Your biggest gear regret...

[ztikmaen]

Well I don't have a lot of gear so my only regret would be a crybaby wah. Not as versatile as I thought

[Telerocker]

I regret selling:
Ibanez Jem FP '89 (with Vai's curtains on it, great bedroomguitar  :lol:)
Yamaha SG700 (very heavy, though pristine tones, lots of sustain)
Peavey Tweed 4x10  (cleans really good, overdrive could have more punch/dynamics)
Rivera R55 (speaker could not handle the lows, should have replaced that one...)
Acoustic G100T-amp (my first expensive tubeamp sounded not bad at all and sort of collectible now)
Fender Princeton Reverb II (collectible now, great 18 watt amp).

I regret buying:
Yamaha SG500 goldtop (Taiwan I suppose), nowhere near the old SG's.
Ibanez Les Paul-copy (impulsive buy, not much mojo)
Gibson MIII (didn't like the pickups after all)
Fender Vibrosonic (wasn't reliable)
Koch Multitone 2x12 combo (lots of gain, but not much tone, clean channel good, drive ok, highgain-ch. pfff...)
T-Rex Mudhoney - overdrive + boost
Cool Pedals Dirty Devil: drive + boost
and more pedals

[nfe]

I don't really regret selling anything. Couple guitars I wish I still had but I prefer what else I bought with the money.

I regret wasting money on a Triple Rectifier. Total foolishness on my part. Didn't try it out enough beforehand than wasted a load of money modding and sticking ODs and boosts in front because I believed people telling me it'd do sounds it didn't.

[Madsakre]

I don't really regret selling anything. Couple guitars I wish I still had but I prefer what else I bought with the money.

I regret wasting money on a Triple Rectifier. Total foolishness on my part. Didn't try it out enough beforehand than wasted a load of money modding and sticking ODs and boosts in front because I believed people telling me it'd do sounds it didn't.

Ouch thats an expensive lesson :S

[mikeluke]

Not buying a Gibson 335 for £400 when I had the chance.....

Mind you - I did get my 89 LP Standard for £700, so it sort of evened up a bit....

[hunter]

I regret buying a Hamer Sunburst with Floyd and not the vintage Les Paul I could have had instead back in 1989.

I regret selling my Soldano Atomic 16 Combo.

I regret trading my Budda Superdrive 30 combo for a Bogner 4x12 + cash. I regret getting the Bogner Cab, just didn't like it.

On the other hand, all those things lead me to where I am today with very reduced but fine gear, and I am in a truly happy place tone wise.

[Thrull]

selling this:

[Andrew W]

I regret selling my Gibson Les Paul Special.

I regret buying a Budda Bud-wah and I also regret buying a Boss DS1.

In twenty or so years of playing I'll settle for that.

[sgmypod]

I regret or should I say miss
70's 50w Hiwatt and matching 4x12 (dont miss lugging about)
Fender twin (dont miss same as above)
Fender Supersonic
May regret selling my plexiglass
maybe my Gibo dc

I regrett Buying
Line 6 guitar
ltd al600

I regret not buying
a weird but wonderful overwater guitar (only ever seen one since)

[FELINEGUITARS]

I regret selling my Marshall JTM45 (or at least selling it too cheap) back in 1998
Sounded great and it was in such great condition too



Also a 1969 Sound City 4x12 with very old celestion speakers too

I also regret selling an original Ibanez Iceman PS10 Paul Stanley guitar in 1988

I regret buying a Wampler Pinnacle 2 pedal that was an experimental variation & wasn't the model I was supposed to get and was noisy and pretty much unusable.
I suspect other ones may be ok , but they sold me a dud, and ignored me when I complained, so it was a big regret.

As I am really happy with my gear these days though I need to get over it and chalk it up to life experience...

[Ian Price]

I only have two regrets. Selling my CS Strat and my CS Esquire. I'm sure I can find some equivalents to replace them one day though.

[Ian Price]

I suspect other ones may be ok , but they sold me a dud, and ignored me when I complained, so it was a big regret.

That is almost worse than having the shoddy gear in the first place. I really hate non existent/can't be bothered customer service. Some places don't seem to care that it drives business away, particularly nowadays with the social media world we live in.

[Philly Q]

Here's one I regret NOT buying.

A Gibson SG Standard in korina.  It was a limited edition of 500 in the early '90s, not particularly expensive but I didn't have the money at the time.  You never see them for sale nowadays.

Looking at these pics, the timber doesn't look that great - and it appears to have a weird "sandwich" body like a '70s Les Paul.  But I just liked the idea of a korina SG.

[Ian Price]

That looks ace Philly! The body looks slightly different to what I see as SG standard - not sure why though!

[blue]

the only one i really regret is a 1988 Gibson Les Paul junior pro in nuclear yellow that i traded in for a Les Paul Custom.  i've never seen another like it, and it was a lovely guitar to play, lightweight and vibrant.  i went back a week later to see about buying it back and it was gone :(