Members Bee_Gee Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 I was flipping through the channels when i stumbled upon a A&E show "barter kings" and it got me thinking about trading up for gear i had a {censored}ty mountain bike when i was 14 that i traded to a kid in the neighborhood for my first guitar (squier bullet) and amp that started my life as a musician. im sure some of yall have some badass stories of trading up and getting some sick gear out it LETS HEAR EM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Markdude Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 HI BRI BRI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satannica Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 I traded a girlfriend for a pack of cigarettes once. She was worth about half that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Markdude Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 One time I traded my Dunlop Crybaby for a skateboard deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bee_Gee Posted June 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 One time I traded my Dunlop Crybaby for a skateboard deck. i traded my first skateboard for $30 and some taco bell. it was a good trade in my book, cause i couldn't ride the thing for {censored}.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mamberg Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 I bought an amp for $40 - bought about $10 worth of pot/switch - bought a $35 speaker - used some grill cloth I had laying around - traded it for $125 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blakkwater Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 I traded a couple of G12T-75s straight up for a pair of old Made in England G12-65s a couple years ago. I still feel like I robbed the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members primeholy Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 I traded a hot rod deluxe for a mesa studio 22+ that had some mods done to it by mesa. After I got a recto, my dumbass traded it for a two 60. I still miss that {censored}er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blckbldng Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 I traded my ENGL Powerball 1st gen vs a LABOGA Mr Hector. Kinda similar amps but I did not need all the channels on the ENGL and the laboga did sound more raw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Gnarly Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 Traded a Mesa Express 5:50 head that I got brand new for $600 for a Tungsten Crema Wheat (and paid shipping for both amps). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeppelin Rules Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 I traded an Orange Rockerverb 50 for my JMP. I had a guy offer me kush and LSD for a delay I had on Craigslist but it ended up being my friend messing with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members diddlybo Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 I once put a Mesa Lone Star special on the craigs list barter page. After a couple of weeks I had received no trade offers but a few good cash offers. I finally just sold it for cash. Two days after selling it, someone offered me a small Winnebago as a trade for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crunchtime Posted June 23, 2012 Members Share Posted June 23, 2012 My friend had a Bugera head, can't remember the model. He made a series of trades and finally ended up with a mint Mesa Roadster. :eek: Why can't that {censored} happen to me. That guy is the king of gear trading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 100 watt Posted June 24, 2012 Members Share Posted June 24, 2012 got an original late 70's / early 80's ibanez TS808 at a flea market when I was 12 (35 now) for $5. traded it a week or 2 later for a dunlop wah pedal. (worth $20 probably now) Bought a 1980 Marshall JMP2203 in need of cleanup & tubes for $400 from a methed out tweaker piece of sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iloveespguitars Posted June 24, 2012 Members Share Posted June 24, 2012 Bought the used Ibanez EP7 (with slight dings and stuff for $350) and EP9 (for... $700 or so?) a few years back. I've had the EP9 a few days prior to EP7 ariving. I put them both on craigslists with intention of flipping them as soon as the EP7 arrived to see if anyone would take both. Within an hour of listing, a dude wants to come check out the EP9 and I was asking $900 at the time. He came over and he had intention to buy it for his son so he checked it out. He was curious about the EP7, played it, loved it and paid me $900 for it. I flipped the EP7 for $550 within an hour this will the story I will be telling for ages. And the EP9 a few days later I sold to another guy for $900 which was around $200 profit. $so total is $750 profit in flipping in less than a week. It was a great week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Likes Loomis Posted June 24, 2012 Members Share Posted June 24, 2012 How 'bout gear you regret selling: Hamer Californian custom shop, with one-of-a-kind paint job.Laney VH100R, mint condtion, halfstack, sold for 800 bux.Mesa Studio .22. I'm {censored}ing dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shane159 Posted June 24, 2012 Members Share Posted June 24, 2012 I put adds up on CL to trade tattoo time for gear. I get some good stuff sometimes for just a small bit of my time. I got an american strat and a delay pedal last week for 3 hours worth of work. I do allot of bartering in the tattoo shop. Guns ,cars ,motorcycles ,and all kinds of crazy offers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mizati20 Posted June 24, 2012 Members Share Posted June 24, 2012 That show is the most scripted piece of {censored} I have EVER seen... not to say that 99% of reality television isn't... but man, that one is REALLY bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chaos2767 Posted June 24, 2012 Members Share Posted June 24, 2012 After years of trading on CL and being successful at it (started with a LTD 103 and a MG kk 15 and ended up with a Mesa triple recto fullstack and Schecter ATX), I found the secret that worked for me to trade gear that you really dont want and to trade what is in demand until you get what you want! The key is to study what is the hot item and get it and go from there! It took me 2 years of trading and it is not a quick process but it did work for me! Hell, im doing it now and trying to trade my Blue EC 1000! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JR13 Posted June 24, 2012 Members Share Posted June 24, 2012 I traded my car for a microphone once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pioneerprogress Posted June 25, 2012 Members Share Posted June 25, 2012 Traded a Peavey XXX for an ADA MP-1 and 9005 poweramp. Added a $120 H&K preamp to the rack case, and traded that whole deal for my Norlin LP. It was a good set of trades, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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