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Location: liverpool ,england | let me start the ball rolling i had a beautiful martin D41 and stupidly traded it in for a martin 00028 vs wich is nice and all but not in the same league, got me thinking wonder how may have sold a certain guitar and realized you dont know what you have until its gone!!!! at least i still have my trusty ovations! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | 1957 Gibson ES-125T bought new by my truck-driving neighbor, then loaned to me for the next 10 years while I was growing up and learning to play. I gave it back to him in 1969 after passing up the opportunity to buy it and the Gibson amp that went with it for $150. I never really owned it as a matter of fact, but I did retain possession for ten years. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | too many |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | - '73 Rickenbacker 4001 (fireglo) (Rosebud...)
- '63 Gibson Firebird
- '63 Danelectro Longhorn Bass
- '81 Adamas 1688-7
Countless others... but those, (mostly for sentimental reasons) are the ones that hurt the most. |
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Location: Utah | There was this Swedish girl who I always wanted to date, but we were never single at the same time. She looked like a young Darryl Hannah but hotter, much hotter. She was the inspiration for the Swedish Bikini Team. We were friends for years until life took us to different corners of the country.
I guess she just wasn't "the one".
It's like that with the few guitars I've sold. All were fine, but somehow not "the one". No regrets with the guitars I've sold.
As for the Swedish girl, just call me STUPID... |
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| I regret having traded or sold every guitar I've ever traded or sold. |
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Location: south east Michigan | The SweetT...
For a number of reasons that you'd never guess. |
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Location: Corpus Christi, TX | Elite 1547 |
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Location: liverpool ,england | them words "swedish & bikini" just go so well together! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | This thread always makes me cringe ...
John Lennon Legend Limited
Adamas II Slothead |
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Location: liverpool ,england | that adamas must have been hard to part with truly beautiful !!!! hope you got a stack of cash for it. |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by slothead:
them words "swedish & bikini" just go so well together! Even better in real life. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Every one, at least for awhile. I was going to say I missed the Patriot that I sold to Michelle the most. It was the nicest sounding and playing Ovation that I had.
Then Dave went and reminded me of the John Legend Ltd. Of all the guitars of his guitars that I played, I liked that one the most, but passed on it when he offered it for sale. I appreciated my stupidity even more when I got the Patriot. I wasn't a big fan of the fife and drum decal, but if I don't get a JL someday, I may have to get another Patriot. Two of Ovations' best that I like more than the 87 Collectors or 1537. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by FlySig:
As for the Swedish girl, just call me STUPID... i was gonna use the word "delusional" |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | BEAL - too many +1 |
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Location: SoCal | Most of the Ovations that I've sold I haven't felt real bad about. The one that I feel horrible about was a blonde Thunderhead that I bought from Miles. In really really good condition. I don't really play electric and would only pick it up occasionally, but loved having it. One time when work was slow I decided that I really needed the money and sold it to a friend in Texas. Instantly regretted it.
But for a happy ending, the friend doesn't play it and will sell it back to me when I've got the money to buy it for what I sold it. One day, probably this coming year, that guitar is coming home..... |
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Location: Vernon CT | My Taylor |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by BT717:
My Taylor Uh oh |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Not yet... |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | My Guild--beautiful old dread from '85; but, she tore up all the stuff that bothers me, so I gave her away to someone who deserved a great guitar. It's been a couple years, now, but sometimes I still miss the mellow resonance of her tone....
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Location: Orlando, FL | 1987 Guild F45-CE. Flame Maple. Beautiful looking and sounding guitar. I sold it in the late 90s. I have never seen another one like it, and I've looked - often. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by CrimsonLake:
Not yet... Not until that Thunderhead sells... |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | No... I'm ok with that one. I have a pretty little Tornado that I like to play. The next one might hurt a little though. Stay tuned. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | 1966 Firebird 12 in Cardinal Red...
1993 Guild J-65 12 Sunburst
NUMEROUS Solid Body Gibson SG's and Les Pauls (who knew)
1959 Fender Tele w/'58 Deluxe amp...
Sweet 1967 Rickenbacker 366 12 K...
1969 D-28...what was I thinking... |
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Location: Ohio | Matrix 12 string....WIth the REAL fingerboard and frets....
What a boomer!! |
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Location: NJ | regrets there have been a few but I tend to just move on |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ....1972 Les Paul Custom "sunset burst" I bought in S.F. for $500 new in 1973...sold in 1980... one sweet guitar....but times were hard.
However a couple of years ago I purchased what I thought would be a "knock-about-beater" Les Paul Clone from Rondo Music for $189. It is every bit as nice/playable/tonemonster that the "real" Les Paul was and actually has better "ingredients" than the LP Black Beauty it's copying!
Here are some pictures from the "ning" site:
Rondo "SX" Les Paul Black Beauty Clone |
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Location: liverpool ,england | wonder how much that 72 les paul would be worth now? that sunset burst must have made it very nice, the standard les pauls over here in the uk start off at around £1700 gbp new second hand models go from around £1200 you guys sure have it lucky in the states! i would love a sunburst les paul be until the economy improves it will have to wait. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...here's a picture that's very close to the one I had...except for that Gibson Custom logo thingy on the pickguard.
....they are going for $3500-$5000 depending on condition... |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | Can't say I actually regret selling or trading any guitars, but I do regret not getting to purchase one.
I've been in and out of the hospital a lot this past year and during one of those stays Dave's NAMM 2080 was sold before I even knew it was being offered for sale.
As a lover of shiny bowls, missing that one will haunt me for a long time to come. |
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Location: liverpool ,england | i know this an ovation forum but that gibsons stunning!!!! wish i had one! |
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guitars you've sold or traded but wish you had'nt