Dotmaster Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Just for fun. Ok, I'll start - 1. '88 Epi Les Paul Custom - My first ever 'decent' guitar. Swapped the bridge pick-up for a Dimarzio Tonezone. Action was fantastic, used to polish it twice a day. 2. Early 80's Ibanez Vee - Bought on a whim, only gigged once, what a fantastic guitar. Why did I not keep it??? 3. 1975 SG Standard - Sold it because the electrics were a bit noisy - what was I thinking. Nowadays I generally replace most of the electrical componenents on any guitar I buy. I was such a fool!! Over to you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rraguse Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 early 197x Telecaster Custom — Paid $300 for this guitar in 1975, natural Ash body and Maple neck with a rosewood fretboard and neck humbucker. Boo Hoo, this guitar would now be worth quite a bit. I was such a fool! In 1977, I sold it to finance a 1976 Gibson Tobacco Burst Les Paul Standard ($440) which I still own and is priceless. When I was 25 $400 broke my bank account. 1983 Ibanez Roadstar Bass — I chose this bass over Fender's and Gibson's because it played and sounder better than the F's & G's 19xx Vox Super lynx — I owned this guitar for a very short period of time. It was during this time frame I got serious about playing guitar. I suppose this why I have a burning desire for a red semi. And I wish I had not sold my vintage Fender Super Reverb amp. Fourteen years ago I sold it for $800.00. I wonder what it is worth today. I honestly can't remember, but I traded something rather inexpensive for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matiac Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 GibsonSG Standard, Kramer Focus 3000, Fernandes FR55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafaelh Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I can only think of one at the moment thank God.....and that's one more that ever want to regret selling. It was a '85 Yamaha SG2000. It cost 550 brand new including the HSC, sold it a year or so later for 475...or somewhere there about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suho Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 '90s USA Jazz Bass Plus V in sunburst finish w/ blonde tweed case That one I regret. Others I still wish I had include my Dean Evo Special 7 string, and the Epi Dot I gave to my sister. But I don't think my feelings for these reaches the level of regret, just appreciation for great instruments I no longer have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayGLongBeach Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Just one- gibson Es 335 in the red satin finish... Now they run around $1900 I get a grammy nomination for the " What was i thinking " Category... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBL2 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 First one was a 78 Fender Telecaster Deluxe, a real beauty that sounded awesome. It broke my heart to have to sell it. Second one was an early 60's Danelectro bass, although I must admit the regret has more to do with its present value than how well it played. Third one was an Epiphone LP Special, black with chrome humbuckers, mint condition, great sound. I ended up buying another one later on just like it, in a different finish (what I call "outdoor extension cord orange"). There may soon be 2 more additions to the list: my 57 Gretsch Rambler, and my Epiphone custom Telecaster (the one that weighs almost 10 pounds). Here's hoping I find another way to pay Uncle Sam what I owe before April... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 '78 Gibson SG, '65 Cherry Red Mosrite Ventures Model. At that time I thought I only needed one guitar...What silly thinking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexygibson Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I've sold a few that I regret. Both my Elitists , a L.P. in the honeyburst and my SG , a mid 80s' model Strat and later a limited edition Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxst1281733995 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Epiphone Custom Telecaster?? I'd like to see that... Fortunately for me, I don't really miss any of the guitars I've sold... A couple of 'em I was GLAD to get rid of! The only thing that comes close is an Ibanez Artcore full hollow that had a really nice Blueburst finish and really weak pickups.. I don't remember what model it was.. (I wish Japanese guitars had NAMES... Instead of GXF-7256 or some-such... I could never remember, or identify with that...) I was going to mod it all out at some point, but a family emergency required that I relocate from Arizona back to my hometown in Massachussetts.. I shipped my other guitars, but sold that one, as I had only owned it for a couple of months and hadn't really bonded with it yet.. Besides, someone made an offer to buy it for the same price I paid for it... I miss it mostly because it was beautiful and I never got the chance to turn it into something really special.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rraguse Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Just one- gibson Es 335 in the red satin finish... Now they run around $1900 I get a grammy nomination for the " What was i thinking " Category... :) Ouch!!!!!!! you are entitled to a lot more than that :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry1281734007 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 !966 Gibson ES335 Sunburst 196os Epiphone Texan Sunburst 1960s Epiphone Casino Sunburst single pickup At the time none of these was particularly rare or valuable. The 335 was $390 Canadian new. The Texan was $190 new, and the Casino was $200 used in the late 70s. After that I went acoustic Guild and Martin) for years and nnow I'm back with a Strat, a Dot and a Casino. If I knew then what I know now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchie1281734003 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 A 1977 Ibanez artist ar300. 1984 Matsumoku made Blonde Sheraton. and a white hand built Chris Eccleshall Les paul Junior. The Ibanez was a superb guitar,i swapped for a custom Walnut bodied Strat(soon found out i don`t get on with Strats).The Sheraton,sounded only ok with it`s MMK75 pickups(funny as the MMK61`s in my Aria ProII TA-60 sound superb)but it felt and looked a million dollars!).And the Eccleshall was a super guitar,so basic but such tone.Oh well,they`ve gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyelcrrt1281733995 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Geez, what a downer this thread can be taken all at once. Think I'll start a "What's the best deal you ever traded a guitar for?" thread just to counter at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom nair Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I had a late 60's Silvertone 335 style hollow body. Very nice as I remember. My father bought it for me and it was my first real guitar. Would fetch about a almost a grand now. I also sold my 82' Japan strat. Another very bad decision. I also played through a 80's Gibson SG system 150watt stack amp with eight 12" speakers. Very rare today. You can't even find that much on the net about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWANG Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 1965 fender bass VI sunburst whammy orig case... 1966 Rickenbacker 330 the burst model. sold it to a friend for 100.00.. and he traded it even up for a Bradley? my god. 1966 Rickenbacker 330 12 string black a beauty 1966 Rickenbacker 420 stripped the finish and sold it for a 100.00 1965 Ampeg jet (had to mention it, sounded fabulous) 1966 EKO violin bass (ok nostalgia alone here, it wasn't much) An Alvarez acoustic from around 1970 that was my hearts fullfillment. A Guild 12 string from around 1980 that is still the best I ever heard or played hands down. A custom mahogany body fender precision bassaround 1984 .. Kharma body, all else fender. Never heard a bass that good since, either. why oh why oh why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Flick Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I made a lot of blunders in the 70s, the worst was trading a Rose-Morris Rickenbacker for a Epiphone Rivoli bass. I needed a bass for a project I was working on, and I didn't realize that the Rick was anything special. I thought it was just a 330 with normal f-holes!!! I had a Gretsch Super Chet that I sold because a friend of mine needed rent money. I might replace it someday. An SG, the Townsend one with P-90s. There were two others that I let get away, a Guild S-100-C with the acorns and a Trini Lopez standard. I've replaced both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Flick Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 1965 fender bass VI sunburst whammy orig case... 1966 Rickenbacker 330 the burst model. sold it to a friend for 100.00.. and he traded it even up for a Bradley? my god. 1966 Rickenbacker 330 12 string black a beauty 1966 Rickenbacker 420 stripped the finish and sold it for a 100.00 1965 Ampeg jet (had to mention it' date=' sounded fabulous) 1966 EKO violin bass (ok nostalgia alone here, it wasn't much) An Alvarez acoustic from around 1970 that was my hearts fullfillment. A Guild 12 string from around 1980 that is still the best I ever heard or played hands down. A custom mahogany body fender precision bassaround 1984 .. Kharma body, all else fender. Never heard a bass that good since, either. why oh why oh why [/quote'] We seem to have similar taste in guitars. One question, was the Alvarez a Yairi??? I had an Alvarez Yari I got in 1976 (I think), great guitar but I didn't like the shape of the neck. I ended up trading it for a Les Paul Custom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBL2 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Epiphone Custom Telecaster?? I'd like to see that... Here's my Epiphone custom tele- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneman Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 JBL2,Copy /paste the img code(the bottom one of the 4)to your post.I'd like to see your Epi tele custom too. Dana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBL2 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Thanks, daneman. Hopefully it works this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneman Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Ok ,I see that you figured it out lol. Cool. Thanks. D- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBL2 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Oops! Double post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBL2 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Make that a triple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBL2 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Sorry for all the posts - I keep getting booted out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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