buliwyf Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I was going through some old discs I found as I was cleaning up a few things and found quite a few pictures of guitars I sold when money got very tight or traded for other guitars.Here,s a few pictures of the Gibsons to start with. Gibson Gothic explorer w ZW EMG's - 1969 Gibson deluxe LP with full sized humbuckers (57 classics) and a Gibson SG supreme with some killer P90's An mid 80,s Gibson LP std it was stripped and lighly oiled before I got it.I put the ceramic PU's from the Gothic EXP in it The 1969 again with the pickup covers on before I took them off dam it was a sweet guitar. I have more pictures of a few PRS,Fender and a nice Jay Turser believe it or not. Dam I miss having over 20 guitars like some of you here,oh well maybe in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This_Dying_Soul Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I sold an Ibanez PL2660 about 6 years ago on the expectation I was going to move to a new city, enroll in college and was trying to raise the money to do it. I sold both my amps and about 4 of 5 guitars, leaving myself with a Cort MGM-1 and a digital 4 track recorder for gear. Thanks to the slum lord that was renting me my apartment of the time not paying the gas bill for the building I found myself being forced to move when we were advised there would be no heat or hot water. That was about 4 months before we had enough money to move to the new city and the move to a new apartment because of the asshole slum lord drained all that money I'd saved with not enough time to raise it again - and no means to raise it again. I've regretted selling this guitar EVERY DAY since. I recently crossed paths with the guy I sold it to. He's still got it, played it the day he bought it and never even looked at it since. Once I've paid off some bills I might offer to buy it back because not only was it a rare guitar (copy of the Jackson Rhandy Rhoads model) but it has lots of sentimental value to me. The reason they are so rare is because Ibanez only made them for 1 or 2 years and produced less than 1000 of them. They were forced to stop making them because they were nearly identical to the Jackson RR model and Jackson had sued them over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesguitar65 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 OH yes. I know the traumatic, painful sellers remorse that comes with selling your beloved musical gear. I've had my share dating back in the late 80s and early 90s. I've sold vintage pedals, amps and guitars that I painfully regret selling. This is why I hate selling my stuff now and I have so much stuff that filled the rooms of a guest house in the back, also where I do my youtube videos. Good thing I live in a gated area, otherwise I would be so paranoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG Jones Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I traded a '56 Goldtop expecting to get it back some day. I never did. That was the guitar that taught me to hang on to special guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I'd like to kick whoever sold these beauties.....Someone sold them after stealing them from me....(1980 pic ).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I won't even GO there, as to wanting to kick myself, over past guitar sales, or trades. It's just to "painful" to relive. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buliwyf Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 I'm glad I took pictures of most of the guitars I owned since we got the digital camera.There has been a lot of guitars since I had my first guitar in around 1967 wow that's a long time but I dont miss my Kay or Sears Effecter much.The one that really hurts was the Peavey Wolfgang that I got in a trade for the SG Supreme in the first picture. I gotta say as it stands now the Wolfgang was probably the best playing and best sounding I have ever owned sorry it wasnt one of my Gibsons but the 1995 LP studio in white with gold hardware I had was a close 2nd no pics of that one though. 2002 Peavy Wolfgang I hope you all dont mind the pictures I love looking at guitar porn,Thanks all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG Jones Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 I'd like to kick whoever sold these beauties.....Someone sold them after stealing them from me....(1980 pic ).... Oh man. I'll hold them down while you kick 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Ever kick yourself for selling some great guitars? Uhhhhh.... does a bear ... crap ... in the woods? m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Ever kick yourself for selling some great guitars? Uhhhhh.... does a bear ... crap ... in the woods? m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awel Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Oh yes, every Gibson I have had, 3 les Paul Std from the 90's, one white explorer. But the ones I regret more are my R7 Darkback and an epiphone elitist MIJ lespaul with bare knuckles pu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobB Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 I wish I still had my cardinal red '64 Firebird V. Nice slim neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G McBride Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 I sold a Red 1965 Guild Thunderbird a very long time ago and regretted it since. I bought another 1965 Red Guild Thunderbird last month to replace it. The only other that I look for is a Vox that the body looked like a boat oar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 If I started kicking myself for that I would probably kick myself to death... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awel Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 If I started kicking myself for that I would probably kick myself to death... Sadly, the same for me :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 I was going through some old discs I found as I was cleaning up a few things and found quite a few pictures of guitars I sold when money got very tight or traded for other guitars.Here,s a few pictures of the Gibsons to start with. Gibson Gothic explorer w ZW EMG's - 1969 Gibson deluxe LP with full sized humbuckers (57 classics) and a Gibson SG supreme with some killer P90's I hope I don't sound too stupid, but why wouldn't a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe with full sized humbuckers just be called a Standard? Most people here have gotten rid of more and nicer guitars than I have ever or will ever own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Ohhhh, OK...here are 3 things, I "kick myself" every time I think about having sold, (41) years ago. They're all in the photo, below. All, have been replaced, with like versions, EXCEPT the Marshall "Major!" CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awel Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Ohhhh, OK...here are 3 things, I "kick myself" every time I think about having sold, (41) years ago. They're all in the photo, below. All, have been replaced, with like versions, EXCEPT the Marshall "Major!" http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq333/charliebrown1949/CharlieBrown19Summer1969withMarshal.jpg[/img CB Playing a Custom with a so thin strap, it should cut your shoulder in 2!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buliwyf Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 Hi Saturn according to the serial numbers and a lot of help from Gibson my LP goldtop originally came out of the factury with mini humbuckers thus making it a deluxe.Some time down the road somebody routed it out for full sized humbuckers.Kind of like the 55 LP historics in the MF catalog with the p90's changed to burstbucker full sized humbuckers.I was told that it was not unusual to do this in the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 I'll never sell a quality guitar. I have six electrics that I love and won't sell any of them. I also don't believe in buying a guitar that I won't play. Before it is all over, I want an L-5 and a Tele, but my desire to have them isn't that great, and when I do get them, I won't be thinning the herd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Playing a Custom with a so thin strap, it should cut your shoulder in 2!!! Well, there was a much wider pad, that (in that photo) was just out of sight. But yeah, it was a heavy guitar, in every sense of the word! ;>) CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjay777 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Even some of the cheap crap guitars I sold off had some special significance to me. But yeah I had a few gems I still sorely miss. Probably the biggest curse of being a guitarist. I've done alot of stupid trades over the years too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 my mum bought me a new LP standard in honey burst back in 1999, 6 months later i fell on hard times and had to sell it (as a last resort)...i still think about it today :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This_Dying_Soul Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Oh man. I'll hold them down while you kick 'em. I can relate. I once had some gear stolen from me by a fella I was planning to start a band with... needless to say the band never came to formation. And when the police decided they had bigger issues to deal with than mine and told me to go talk to the guy - I told them I after 2 weeks of attempting to talk to him and being avoided (I knew all his hangouts and somehow he would discover I was coming and bail just a few minutes before I could get there). I told them I was not in any mood to talk, but would continue to look for them. I told them that if they didn't find him before me, that there would be a lot more paperwork to do and the police department would have a lot of explaining to do. ...because instead of charging the bastard with petty theft, they'd be charging me with murder - and I'd make it VERY clear at my trial that it happened because because when I tried to go about things legally they chose to send me out on the street looking for him instead of going to his home and arresting him. The scumbag was arrested within an hour and I got my gear released back to me from the pawnshop a week later. He only served about a week in jail awaiting his hearing and was sentenced to time served plus a heafty fine... so I stalked him for the next 6 months. When I finally caught up with him I was hanging out at his cousin's place (we were good friends) and he, unbeknownst to me, lived next door. For some reason his cat's lived with his cousin and he was there to clean their litter boxes... I crept up behind him while he was scooping the litter and tried to imbed the combat boots I liked to wear at the time in into his small intestine through his asshole. I failed at making him require surgery to get my boot out, but he fell face first into the litter box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarHeelKid Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 The one (or more) that got away...oh yes. The one that got away from me was my first Gibson USA guitar, a 2009 Ebony SG Standard. A poor fret/binding matchup job left a gap between the fret and binding that would grab the high E-string. Instead of trying to have it repaired, I sold it. Other than that issue, the guitar was phenomenal. My "itch" for another SG grew and grew, and then the 50th anni SG Standard 24 came out. I HAD to have one, and it is better than I could have imagined. Man, you guys have had some killer guitars! Love the stories! http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/316467_275094262535961_100001061679306_846488_393969946_a.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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