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If your guitar is your only hobby, I'd expect you to have a sound system, a library of music sheets, extra guitars or cases, stuff to tune, fix or mod your guitar. There's probably more, but I don't have this hobby, so I wouldn't know.

Climbers have all kinds of equipment. Music production requires recording and sound absorbing gear, and also playback. Programmers used to have plenty of books and extra computers - nowadays will almost certainly have Arduinos and Raspberry Pis around (and gaming gear). I don't know much about digital art, but I strongly suspect most of their practitioners also practice the non-digital real works counterparts.

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Why do you need anything more than an acoustic guitar and some picks? (yes, a case/bag/stand)

All you need for climbing is some shoes and a chalk bag. Possibly a crash pad. You're a hobbyist, and even pros (see: Alex Honnold, or anyone that primarily does bouldering) can climb with only that.

All you need to make music is some software, a playback device, and possibly a microphone (purely electronic music is a thing, of course). It's a hobby, you're not a professional producer.

Don't needlessly raise the barrier to entry.

> Why do you need anything more than an acoustic guitar and some picks?

Because maybe your style is best complimented by a Strat running through a Big Muff Pi into a Fender Twin?

And then there's the tuner, cables, guitar stand, cleaning & care products, a good case, a toolkit for making adjustments, maybe a few other pedals, some chord books or tuitional material.

And of course, most serious players will have more than one instrument anyway...

Digital modelling amps, which are the obvious choice if you care about minimalism, often have a built in tuner. And even if they don't you probably already have a phone with a tuner app.

If you're really into guitar, you pretty much need a traditional single coil Stratocaster, humbucker Les Paul or SG, and either a Taylor or Martin acoustic to be minimally happy. And either multiple amps or something expensive like a Mesa Boogie Mark V that does everything.

And as you enter your 40's you'll need a Telecaster too.

Also odds are good you'll be in a music store at some point and play a Music Man or high-end Jackson or Charvel for the first time and realize one of those are a necessity too.

This is if you're a strict minimalist.

> And as you enter your 40's you'll need a Telecaster too.

Caught me off guard, still laughing :)

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