10 good reasons to buy a new guitar
10. Your strings are dirty.
9. You got a raise at work, or you got laid off — one of the two.
8. Your current axe looks all beat up and…wait…got it backwards…Try again: Your current axe looks too new and clean and you need a new, relic version of it.
7. You went to see a Rush show and guitarist Alex Lifeson’s playing made you feel utterly hopeless and depressed.
6. You stopped at Guitar Center for some picks and, what the heck, while you’re there…
5. You found an old, extra guitar stand in the attic.
4. You just ordered an Esteban guitar, complete with the Esteban amp, instruction DVD and chord poster.
3. Your pant size went up five inches in the last six months.
2. Your friends keep tellin’ you that you’re not all that good at guitar.
1. You’ve worn a hole right through your axe, like Willie Nelson…
C’mon Willie, it’s time to get a new guitar. For reals…
Got any other “good” reasons to buy a new guitar?
Photo courtesy Reuters, Willie Nelson at 2007 Farm Aid.
IG dishes out inspiration and ideas to guitar players everywhere. 
Everything I’ve heard on the Esteban guitars tells me yeah, if that’s your only guitar, you have a real need to get a new one.
And, thankfully, my pants size has been trending down over the last few years. I used to have a 48×32 and right now I’m rockin’ 42×32. Which, I think, is reason enough to get a new guitar.
And of course, “I want a second guitar just like my first so I can just swap instruments if I break a string live”, as well as “I want a second guitar so I have a wider sonic palate”.
#11 - It’s a Tuesday.
#12 - To show my girlfriend/wife that she’s not the boss of me.
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Oh man, I’m laughin’…
IG
ha ha ha…dirty string…
ESTEBAN RULES! that man can play and his $79 guitar sounds killer
#13: The old lady dragged you to the mall shoe shopping, and there happens to be a Guitar Center across the hall… (”Like, oh my gawd! That 3-tome sunburst totally complements my skin!)
#14: More of an excuse than a reason… pick up a Sage Green / Lake Placid / Sunburst strat to “bring out her eyes.”
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#15–12 sounds like a nice round number
#16–Company is coming over, and you don’t want to run out
#17–you don’t want your other guitar to be lonely
#18–Santa really doesn’t exist, so he wont be bringing you one for Christmas.
#19–It’s Groundhog day!
#20–The one you’ll never hear–Your wife says “Honey, I don’t think you have enough guitars.”
oh boy, oh boy…more goodie excuses. great stuff!
ig
21. because it would save time to just change guitars everytime you need a different tuning…al a Drop D…Eb…etc…so you therefore need a guitar for every possible tuning.
dantheman
The following were said in response to my wife commenting that I have too many guitars:
#21 (When I bought my Strat) I need to round out my guitar collection with a good single coil guitar. (The Strat was #7)
#22 Honey, my guitars are playable collectors items. By the time I die, I’ll probably have 30 guitars. I’m just adding to my collection.
#23 I don’t play the old ones much any longer because I’ve gone in a different musical direction (white lie - I still play them all, except for one that needs serious repair - but it was a lie that she could live with
).
GoofyDawg
My wife still believes that I am full of it when I tell her guitar pick-ups aren’t all alike and sound different. She definitely will not buy that one, ever! Gosh…
IG
#24 - I have lots of credit card offers.
#25 - Guitar Center offering 20 months same as cash.
#26 - Because the sky is blue.
#24 - I heard the new models are anti-oxidant rich.
#25 - My state offers a tax kicker for buying a new guitar made in a new energy efficient facility.
#26 - I need a lighter semi-hollow chambered body because of my back problems.
#27 - I need a new guitar made with sustainable wood products, in order to do my part to stop global warming.
#28 - I always wanted to have that 335
#29 - You wanted to see how the other half lives
#30 - When is the next time you’re gonna actually be THIS close to the Conklin Guitar shop (http://www.conklinguitars.com)?
#31 - TAX REFUND!
#32 You haven’t bought one this week
#33 You need a “Summer” guitar
#34 You need to beat the Christmas rush
#35 Van Halen are touring and you HAVE to have the frankenstein replica!
ooh by the way I’m in Australia, hence #32 saying summer, please substitute for Winter in the northern Hemisphere
#11 Because I don’t have that kind yet.
#12 Because I’m hedging my bets that this will be a collectors’ item.
#13 Because it compliments the guitar the other guy in my band bought.
#14 I just want a beater guitar to take to the beach/park/camp site/in-laws.
“I just want a beater guitar to take to the beach/park/camp site/in-laws” — I’ve used that one many times before, and my wife is still wandering why the guitars end up coming home a bit better than “beater” guitars…
Great lists! I’m gonna have to compile them all into a grand ol’ list of excuses for all of to use next time we need to go do some damage at the guitar store…
IG
#whatever we’re up to - Because there is a HUGE difference between the 50’s les paul and 60’s necks!
How about….because that new 335 hides my gut a bit better than my Strats or Les Pauls?
Niiiiiiiiice. I’m sure the lady will go for that one…
IG
Because that money has been sitting in the bank collecting interest long enough.
That’s a funny one. It’s like, “oh, look at that, got enough interest to afford a new axe. Let’s withdraw it and head over to Gutiar Center baby!” Hell yeeeeeeeeeeeah!
IG
how about: “Because I work my ass off to pay the bills and I’ve earned the right to spend my money on whatever I want!!!!” Of course you say this under your breath AFTER she’s closed the door behind her… this applies to you guys, not me of course…umm…er…yeah…
Amen to that!
IG