Luke Slater over at TinMachine does a really neat survey of the guitars Bowie has used through the years.  He comes to the conclusion Bowie basically has two guitars.  One acoustic, one electric.  Luke then finishes up with a conclusion that loses me.  He thinks this is sad.

Now, ya gotta remember that for the most part, Bowie never considered himself a guitar player.  Sure, he’s strummed a lot, but find a video where Bowie gets down on a guitar.  It don’t happen.  He plays piano, keyboards, saxophone, whatever it takes to get the sound he wants.  No biggie.  Also, consider the guitar players he’s hung out with over the last forty years or so:

1. Mick Ronson
2. John Lennon
3. Jeff Beck
4. Peter Frampton
5. Stevie Ray Vaughn
6. Nile Rodgers
7. Charlie Sexton
8. Earl Slick
9. Carlos Alomar
10. Adrian Belew
11. Robert Fripp
12. Reeves Gabrels
13. David Gilmour

If I could count on that line-up to make me sound good, I’d have two less guitars than Bowie does.