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Which is the worse thing to regret?

Selling a guitar you loved
18 (85.7%)
Missing the chance to buy a guitar you're convinced you would have loved
3 (14.3%)

Total Members Voted: 15

Voting closed: February 17, 2007, 08:45:36 AM

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Antag

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What's worse, selling or not buying?
« on: February 17, 2007, 08:45:36 AM »
The Owning more than one guitar thread got me thinking about past purchases, sales, part-ex deals, non-purchases & associated regrets.  So a simple poll :)
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2007, 09:08:41 AM »
Definitely selling a guitar that I loved.
I've missed out on a few guitars that I would have liked to own but you can get over it by buying other guitars  :lol:
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Philly Q

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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2007, 10:21:12 AM »
I guess selling a guitar that you loved, because you remember that actual guitar, the way it played.  And every time you remember it you wince and think "dammit, why did I do that?"   :x  :x

But there have been a few times I've wanted to buy limited edition guitars, then they suddenly vanish from the shops.  There was an SG Standard Korina very briefly available in the early 90s, and I wish I'd bought it.  Still kick myself every time I think about it.

And another thing - selling a guitar for less than it's worth!  I had a 1964 SG which I stupidly got talked into selling for a pathetic price.  That was the end of dabbling in the vintage market for me.
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What's worse, selling or not buying?
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2007, 10:54:49 AM »
Definitely selling a guitar that you loved rather than the one you missed buying.What you never had in the first place you will never miss. I sold a really nice bass once that I'd have preferred ti have kept  though financial circumstances forced it-but I got over it in the end.
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2007, 11:45:49 AM »
the only guitar I regret selling is a Ibanez P-bass I had (like the guy from Supergrass uses).  It was a GREAT bass with a gorgeous maple neck & fretboard.  I sold it for £150 to a guy who collects them and he said it was the best one he'd ever played (doh!).

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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2007, 12:06:21 PM »
I'll get over selling a guitar I loved. But missing that one guitar will make me wonder for the rest of my life. What if........?

Better to have loved and lost than never loved at all.
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« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2007, 12:30:27 PM »
Quote from: Ratrod
Better to have loved and lost than never loved at all.

 :lol:

Can't beat a bit of Tennyson on a Saturday lunchtime.
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dave_mc

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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2007, 03:28:14 PM »
I'm guessing the first one, because if you owned it you knew for sure that you loved it.
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