you've hit it perfectly nine (9) is the correct number of guitars.
I've done a rational critical careful analysis, and I have also settled upon 9, 9 is the logical cutoff, 9 is the perfect amount of guitars.
of course there's exceptions if you decide you want to be a true museum or a true collector.
I have been up to 12 and decided I have a severe problem, so let's make some rules.
1. It keeps you in single digits, I can always say; Oh yes of course I own less than 10 guitars, to friends, neighbors and coworkers. it stops them from calling psychological services, when you own double digit numbers of anything, you become a very suspicious person.
2. We all know number 9 is a magic number, and should be applied to magical instruments. Brahma is 9
3. it's the highest number we have so once you have 9 you actually can't go any higher, you have to go back down the ones and zeros.
4. John Lennon was born on October 9, number nine, number nine. number nine, number nine.
5. When I hit 10 guitars I automatically sell one.
6. the nice thing is I think you can actually rotate and play nine guitars, I think people with 20 guitars probably have to bury 10 of them in the backyard, or in a storage shed, for closet somewhere, simply cannot rotate them in. I actually lost one of my guitars when I had 12, where the hell did I leave that thing. oh well I'll find it one day, oh it's in the trunk of my buddies car, it will be okay there for a few months.
1 Les Paul HP
2 PRS 594 WL/AP
3 JS 2410 Ibanez
4 Fender Deluxe strat (heel cut) yay
5 Hello Kitty squire
6 Micheal Kelly 50's telecaster (excellent)
7 Reverend Billy Corrigan
8 PRS Pauls guitar
9 PRS Fredrik Akesson... on loan..
the next number that makes any sense to me is 99,