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Topic: What guitar did you get rid off but... |
Ricky Littleton
From: Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 2:13 pm
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...wish you had kept? Mine was an 84 Emmons S-10 Original.
In the words of George Strait, "...let's fall to pieces together..."
Ricky
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Emmons LeGrande - 8x4
Session 400 Ltd, Peterson VS-II Tuner
Dan-Echo, E-Bow, Ibanez Distortion, Boss Comp./Sustain, Ibanez Auto-Wah, PX4 Pandoras Box
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Donny Hinson
From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 2:18 pm
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My old Fender 1000, which I got from Stu Basore. Sold only because I had been in a very serious accident, and needed the money for my family. |
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Larry Bell
From: Englewood, Florida
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 2:24 pm
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My 1980 ZumSteel Single 12. I played it for 21 years and it was one of the best guitars I ever owned. In a fit of stupidity I traded it for a D-10 push pull (I'm NOT a D-10 player) sold as playable that turned out to be a BASKET CASE that I had to restore and subsequently lost hundreds of dollars on.
Sometimes good judgment takes a vacation.
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Ron !
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 2:35 pm
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My Emmons LeGrandeII.4pedals and 6 knees.
PF set-up.I sold this one because I needed the money.Sold it for 1400bucks.It was only 5 years old.:-(
Ron
Nikaro SD10 4x6
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Jim Phelps
From: Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 2:48 pm
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My early Fender 1000, a gorgeous ZB Custom D-10, beautiful rosewood & maple Sho-Bud D-11 permanent, '78 MSA D-10 solid maple in black lacquer with gold pinstriping. [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 18 February 2005 at 02:50 PM.] |
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Farris Currie
From: Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 3:03 pm
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mine was a professional sho-bud had it special built in 1970.sold it always been sick of selling.i set out last yr to find it.found the fellow i sold it to was dead and the steel burned in a bar fire. end of story farris |
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Lem Smith
From: Long Beach, MS
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 3:16 pm
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A late 90's model Lashley Legrande II, saphire blue with 8 & 4 that I traded for a Bethel SD10 & some cash. The Bethel was a very nice guitar, but that Emmons was a 12 on a scale of 1-10!!!
Also a Zum SD10 with 4 & 5. Fantastic guitar too.
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Howard Tate
From: Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 4:43 pm
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When I got my Zum sd12u and Vegas 400 in middle eighties, I sold my Twin Reverb to the Montana State Prison, and donated white MSA D12. The MSA was too heavy to carry, but I wish I had both set up in my house now. I hope it rehabilitated someone.
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Howard, 'Les Paul Recording, Zum S12U, Vegas 400, Boss ME-5, Boss DM-3
http://www.Charmedmusic.com
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Bob Carlucci
From: Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 5:55 pm
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MSA S 10.5+4 White mica SuperSustain,, Highly modified pickup,with a sound to die for...I sold it to some hippie girl that followed my band and was kind of a friend...I practically GAVE it to her for about $325!!!,but I think I only got $225 and she disappeared... grrr.. What a dope I was! bob |
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Ricky Davis
From: Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 8:44 pm
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I have no regrets on any instrument I've had and sold in the past. To me they are just a tool of the trade. If I don't need the tool or I'm not using the tool; I let it go and get a tool I want to use at the time; and on from there.
Now my Golf Clubs are a whole different story..ha...If anything happened to my golf clubs; I would crawl in the corner and die.
Ricky |
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David Mason
From: Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 9:19 pm
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A original BC Rich Mockingbird, solid quilted maple, Badass bridge and all. I bought it for something like $350 in Austin in the early 80's, now they're worth thousands. It was way too heavy to take seriously and spiky in all the wrong places (gave me a bad case of "guitar tit") so I traded it even up for an original aluminum-neck Travis Bean. Which was even heavier! And is now worth thousands, etc. I was kind of dumb back then. I had an old Sho-Bud back then for a little while too, with a little fan of card symbols on the front, but the top two strings were tuned funny and it freaked me out. |
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Jim Palenscar
From: Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 9:37 pm
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my 1st steel- a Carvin 10 string lap and then my 1st real pedal steel (not including the Maverick)- a brand spankin' new tobacco lacquer MSA 12 string - 1976 version- in mint condition- sold it about 6 years ago to Jason Roberts of AATW- can't help but wish I hadn't a done that- I had a lotta history with that ax. The only ding it had was when my now ex-wife threw my bar at me from across the room and hit the guitar instead, OHHH- how I wish it had hit me instead [This message was edited by Jim Palenscar on 18 February 2005 at 09:50 PM.] |
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Jim Phelps
From: Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 10:10 pm
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Ricky, I thought the same way, just tools and I can always get another..... problem is, now I can't just get another! That's life...!
Bob, looks like you and I have made a lot of the same kind of (lousy) deals. [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 18 February 2005 at 10:12 PM.] |
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Tony Prior
From: Charlotte NC
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Posted 19 Feb 2005 1:49 am
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3 come to mind, ok make that 4..
54 Strat
57 original BLACK strat
64 Tele..my first
and my Pro-III D10 Sho-bud..sold around 93 or so..
t |
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steve takacs
From: beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 19 Feb 2005 2:02 am
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My late 1970s George Benson blonde GB-10 jazz guitar. Ouch, why did I do it??? If anyone has one to sell or trade, to make the pain go away, please email me. steve t |
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Jim Phelps
From: Mexico City, Mexico
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Bob Carlucci
From: Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2005 4:27 am
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Tony.. a 54 strat AND a 57 strat?? .. yikes,, they kill people for selling stuff like that don't they??...I 'll bet at the time they were just old guitars right?? who was to know they would turn into SOLID GOLD one day... bob |
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Roger Edgington
From: San Antonio, Texas USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2005 6:35 am
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Maple and cocoabola with white fret boards permanent D-10 Sho-Bud orginally belonged to Buddy Charleton. |
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Len Amaral
From: Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 19 Feb 2005 9:55 am
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I sold a mint Gibson Byrdland 25 years ago and realized I made a mistake the next day. However, Last year I aquired another mint Byrdland from Skip Mertz.
Thank you Skip... |
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Damir Besic
From: Nashville,TN.
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Posted 19 Feb 2005 3:00 pm
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`74 Emmons fat back.but at least I know it ended up in good hands...
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"Promat"
~when tone matters~
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Tony Prior
From: Charlotte NC
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Posted 20 Feb 2005 1:10 am
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Bob, I sold the two Strats in the mid 80's..as well a many other Fenders and Gretschs etc...
Two things come to mind as I recall these 2 specific axes, they were not good players and they did bring a fair price...
But they were in nice shape and I enjoyed looking at them..I guess that counts for something...
t
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John Sluszny
From: Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 20 Feb 2005 8:43 am
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Sho-Bud Pro I 20 years ago for "peanuts" |
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T. C. Furlong
From: Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2005 9:54 am
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'60 Strat in Olympic White which I bought for $50, which I traded even for a '61 SG Junior factory white which I sold for $150.
'57 Les Paul Special TV dead mint for $700, I sold it to buy my first Zumsteel which is now worth twice what I paid for new it in '81. The Special is now worth 12 times what I sold it for in '81. But, I got a ton of enjoyment out of the Zum not to mention all the live shows and recordings I did with that steel. And the Zum still plays like brand new. Considering this, I got the better end of that deal.
I sold a '66 (or was it a '65) Black P/P for low money after converting it to an all pull. Dumb, real dumb.
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Mark Lind-Hanson
From: Menlo Park, California, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2005 12:47 pm
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My- ulp- '66 Montgomery Wards Airline single p/u elec. 6 string. (Yes, laugh, but that thing had GREAT action!) Everyone who laid hads on it commented on that. For my first guitar, really, I loved that thing, played it for hours on end... it had a rosewood fingerboard, too, and wood bridge which was adjustable. What happened- A fully packed orange crate full of LP's (weighing about 40+ lbs) managed to fall upon it and shatter the headstock... perhaps it could have been saved, by sawing the remainder off and jointing a new one on.. but that just didn't cross my mind. Maybe,I could have just got hold of a new neck, but at that point (mid-70's) I didn't know anyone in the area into repairs who had an extra neck lying around- (and a couple years later, someone came out with put-it-together-yourself kits...)
Anyway it WAS a great axe... |
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Tim Harr
From: Dunlap, Illinois
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Posted 28 Feb 2005 3:06 pm
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'54 Telecaster
'52 ES-5 (pre Switchmaster)
'66 J-200 Acoustic
'68 Telecaster Thinline (w/ factory single coil PU) My first Tele
'62 Fender Pro Amp (15" Spk Brown Tolex)
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Tim Harr
Carter D-10 8p & 9k w/ BL-705s, Hilton pedal, PODxt, Webb 6-14E Amplifier
http://groups.msn.com/TimHarrWebPage/yourwebpage.msnw
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