Members kayd_mon Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 We buy and sell lots of guitars here. I sell very few guitars, since I tend to get pretty attached to them, but I have recently sold some to fund some purchases, guitar and otherwise.Most recently, I sold my Ibanex RG4EX1 so that my wife and I could buy tickets to see the Beatles Love Cirque du Soleil show. Hope it's worth it! But really, I love those Cirque shows, and I love The Beatles. I've wanted to see the show ever since it came out, and since I'm certain that I don't like double-locking whammy guitars (I've had two, and both have been sold), I know I'll get more out of the experience of the show than the occassional chugga-chugga-dive bomb-wheedly-wheedly-wooo I got out of the guitar. Anyway, what are some reasons you've sold gear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 to buy recording gear, and a more versatile array of instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 I sold a Hondo es-335 clone because it had intonation issues A few others were sold just because my former girlfriend could not understand why I needed so many. I really wasn't playing that much at the time so I left some of them go . I don't miss her but wish I had the guitars back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 Sold my PRS CE and Guild X-185 archtop to buy a National resonator - I was playing tons of blues & roots stuff at the time, and doing a lot of acoustic solo/duo gigs, so it made sense. The National was awesome. Sold my Partscaster tele, 57 reissue strat, Jackson Dinky Reverse & National to finance my Suhr. Don't regret it at all - the Jackson & Partscaster were badly in need of a refret, I hadn't played the National more than a day or two a year in the last five years, and I liked the 57 reissue, but it's one of those guitars I just kept modding trying to get perfect. I liked it, but it never blew me away. Couldn't be happier with the Suhr - it was custom-built to my specs and plays and sounds phenomenal. I'd rather have one guitar I absolutely love and play every day, than a closet full of guitars that require maintenance and don't quite do it. A few months ago I sold my '96 SRV strat to finance a Kemper profiling amp. I do regret that a little bit. I got cold feet on the Kemper. It sure looks cool, l but the $100 Schuffham amp sim got me a good chunk of the way there for a lot less. At least now I've got some cash in the gear fund, saving for something I really want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danhedonia Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 You're going to love "Love." I used to live in Vegas and saw it when it was first launched; exceptionally good show.I suck at selling guitars - I get attached, too. In fact, I've already decided to race down to Grandma's to get my Strat back this AM (the one I traded yesterday for the Eastwood). Hahahahhah ... I'm just ridiculously greedy.Part of that is because when we moved from Boston to Vegas, I insisted on having most of the guitars with me in the car we drove out, and along the way I would post to the CL in the next stopover city, trying to sell them. It worked, and it was kind of fun ... except that I sold a Yamaha SGV-800 that I desperately wish I had back.I honestly would prefer to give away a guitar to a good home than sell it. I'd only sell one I didn't really care for. I once sold an Epiphone Alley Kat that I didn't like playing to guy that loved it, and that made me happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 For a couple years or so I was buying lots of relatively inexpensive older guitars that were in good shape and that I enjoyed playing. As I found much nicer older guitars I would sell off some of the guitars I already had to both get that nicer old guitar and to avoid a potential hoarding situation.Some of the guitars that I got by selling a bunch of other guitars are a 1974 Les Paul Deluxe, 1976 Jazzmaster, 1964 Gretsch Double Anniversary, 1979 Gretsch Country Club, and a 1960 Gibson ES-330TD.I traded four relatively cheap guitars for a 1952 Gibson ES-150.I sold a few amplifiers I wasn't using that much to afford to buy a friend's mid-1960s Epiphone Riviera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Presc Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 Ibanez RG3120 because I exited my teenage years and became less interested in metal. Used the proceeds to help buy a Hertiage 535. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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