Guitars and the crazy people who love them – a new series about collecting
Jefferson Graham, holding two of his guitars, a Benedetto Bravo Deluxe and a Martin, with an import from Portugal behind him. Photo by Ruth Stroud By Jefferson Graham You can never have enough guitars. Even in a home with ten of them hanging on the walls, resting on couches, standing erect on the ground in guitar holders, I feel I’ve only just scratched the surface. My friend Scott Kelby has 40 of them. But that’s nothing. The great guitarist Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top has 450. Like I said, I’m just getting started. Still, to have ten guitars in a small beach cities home begs the question I get often: “But Jeff, do you actually play all of these guitars? And why do you need to have so many of them?” I’ll answer these in a second, but first, a hearty welcome to a new Easy Reader feature about crazy people like me and the things we collect. I’ll chronicle your stories every month, introducing you to passionate South Bay folks who love everything from classic cars and cameras to vintage shoes. So, second question first. I have so many guitars because every guitar is different. It really is. It starts with a vintage 1950s era Gibson ES-125, a hollow body archtop that was known for…
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