Members crustoleum Posted September 12, 2017 Members Share Posted September 12, 2017 Another question. What guitar, that you have owned...and then sold or "gotten rid of" , either acoustic, or electric...do you "wish" you had never gotten rid of ? I wish I still had this Regal...oh well got a Emperor Regent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted September 12, 2017 Members Share Posted September 12, 2017 Hmmm....That's a toss up. I really miss my Peavey Patriot, but it was stolen. As far as guitars I've flipped or sold..... Probably an Ibanez RG or Jackson RR with Dimebucker. Leaning towards the Ibby as most missed, but those would be the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crustoleum Posted September 12, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 12, 2017 I got rid of the Emperor and obtained another Regal, which I still have great thing imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crustoleum Posted September 12, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 12, 2017 both are/were all 3, actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted September 12, 2017 Members Share Posted September 12, 2017 My first halfway decent guitar, a little '71 Alvarez 5020 like this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted September 12, 2017 Members Share Posted September 12, 2017 Definitely my old Jazzmaster. My Mustang pretty much fills the void, but I recorded and created so much awesome music with the Jazzmaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted September 13, 2017 Members Share Posted September 13, 2017 I miss my old 1988 US-made Ovation Elite. Most versatile guitar I've ever owned. It could sound like everything except a real acoustic guitar. Plugged in - you could get almost any tone you wanted. I guess this is my only pic left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted September 13, 2017 Members Share Posted September 13, 2017 1958 Lavender Strat Powder blue Firebird VII 64 and a 1963 1 ,1955 hardtail Strat Blonde. I could go on and on but? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crustoleum Posted September 13, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 13, 2017 I had an "Applause" shallow bowl...Applause=Ovations "second tier" instruments, like fensder/squire...gibson/epiphone. It was quite ok, shallow bowl didn't slip, sound was OK...another one long gone for an Epiphone. I believe I traded for a IBJL Epiphone Casino, which I do like, actually love, that one. Haven't parted with that one, yet. Got the Aplause thing with Amazon "points" . 2 different things, I like the Casino better, and the other Masterbilt flat top...well, it suffices . Miss it, but don't miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crustoleum Posted September 13, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 13, 2017 1958 Lavender Strat Powder blue Firebird VII 64 and a 1963 1 ,1955 hardtail Strat Blonde. I could go on and on but? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted September 13, 2017 Members Share Posted September 13, 2017 Other than the guitars that I have built to sell or give away, I actually have kept everything that I've personally owned. Several of them have gone up dramatically in value and I keep thinking I should sell them. Keep thinking I should.... Keep thinking... My heirs are going to have to sort all of this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crustoleum Posted September 13, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 13, 2017 Other than the guitars that I have built to sell or give away, I actually have kept everything that I've personally owned. Several of them have gone up dramatically in value and I keep thinking I should sell them. Keep thinking I should.... Keep thinking... My heirs are going to have to sort all of this out. My 1 and only grandson (so far) likes guitars. My oldest son has moved out with his "family" now, just 1 son. He (my grandson) will be 12 Mid October. They moved to Lewiston Maine (from "here, 20 mikes south approx. from Boston )They seem to like it somewhat better than the little city where I presently reside...less "city troubles" for a young family...My grandson still plays, my oldest son was the clarinet man in the school band. he's 3 years older than my youngest, the "sax" man...They practiced together, jammed...but both being older now, life's responsibilities have weighed them down, a bit , taken them in a different direction. They both still play a bit, but not like when they were in grade school...such is life. When I go, their going to really have their work cut out for them :) Freeman, I think your instruments are quite spectacular, actually. interesting "builds" and happy you are willing to share with others "here" I have no , or not much of such talent. I guess like all else, you get better the more you practice. I think, if I was to build an instrument "from scratch" , I'd have a hard time parting with it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crustoleum Posted September 13, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 13, 2017 Happy pic from a few years ago. He does like the 12 string Stella makes him smile , me too one of my best students Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crustoleum Posted September 13, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 13, 2017 As a grandfather, I'm quite happy he does like "guitaring". that pic is about 6 years old now. Where's the time go ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted September 13, 2017 Members Share Posted September 13, 2017 My Hagstrom Futurama both because it was a great guitar and because it is now worth ten times what I sold it for back then (as with so many things ) [ATTACH=CONFIG]n32059932[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strayGoat Posted September 13, 2017 Members Share Posted September 13, 2017 Other than the guitars that I have built to sell or give away, I actually have kept everything that I've personally owned. Several of them have gone up dramatically in value and I keep thinking I should sell them. Keep thinking I should.... Keep thinking... My heirs are going to have to sort all of this out. I have a J-45 Granadillo I keep telling myself I'm going to sell. The short scale just somehow doesn't agree with me, although I weirdly have no problem with 24.75" on electrics. Still, this guitar remains in its case, some part of me unwilling to let it go... Yet. I really love the instruments I have now, so I don't much miss my bygone guitars anymore. But one I do wish I could reach for now and then is a Gibson SJ-100 (Bubinga b/s). Just tonally stunning - amazing clarity and brightness without being remotely harsh. I'd pull that thing off the wall and play a chord and just think, "Damn!" Had to sell it when I went sh*t-broke in 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted September 13, 2017 Members Share Posted September 13, 2017 I have built several guitars for family members. Here is my grand daughter playing with the parlor that I build for her mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 I had a '73 Tele that was rather unique - it was mocha, but had dark chocolate colored sides, and most mocha Telecasters I've seen don't have that. It needed to be refretted, and instead of having it done, I traded it for a new (at the time) CAR '86 MIJ Custom Telecaster that looked lovely and had an incredible neck on it, but never sounded nearly as good as that old '73. It's definitely one of the guitars I regret selling. I also had a late '70s / early '80s The Paul Firebrand that I bought new but traded for something else that I really wish I had held on to. I've learned my lesson. It's foolish to trade in guitars; it's much better to hang on to them and save up for the next one you want to add to the pile. There's less chance of later regrets that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted September 15, 2017 Members Share Posted September 15, 2017 I had an early 80's Hondo 935 that I really liked . it looked good and sounded good but the intonation was never right. Most likely the bridge needed relocated, but at the time I had no clue about such things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted September 15, 2017 Members Share Posted September 15, 2017 2 my very first electric I bought myself back in the early 70s from a base exchange. The only name it had on it was "Prestige" and it was made in Japan. Looked exactly like this And then I also traded off a couple guitars, including a L6S for an original/used MIJ ESP The Eclipse. I wish I'd kept the L6S instead. (I never bonded with that ESP.) It looked like this but was more of a brownish red color. That model was/is considered one of the more oddball Gibsons that never really caught on, but it was the closest to vintage name brand electric guitar I ever owned. After that, you jump forward to '83 in my electric guitar collection. But at that time I was not much of a GAS'r and I figured my LP Studio (which had a bit of a wider neck near the nut) rendered the L6S redundant at best. At the time I traded it off, the blue book value was quite low on those guitars, i.e. somewhere close to around $250. Just wish I had it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axisplayer Posted September 15, 2017 Members Share Posted September 15, 2017 Pretty much a tie for two guitars that I miss dearly. First was a guild Blues90 that I sold when I stopped playing for a while and thinned the heard down. This is not mine, but looked identical.[ATTACH=CONFIG]n32061221[/ATTACH] However the biggest regret EVER of all my music equipment was having to sell my Moonstone M80 with modulus woven graphite neck. I paid $5000 for it around 1980, later got married and then was unemployed and desperate for work. I sold it while in poverty for $250 so I could buy my first computer hard drive that I needed. It was a great decision in that a month later my computer experience from college and at home got me a job in IT at NASA which became my life long career, and the Moonstone sale sealed the deal, but I will never be able to get another. Here is what it looked like except for mine having the graphite neck. The burled maple is stunning up close. [ATTACH=CONFIG]n32061222[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n32061223[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted September 15, 2017 Members Share Posted September 15, 2017 Ouch! That's like having a beautiful maiden jump into the volcano to save the village, but at least "mission accomplished" so good story ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted September 16, 2017 Members Share Posted September 16, 2017 Only one, or can I be realistic here?67 Melody Maker SG. Had it stolen, and I still have dreams of the guitar.67 or so non reverse Firebird. Sold it for mortgage payments... sigh68 or so, Danelectro Vincent Bell Coral Firefly. Again, stolen along with the above MM, and one that I will truly never get over.65 or so Gibson SG. Sold it, since I could never bond with it. Discovered later on in life that the reason I didn't bond with it, is because I sucked at the time.Guild M75. Again, I just didn't "bond" with it. (see above.)Carvin H2. Another mortgage payment, that I REALLY miss.I think that pretty much covers it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crustoleum Posted September 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2017 Pretty much a tie for two guitars that I miss dearly. First was a guild Blues90 that I sold when I stopped playing for a while and thinned the heard down. This is not mine, but looked identical. [ATTACH=CONFIG]n32061221[/ATTACH] However the biggest regret EVER of all my music equipment was having to sell my Moonstone M80 with modulus woven graphite neck. I paid $5000 for it around 1980, later got married and then was unemployed and desperate for work. I sold it while in poverty for $250 so I could buy my first computer hard drive that I needed. It was a great decision in that a month later my computer experience from college and at home got me a job in IT at NASA which became my life long career, and the Moonstone sale sealed the deal, but I will never be able to get another. Here is what it looked like except for mine having the graphite neck. The burled maple is stunning up close. [ATTACH=CONFIG]n32061222[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]n32061223[/ATTACH] ouch...that thing looks wickedly ok, to me :) I made industrial valves for NASA, among other things. Ever heard of Dresser/Masonneilan/Fisher/Crosby valve ? Just curious...Lots of "documentation" with those. "Tested" the rocket engines, so I was told...In the contract great job, probably the most favorite, for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crustoleum Posted September 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2017 I'm retired , now more time to pursue my guitaring :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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