[T.B. Yoits]

...it has always stunned me to ponder How many Thousands of guitars the world can actually absorb,

This.

Although they're almost like firearms where you need different models after winning the lottery.

-Electric
-Acoustic
-Twelve String
-Bass
-Baritone
-With locking tremolo
-Without tremolo
-With single-stack pickups
-With humbucker pickups
-With stacked humbucker pickups
-Slide guitar
-Mandolin-guitar
-Guitar with a compound neck radius
-Guitars with differing neck radii
-Guitars with different wiring options such as treble bypass
-Guitars with serial / parallel switches
-Guitars with tapped pickup coils
-Double neck guitar 12 and 6
-Double neck guitar standard and baritone
-Double neck guitar standard and slide
-Double neck guitar standard and octave neck
-Double neck guitar baritone and bass
-Double neck guitar standard and bass
-Guitars with double cutaways at the neck
-Flying V guitar
etc.

...and just when you think you've played some variations, you see a video of Justin Johnson playing a 3-string shovel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-ltPsbw9g

[crosdaddy]

I’ve enjoyed listening to Justin for a while now, very talented.

[Drew68]

Although they're almost like firearms where you need different models after winning the lottery.

Don't forget, you need a backup for all of those as well.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

That’s some shovel ready music.👍👍👍

[caver]

The 3-string shovel was great!

[Fido969]

If you want an expensive hobby, start picking up pedal steels.