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Post by oustudent on Nov 5, 2018 17:12:42 GMT
I was finishing my porridge this morning and looking at the Brook Taw which was laying on the couch looking all forlorn in anticipation of its impending departure at the weekend. It got me thinking about all the guitars I have sold on that I shouldn't have done. A custom Santa Cruz OM with full bling which I ordered from a US dealer in the early 00's A lovely Santa Cruz 00 that I got on eBay from the US at a steal. A Fylde, can't remember which model it was. A Lowden F11, which was my very first expensive guitar, paid £1,100.00 for it in the 90"s A Suzuki Three's dreadnought that I bought in Antwerp in 1985, three-piece back in IRW. A National Resonator, bought form Frailers in the early 00's There could be more. It got me thinking about how I have regretted most of what I have sold on, its been bugging me all day so the first thing I did when I got home today was to cancel the sale of the Brook Taw. Does anyone else have any selling regrets? J
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Post by Martin on Nov 5, 2018 17:48:56 GMT
It got me thinking about how I have regretted most of what I have sold on, its been bugging me all day so the first thing I did when I got home today was to cancel the sale of the Brook Taw. Does anyone else have any selling regrets? J
Saves me agonising over making you an offer, John. I was tempted
I've regretted a few, but the one that I really miss, and that I've tried unsuccessfully to buy back, is a very cool Fylde single malt mandolin. No idea why I sold that and I'd give anything (well up to a reasonable purchase price) to have it back.
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Post by 007 on Nov 5, 2018 18:49:57 GMT
I have the situation that you have in reverse A few years ago I swopped the missus for a vintage Gibson at a wife swopping party, sadly, unlike the missus the Gibson turned out to be a non vintage one so the swop had to be reversed. Unsurprisingly the wife has refused to go to any more wife swopping parties especially one run by my friend Martin
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Post by earthbalm on Nov 5, 2018 19:09:51 GMT
An electric Yamaha SG2000S in green - think Stuart Adamson (I also wish I'd held on to my Avalon but I needed the money).
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Post by oustudent on Nov 5, 2018 19:20:43 GMT
A good friend of mine, Nick Crouch who has been playing for more than 60 years, he wouldn't swap his SG for anything.
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Post by oustudent on Nov 5, 2018 19:24:05 GMT
The prospective bidder wasn't too happy with my decision; however, I did invite him to make a formal offer on Reverb so we are both protected. He wanted to come and try it next weekend it and do a bank transfer on the day, I was a bit uncomfortable with that arrangement, it was also a factor in my decision to cancel the sale. J
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Post by earthbalm on Nov 5, 2018 19:55:39 GMT
My SG was one of the models with the brass sustaining block - weighed a ton but sustained for forever. It looks black but wasn't - it was emerald green just like Stuart Adamson's guitar. I also wish I'd kept my original Shaftesbury Barney Kessel. I own one at the moment but I find the fingerboard so narrow and shallow now I play acoustics.
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Post by jangarrack on Nov 5, 2018 20:29:29 GMT
It's funny, I saw your advert here and on eBay and thought of posting a suggestion that you may one day regret parting with it, but then thought better of it as you're not me and it's none of my business anyway. However, despite that, I do feel a strange sense of relief that you have decided to keep it. The reason for my interest in your situation is that I have a very similar Brook Taw which I was absolutely bowled over with when I first had it over 9 years ago until about a year later when for some unknown things seemed to change and we just didn't get along anymore, one of us had to go. I put it up for sale and as soon as an interest was shown in it, lost my nerve and withdrew it from sale. What a lucky escape that was for me and it makes shiver to think that I so nearly made such terrible mistake. After that little fallout, we had a heart to heart, made up and have been getting on like a house on fire ever since. I am lucky enough to have 2 Brook Taws, both so similar in specifications yet so different in character, and I would never part with either of them. Here's the one that nearly got away. Front by Jeff Moore, on Flickr Here's a link to a couple of Ovations I sold and regretted. acousticsoundboard.co.uk/post/148825One other guitar I regretted selling was a Takamine EAN30C, later became ETN30C. It was a small bodied Mahogany/Cedar guitar with a 1-7/8" neck and slotted headstock, described as a steel string classical. Not really an expensive guitar, just one I particularly liked.
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Post by earthbalm on Nov 6, 2018 12:32:56 GMT
jangarrack, I too had a Takamine that I regret selling - an AN45 in rosewood and cedar. I sold it to somebody in Liverpool, Parcel Force transported it via Glasgow then Dublin before it arrived in Liverpool - with the original hard case smashed to pieces! Again, the fingerboard would be too narrow for me now if it were still in my possession.
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Post by oustudent on Nov 6, 2018 12:46:52 GMT
Did they pay for the damage ?
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Post by scorpiodog on Nov 6, 2018 12:58:04 GMT
I've hardly ever sold a guitar (in fact, I think I have sold or given away only 5), and I don't regret disposing of any of them.
On the contrary, I am really rather pleased to have sold two in particular, and not because they were rubbish:
One was a Sigma 00M 1ST that I bought while at one of our Halifax get togethers (I bought it new from that guitar shop with the cafe attached). It was exceptional for a 300 quid guitar. Obviously one from the better end of the normal distribution curve. I sold it to the 15 year old daughter of a friend of mine who wanted to learn to play. I also wrote out several pages of suggestions for how to start learning, and she's getting on quite nicely now.
The other was an Avalon Silver Series that I used with Men In Black before I bought my Martin. I have a pal who writes songs about Dorset. He's quite popular, but he had this diabolical guitar that sounded much better plugged in than acoustic, and then not particularly good! He's not the world's best guitar player, but I told him he'd sound far better with a half way decent guitar, and gave him the Avalon on appro for a month. Well, in short, he loved it so much he bought it within the week, and I now see his guitar playing improving every time I see him play it.
There's no point in my post, but if there was it would be that two guitars that lay virtually unplayed in my ownership are now in regular use. And I'm pleased about that.
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Post by grayn on Nov 6, 2018 13:03:13 GMT
My Tokai Love Rock. Best Les Paul I've ever played, including a lot of Gibbos. Beautiful to look at and play, with the sweetest pickups. Why Oh why did I let her go? 'Cause I'm an arse!
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Post by oustudent on Nov 6, 2018 13:08:19 GMT
Grayn, You just reminded me of another foolish disposal, a Sid Pool Les Paul Attachment Deleted
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Post by earthbalm on Nov 6, 2018 13:15:09 GMT
Did they pay for the damage ? They did but unfortunately, you could only buy the fitted case with the guitar so the buyer ended up with a generic case that wasn't a perfect fit.
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Post by jangarrack on Nov 7, 2018 14:15:41 GMT
jangarrack , I too had a Takamine that I regret selling - an AN45 in rosewood and cedar. I sold it to somebody in Liverpool, Parcel Force transported it via Glasgow then Dublin before it arrived in Liverpool - with the original hard case smashed to pieces! Again, the fingerboard would be too narrow for me now if it were still in my possession. I've had 3 Japanese built Takamines in the past and always been very impressed with the build quality, particularly so on a Takamine TF740FS which I sold recently on this forum. In my very humble opinion, the build, finish and setup from new on this particular example was absolutely superb and way better than any more expensive American built guitars I have owned. Not really connected, but I also once came across a really interesting Takamine copy of a Martin OM. I can't remember that much about it other than it had the Takamine name on the headstock in a Martin style logo and I think it was probably built very early in the 1970s or possibly before. I just Googled and I think it must have been the same as this one. 70's Takamine "Martin lawsuit" acoustic
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