craigb
When I started contemplating my 15th guitar (also known as a "Half-Wilson"
) is when I decided to go down the custom path where one guitar basically took the place of six (I liked the electronics on one, the neck radius on another, the scale on a third, the shape on a fourth, the fretboard from a fifth and, finally, the pickups of a sixth!).
My goal was to have all of my customs feel the same (like you do with good golf clubs) but accomplish different things (Classic rock tones, modern tones, trem/no trem, versatility - the Line 6 Variax guts are a good example). If my life (and body?) hadn't gone pear shape, I would have had all I needed with the three custom guitars and then I could start on other types I was interested in (baritones, VI style bass, "normal" bass).
Since I don't play live (and tend to need to loop record a few dozen times to get passages right) I don't need to worry about damage or having a backup.
Soon I will get two of my three back. Then we'll see where I go next! 
"Half-Wilson"
that one cracked me up
Hey Craig , I was gonna post a long winded thing over here but I decided against it ...
The short story is for many years I only used to own one guitar ...I usually owned and played pristine highly desirable Vintage guitars ...I also kept a beater nylon string to practice scales on ...
What I used to do back then was buy a vintage guitar , play the hell out of it and then flip it to get another Vintage Guitar ...
That approach was rinse and repeat for many years .I can lay claim to having owned some super desirable guitars that I will never own again unless I get Lucky and meet a Lady from The Single Billionaire Women Looking for a Pet Guitar Player Dating site I recently joined
Yeah I know don't hold my breath
Any way having those guitars at the time was a nice chapter of my life . Yet , those days are over for me ...it was nice while it lasted
Once the vintage guitar market went through to roof , I started playing newer guitars & guitars I picked up used ..
Mostly work horses and players
it is very rare that I will trade or sell a guitar ...it took me 30 years to get a Gibson Les Paul again after I foolishly traded away the Gibson 57 Reissue 3 Pick up i had ...lesson learned
As far as the Wilson inventory goes probably the best Half Wilson Tag would describe the bulk of the guitars I have had and played for over the past 30 years ....
The other half of The Wilson Tag is all guitars I have picked up along the way that fill a sonic need or a desire to own a certain model that fits a genre of music I want to play in ...
I could probably show up at Guitar Center w a shopping cart full of my other guitars and leave with one really nice guitar after they get done with me
the thing is that's not how I roll
any way nice talking w you ....
Kenny