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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #30 on: January 31, 2009, 07:45:26 AM »
fender american standard stratocaster... cream with maple fingerboard, s-s-s.
i sold it for the same price i paid to buy it (used but i suspect it was stolen - too cheap, the equivalent of 350 euros back in 1992), so i thought it was a good deal... but i never saw any money because i exchanged it for a used solid state head that i almost never used!

anyway, forgetting money, i wish i had it now, with a set of BKP vintage single coils...
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #31 on: January 31, 2009, 08:21:10 AM »
My first electric...epiphone PRS copy(wish I had kept and changed hardware now)
70's hiwatt 50w head and matching cab (was living at my mums new house, was only young..took up too much space forced to sell)
Fender twin (got divorced strapped for cash had to sell, also finished in band at time)
Fender prosonic (great amp but wasn't in band at time, way too loud..needed space and house amp)
Gretsch pro jet gold sparkle.(got it set up right not found one as nice since, sold to get another guitar..but get visiting rights sold to mate)
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #32 on: January 31, 2009, 09:18:57 AM »
Oh jesus, where to start?

OK - in 1990-91 I went through some personal issues (long story) & totally gave up guitar, so I sold all my stuff for almost nothing (some of it to friends, some in local newpaper classified ads, some to music shops).

Fernandes FR120
Fernandes JS90
Charvel 750XL
Laney AOR II head & 2x12" cab
Laney Linebacker 65 combo

I would give almost anything to have the FR120 back.  It was a lovely guitar & there were very few of them in the UK (£729 was a lot of money for a new guitar in 1988).  The JS90 was pretty damn nice too.  I've twice had the chance to buy another 750XL, but inexplicably backed off both times  :?  Although Laney AOR heads turn up on ebay & in shops reasonably often, my Engl Savage covers my needs, though it would be nice to revisit the guitar sound of my youth... :)

Since I took up guitar again in 1992, I've probably made two really stupid sales/exchanges:

First, I PX'd one of my Charvel 550XLs for a Gibson Explorer.  Don't get me wrong, the Explorer was a nice guitar, but since the advent of BKPs & Feline's excellent repair work, the 550XL I still have (I owned 3 of them at one point) is one of my favourite guitars - I so wish I had the other two still.

Then, to compound the error, I PX'd the Explorer & another 550XL for a Gibson Gothic V & an amp, neither of which I ever really got on with.  In fact, even without the loss of 2 nice guitars to acquire them, the Gothic V & Peavey Duel 212 would have to rank among my more "dud" purchases.

I'm such a muppet sometimes... :roll:
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #33 on: January 31, 2009, 12:02:37 PM »
I kinda miss my DeArmond M77-T. They're not made anymore and rare, especcially in the nice transparant orange mine was in. With some upgrades it could have been a superb guitar.

I take some comfort in the fact it could never be better than my Gretsch.

The one I really regret selling was my Epiphone '58 Korina explorer. Such a nice guitar.
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #34 on: January 31, 2009, 01:24:52 PM »
My 1965 Marshall JTM45 and a late 60s Sound City 4X12 with celecstions fitted
Sold it 10 years ago

Think it may be worth a lot more money than I let it go for - but at the time I was gagging for the TC Electronics G Force



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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #35 on: January 31, 2009, 02:52:25 PM »
Not much really.
Miss my first acoustic (a Kay) not cos it was any good, just cos I learnt so much on it and it was the first playable (sort of) guitar I owned. Only other thing was an Electro-Harmonix octaver thing that was pretty unusable to be honest. Only miss it cos being old I'm sure somebody on Ebay would pay over the odds for one now. Got twice what I paid for it when I sold it tho, and the guy did try it first and still bought it!!
Oh and I sold my spare AOR 100 head. That I do miss.
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2009, 04:04:24 PM »
Quote from: Will on January 30, 2009, 10:00:19 PM
Do you guys that have to sell stuff not save at all? My situation is quite stable, but I have about 4 months wages stashed away...

Dunno about others, but my sold list was spaced out over about 10 years, which ain't too bad (I don't think)  :roll:

To answer the other point, I save for everything I buy, which usually makes it seem all the more worthwhile when I eventually get my grubby mitts on it.
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #37 on: February 01, 2009, 04:10:13 PM »
i miss my vox ac30ss, ok it was only ever a poorer cousin to a real ac30 but the clean sound was awesome and i really miss the vib/trem channel... i dont miss carrying it!
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #38 on: February 01, 2009, 04:58:00 PM »
Quote from: FELINEGUITARS on January 31, 2009, 01:24:52 PM
My 1965 Marshall JTM45 and a late 60s Sound City 4X12 with celecstions fitted
Sold it 10 years ago

Think it may be worth a lot more money than I let it go for - but at the time I was gagging for the TC Electronics G Force





Wow... I'll bet it sounded great though? I wish I still had my mint '68 Plexi small box... very sweet sounding compared to the P.O.S re-issues I've had and as good as given away!
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #39 on: February 01, 2009, 05:24:16 PM »
A 70's Ovation Deacon. It was a rather bizarre looking guitar, but pretty cool in retrospect. My good buddy and I had drooled over it at a small local music store for months when we were teenagers. They had a 50% off going out of business sale, I had a job and he didn't, so I ended up with it. He was so bummed I gave it to him the next Christmas.  Here's a pic ( not mine, but just like it):
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #40 on: February 01, 2009, 06:01:47 PM »
i regret selling my Vox AC30/6TB... made in england in the late 90s... a real beaut.  and my Mesa Mk4... i wouldnt use them over what i have now, but it would be nice to have them kicking about. 

as for guitars... i semi miss my ibanez sz720fm... but its nothing big as it wasnt a big outlay at the time and i got my sg instead of it.
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #41 on: February 01, 2009, 06:23:57 PM »
Quote from: Derail on February 01, 2009, 05:24:16 PM
A 70's Ovation Deacon. It was a rather bizarre looking guitar, but pretty cool in retrospect.

I think the Deacon/Breadwinner shape is really cool.  In fact I quite like all the old Ovation solidbodies, the headstock looks good on an electric.
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #42 on: February 01, 2009, 07:00:17 PM »
Guild f40 in vintage burst and a 2002 Trans amber Les Paul standard.
Cash was tight at the time and I got shafted on both of them  :( :(
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #43 on: February 01, 2009, 07:34:55 PM »
Only guitar I regret selling was a dead mint custom color (candy apple red with matching headstock) 1969 Fender Jazzmaster.

I was a student when I sold it. I blew up my amp and needed an amp more than another guitar.

Now that I have a bit more money I have searches out for it on Ebay and Gbase, just to see if I can ever get it back.
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Re: What gear do you regret selling?
« Reply #44 on: February 01, 2009, 07:58:47 PM »
Quote from: Philly Q on February 01, 2009, 06:23:57 PM
Quote from: Derail on February 01, 2009, 05:24:16 PM
A 70's Ovation Deacon. It was a rather bizarre looking guitar, but pretty cool in retrospect.

I think the Deacon/Breadwinner shape is really cool.  In fact I quite like all the old Ovation solidbodies, the headstock looks good on an electric.

Ya, it's kind of a love/hate thing...either you love it or you find it utterly repulsive looking. I agree, the Ovation headstock definitely looks cool on an electric. It had a weird active electronics thing going on which I thought compromised the sound, rather than making it sound better. Wish I still had it, though.
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