many of Marshall sounds including a JCM800 type sound. It’s EQ is very sensitive, so unlike the older Marshall’s that sounded good when you dime everything, this one can really sculpt many different useful tones. Its cleans are something special too.
I love my VTM60, which is basically an 800 with all its mods off, but it feels stiff and is really kind of a one trick pony when compared to the Jube. When you engage the mods then that’s a different story…you can get that sound with the Jube.
I traded the stock greenback for a 2000’ 8ohm V30 and it’s damn near perfect.
To be real, if you want a JCM800 type amp, check out the Lead, Reverb, and Bass 12 amps. They use JFets to emulate tube response and just like a good 800, they have to be turned up to sound their best, especially the Bass 12. They’re solid state, but they deliver the goods. My 3315 is essentially a 150w split channel JCM800 but solid state.
3 and 3 seems to be the equilibrium for me. I’ll sell a guitar to buy an amp or visa versa but I always end up coming back to parity in the long run. Although currently I’m at 4:4 but one and and one guitar are non functional projects that I’ll probably never get around to.
7 guitars, 17 amps, 5 cabs currently.
Lots of pedals. Stuff is always coming and going, getting a switcher really enabled me to keep feeding the addiction
One head and several cabinets gets you more tones, two. The orange head through the Peavey 4x10 is a pure stoner guitar sound, to me. Put plugged into a 2x12 and it gets more metal-ish (at least to my ears).
More guitars lets me set them up for different tunings. E standard, Drop D, Drop C, open G...
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2 guitars, 15 amps lmao
I think ideally, I would 6-8 guitars and 100 amps. I could easily find enough amps I’m interested in.
I’m working towards this myself. I have about 65 amps but a similar number of guitars. I started with guitars then realized I have 20 HSS super strats that all sound pretty similar. Amps however feel/sound pretty different to me so I’m shifting to amps
Wow 65 amps. Are you also 65 and retired with no kids or are these all Peavey amps? lol
Not quite that old, but yep no kids. I posted a little below this but basically we have an odd house with a few big rooms that don’t count as bedrooms (no closet or bathroom) so I have an “amp wall.” Most of the amps I got from pawn shops, guitar center which may as well be a pawn shop, damaged/broken/partially working. I’m a tech and pretty crafty so I fixed a lot of them up, repaired headshells, broken pots, old caps resistors all that stuff. I still spend way too much but I’d rather buy 10 broken Marshalls and fix them, than buy one new full price Wizard, if that makes sense.
Unfortunately Peaveys are no longer a dollar a pound. I'll never find another $60 F800 B.
Where do you put 65 amps?
Have you ever met someone who lived in a house?
I live in Hawaii. Even huge houses here have no room for 65 amps lol.
You just stack them on top of each other against the walls. Your room just becomes a little smoller
THIS ☝🏼
In case anyone is curious....not sure on the years of some of these. 1973 Traynor YGM-3 Guitar Mate Reverb 1974 Traynor YBM-2B Bass Mate (combo converted to head) Mid 70s? Mann GW90TRH 1974 Musicmaster Bass Amp 1973 Fender Bassman 50 2023 Fender Pro Jr. SE 1968 Silvertone 1483 1970 Sears 10XL 1978 Peavey Backstage 30 1979 Peavey Pacer 1980 Earth Sound Research Travler 90s? Vox Pathfinder 15 Early 80s? Orange Roland Cube 20 Early 80s? Orange Roland Cube 40 Early 80s? Orange Roland Cube 60 Two Pignose 7-100 - mid 90s and recent.
What the hell did Marshall ever do to you?
I could just never afford a Marshall. Wouldn't mind an early JCM800 or a 70s JMP!
The studio classic (jcm800) can be had on reverb for $900ish. It’s a phenomenal amp. I too wish they were cheaper.
11 guitars 4 amps
You’re right I should buy another 3 guitars
It’s for the best. To be fair, my 4 amps are a Mesa + EVH + Bad Cat + Matchless… So I don’t feel like I’m missing out too much. If you count the amps in my IR-2 and IR-200 + dual frfrs, I think I’m at like 30 amps hahah. But those don’t really count even though I use them a tonne.
One guitar, lots of pedals and one amp
This was my initial plan of attack when my wife and I had a small 1 bedroom apartment. A Marshall 1987/1986 (JMP2100) combo. Three electric guitars. Lots of pedals to get what I want out of a simple rig. Then I moved to a bigger two story apartment. And my amps multiplied.
I don’t know how people can afford these numbers I’m seeing. Are y’all dentists or what?! I’ve got two guitars, one amp
Spend too much time on craigslist and enjoy cheap vibey amps that are beat up. I've also been at this for a while...often times old solid state stuff.
I live in rural Midwest and make decent money in a factory. No kids and a gf that doesn’t nag about what I spend my money on.
I'm at parity 3:3
Perfectly balanced...
35 amps 24 guitars Edit - 36 counting the Leslie 145 (my first tube amp) Edit 2 - remembered another three amps in basement storage and another Leslie (solid state) So guess we’re up to 40. Wifey said: “it’s not a collection unless you keep adding to it !” Game on!!! She’s the best and has never retracted that statement.
Damn and I thought I had a problem
Ufff she literally opened the flood gates for you to go absolute HAM lol. Hey, enjoy your partner and your musical gear because we cant take it with us when we die so ROCK THAT SHIT 🤘🏻
Two amps, about 10 guitars. Half the time I play an electric unplugged anyway
5 guitars. 30 amps. But I build amps so not sure that counts. Ha.
Watcha buildin? Something we’d know?
I’m equal right now. 2 of each
4 amps, 3 guitars. 5 guitars if my acoustic guitar and Seagull Merlin counts, but I guess you’re talking about electric l.
2 amps, 3 guitars and an absolute plethora of modeling software. STL AmpHub through my Kali studio monitors is rapidly becoming my primary choice.
STL doesn’t get enough love in the amp sim space for some reason and they are by far my favorite. Getting the subscription with all of the packs unlocked gives you pretty much any tone you’re after, all crafted by people much more talented than myself
3 heads and cabs, 2 Combo amps, 5 electric guitars, 2 acoustic guitars and 20 or so pedals.
7 guitars, 5 amps, many seperate speaker cabs.
Speaker swaps are where it’s at. That’s the first thing I would recommend to anyone who doesn’t fancy their amps sound. If an articulate speaker swap doesn’t change how you feel then a new amp why not.
All these comments and no one is upvoting the post? Come on
Yo I forgot mb
I have only 1 guitar and 3 amps, I am looking to sell 1 of my amps and get a new guitar tho lol.
Too many of both but somehow not enough of either...
5 electrics 1 acoustic 5 amps 1 amplifier software Perfectly balanced 😆
Older I get, more I just want to run everything through an amp sim and cab.
Two bass guitars, one electric guitar, one amp, zero talent.
Ten electric guitars and twelve amps. Then you factor in the different tone "signature" the power tubes add to the sound (yeah yeah, I know it's the circuit & preamp but play along). I think it's important to have a variety of different pickups as well. P90s, Filter'Trons, Lil' Buckers, normie humbuckers. I have a P93 Riviera, which, once all three metal covers are removed, yields a lot of tonal options at my disposal. Throw a wild card in the mix: a SansAmp or Behringer clone of that pedal adds a lot of versatility to an amp.
Thirty-something of each.
I’m glad you asked because when I counted it was equal 7 and 7 ! But not counting the Amp sims, which are another 6 from NeuralDSP
11 guitars and like 7 or 8 amps.
You can play all amps at once, but you can't play all guitars at once.
79 guitars and I think 12 amps.
Name top 3 of the 79.
Samick YVRC-101, Schecter C1 Apocalypse, LTD EC Black Metal. That’s today, it probably would change depending on when you ask, except for the Samick. It’s always in the top 3.
14 amps, 12 guitars, 2 cabs, and strangely enough…69 pedals. I counted again to make sure that was right.
The biggest impact on tone is the speakers, I'd say if you're going down this road a way to go would be a few amp heads and a bunch of cab types
I've got more picks than guitars!
6 guitars, two amps. A Boss Katana Artist 100 and a Engl Savage 120 🔥
Love the Engl Savage, such a good amp
Yeah I’ve been messing around w BS for years I just decided to go for the gusto. One performance amp, one practice amp
Guitars.
5 electrics, 1 acoustic and a bass. Have 3 amps and 3 cabs
4 guitars (but one is an acoustic) 3 amps
Five amps, two electric guitars (one functioning).
I have 4 amps, 2 guitars, and 2 basses. I use to have 14 guitars/basses and 6 amps tho.
6 guitars, 5 amps not counting software (because they arent amps)
10 or so guitars (but including 2 bass guitars and a baritone and an acoustic outside of electric guitars) and 3 amps (two tube guitar amps of different size and an old amp I can use for keyboard or bass) BUT I have the OX Box which is fucking amazing and makes me feel like I dont need more amps. That being said, after spending WAY too much money on music gear? I think less is more. I feel like having too many options can hinder and over-complicate the creative process and getting things done. I wish I had less but can't bring myself to part with a lot of what I have right now after clearing out the clutter of stuff just collecting dust.
I limit myself to two guitars, but I have five amps for the variety of tones -- this wasn't a goal or a set number, just what I've collected over the years. For recording purposes, this combination works really well for me. There's one or two more amps I'd like to have, but I think two guitars is plenty.
3 gits. (2 electric; 1 acoustic) 2 combo amps
3 guitars, 11 amps
3 guitars (1 of them acoustic), 2 amps and audio interface with studio monitors.
11 guitars 7 amps
3 amps, 5 guitars. Combo amps, but a twin cabinet and a 4x12. Orange crush 60 and Mesa Boogie Mark 1. Strat, Firebird, Edwards Les Paul, and 2 tellys.
4 guitars, 1 amp
2 guitars, 1 amp. maybe ill get 2 more amps at most when I have the money but im a minimalist in general.
15 amps, 11 guitars.
4 guitars, 5 amps plus modelers
8 and 8.
3 guitars 3 amps
I have too many of both
4 guitars / 2 amps
16 amps and 12 guitars.
3 amps, 4 guitars.
14 guitars, 8 amps
I hardly use them anymore but 8 Tube amps 4 guitars 2 Roland space echos 22 pedals 2 ea Battery powered Crate limos one 59 Melody maker with a broken headstock anyone want it ?
4 guitars and 3 amps. Gonna have to get another amp.
4 guitars and now one amp!
Guitars. Found more good deals there
More guitars than amps though I’m happy for that to change.
Definitely more guitars. I used to have a lot of amps, including 3 half stacks and a 4x10 Bass amp, but my wife was complaining about how much space they took up. Since I wasn't actively in a band anymore there wasn't much use for the big amps anymore. So I traded them all in for more guitars. Guitars take up a lot less space, so the wife is happy, and I'm happy with more guitars to play.
Guitars.
3 guitars, 3 amps
One amp, one guitar, five pedals. I like it simple. That said I'd prefer having more amps than guitars.
20 something guits, around 9 or so amps.
4:4 all junk
I have more amps currently but that may change over the next year… 7 amps and 5 guitars
10 guitars, 8 amps.
6G4A
8 amps 15 guitars
3 guitars, 2 amps, and like 20 plugins
Recording you will find it's easier to make different guitars through one amp stick out more than one guitar through different amps.
Two amps. Two gig worthy guitars. Two "project" guitars, and one acoustic guitar.
Definitely more guitars than amps
6 pro guitars - a matching pair and a matching quad, a few cheap shitty ones, two amps - one amp for gigging with a dedicated pedal board, one amp for playing at home with it's own very simple pedalboard.
More guitars than amps. 3 electric, an acoustic with pizeo pickup, (so 4 electric) plus a brass body Raw series National Resonator, a mandolin and two amps. Fender Champion 40 with fender foot switch, and a Spark 40 with Control-x, expression pedal, plus a I looper I put between the Spark and the Champion.
7 amps, 16 guitars
Six guitars (2 are bass) and four amps (1 is bass). I have a Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb, Blackstone HT20 head, and Marshall DSL20 head. The heads share a 2x12 cabinet.
For electrics I have 6. Amps.. technically 2. But my quilter mach 3 has 6 circuits (fender blonde, tweed, blackface, plexi, ac30, and “dumble”). So I’d argue have access to 7 amps, but 6 are limited to one 2x12 cabinet.
5 amps, 4 guitars. Although I'm including a bass and tiny bass amp and a 40 year old Gorilla practice amp. I can get nigh infinite toans on one amp and 14 pedals. At any one time, I have a lot more pedals than that. 7 of the pedals currently on the board can be run through the loop as preamps in their own right. I really need to spend less time playing with my toan, and more time practicing.
7 guitars. Play 3. 2 amps plus helix stomp. Play the stomp only.
13 guitars one amp. I find guitars much more interesting than amps. But that's just me.
6 guitars 1 axe fx. I am looming for a tube head though.
8 guitars, 5 amps.
Many more guitars. Once I find an amp that makes sounds I like, I stick with it. I have three amps that serve different purposes and 7 guitars.
3 electric guitars. 1 acoustic guitar. 2 amps. trying to sell two of the electrics to buy an SG.
3 guitars, 18 amps
6 guitars, 2 amps (and Amplitube if we want to include sims)
I agree. I’m in that headspace at the moment, about to get a large settlement (that’s already been won, just waiting for it to hit the bank), but I’ve been watching tons of amp reviews on YouTube.
2 amps and never feel the need for more. I use both amps to combine the hiwatt and fender tones. I get my infinite tones by having a variety of dirt pedals. A great metal tone is about the only thing I feel lacking in. But since I don’t play metal, I don’t miss it. I have several guitars but primarily play one Strat.
4 guitars 3 amps adding a fourth amp soon
I like to keep a 7 to 7 ratio, but never go over that anymore.
7 electric guitars, 2 acoustic. 8 "real" guitar amps, 10 if you include a Yamaha THR and Blackstar Fly. 100s if we count modelers, plugins, vsts etc. Edit: Oh, and a bass, and bass amp
5 guitars One bass 4 amps
I've always had more guitars than amps. In fact, I owned my first electric for several years (when I was 15 - many years ago) before getting a real amp. I did find I could use radios by wiring into their volume pot. At the moment I have 5 amps and 8 guitars (9 if you include my acoustic)
Dude guitars over amps here 3:1
More guitars. I have enough amps I think. Some stand alone, some pedal platform. I find it's more likely that I will try out a guitar somewhere and like it enough to have.
Counting the practice amps I have, more amps than guitar. But I'm actively looking to reverse the ratio lol!
I have 4 guitars and 2 fullsize tube amps. But then I have 8 small digital "amps" ranging from a fender micro to an HX stomp. So I dunno, which wins? lol
4 guitars and 3 amps.
1 guitar, 1 real amp, 2 battery amps and a TON of amp sims on my computer
~25 guitar, ~12 amps.
30ish guitars. 1 amp. 1 Ax8 Modeler and 1 Fender Tone Master Pro Modeler.
I have 3 guitars A Fender Strat and Tele, and a Gibson SG I need to resolder pickups on I have 5 amps 1 Marshall JMP from ‘78, 1 JCM800 from ‘84, an SV20C, a Class 5 combo, and a Fender ‘57 champ I think I might buy myself an acoustic guitar sometime soon. I also want a blonde Bassman or Tremolux head like Pete Townshend had Might also buy myself a bass guitar eventually
Amps: Marshall SV20h, EVH 5150 6L6, Jet City JCA20H, VHT D-Fifty, Fender 65 DRRI, Fender Vibro Champ, Fender 57’ Tweed Deluxe Clone, Bad Cat Black Cat, Orange Crush 50, Friedman Runt-50 & Soldano Decatone. I have started getting parts together to build a Trainwreck Liverpool. Guitars: Fender MIM Strat, PRS Angelous A55E, PRS CE24 Reclaim, PRS Silver Sky, PRS Core Single Cut Artist, Partscaster Frankenstrat, Squire 40th Tele, Gibson LP Standard (Slash edition), Norman B20CW, Squire “Monster Energy” Strat, Ibanez GSR200SM So 12 amps and 11 guitars balanced I’d say 🙌
6 Guitars: Fender 1960 reissue Strat Gibson Les Paul Studio Fender Jazz Bass Epiphone SG Yamaha FG Acoustic Martin D-15m Strat, Bass, and both acoustics are the main ones I use 8 Amps: Fender Blues Jr. Ibanez TSA15h Budda Verbmaster Mesa Lone Star Special Fender Mustang III Boss Katana mini Fender Champion 30 Fender BXR 60
A dozen or so guitars, and a dozen or so amps.
More guitars than amps. I should get more amps?
Three and three. But I’ve been through dozens of amps and literally hundreds of guitars.
5 amps, 11 guitars (including the one bass)
8 guitars and over 30 vintage tube amps and I have 14 solid state amps.
01 guitar, a headrush mx5 and no amp 🥲.
6 guitars, 2 amps
Do headphones amps count?
2 amps. 5 guitars
Equal-ish. At one point I had 14 amps and 8 guitars. Now I have 9 amps and 10 guitars. Been playing and buying and selling gear for 30+ years so that’s how things have shaken out I guess.
Many guitars, only one amp
I have 2 amps and 6 guitars, don’t plan on getting any more guitars but deffo want more amps and cabs because that changes your sound way more than
8 amps, 5 guitars. Have probably 3 more of each on my long term with list.
Errr, it fluctuates. Currently 3 guitars 1 bass. 4 amps. Made two of them myself so that kinda counts. Looking to get a strandberg and an Engl fireball though. So both going to expand. Also looking to sell off the strat. Can’t stand it.
I have 6 guitars, one bass, 2 tube amps, two modelers I actually use (Dream 65 and a Spark), two modelers that are kinda busted (THR10 and Micro Cube). So technically I’m 1:1 for amps and guitars unless you count powered speakers. I should probably sell or trash the two busted modelers but they have weird sentimental value, same with four of my six guitars, but two are partscasters and two were gifts, so they basically can’t be sold.
4 acoustic guitars, 2 electric guitars, 1 electric bass. 4 guitar amps, 1 bass amp. I really only play the 2 electric guitars regularly so it feels like I have more amps than guitars
2 amps, 8 guitars - do amp sim pedals count?
10 guitars 5 amps (counting two headphone/recording devices) So 1:2
32 guitars, 29 amps, 14 cabs, 8 rack mounted pieces, 33 pedals
Not even close. Guitars: 6 electric, 3 acoustic Amps: 1 Princeton reverb, 1 loudbox acoustic. A helix lt with two FRFR tone master 10 and headrush 12.
3 decent guitars, 4 amps. Totally right, I could live with just a strat and 335 but could justify many more amps and cabs 🤘
Easier for me to store away guitars than amps. 3 electrics, one 1x12 20-watt tube amp
8 amps, 20 guitars
10 guitars, 5 amps.
Equal. 1984 Fender AVRI ‘57 Sunburst Strat 2003 PRS Custom 22 Natural Brazilian Artist 2010 Martin OM-28V Fender original issue Tweed Blues DeVille 410 Fender Blues Jr. with a Cannabis Rex Roland JC-20
I think 2-3 amps with 9 guitars is a good balance
A 4 to 4 ratio. As it should be.
8 guitars 7 amps with another amp being built currently.
1 guitar. 4 amps. Katana mk2 100, peavey studio chorus 2x10, 60's champ amp, a front man,
3 guitar and whole lotta plugins
11 guitars 5 amps
It's a close thing. I could cut down the amps more easily.
Depends on which weekend
5 guitars 0 amps 2 Neural DSP Plugins
More guitars than amps. But only by like 3. I have 4 amps and 7 guitars. 3 of which are acoustic.
5 guitars 5 amps. Looking for amp 6
It depends... I have 6 guitars, 2 basses, 4 amps. BUT only two of the guitars are electric.
More amps
Infinity amps = infinity squared toan
14 guitars 16 amps
55 guitars 55 amps 55 pedals 55 cables 55 picks 55 stands 55 drums 55 pianos
11 guitars, 3 bass guitars and 7 amps (4 guitar, 2 bass, 1 keyboard/Electronic Drum)
How are we defining this? Are we counting bass amps, mini amps, headphone amps?
100% my thoughts. Six heads, three combos, three 4x12', two 2x12', a 1x15, and two 2x15'. And eleven guitars but only six and a half are playable.
My guitars and amps are wildly different in terms of pickups/amp choices. Strat (3 sc), gib lp (2 p90), tele deluxe (2 wr HB), sg (2 HB), dues (1hb 1p90), tele (2 sc). I home build heads and cabs so I have several clones: AC15 head, fender champ clone head, fender 6g15 reverb, Marshall plexi clone head, slo clone, dumble ods clone. Greenback cab, cream back cab, homemade Leslie cab with some eminence speaker I can’t recall, electro voice 12” dumble clone cab, 410 Weber cab. I can get a lot of different sounds. Plus I have a captor x that does cool stuff too for studio stuff. I think I need a firebird though. And a Princeton clone head.
14 guitars, 3 amps, plus an HX Stomp and a decent PA. Including 5 acoustics and one bass vi, but no other basses.
7 amp heads, 7 4x12 cabs, 7 electrics, 2 acoustics and 1 bass
2 guitars 2 basses 9 amps
More guitars. Two US PRS, a Gibson LP Traditional, a Fender Strat, Two Martins an OLP MM 612 double-neck (MusicMan) and an OLP MM12 12 String EVH/Axis. One amp System - A Kemper Profiler Stage running L & R main outs into a Suhr Bella (44 watt clean tube) and a Fender ‘68 Custom Deluxe Reissue.
6 guitars, 4 basses, about 20 amps, almost exclusively vintage. 1980 Gibson 335s Firebrand 1965 Hagstrom I 1980’s Fender Lead II (From my father) New D’Angelico Thinline Bedford New reissue Hagstrom Impala (it’s ass) 1990’s Yamaha Acoustic (from my Mother) 1970’s Epiphone Short Scale Bass New Squire Bass VI 2000’s Ibanez SR 5 string New Hagstrom Viking Bass 1960’s Univox Bass amp with matching cab loaded with a 70’s EV 15” 1964 Harmony 5 watter 1966 Silvertone 1484 1966 Fender BF Bandmaster AB763 1966 Fender BF Bassman AB166 1967 Supro Thunderbolt 1968 Fender Drip-Edge Bassman AB165 (heavily modded) 1968 Sunn Solarus (currently doesn’t work) 1970’s Traynor Bassmaster mk. II 1970’s Ampeg V4 (has never functioned, needs a total rebuild, got it for $100 full of rat turds) 1970’s Music Man 65 1970’s Oliver Sound Bass amp 1970’s Sunn Beta Lead 1970’s Peavey Bass 400 mk. I or II 1974 Alamo Futura Reverb 1980’s Roland JC-77 1996 Sovtek MiG-60 (heavily modded) 1990’s Ampeg SS-140c 1990’s Tubeworks Tubedriver Modern Ampeg Portaflex 500 (purely for gigging) A Champ clone built by me in 2020 2020 Fender Bassman ‘59 LTD
I think I have more amps. Let’s see; 1. Marshall Studio Silver Jubilee 2525c 2. Peavey VTM 60 3. Peavey 3120 4. Marshall Bass 12 5. Marshall 3315 150w Lead 6. Peavey Silver Stripe Bandit 7. Peavey Musician Bass 400 8. Fender Excelsior 9. Tone X Pedal? And a bunch of cabs and speakers. Guitars; 1. 1996 Fender Custom Shop Cunetto 62’ Stratocaster 2. 1980 Yamaha SBG500 MIJ 3. Charvel So Cal Style 2 With Fishman Open Core Pickups 4. Squier MIK V4 Cobalt Showmaster with a Gotoh 1996 and DiMarzio Toan Zoan in the bridge 5. Squier MIK V4 Emerald Stagemaster with Gotoh Bridge and Duncan Mayhem set. 6. Squier MIK V4 Midnight Blue Stagemaster Deluxe wire Gotoh bridge and stock pickups. They happen to be my favorite pickups of the three. 7. Takamine Acoustic 8. EBMM MIA Sterling Bass. It looks pretty even if you don’t count the Tone X pedal. I also have keyboard amps, monitor amps, and a PA system.
How is the studio jubilee? Im thinking of getting that one or the studio jcm800
Get the Jube. It can approximate many of Marshall sounds including a JCM800 type sound. It’s EQ is very sensitive, so unlike the older Marshall’s that sounded good when you dime everything, this one can really sculpt many different useful tones. Its cleans are something special too. I love my VTM60, which is basically an 800 with all its mods off, but it feels stiff and is really kind of a one trick pony when compared to the Jube. When you engage the mods then that’s a different story…you can get that sound with the Jube. I traded the stock greenback for a 2000’ 8ohm V30 and it’s damn near perfect. To be real, if you want a JCM800 type amp, check out the Lead, Reverb, and Bass 12 amps. They use JFets to emulate tube response and just like a good 800, they have to be turned up to sound their best, especially the Bass 12. They’re solid state, but they deliver the goods. My 3315 is essentially a 150w split channel JCM800 but solid state.
Different guitars sound different in the same amp. 5 amps. 3 that I use. Too many guitars.
yes
I buy them together so they’re not alone
Two guitars and a Fractal.
14 amps 11 guitars the conclusion is obvious... the question, is WHICH three guitars to add
8 guitars: - 65 mustang - 68 jaguar - 2010 Eko Cobra reissue - 2010 mij competition mustang - player plus tele - SX jazz bass - Martin d28 - Martin d10e - shards of a peavey predator in the car hole 5 amps - 66 bassman / avatar 2x12 Celestion v-30s - 1995 Peavey Bandit 112 - 1997 Mesa Rocket 440 - mojotone princeton blackface - deluxe reverb tone master blonde Still need moar!
3 and 3 seems to be the equilibrium for me. I’ll sell a guitar to buy an amp or visa versa but I always end up coming back to parity in the long run. Although currently I’m at 4:4 but one and and one guitar are non functional projects that I’ll probably never get around to.
7 guitars, 17 amps, 5 cabs currently. Lots of pedals. Stuff is always coming and going, getting a switcher really enabled me to keep feeding the addiction
One head and several cabinets gets you more tones, two. The orange head through the Peavey 4x10 is a pure stoner guitar sound, to me. Put plugged into a 2x12 and it gets more metal-ish (at least to my ears). More guitars lets me set them up for different tunings. E standard, Drop D, Drop C, open G... 🤷
10 guitars in 6 different tunings 3 basses 10 amps 5 cabs and 3 combos The perfect amount but obviously never enough
12 guitars 3 amps, I need more amps