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Location: Texas | So what was the best guitar you ever let go?
For me..........oh, so many...but "the one" has to be:
1938 Martin D-18
Had to sell it to keep body and soul together and a baby on the way.............23 years ago.
How about you?
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Slothead #45... didn't HAVE to sell it, but felt it needed a more loving home. It's happier now. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Yes Serge, so many indeed.
But the top of the list for me has to be my all original 1954 Stratocaster.
I'll stop with that one but I could name several more... |
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Location: Tennessee | Rickenbacker 360/12V64 in Jetglo. I didn't think I'd miss it but I was wrong. |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | Rickenbacker 8-string Panda.
El Nino winter back in the mid 1990's. Forestry Dept. wouldn't let anyone go to work in the woods till almost summer due to fears of serious erosion problems. Money from the Panda kept a bit of food on the table that spring, but I've missed being able to play her ever since. |
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Location: Ohio | 57 Les Paul Custom.....1st good electric. After not being played for quite a while I made the decision to let her go.....I am such an idiot!!!!! |
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Location: Eaton, Indiana | 1940s Gibson L-7, mint |
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Location: SoCal | I've never really had a best guitar. I've always played Ovations...... |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
I've never really had a best guitar. I've always played Ovations...... Well, there's a ringing endorsement for ya. |
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Location: Ballston Lake, N.Y. | 1968 Fender Telecaster. Then I got sober. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | A mid-60's Tiesco with built-in four inch speaker, three pickups, and at least five mojo switches. Ran on 8 AA batteries and could get deliciously ugly feedback from it's own speaker.
Never had a clue what the switches did though. |
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Location: SoCal | Glen Campbell, in the early to mid 60's played a Tiesco Del Rey..... |
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Location: Newington, CT | My mom gave away my '60's Les Paul, two Strats and a MusicMaster some 15 years ago. What can I say...she was my mom! She thought I was done with 'em. Heck I thought I was done with 'em!
We were both wrong, and I still miss her! |
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Location: Flahdaw | Uh...weren't you "technically" an adult? What the heck was she doing getting rid of your stuff? That's a weird sounding story there. |
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Location: NJ | never looked back
only forward |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | that might be one of those answers you don't really want to know..... |
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Location: south east Michigan | Was it the Cat Stevens signature prototype? |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by dark bar:
Uh...weren't you "technically" an adult? What the heck was she doing getting rid of your stuff? That's a weird sounding story there. I was in the middle of my lengthy hiatus from the guitar. She thought -- correctly at the time -- that I didn't care about them anymore, and figured they shouldn't go to waste.
At that point, I was a classical music fanatic...couldn't get enough of it, and hadn't touched the guitars in probably 12-15 years. I only re-took up the guitar in earnest some five years ago.
When she gave them away, I was very blasé about it. It wasn't an act of hostility by her; rather an act of generosity on her part to the recipients. She was a good and decent person, and we were always very close. That's why I miss her. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Let me guess....she'd heard you play? :p |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by dark bar:
Let me guess....she'd heard you play? :p Lol! Good one! |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | AlanM;
Are we talking a 1960 Les Paul Standard (200K guitar) or a Junior or what? |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Only sold one guitar in my life, and that was to pay for a plane ticket to interview for a job which I was then offered, accepted, and at which I have remained for the past 32 years. I have bought a few, however, and run over one in the desert with a dirt bike. |
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Location: San Francisco, CA | Without a doubt, it was the Fender Custom Shop "Pinecaster" I owned, Number 3 of 40.
Weight was under six pounds and to this day I've never heard a Tele that sounded/sustained as good as that one.
It's now in the MUCH more capable hands of San Francisco Blues Legend Chris Cobb and it's his #1. He knows I want to buy it back but (understandably) doesn't want to part with it.
When it comes to acoustic guitars, nothing compares to the incredibly beat up 1972 Guild F-50NT that was on sale at REAL GUITARS in San Francisco 10 yrs or so ago.
The guitar looked like it had been run over by a car and somehow was pieced back together. Gary Brawer works in the same shop and I had him look inside of it for an analysis...
He said it looked like it might "fold", but likened it to a great tube amp when the tubes are at their peak just before they die.
Even at $900 or so, I elected not to take the risk. BIG MISTAKE!!!
A day later I decided to go back and buy it, but it was already gone. I've been feeling like an idiot ever since.
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Location: CA | '63 Strat with a blond neck. Got it for $100 (with tweed case) when I was about 17 and thought I made a killing when I sold it a few years later for $150. There was a rosewood-necked '63 or '64 on Antique Road Show a few years ago. It was pristine, of course (mine was well broke in). Guy bought it to learn and lost interest. It sat in the case in the closet for 40 or so years. They valued it at $20K. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Oddball;
If your strat had a tweed case and a blond fretboard, it was even OLDER than '63. It would have to have been an early '59 or older to have those features.
Just sayin'. |
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Location: SoCal | The neck may not have been original.... |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by 6L6:
Without a doubt, it was the Fender Custom Shop "Pinecaster" I owned, Number 3 of 40.
Weight was under six pounds and to this day I've never heard a Tele that sounded/sustained as good as that one.
It's now in the MUCH more capable hands of San Francisco Blues Legend Chris Cobb and it's his #1. He knows I want to buy it back but (understandably) doesn't want to part with it.
When it comes to acoustic guitars, nothing compares to the incredibly beat up 1972 Guild F-50NT that was on sale at REAL GUITARS in San Francisco 10 yrs or so ago.
The guitar looked like it had been run over by a car and somehow was pieced back together. Gary Brawer works in the same shop and I had him look inside of it for an analysis...
He said it looked like it might "fold", but likened it to a great tube amp when the tubes are at their peak just before they die.
Even at $900 or so, I elected not to take the risk. BIG MISTAKE!!!
A day later I decided to go back and buy it, but it was already gone. I've been feeling like an idiot ever since.
6 Wow! I'll bet there are some other pretty interesting stories in there somewhere as well... |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | A vantage telecaster copy made in Korea. And then to rub salt into the wound, I told my friend what I would do to upgrade it, which he did, and then I played it after the upgrades and I was just floored ... it was one of the best tele's I've ever played bar none. Oh well. No use crying over spilt milk. I sold it during one of the times when my wife was bugging me about thinning the herd. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by Bluebird:
AlanM;
Are we talking a 1960 Les Paul Standard (200K guitar) or a Junior or what? BB: a 60's standard (probably lates 60's), I believe...not a 200K guitar. A slightly worse for wear Les Paul, that, nonetheless, played really nicely. The Strats were just run o'the mill Strats. |
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| The best guitar I ever let go, I got back....does that count?
Ok, so here is the story.....
A couple of years ago I bought a Gibson Lucille off of a local musician. He needed money for drugs or to pay off his drug debt, either way, I got a great deal on his Lucille...he set the price not me. anyway, feeling a little bad for the guy I threw in my parts-o-caster in on the deal.
Several months later he playing a gig and the amp he was barrowing died....ok, I go out to the car and get an amp and bring it in for him to use. needless to say, his cord starts shorting out or something and he starts yanking on the cord at the input jack of the amp....amp stops working!
He then has the audacity to start making comments about my piece of sh^& amp and how it was junk.
Ok, fine it was just an American made Fender Roc Pro. nothing to spectacular, but it was far from being a P.O.S. or junk.
So, you can imagine my blood pressure at this moment! He goes off to smoke a cigarette and go up on stage and grab my amp and throw it in the car.
I see him again outside complaining how my amp is ruining his gig! So I confront the S.O.B. and then go back in to the bar. I look at the stage and see the Parts-O-Caster I threw in on the earlier deal, so I go up and grab it, toss it over my shoulder and walk into the men's room where said musician is now in a stall. I kick in the stall door, he drops his little baggy of white stuff on the floor, and I tell him "You can get this guitar back the day you come up with the money to fix my amp"!
He finished out the rest of the night using some god awful abused Squire Strat with rusted strings.
I waited a few months for him to ante up some $$$ for the amp, and then I commenced to learning about amp repair.
I finally got the amp fixed, and I still have the Parts-O-Caster!
Several months later, I found his amp, the one he should have been using in a local pawn shop.
Yep, he pawned it to get high. So, I ask to take it for a little test drive and walk out with his Bogner Alchemist 2x12 combo for under $300.00! |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by USMC_CPL:
The best guitar I ever let go, I got back....does that count?
Ok, so here is the story.....
A couple of years ago I bought a Gibson Lucille off of a local musician. He needed money for drugs or to pay off his drug debt, either way, I got a great deal on his Lucille...he set the price not me. anyway, feeling a little bad for the guy I threw in my parts-o-caster in on the deal.
Several months later he playing a gig and the amp he was barrowing died....ok, I go out to the car and get an amp and bring it in for him to use. needless to say, his cord starts shorting out or something and he starts yanking on the cord at the input jack of the amp....amp stops working!
He then has the audacity to start making comments about my piece of sh^& amp and how it was junk.
Ok, fine it was just an American made Fender Roc Pro. nothing to spectacular, but it was far from being a P.O.S. or junk.
So, you can imagine my blood pressure at this moment! He goes off to smoke a cigarette and go up on stage and grab my amp and throw it in the car.
I see him again outside complaining how my amp is ruining his gig! So I confront the S.O.B. and then go back in to the bar. I look at the stage and see the Parts-O-Caster I threw in on the earlier deal, so I go up and grab it, toss it over my shoulder and walk into the men's room where said musician is now in a stall. I kick in the stall door, he drops his little baggy of white stuff on the floor, and I tell him "You can get this guitar back the day you come up with the money to fix my amp"!
He finished out the rest of the night using some god awful abused Squire Strat with rusted strings.
I waited a few months for him to ante up some $$$ for the amp, and then I commenced to learning about amp repair.
I finally got the amp fixed, and I still have the Parts-O-Caster!
Several months later, I found his amp, the one he should have been using in a local pawn shop.
Yep, he pawned it to get high. So, I ask to take it for a little test drive and walk out with his Bogner Alchemist 2x12 combo for under $300.00! Great story, CPL! Sorry to hear about the other guy and the train wreck he was making of his life. |
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| Late 50s LP Gold Top loaned to me for a week or so and could have bought it for $1,200. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | I haven't sold many guitars.....but there are a few cars I regret selling.......maybe another thread!!
There is one I remember although I didn't own it.
Back in the early sixties my dad had a car wrecking yard as well as general secondhand business.
I always remember a light greeny coloured electric guitar he had at one time.
I was about 9-10 at the time and before my interest in guitars.
I now realise it was a Seafoam green Fender Stratocaster.....ah well!!
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Location: 6 String Ranch | My 53 Les Paul that AJ wants to buy....
Going for the full Lester effect!
Maybe this will make up for the strat... |
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Location: CA | Wayne, yer killin me. That Strat could have been a '59? Took some photos of it with me in my Beatles-era haircut. Will have to dig them out and see if I can ID the guitar better. Course then I'll feel REALLY bad... |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Meh, you'll only have to feel 4 years or so worse than you already feel!
I'd love to see the pics to know for sure, though. |
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Location: Rochester, NY | I had a American Strat. It was the year they released the 25th anniversary model but it was not a "25th Anniversary" model. It did have the 25 years anniversary logo on the neck plate:) Back then you could buy a new American strat for less than 700. Now they are well over a thousand.
Now I have a John Petrucci Ernie Ball Music man electric. Its a great guitar in its own right. But boy do I miss that strat neck pickup on a nice clean channel:) :) :) |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Get a blank page: number from 1 to 100...
Seriously though, it seems what goes around comes around...I just moved and the guitar room here is full already...however, these are keepers and Beals idea of using the bathroom and shower is tempting...
Many here have benefited from my now and then momentary loss of mind...so it's all good!
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Location: GA USA | Seems to be a little bit of a theme here. The only guitar I really regret selling is an American Standard Strat that I bought around 1990 for around $500. Nothing historical or all that special about it, but it was a great guitar. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I have never "had" to sell a guitar so I guess that is why I don't regret selling any of the ones that I have sold.....and the best one is only the best till a better one comes along.
I am sure that ultimately they all went to better homes where they received more attention and playing time than I was giving them (hence why I sold them). |
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Location: Flahdaw | You ever sell that EF-75 and you'll regret it. |
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Location: East Tennessee | I sold a Country Artist and it cost me more to buy a used one a few years ago to replace it. |
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Location: Rochester, NY | Fortunately I sold my strat to a friend and he says I can always buy it back from him! :) |
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Location: California | I have not sold any guitars yet. If anyone wants back a 53 Les Paul, there is one in CL.
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/msg/2402145180.html |
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Location: Utah | Some of these old Les Paul and Fender guitars that people have let go have got to cause some pain. Ouch.
I sold an Adamas to get a new Adamas. I also sold a Music Man Luke and JP to get new Luke and JP guitars. All three of those were very nice guitars. |
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Location: Rochester, NY | Brickglass, which JP guitar do you have and what color. I got a killer deal on a used JP (in mint condition) with the Piezo for a grand. Its not the mystic green one though. That mystic green is awesome! |
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Location: Utah | I sold a mystic dream JP and replaced it with the koa BFR JP. The Luke I sold was the Luke Blue color and I replaced it with the koa Luke. All four are great guitars, but the koa's are beyond what words can describe. I'll post some pics tomorrow. |
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Location: Rochester, NY | Nice! Would love to see those pics. The BFR model is so nice man! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | This...
All of these...
Both of these...
I sold this... (but I got it BACK!)
Sold this too... (but TJ sold me another one)
Really wish I hadn't sold These too... (didn't know what I had til they were gone)
I've got things that I have regretted buying too, y'know! :p |
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Location: Rochester, NY | That "flame" Ovation is so nice. I remember seeing that at guitar center a few years ago. Was that a limited edition model? Great pictures and guitars! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally by dangerdong:
That "flame" Ovation is so nice. I remember seeing that at guitar center a few years ago. Was that a limited edition model? Great pictures and guitars! Thank You.
As to the rarity of Flame T's... I have owned two of them.
I have put PSA For Sale threads up on a bunch of them.
The older Red ones have OP30 preamps so they have been made for a while.
There are the Original Red ones with flames all over the bowl.
There are GCXT's with Red or Orange flames made for Guitar Center.
There are also Blue and Gray flames, and Purple tribal flames (totally different critter).
The Blue or Gray are probably custom order but I have seen them on d'Bay.
So they made a few of them, but not Thousands... But maybe only a coupla hundred. |
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Location: Rochester, NY | Thanks for the info! :) |
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Location: Utah | One of my students had a GCXT with orange flames, one of the GC ones. It was an awesome guitar and I know he really loved it. Played and sounded great. |
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Location: Utah | 
They are amazing guitars and I'm glad I sold the other Music Man guitars to get these koa ones. |
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Location: Rochester, NY | Wow! They look amazing! |
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Location: Utah | This thread has me thinking about doing something I've thought of doing before. I have a nylon-string Viper. It is a black one and as far as I'm aware, Yngwie is the only other person that has a black nylon-string Viper. I'm sure there are others out there, but I haven't seen one. I've been contemplating selling it, but I just don't know if I can let it go. It just doesn't get enough attention and sometimes I think that someone else should have it and enjoy it. That Viper would become the best guitar I ever let go. Ahhhh, decisions. |
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Location: Rochester, NY | Haha nice. I used to hate the way Yngwie tweaks his classical to sound muffled but for some reason over time I've learned to appreciate it and even love it.
If you do happen to put in on ebay let me know:) |
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Location: Spotsylvania, VA | Back in 1975, I traded a 1964 Fender Jaguar and a few bucks for a "somewhere in the 60s" Rickenbacker Model 4000 Bass. Then I took the Rickenbacker to a music store and made a dead even swap for a brand new (and my very) first Ovation. That was a white topped Balladeer. |
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Location: Spotsylvania, VA | Almost forgot - I paid $75 bucks in 1974 for the 64 Jaguar that got that whole thing rolling. |
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Location: Rochester, NY | I'm in the process of getting that Strat back from the friend:) |
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Best guitar you ever let go?