[QUESTION]For those whom have amassed a collection, beginning with entry level guitars

My first electric guitar was some cheap chibson SG, I got it somewhere around 2001 and still play it about once a month.

Over the years I've refinished it, replaced all the electronics, pickups and tuners. The only original parts are the neck, the body, the pickguard and the bridge/tailpiece.

The only thing that's wrong with it is that the frets aren't completely level and it's impossible to barré a chord on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd frets without the E string buzzing against the frets. It's also pretty old now (I estimated it was built in the late 70s somewhere) so the frets are getting pretty worn. The street value of it approaches €0 and I've also heard too many stories of people who sold their entry level guitars for a couple of bucks only to later realize that they really miss it, so there is no reason for me to sell it and it's nice to sometimes pick it up and just play a bit.

All the rest of my guitars are reasonably mid-high end (ranging from a €700 MIJ Fender Jaguar to a €4500 Gibson ES-335), although I find myself playing more on the cheaper guitars vs the more expensive ones. I guess that's mostly because the cheaper guitars sit in a rack ready to play while I keep the more expensive guitar in their hard cases and it's a bit more effort to grab them.

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