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Topic: How many have sold something only to regret |
Micky Byrne
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 3:55 pm |
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I'm curious to know how many guys/gals have sold a piece of equiptment only to regret it later. Steel/wise I've been ok, I only have my Sho-Bud and Carter universals, and they are going nowhere!!  .....but guitar and amp wise, I've sold "SO MANY" only to regret. Late 60's I sold a Gretsch Tennessean. Years later sold a JVC series Fender Telecaster (One of the first Japanese teles)....sold a Gibson Night/Hawk custom....sold a Guild DE 500 (Duane Eddy model)....sold a Telecaster.... B-bender, when I bought another one....Just mind boggling when I think of getting rid of my Vox AC30 with top boost  .... loads more I sold. Come on guys own up and make me realise I'm not the only foolish musician!! And to think it wasn't for monetary gain when I sold........it was just on impulse 
Micky Byrne United Kingdom www.mickybyrne.com
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 4:11 pm
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Well.....big difference between wishing I hadn't sold stuff vs. wishing I hadn't had to sell them. Ampeg SB-12. $40. Farfisa mini-compact. $100. Fender Rhodes. I forget the $$ but it was low. All to eat and pay rent another day/week/month. I'd love to have this stuff back but I guess I'm here, alive and well enough because of these things. It would have been better if actually playing them rather than selling them had kept me going but so it goes.
Happy NY, everyone! |
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mike nolan
From:
Forest Hills, NY USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 5:01 pm
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Most stuff I have sold over the years went because it wasn't being used. I don't really regret any of it.... except one Telecaster, a mid 70's model, so not worth a bundle... but it was a great axe. I never dwell on "how much would it be worth now"........ seems a bit counterproductive.
Oh yeah... Happy New York to you too Jon.  |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 5:14 pm
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Equipment wise, can't say I've ever sold anything.
Otherwise, an Ernie Banks Rookie card for a couple steelie shooters
HNY.
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Don Brown, Sr.
From:
New Jersey
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 5:39 pm
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I traded my Brand New 1965/66? Fender Tele, to Curly, for an In the Box New JBL-D-130, Speaker for my new Fender Twin Reverb, amp. It came through with two JBL D-120's in it. I traded Bob Smith the two new JBL's for a Reel to Reel tape player. The next week, the tape player was stolen out of Lou's van. That D-130 JBL, is still going strong after all those years. But I wish I had the Tele Back..
Everyone have a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year
Don |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 6:19 pm
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Ahem, maybe 35-40 years ago I traded a Pre CBS blackface Fender Twin in perfect condition for a shiny sparkle Kustom rolled and pleated amplifier. Did I look kool or what using that amp?  |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 6:23 pm
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Oh, geez, don't even get me going - you'll wanna get the violin out. How about a '43 Martin 000-21, '66 Martin 000-18, '56 Gretsch Model 6120 Chet Atkins, '29 Martin 00-17, a '52 Gibson J-50, '53 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top, various 50s Les Paul Juniors, various 60s and 70s Gibson and Fender guitars and amps, '54 Fender Tweed Deluxe, '57 Fender Tweed Tremolux, '58 Fender Tweed Pro, '61 White Tolex Fender Tremolux, very early Franklin D-10, and it goes on and on.
I had a vintage guitar store in the 90s, when this stuff was not cheap, but were still more or less "commodity" items. I honestly always thought I could just grab another. Forget about it - several years back, that market just went completely beserk, to the point where some people are paying 4 figures for crazy Harmony and Kay stuff now. 
Myself, I'm waiting for that kind of craziness to crash, which I think is inevitable at some point.  |
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 6:39 pm
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| Early 70s Martin D-18 (sold early 80s), '68 Tele, blonde w/ rosewood fingerboard (GREAT neck) (sold early 90s), Gibson 1939 L4, fabulous birdseye neck, sides, and back (sold early 90s), PRS Standard, black, 1985 (sold early 90s). All sold for MUCH less than they would fetch now. Everything else I've managed to keep (so far). |
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Joe Drivdahl
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 7:37 pm
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When Ibanez started out they were copying alot of Fender and Gibsons. They got sued I believe by both companies for building guitars to the exact specs set forth by the two older companies. Well I had a Strat copy very early Ibanez. Wish I still had it. Pretty much everything I've ever had, I regret selling.
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 9:05 pm
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I still kick myself sometimes for selling a brand new '76 Emmons Loafer. Green burst laq with castle wall inlay...fatback, and wood neck with a bolt-on changer.
Wonder what ever happened to that gtr... |
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Michael Strauss
From:
Delray Beach,Florida
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 9:37 pm
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That might be why I haven't sold anything since '72, when I sold my Fender Bassman to buy a Peavy Bass amp. 8 basses, 2 PSG's, 3 guitars, a uke, 2 keyboards, a set of congas and misc precussion stuff and 5 amps. Some of that stuff is junk and not worth selling. Some of that does belong to my wife, but she's like me.
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2007 11:21 pm
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Was looking through some old photos the other day,Was one made in the 50's when I was a teen,I was playing my early 50's gold top Les Paul with trapeze tail piece,kind of wish I had kept that one.DYKBC.
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Jerry Gleason
From:
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 1:49 am
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Man, almost all of them. The '68 Gibson Johnny Smith, the '62 Fender Jaguar, the '72 Telecaster thinline deluxe that had a gorgeous flamed maple body, the cherry red '69 Gibson ES-345, the '70 P-bass, and a whole slew of Fender amps, including a '59 brown Fender Concert Amp with 4-10's, a couple of nice Princeton's, and Bassman heads, various cabinets, and on and on.
There are a few that I don't miss (like the red-knob twin), and some I only wish I had now because of their current value, not because I'd enjoy using them. Most of the many solid-state amps I sold haven't really been missed, because they were always replaced with something newer and better.
There were a lot of nice instruments and amps that I foolishly sold for no reason other than I wanted something else that was more fashionable at the time.
I haven't sold that many steels that I miss, but sometimes I still wish I had the lacquer MSA D-10, because It was a nice guitar for C6th. If I were playing out more, and I were a few years younger, I'd probably want the Vegas 400 back, too.
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Lewis John Foote
From:
Dorset, UK
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 2:02 am
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howdy, not quite the same scenerio, i sold my tele custom, and, strat,[ couldn,t, play lead guitar,] and bought my pedal steel, no regrets, hope its alwright to post that here, lew.
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 2:20 am
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Hi Lew.... no problem, same scenario Well it's 2008 now so Happy new year all. I think us folk in England got to 2008 some 6 hours before you guys/gals in the States. I think on this particular issue, the older we get the wiser we get, and the mistakes on this particular thread shouldn't happen again ???...me thinks!!! 
Micky Byrne www.mickybyrne.com |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 2:22 am
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My first reaction to Micky's post was to list a whole bunch of exotica that I've had through my hands, but, after reflection, I can't say that I regret parting with any of them....
Except.... My very first Martin - a 000-18 that was old when I bought it at Lew Davis' music shop on Charing Cross Road in 1959. I have a 1947 one now, but there's just something about that first-ever Martin, bought at a time when Martins (or any brand of American guitars) were unavailable in Britain, that I miss.
I recently bought a brand-new Gibson ES-355 - cherry red with gold hardware - a guitar I'd coveted since the first time I saw one as a teenager. The fit, finish and playability of this instrument is every bit as good as anything they've ever made, and I delight in the knowledge that, thanks to the boom in vintage stuff (I agree, by the way, that a 'crash' is inevitable) the major manufacturers are doing very well at replicating their older products.
Of course: If I could wave a magic wand and have back my Jet Firebird, the Super 400, the ES-5 Switchmaster, two J-200s (a 1950 and a 1963), a Jaguar, an Olson SJ, I'd certainly find a spot for them! There was also that '64 Gibson Everly Brothers model - a piece of junk, but very cool, nonetheless!
In those early days, the notion of having more than one or two guitars was an odd one - we usually had to trade them for something we thought we wanted more!
The other one I miss? I had one of the very first Fender JVC Telecasters in 1982. It was stolen from a theatre in Aberdeen where I was on tour, and I've never been able to find a better Tele - of ANY vintage!
A 'fun' thread - I've enjoyed reading about the stuff you guys have had!
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 3:29 am
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| My old Gretsch. It was a 61 PX6120 Chet Atkins model that I bought new. It was the "orange" model with the single cutaway and real F holes, along with the white case with the tooled leather around it. |
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Dave Harmonson
From:
Seattle, Wa
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 4:06 am
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| Well let's see. '63 Strat that had the fattest cool sound of any one I've played. I'm more of a Tele guy but I still wish I had it around. '65 Twin that I traded for a peavey Austin 400. Wow what was I thinking. A black face Fender deluxe reverb is long gone, but at least I made a profit on that one. The first amp I owned was a black face w' black grill Fender Vibroverb with a JBL 15. A '58 4-10 Bassman, a '59 Twin Amp. But what the heck, I've got good sounding stuff now so c'est la vie. |
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Jim Walker
From:
Headland, AL
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 4:41 am
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I sold an original 65 Fender Twin for $175 in 1990.  I've been chasing that sound for my 97 tele but can't find it anywhere. I guess I sold my tone for rock and roll. I think if I had that amp back, the world would be a perfect place.
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Damien Odell
From:
Springwood, New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 4:46 am
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Yep, sold a twin reverb...now I'm looking for another one. Sold a beautiful Gibson cherry SG...regret it, sold a sweet Fender Tele Plus once...miss that one daily, sold a Les Paul Studio....regret that too and more.
My thinking these days is to never sell any item of musical gear. |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 5:16 am
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| I sold two guitars I'd like back a 1958 Fender Strat and a 1968 Gretsch Country Gentleman guitar. I had no idea when I sold them of their future value. |
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Ed Iarusso
From:
East Haddam, CT US of A
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 6:42 am My Strat
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My dad, who passed away in the mid 80's, had bought me a "used" strat, a 1957, sunburst with maple neck neck from a local Meriden CT country player, Harry Bates. The guitar was a little "beat up' not nice and "shiny". This was in 1964. Me being 13 at the time did not appreciate it for what it was. I don't think too many of us did back in this time period. Well, I played it for a number of years but when I started playing steel in the very early 70's I didn't play it too much after that. Then I got stupid in the later part of the 80's. I needed money for my honeymoon and figured I'd sell the guitar. I got real good money for it but...a few years later I realized how much I missed the guitar and what it meant to me for the connection with my dad. I tried to find the guitar a few years later but was unsuccessful. To this day I regret that sale. I look at selling that guitar as one of, if not the biggest mistakes I ever made. BTW my dad paid $120.00 for the guitar. and that was alot of money for him to spend. Sorry dad, I did learn a lesson though.
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 6:42 am
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My Wurlitzer.
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Norm Kidwell
From:
Marion, Indiana, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 6:43 am Gibson J-45
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I sold a cherry 63 or 64 j-45 with aligator case both in mint condition back in the 90's. That person took it to Gruen's and traded it in on a Tele. When I bought it I had it converted to electric with tone and volume control. It has to be the only one out there like it.
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