badbluesplayer Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 When I bought my ES-339 a couple of years ago I didn't have much cash and I wanted it so bad that I had to go through my stuff and do some serious selling off. Best I can tell, here's all the toys I had to part with to follow my dream. Anybody else had to sell off a bunch of good stuff to get their recent axes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Mine was my wife's gift for our 20th wedding anniversary. ETA Oh, and I also got to get the OTHER guitar I was looking at.... Yes, I am keeping her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Nothing. I bought it outright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 A few girlfriends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 A few girlfriends. You're such a gigolo. Bought my Lester outright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 dem00n doesn't own a Gibson. He's kind of the resident wanna' be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 If I don't have the dough, it doesn't get bought. Even if I sell gear, the money goes into a pile first, then maybe later I might buy more gear. Never really looked at it as if I was selling one to get another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I agree with you Riverside. After I sold my stratocaster I put the money aside. I've added a little to it and still haven't decided what to do yet. Looking at one of the '57 Amps from Fender, but I also like the Dr. Z JAZ 20/40 and Dr. Z Remedy. Still, there's some nice Gibsons and Fender guitars at Wildwood right now. Decisions decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I can understand wanting something so bad that you have to sell off your pipe-clamps, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 ...If I don't have the dough' date=' it doesn't get bought...[/quote'] My folks brought me up with the same principle. I had to save up for all my guitars and only got them when I could afford them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 For my first Gibson I mowed acres and acres of lawns, and sharpened a lot of ice skates to get up the cash (my first two teenage businesses, can't talk about the third, but it was the 70's. For my to receive approval (from the first wife) to spend the load of cash for my L-5, I had to buy a new roof for the house. The costs were about equal. The roof will last about 15 years, the marriage lasted 12. She'll need a new roof in a few years, and (I guess) had to find a new man, but the L-5 will last forever... I win.:- For my last, and do probably mean "last" Gibson, I sold an "older" 335 to buy a new "Historic" 345. About even-steven $$ on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 dem00n doesn't own a Gibson.He's kind of the resident wanna' be. I own a gibson. So **** you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I sold a Strat before I bought my J-45, but not so I could buy it. I had two Strats, and I didn't like the one I sold all that much. The Strat only covered about half of the J-45, though. I was all set to buy a J-45 or Texan before I decided to sell the Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lespaul339 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I've never sold anything just so I could buy a guitar, but I did use some of the money I got out of selling my fishing boat towards my first Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I didn't sell anything, but I did give my entry level BC Rich Warlock to my son when my Les Paul arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar232007 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Nothing really, but Christmas was a little light last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 My very first Gibson was my 3rd guitar I ever owned. It was an 80 or 81 black Flying V. I traded my first guitar, a Vantage Flying-V and an original Floyd Rose signature Kramer guitar for it and a 1x12 combo amp. I've owned many Gibsons since then, all were either purchased outright or were gotten in trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I sold nothing. I own a gibson. Which one? We've never seen pics. Not trying to gang up on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I sold the Gibson C-0 classical that my parents bought for me when I graduated from high school in '64. That paid in part for my Gibson F-25 in '82 and I still have that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I sold nothing. Which one? We've never seen pics. Not trying to gang up on you. MM. Ive shown pics in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 MM.Ive shown pics in the past. Ahh...that explains your interest in a Fender Jaguar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Ahh...that explains your interest in a Fender Jaguar. It does? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 It does? yes. yes it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I sold nothing. Which one? We've never seen pics. Not trying to gang up on you. If I remember correctly, Dem00n has a Melody Maker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 What Did You Have to Sell to Buy Your Gibson Concerning my 1980 LPC I had to blow off my senior prom in highschool with my girl[biggrin] I remember the girl I asked (Madeline' date=' girlfriend at the time), then having to tell her I spent the $1200 I had saved for the prom on a new LPC[biggrin'] ...... Man was she pissed[blink] ..... She broke up with me, and made sure everyone at school knew what I had done. .. I felt bad for about two days afterwards, but then another girl asked me to the prom and paid for my tux, the tickets.... and she drove[cool] ..... women's lib at its best[biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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