Members cincy_cosmo Posted December 3, 2009 Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 Never sell anything you like unless you have to. Otherwise you will be wanting it back in a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted December 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 I saw the post in the "spam" thread, and I think you're crazy!!! Why am I crazy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted December 3, 2009 Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 Why am I crazy? Because that's an incredibly beautiful guitar!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted December 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 Hahha. I thought you were saying I wasn't going to be able to trade for what I was suggesting and I was surprised. Yeah, it is very good looking - we'll see what happens with it and what I'm offered. It could be yours, you know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted December 3, 2009 Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 It could be yours, you know... My wife just bought a new Kirby vacuum cleaner (somewhere north of $1k) so I somehow don't think I'll be doing that just now! Also, being north of 50, I somehow don't I could quite pull off wearing an Explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vermoulian Posted December 3, 2009 Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 I'll provide a different perspective. I've had lots of guitars that fall into the "whenever I play it, I like it" category, and I do NOT think that that phenomenon (by itself) means you should keep it. I had an Epiphone Sheraton that was a really nice guitar, but it tended to sit in its case. A few times a year, I'd think, wow, I should play that Sheraton more often, and I'd pull it out and play it, and think to myself, "Wow, this is a really nice guitar." But then it would go back into its case, until the next time a few months later when I thought, "Wow, I should play that Sheraton more often." I finally recognized this pattern, and when I needed some money I put it up for sale. I was worried that I'd have regrets, since it had some nostalgic value, but that was a year and a half ago and I have not missed it at all. I'm sure if I still had it I would pull it out a few times a year and play it and think what a nice guitar it was, but there's not some big empty void in my life because it's gone. Hopefully, as a player you get to a point where you can tell good guitars from bad guitars. At that point, ALL your guitars should be good guitars, guitars you like. That certainly doesn't mean you should never sell another guitar! If you have a guitar you absolutely love, by all means keep it. If you have a guitar you need to cover something you play in a band, well, you probably shouldn't sell that unless you can immediately replace it with a new guitar that will do the same thing. But if you have a nice guitar---a guitar you like when you play it---but you just haven't bonded with it and/or you'd really prefer to have something else, why not sell it? In fact, I'd say all the people oohing and aahing over it in this thread just indicate that it's a popular guitar and you'll probably be able to sell it for a good price without too many headaches. All these guys who claim they'd never sell it---hey, this is their chance to buy one! Bonus for you! Also, don't get too caught up in the "don't sell it in this economy" business. I don't want to be too conspiracy-theory, but there's enough uncertainty out there that there's no guarantee that things are going to get better anytime soon. If you can sell the guitar at a good price (indeed, at a profit!), don't look a gift horse in the mouth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted December 3, 2009 Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 sell em all. get a trussart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoJo68 Posted December 3, 2009 Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 Love that explorer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted December 4, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 I'll provide a different perspective. I've had lots of guitars that fall into the "whenever I play it, I like it" category, and I do NOT think that that phenomenon (by itself) means you should keep it. I had an Epiphone Sheraton that was a really nice guitar, but it tended to sit in its case. A few times a year, I'd think, wow, I should play that Sheraton more often, and I'd pull it out and play it, and think to myself, "Wow, this is a really nice guitar." But then it would go back into its case, until the next time a few months later when I thought, "Wow, I should play that Sheraton more often." I finally recognized this pattern, and when I needed some money I put it up for sale. I was worried that I'd have regrets, since it had some nostalgic value, but that was a year and a half ago and I have not missed it at all. I'm sure if I still had it I would pull it out a few times a year and play it and think what a nice guitar it was, but there's not some big empty void in my life because it's gone. Hopefully, as a player you get to a point where you can tell good guitars from bad guitars. At that point, ALL your guitars should be good guitars, guitars you like. That certainly doesn't mean you should never sell another guitar! If you have a guitar you absolutely love, by all means keep it. If you have a guitar you need to cover something you play in a band, well, you probably shouldn't sell that unless you can immediately replace it with a new guitar that will do the same thing. But if you have a nice guitar---a guitar you like when you play it---but you just haven't bonded with it and/or you'd really prefer to have something else, why not sell it? In fact, I'd say all the people oohing and aahing over it in this thread just indicate that it's a popular guitar and you'll probably be able to sell it for a good price without too many headaches. All these guys who claim they'd never sell it---hey, this is their chance to buy one! Bonus for you! Also, don't get too caught up in the "don't sell it in this economy" business. I don't want to be too conspiracy-theory, but there's enough uncertainty out there that there's no guarantee that things are going to get better anytime soon. If you can sell the guitar at a good price (indeed, at a profit!), don't look a gift horse in the mouth! Very good points... I'm honestly sitting right in the middle here and not sure how to proceed. It's up in the spam thread and if someone offers me the right thing (a LP Custom would do it or a really nice Standard) I'd do the deal. If not, it's nice to know that there are people interested. In the mean time, I'll keep playing it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PanaDP Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Probably this. If you can actually get that for it, then you could buy 2 SG standards on eBay. Almost 3! That is, if you look hard for deals. The SG standard I just bought cost me $700. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Baddass Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Keep it,you'll be sorry when it's gone.:poke::poke::poke::poke::cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 I sold all my Gibsons over the past few years. I don't miss any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joseflovesyou Posted December 4, 2009 Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 I'd sell, just because I dislike vibrato, but I don't really have a preference in which you should buy after selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted December 4, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2009 Thanks for the advice all. We shall see where this thing goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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