Do You Ever Just Look At Your Guitars?

[sax4blues]

I do. The “Bird Hate” thread made me realize I really like the look of each all my guitars, which includes a Silver Sky (I chose maple because the way the birds look). Every time I play I’ll flip the guitar over and just admire the one I’m playing.

 

[Duck Herder]

Gotta check Craigslist and Reverb every day!

 

[arlum]

They're like my children. Gotta love them, look at them and sometimes sit them in the corner. When you of 15 guitars time outs become common place.

 

[Archtops]

The looks are the first law of attraction for me.

 

[Tele-friend]

As much as guitars are instruments for making music, I also see them as a piece of art. Of course they are beautiful and sometimes I take some time just looking at them and feeling thankful for all the guitars I have

 

[JL_LI]

Guitars are like wives except you can have as many as you can afford. And like with wives, sometimes I like to look at what the other guy has and let my imagination run wild. And unlike my wife, my guitars don't care.

 

[blue metalflake]

I spend too much time looking and too little actually playing.

 

[Fiesta Red]

Yes. I love the designs, the construction, the workmanship, sometimes even the color itself…

I wish I were a better photographer, to capture what I’m seeing that intrigues me so much.

 

[WingedWords]

My Mule lives on the couch in the living room. I claim it's so I can play it whenever I have a moment, but it's really so I can look at it.

 

[Oxidao]

Yes I do, all the time.

 

[Tarkus60]

Yes ....I do all the time.

 

[runstendt]

I usually do not have the space, time, or reason to spend much time looking at my guitars, particularly more than one at a time, but I always admire them when I do. I do love to study them after a restring and polish, though, because they look stunning glistening in the light, ready to be played.

 

[brookdalebill]

Yup!
I like the way all of my guitars look.
If I don’t at first, I mod them till I do.
I even buy guitars I like the look of, for that shallow reason only.
It’s as close as I’ll ever come to art collecting, I suppose.
Gibson SGs, 335s, Firebirds, and Fender Strats and Jazzmasters all look fantastic.
I like the way Firebirds sound, too.
The others, less so.

 

[stxrus]

Maybe I’m the odd man out here but no. Even when everything was hung on the wall and getting a lot of play time I can’t remember a time I just stared at them as a whole or individually

If they didn’t have an appealing aesthetic I wouldn’t own them

 

[StrangerNY]

It started when I was a kid and got my first Fender, an Oly White Mustang. I leaned it up against the nightstand by my bed so it would be the last thing I saw before I went to sleep and the first thing I saw when I woke up.

I always have a small amp rig set up in my office, with a single guitar stand. As I bring out different guitars to practice on, I'll leave them on the stand so I can catch an occasional glance at them in between whatever else it is I'm doing that day.

- D

 

[wulfenganck]

Yes.
I also talk to them.
I especially greet the guitars that stay in our rehearsal room, because I haven't seen them for a week.
Sometimes I have to stand question and answer on why I prefer to play another one.
My bandmates used to look puzzled, but they got used to it now.

 

[John Backlund]

Of all the guitars I own, around twenty four, the ones that I like to look at the most are the several archtop hollow body and semi-hollow ones that I have.

 

[Larry F]

I do what I can to make my environment lure me to my studio. Being able to look at my guitars upstairs is still a bit of s thrill. I remember certain rock and roll photos that had a Strat, Tele, Les Paul Custom, and 335. Sometimes the look of an instrument takes on an iconic role in some photos, but not necessarily ads.

 

[Chester P Squier]

Yes I do, all the time.
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I get the irony there. I mean, Stevie Wonder?

 

[Peegoo]

I leaned it up against the nightstand by my bed so it would be the last thing I saw before I went to sleep and the first thing I saw when I woke up.

Les Paul (P.B.U.H.) used to tell an identical story.

A guitar is functional art. It is not only a cultural icon--it's an object filled with unlimited possibilities. A guitar's look gives me the same feeling I get when I'm walking through an industrial tool store or a lumber yard: think of the possibilities!