How many???

[paul_c2]

The answer......is one:

 

[Doctor J]

None. I need food, water and air. Everything else is an indulgence. You only need one pair of shoes, one jacket, one knife, one fork, etc. Who lives their life like that, though? Soon, we’ll all be dead so do what makes you happy and don’t worry about what other people think.

[paul_c2]

Its an interesting point that if you only have one instrument, you get to know it more, then focus more on playing it better.

[Doctor J]

Only if there’s a portion of time you spend faffing about between other instruments which you then have the discipline to dedicate to practising on your only instrument. I play music in several different tunings. If I had only one bass I’d be losing time to restringing and setting up instead of just playing. I play guitar too. Setting up floating bridges is something you don’t want to do frequently, trust me 😂

His logic could work for a very specific set of criteria but I don’t think it’s really watertight in real world scenarios.

Edited June 16, 2019 by Doctor J

[TheGreek]

You only need one guitar???

Doesn't that depend on how long you want to keep your fire going?? Go on...chuck another one on...

[Marvin]

I don't need any at the moment...

[Lozz196]

I’d say two minimum, you never know what’s gonna happen at a gig so a backup is always helpful to have along.

[tauzero]

One more than I currently have.

[oldslapper]

59 minutes ago, tauzero said:

One more than I currently have.

Always 😂

[Dood]

13 hours ago, paul_c2 said:

Its an interesting point that if you only have one instrument, you get to know it more, then focus more on playing it better.

However fine motor skills are honed by playing a number of different instruments. Even variations of type. Bass, 4,5,6,7 string. Guitar, chunky neck, skinny flat neck,,keyboard.. drums... 

And errr, that's why I need all of those.. (still working on getting drums...)

[Doctor J]

Learning drums is a great thing, it really focuses your mind on how bass and drums work together. I felt it really helped my bass playing, there was a lot less fluff after a while.