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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 7 Aug 2007 12:17 pm |
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Things that I've owned and foolishly traded.
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2007 12:49 pm
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I know the feeling, kinda like back in 1967 when I bought a Stratocaster for $167.00 which I've lately seen go for around $7500.00
To quote Dr. Smith from the Lost In Space TV series "Oh the pain". |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 7 Aug 2007 1:05 pm
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ok, your bringing back stuff to the front of the cranial region...
61 Vette
66 Vette
54 Strat (2)
57 Strat
63 Strat
bunch of mid 60's Tele's
66 Strat ( the best )
64 335
76 Pro III
the Twins, The Super Reverbs, The Vox's...
All traded for some sort of something else I thought I needed ( or not ) at the time
but..
thats what we do...
Because we are Men..!
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2007 1:31 pm
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traded my les paul about 17 years ago for a huge vhs camcorder that i used twice and now sits in a closet mocking me  |
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Robert Harper
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2007 1:38 pm Trading
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| Yes, but I did not see any pictures of the wife, the kids or the dog, so you have done remarkably well you have keppt the best |
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Dave Harmonson
From:
Seattle, Wa
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Posted 7 Aug 2007 1:44 pm
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| I'm sure you've got plenty of company here. Probably my dumbest move was trading a black face twin for a Peavey Austin 400. The first amp I owned was a Black face Vibroverb. I could've bought a paisley Tele for 175.00 but thought it was too sissy. I probably would have stripped the finish anyway, though. It's too embarassing to tell any more. |
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George Redmon
From:
Muskegon & Detroit Michigan.
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Posted 7 Aug 2007 5:40 pm
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| Yes, but I did not see any pictures of the wife |
I dunno Robert, i traded wifes 4 times, not sure if i got the best end of the deal on all four or not. I would like to think i did better each time, lost track. But seems ironic, i now am not married, haven't been married since the early 80's. So perhaps trading steels and things, are a lot like trading wifes. You keep trading steels till you find one you finally like, then you lose it, or it gets stolen, same with a wife..... life is kinda funny i guess.  |
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Robert Harper
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2007 5:10 am Life is funny
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Jerry Erickson
From:
Atlanta,IL 61723
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Posted 8 Aug 2007 6:08 am
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| I didn't buy an original Gibson Flying V for $400 in '71 or '72 from Art Kubera's Music in Buffalo,NY. I thought it was too much! |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 8 Aug 2007 9:11 am
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I sold my Fender '58 Strat in 1968 for a '68 Country Gentleman and then sold that for my '79 Gibson Les Paul Custom.
This one I still have.
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Charley Wilder
From:
Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2007 11:17 am
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At my age I don't even want to get started.
My $35 '37 Ford coupe............enough, enough!  |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2007 1:01 pm
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I'm one of the biggest dummies of all.Over about a forty year period I must have owned almost at least one of every guitar you could name,early 50's,60's Pauls,strats,tele's,mustangs,Country Gentleman's Most of the Chet models,Ricky's,Several 335's,345's,175's,Super 400's,Duo Jet,Martin D-18.D28,Gibson J-45,Hummingbird,Dove,This is just a few that come to mind.At the time they were JUST another guitar,What a dummy I was.
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Jennings Ward
From:
Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Aug 2007 2:05 pm
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IN 1955 I TRADED
A J 45 [1950 ] FOR AN ORPHIEUM , AND GAVE BOOT... CAN ANYONE TOP THAT?????
JENNINGS;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; |
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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 8 Aug 2007 4:52 pm
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HMMM..... lets see
1954 Vette, 1968 Shelby GT 500, 1930 Model A ford pick up with side mount spare. 68 Gibson Byrdland,
67 Emmons D-10, 58 Gibson ES-175-TDCS , 68 Gibson Dove,68 Gibson ES-330 TD. Airplanes...1954 Cessna 195B. 1947 Bellanca Crusair 165,1928 Ryan B-1 Brougham.48 Cessna 170, 1946 Luscombe.
Lots of other things like a 1944 Indian Scout Army Motorcycle,
But the good news is I still have too much " Stuff " |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 8 Aug 2007 5:35 pm
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well , I got to thinking about 1 trade which started back around 68 and still has legs...
1964 Gibson ES335, mentioned above...Red with Bigsby, paid $175 for it from a friend around 70 or so... Traded it to another friend a year later for his SG, then traded the SG for a 69 Tele, played and kept that particular Tele for over 20 years, traded it in the early 90's for a NEW Hartke Bass system 350 watt with 2 / 4x10 cabs, played that rig until around 2002, sold it and with THAT money bought a 1995 Carter D10 from a forum member, traded that 8+5 Carter D10 about 2 years later for another 9+8 Carter D10 (a 1996) with my friend Joe Smith ( also a forum member) here in Charlotte, added a few dollars to get that Steel. Sold that Steel a year or so later and with THAT money bought a 2004 Carter 9+8 D10 from another forum member last Nov.
So, that ES335 trade still has legs, and my friend who I traded it with still has it, but it got severely damaged somewhere along the way and although it is a fully functional and great playing guitar it has very little value.
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 8 Aug 2007 5:43 pm
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I never traded anything, but I sold a lot of stuff 'cheap' in years past. I regret most of it now. Who knew?
Here's part of my list...
1959 Fender Telecaster
1962 Fender Telecaster
1961 Gibson ES-330
1959 Fender tweed Deluxe amp
1964 Fender Vibroverb amp blackface
1964 Fender Deluxe Reverb amp blackface
3 or 4 Fender Stringmasters
1975 Sho-Bud Lloyd Green
1960s Maestro Echoplex
1939 Gibson EH-185 lap steel
Emmons "String Machine" (rare effects box with 3 fuzz tones, and 3 pickups).
...and a lot of other stuff, including about 20 lap steels and about 20 tube amps: Standel, Twin Reverb, Super Reverb, 3 tweed Champs, Gibsons, too much stuff to remember. I sold the stuff for market value at the time, but I had no idea that some of these things would skyrocket in value. It's not just the money... I miss playing this old gear.
The good news: I have learned my lesson! In recent years I have purchased a few nice vintage guitars and amps that I will keep for many years to come. Live and learn.
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Paul Warnik
From:
Illinois,USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 3:13 am
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| Don't dwell on it too much-It's all "water under the bridge" now-I've owned dozens-probably several hundred nice guitars-you can't keep them all-you cant take them when you go-and most of us can only play one at a time-PW |
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