Regrets...

[Mr Grumpy]

What items of past gear do you regret ever selling? my aim now is to try and hold onto the stuff I acquire and keep it,as I always regret getting rid of something. My biggest regrets are

1981 Fender USA Bullet 1 - not the sexiest guitar in the world but fairly hard to get hold of now. Kind of Tele like with a metal scratchplate and not strung though the body - there was a right angle bend in the scratchplate that doubled as the string anchor, with 3 tele style bridge pieces. Mine was a red and white one, the neck was a fat tele style one and was superb. All US hardcase and accessories too.

Ibanez SD9 Sonic Distortion (original '80s one) - now sold under the Maxon name, this pedal was really good versatile and aggressive distortion pedal.

Ibanez CS10 chorus - the same circuitry as the CS9 but in a slightly cheaper case, gunmetal grey/black. The best sounding chorus Ive ever heard.

 

[Lev]

I had a bunch of analogue Arion pedals, chorus, distortion, delay. It seems that people now are raving about these pedals. I traded them for a Boss ME-6 mulifx unit. :thwap:

 

[Robert]

I convinced my dad to give a 2x12 Marshall combo when I was 14. I should have kept it! I was into metal in those days...

 

[Algonquin]

An Ibanez RS1000 from around 1984. One of the nicest guitar I've ever owned, or played for that matter.

At least I sold it to a friend at the time who was just starting out and really appreciated it.

I'd buy one in a minute if I could find one in decent shape.

 

[Spudman]

My Ibanez Power Series SSH was a great guitar. It didn't have any mojo when playing live but yesterday I listened to a bunch of old recordings and man that guitar sounded great.
Also 2 Ibanez Musicians that are very valuable today. sigh

 

[Robert]

I also regret selling my Ibanez JEM 777 I had. Insect green too.

 

[Ro3b]

My first electric guitar was a Silvertone 1457L, the one that's being reissued as a "Dano '63."

My second electric was a 1973 oympic white hardtail strat.

Both great guitars, as I realize in hindsight, and both sold because I was an idiot. I hope they found good homes.

 

[Jimi75]

1. Jackson/Charvel RR Model. I really had a hard time convincing my father to buy it, but then one day he gave in and we went to the store to buy it.

2. Fender Custom Vibrolux Amp - sold it, just sold it without thinking

3. Fender Japan DLX Tele - I was young and needed the money :bravo: , just
It was one of the best sounding guitars I have ever played. At the time I sold it, I had only 2 other Strats and I wasn't very much into Teles at that time. I once tried to reach the guy I have solt it to over Ebay, but he said he will never ever sell it agian :whatever:

 

[wingsdad]

1964 Gibson ES330TD, Cherry Red. Purchased New for $260 w/OHSC. The sunburst Epi Casinos McCartney, Lennon & Harrison got was Gibson's 'economy' version of the same guitar, made in the same Kalamazoo factory with Gibson parts. I just got an '05 Korean Casino for...a lot more than that Gibson.

1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb. Purchased New for $169 w/ Fender Amp Cover. (I splurged; a Deluxe w/o reverb would have been $150)

1965 Fender Tele, Butterscotch Blonde, Maple board, white PG. Purchased used w/ Tweed OHSC for $150.

These were my first 'good' guitars and amp after learning on a $75 Harmony and $75 Sears Silvertone amp, and served me throughout HS.

I thought I was done with 'the band thing' when I went off to college, so I sold them all in 1969 to finance college expenses.

Gibson for $300.
Deluxe for $175
Tele for $175.

And I thought I made out OK.

I cringe every time I see any of these originals on the vintage market now, and laugh at the Reissue Model prices on the Fenders. I guess that's inflation.

 

[tunghaichuan]

My biggest one:

My Jim Kelley FACS amp. Kelley was one of the first boutique amp makers (after Randall Smith of Boogie, of course.) My FACS amp was top of the line: it had a hardwood cabinet and cane grill, most came with tolex and standard grill cloth.

I bought it broken at a guitar shop in the early 90s for $50. The previous owner blew the output transformer thereby killing the amp. The Kelley had an odball output section, four 6V6s running at insane plate voltage levels. It took about a year to have it fixed but once it was up and running it was glorious sounding. It sounded like the biggest, baddest Tweed Deluxe you could image, except on steroids. And it had reverb to boot.

Unfortunately, I really needed the money at the time so I ended up selling it.

It would probably cost upwards of $2k to replace it today, if I could even find one to purchase.

tung

 

[mark wein]

Two amps...

1974 Super Reverb that had been modded to 1965 specs

Marshall Silver Anniversary "Jubille" 100 watt head


I was a moron for ever selling those two items

 

[Jampy]

Oh Boy,

Years ago I worked in a guitar shop in a (at that time) smaller sized town, we mainly bought and sold guitars. I used to buy almost anything I wanted and had a nice collection of Fender Bullets all with hard shell cases plus many others, also my father bought me a beautiful El Degas Les Paul copy from the early 80's I imagine, it was in a custom hardshell case and did not have a single minute of playtime on it. I was living on my own at the time as always ran into money troubles and pawned all my gear off to pay some bills, with every intention of going back to pick it up, which of course I never did. To this day I hold regret for my foolish youth and the bad decisions I made for myself, I remember how hurt my dad looked when he found out and just how bad that made me feel. To this day a couple of decades later I will not allow either of my parents to purchase anything musical for me no strings no pocks no nothing, even though over the years we played hundreds of hours together. Oh how I wish I could change my past. :thwap:

Of course I am older now, own my own home and car and work full time, I make sure to buy anything and everything musical CASH never owe a single penny on it and if I no longer need/want it make sure it goes towards getting another piece of musical gear.

man just typing this post made me feel bad all over again..

 

[Tone2TheBone]

Two amps...

1974 Super Reverb that had been modded to 1965 specs

Marshall Silver Anniversary "Jubille" 100 watt head


I was a moron for ever selling those two items

You sold the Jubilee? Shame on you!

My regret was selling the late '60s Marshall 4x12 top angled cabinet. Basket weave grill, steel handles, Greenback Celestions. I kept a bottom cabinet from the 70s instead. I needed the money and I knew I'd get more for the top cabinet. If I was smart enough back then I would have just gotten a part time job......

 

[jpfeifer]

When I was in high school one of my bandmates (an older biker gentleman) loaned me his 1962 Fender Strat for nearly 1 year. It was a sunburst with rosewood fingerboard. I played it from time to time but the tuners were kind of rusted, etc. and I wasn't really in to Strats back then. At the time I was into more of the Gibson sound.

He offered to sell it to me back then for $600. This was beyond my budget at the time so I declined. I kick myself for not buying this guitar. The same model would be worth thousands today and I would have had a real vintage Fender. The guitar was destroyed a few years after he offered to sell it to me. He was having troubles with his wife at the time and destroyed the guitar in a fit of frustration. All that survived where the original pickups.

-- Jim

 

[marnold]

Mine isn't as big, but I wish I never would have sold my Peavey Fury bass and Basic 50 amp. Both were in immaculate condition. That was from when the Furies were made in the U.S.

 

[scgmhawk]

Back in the mid-80's I quit playing and sold my 70's Fender Strat w/hardshell case and Musicman 100 Watt combo for $500. Not that the value would be tremendous but I wish I still had today.

 

[just strum]

Both of my acoustics. One went to CB and the comfort is a good home. The other to Dugly, again a good home. Despite that there are times I wish they were sitting here so I could play them.

I have the J28SDL on E-bay right now and if it sells, I'll probably miss that one too.

I'm going to start a thread with a little different spin, but sort of along the same line.

 

[Danzego]

I regret selling an Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer back in the day, probably around 1990-91ish. I got it from some dude for like 20 bucks along with a couple of other pedals (I don't even remember what THOSE were). I didn't know what I had, but all I knew was that it didn't do squat for my sound, being that I was a metalhead and I was looking for something a lot heavier in a distortion pedal.

Yes, I obviously didn't know what a tube screamer did. :thwap:

Anyway, I bought a Boss Heavy Metal pedal from some dude for 45 bucks and the TS-9. I was HAD, I must say.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Rickenbacker 430, designed in part by Forrest White, formerly of Fender. These were semi-"budget" Rics, with bolt-on necks, though still made in USA. One almost never sees them around any more.

Mine looked like this one:

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

I've never sold any gear, so no regrets here.

Jeez, I can't wait until my Godin Radiator is worth a kazillion smackeroos!