Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: everton_fc on February 15, 2007, 09:37:03 PM
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As I'm not really playing that often I'm finding that I'm really only playing one of my collection of guitars. I feel like it's a bit of a waist of time having the others and considering selling. Are there others in this situation? Will I regret it?
Heres what I'm considering selling:
2004 USA Fender Stratocaster
Black, with black pickguard (think The Edge)
Loaded with 3 Bare Knuckle Pickup Apaches
Maple Fretboard/Neck
Callaham Tremolo Block fitted
SKB Hard Case
How much do you think it's worth? Do you think I'll regret selling it?
Thanks
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Personally I only have two guitars fully assembled and it doesn't feel like nearly enough. One in E and one in drop B, I 'need' at least a full Eb and a full D. Then I need a hollowbody in standard and a hollowbody in C for playing kyuss, and a strat, and a tele, and I could do with a few acoustics, something with P-90s, a seven string hardtail and a seven string floyd, and that's before I even think about buying guitars to facilitate having the whole range of BKPs installed...
Each to his own, I guess, but I have no intention of being content with less than 10.
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and if you will regret it is really up to you...... depends on how much you love the guitar - looks, sound, or something else maybe like it's history or something. if it has none of those, i doubt you will regret it. if it has a memorable sound, then don't sell it.
BM
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As someone with about 60 guitars you would think that I am not the right person to answer this, but when I was younger and needed to sell guitars if I wanted a change, I have sold several guitars that I later regreted selling. These include a 1970 LP Custom that was all mahogany and was lonly about 8lbs, 61 Les Paul/SG Junior - original white, 62 original white SG junior (this was a case of really never learning!), 1972 55-LP Special reissue, the first in the UK, I traded it for the Custom, 1962 P-Bass, original Eccleshall 3/4 solid 335 (SN was about 2!!), Fender all blonde Tremolux with matching 2x12 Bassman cab, lots of AC30's, Plexi 50's and a Marshall 8x10 cab.
If anyone recognises any of them let me know!!!!
The bottom line answer is did you write anything on it and will you be able to get that sound from something else and also do you need the money?
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Phil, mind giving me a guitar or two or ten? xD
In all honesty I agree with Genocidal - 1 is too many and 100 is too few.
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Well it was my only guitar for 2 years, which did involve recordings and many live performances, but it's one of a few guitars that's just not getting played anymore. Anyway, I may keep it - I'm a bit strapped for cash but I'm curious to know how much people think it's worth. It's totally spotless, looks the dogs bollox and I always had comments on how good it sounds.
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...when I was younger and needed to sell guitars if I wanted a change, I have sold several guitars that I later regreted selling
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IMO "I don't play it much" isn't a good enough reason to sell a guitar. I have a fair number of guitars too (though not quite in Philking's league :)) - if I sold one every time I realised I'd not played it for 6 months, I'd hardly have any left - guitars go in & out of favour, if you liked it once, you may well come back to it.
More to the point, you may be going through a phase where you're not playing as much & music isn't quite so important to you. But in a few months or years it might be the most important thing in your life.
Also, unless you're lucky enough to have a guitar that's vintage/rare or in fashion right now (or happened to get a very good bargain) then you will most likely not get what you paid for it - customisation (even BKPs) rarely adds to the value.
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I totally agree with Antag. That's how I see my guitar collection and why I struggle to sell any. I have a '91 USA Fender Strat that's been out of the case no more than 10 times in the last 10 years. I've tried to sell it a couple of times but bottled it and pulled out of the sale. I'm just too attached to it for some reason!
Antag's theory works well with pedals too. I've recently re-discovered my Marshall Drive Master after not using it for over 10 years - it sounds great for 'DC stuff at low volume. It's amazing how your needs change over time and gear you've acquired suddenly becomes really useful again!
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Well, yes, I think you'll regret it, though it may take a while.
16 years ago I bought my first guitar. A Japanese Strat (2nd hand), but I think my life went kind of pear shaped and four years later I lent it to a friend of a friend. (I think I was rather drunk at the time.)
It took me a while to realise what I'd done (about 10 years or so) and a further two years of regret before I did anything about it, and bought another 'first' guitar because I really didn't think I'd ever get it back.
I did. The guy hadn't been too careful with it, and I'm looking to get it done up...
Anyway, the point is, while I try to play both of them (plus my other two) regularly, I don't think 'I don't play it much' is a good reason to sell something. You'll probably buy another one just like it... at some point.
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I have some sympathy with both sides of the argument.
I have far too many guitars and should probably sell at least half of them, but whenever I try to list out the ones I "need" I think well, I'm not selling any SGs, and it's nice to have a solid Tele and a Thinline, and two Strats with different pickups could be useful.... lo and behold, it turns out that nearly all of them are "essential" (even though I've never, ever played a guitar outside my own house). :roll:
On the other hand, I've sold at least 30 guitars over the years, and only regret selling 2 or maybe 3 of them. It's quite liberating to get shot of one, and you feel less guilty about buying the next one! :wink:
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I can't speak for somebody else of course, but you might regret it some day!
I had that too, and not even with expensive stuff!
A few years after I sold my les paul studio I regret it, but back than I was happy I got rid of the damn thing, go figure..
I regret selling a 1983 fender strat that was all pimped up with floyd rose, high output pickups, extra switching stuff, etc.
I had it with some pink analog Ibanez delay, which I sold when I went 19", but I would love to have it again now, was nice stuff for freaky sounds.
But I never regret selling amps for some reason....
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But I never regret selling amps for some reason....
I regret selling my Laney GH50L last month :(
However, I was glad to see the back of my Marshall JTM60 2x12 :D
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I think guitars are like different tools for different jobs...
like golf clubs...
You can have your Swiss Army style , too...
Jack of all trades, & master of none...
Enjoy that you can have to many , as well! , a luxury problem...
Today, I had a guy (in a music store I was working at) bring me a Les Paul, and said he wanted it to sound like a telecaster.
So thank god for Line 6, I guess!
Now you can do that without ruining two guitars!- YEAH!
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I think guitars are like different tools for different jobs...
like golf clubs...
or, You can have your Swiss Army style , too...
Jack of all trades, & master of none...
Enjoy that you can have to many , as well ! -a luxury problem...
If the house was going up in flames, which one would you grab, and why?
-the one that was was worth more money you'll need to get back on yer feet,
or the one that plays the best, so you can get gigs, and earn that money the hard way?
Where am I going with this?
Today, I had a guy (in a music store I was working at) bring me a Les Paul, and said he wanted it to sound like a telecaster.
So thank god for Line 6, I guess!
Now you can do that without ruining two guitars!- YEAH!
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holy shite!!!
DRAC!!!!! goddamnit dude, where the hell have you been??? i was starting to geth freakin worried that you like... started listening to britney spears n shite..
how's stuff goin man? you gonna go to LGS this year too??
sorry for the off topic post.. PM me man!
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Cheers, Davey...
I'm still here on my island in the Baltic...
'where seagull's dare'
Bizzier than ever before...
life is good...
LGS '07 : I'd like to ...what about you? -going?
hope yer good-
cheers from Drac of the icy North
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Cryptic message :P
Had to read that twice to get it :P
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Yeah Drac's back! See ya at LGS mate..
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Well, I have my phases where I prefer one guitar, but they all get played except for two at the moment.
It might be good to stick to one, as you better learn all its subtleties and can express yourself more intensely maybe?
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I have 3 Fender six strings, a Fender Bass and 2 acoustics ( a cheap Taki and a Washburn ).I use the Fenders a lot and I have no qualms about having them and thinking about it, I cannot imagine selling them.The bass is getting used a fair bit now as I am playing also in a blues/rock band too. 2 of those guitars I have owned for nearly 30 years.As I rule I take the view that possessions own you and that you should not attach too much to them but I cannot say that about those 2 guitars. In answer to your original post, I would say much the same as Antag-you just never know. If you have it a few more years you might pick it up and it'll feel like home. They do take on a patina I think with the passage of time-just being around you :roll: ( thats what I tell Mrs 38th anyway). If you are desperate for the money then you must do what you must do. Meanwhile, I have heard of someone selling a Jap Tele semi allegedly with P90s and he wants £350.00 for it.....hmmmmm.
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Oh and hails to Drac-good to "hear" from you again. Hope you are well and all that.Sadly, I can't get to LGS this year .
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You can never have too many guitars.
In case of a fire, I'll save the old Yamaha SG because that one can never be replaced. It has history and soul.
What would bug me the most after that fire is that I will have to wait at least another five weeks for a new Gretsch. :evil:
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Another argument with not relying on a particular axe, is that one can get so set in their ways, that they can't adapt to another instrument in a pinch...
Fortunately guitarists usually get thumbs up to bring 2 axes to a gig...
unlike drummers, that frequently have to share a common set, & aren't welcome to move things around much...
Poolhall analogies: we are welcome to have custom axes, even if we have to grow into them...Think of the disdain one exacts should he foolishly bring his own his own pool cue to the pub: You better have some skills, or else!
a pool shark staggers into a room, takes the most warped cue off the wall, & humbles every would-be hustler with their in the place...
That's flexibility...
SMOOTH...
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I think guitars are like different tools for different jobs...
like golf clubs...
I like this analogy.
I have a friend who plays golf. He's mediocre but still its a hobby and he likes it. He brought his clubs to work one day for a game straight after work with a buddy.
I asked him "whats the wood for?" He replied. "its a mystical, majic thing that no one nows how to use. Everyones got one, no one can use it, but it makes you feel good that its there. Just in case."
This is tue for a lot of Players (not all). They like the idea of owning a lot of guitars some quite expensive. But really, something that could "drive" almost as far but with better skilled hands would do just as good a job.
Yet we still spend our Hard Earned on over the top gear that we really dont "need" but desire anyway.
meh I'm a culprit.... will continue to be so.
:lol:
Keep the guitar.... get more.
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Whenever anyone who doesn't play hears/sees how many guitars I have, they say "OMG, why do you need all these guitars?" and look at me sideways like I'm crazy.
But reading this thread again, I'm just about the only person who's suggested it's actually good to sell a guitar every now and then.
So maybe I'm not crazy after all... or maybe we all are.
I love you guys, BKP-forumites!! :lol:
(Thinks: Hmmm... maybe my friends think I am crazy, but it's nothing to do with the guitar collection... :? )
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Everybody here has IT. Anyway I am glad to hear from Drac :)
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Whenever anyone who doesn't play hears/sees how many guitars I have, they say "OMG, why do you need all these guitars?" and look at me sideways like I'm crazy.
But reading this thread again, I'm just about the only person who's suggested it's actually good to sell a guitar every now and then.
So maybe I'm not crazy after all... or maybe we all are.
I love you guys, BKP-forumites!! :lol:
(Thinks: Hmmm... maybe my friends think I am crazy, but it's nothing to do with the guitar collection... :? )
Guitarists - If you've met one you've met them all :D
Or the good ol'
A friend of my guitars is a friend of me.
But yeah, sometimes it's nice to feel that you're not the only guitar crazed nut, and that's why I love this forum :D
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Whenever anyone who doesn't play hears/sees how many guitars I have, they say "OMG, why do you need all these guitars?" and look at me sideways like I'm crazy.
But reading this thread again, I'm just about the only person who's suggested it's actually good to sell a guitar every now and then.
So maybe I'm not crazy after all... or maybe we all are.
I love you guys, BKP-forumites!! :lol:
(Thinks: Hmmm... maybe my friends think I am crazy, but it's nothing to do with the guitar collection... :? )
Guitarists - If you've met one you've met them all :D
Or the good ol'
A friend of my guitars is a friend of me.
But yeah, sometimes it's nice to feel that you're not the only guitar crazed nut, and that's why I love this forum :D
+1000000