bigtim Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Ok so do you guys think it is important to keep the original guitar parts that came stock on a guitar after you have swapped them out or do you sell them? I know some collectors want to keep everything original but if your not planning on selling the guitar after the change over, what good would the parts do just sitting around? Just wondered what some of you guys thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I kept the pickups but I think I tossed the pots. Don’t remember. They were no good anymore and I don’t like that Gibson uses 300K pots anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 If they are worth anything I sell them. I have gotten more for the pickups I pulled out sometimes than I paid for the ones I put in. But if it's like stock Gibson pots or something they go in the trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Put them on a shelf, or Reverb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american cheez Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 i save them until they get in the way, and then i sell what's worth selling, and give the rest away. immediately after that, i usually need something i just got rid of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brc Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I save all the parts and put them in labeled parts bins. Can’t tell you how many times I have needed a pot, pick up, single tuner or switch to repair some ones guitar. I have stacks of Fender , Gibson, Gretsch pick guards, and boat loads of acoustic pick guards , pick ups, tuners, that I have swapped out for one reason or another. The acoustic pick guards that I save are used as patterns to make new pick guards , as once they are removed really can’t be reinstalled. I even have bins for different manufactures screws, nuts, and input jacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I keep everything with it for the most part ... for all my guitars (even the inexpensive ones). One day in the year 2112, someone may stumble on to one of my old guitars in some cave somewhere, and they may need that stuff before they show the guitar to their local high priest to "see what it can do". It could happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I box up everything, label it, and it goes to the attic.......that way if I ever sell it, I can include all the original parts. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 I just do not see me using the old tuners that came off so since you guys seem to think like me for the most part, I think I will just sell them. It is not like it came off of a 58 explorer or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american cheez Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I wonder if the person that find it will be wearing tight white pants and a kimono? it looks like haori, but somehow he lost the hakama and is bare legged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I wonder if the person that find it will be wearing tight white pants and a kimono? Uh ... those aren't white pants ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Only thing I ever change out are guitar strings, I throw those away!! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I used to be a Roadie. I hang on to all parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Only thing I ever change out are guitar strings, I throw those away!! LOL Same here. All my guitars are bone-stock. And to the original point, I keep all the original case candy, receipts, truss rod adjustment tools, factory literature, and such things. Just in case I ever sell the thing. :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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