1 (edited by mikeb 2009-10-05 05:38:26)

Topic: The one guitar you regret most parting with?

What is it? In my case it was a Yamaha SG 2000, tobacco burst. I picked it up used for $425 (canadian) but in super mint condition. I got it in 1977 or 1978 and frankly it just killed the Les Pauls built late 70's IMHO. I was stoopid stoopid stoopid to ever let it go:(:(

Don't even have a photo of it!!:(:(

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Re: The one guitar you regret most parting with?

In my case it wasn't neccessarily a guitar that I regret selling, but a guitar I should have bought.  I remember walking into a Sam Ash when I was about 16-17 and seeing a rusty, dusty, beat to pieces Clapton Strat with the gold Lace Sensor pickups.  That guitar has some of the nastiest strings ever but it played like a dream.  It also sounded very very good.  They were asking something like $800 for it.  I was a poor kid in high school who didn't know any better...why couldn't I have come across that guitar now? sad

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I have a list of guitar sadly. 

1) 2001 SG Standard - was my first gibson and the neck was freaking awesome.  Sold it because the price was right and i needed heating oil.
2) 2001 C.F. Martin 000-18 it is basically a Eric Clapton model without the signatue or the v neck.  I never played it but when I put new strings on it it was the only guitar picked up for 2 weeks before the strings would loose that chime.  Sold it to pay a hospital bill.
3) Gibson ES-335 it was said to be a 1968 model but checking the serial numbers it was actually a 63'.  I got it for $2000 because it had a fixed head stock, was totally refinished, and nothing was original.  It had the 57' classics i have in my Les paul now.  and no they are not real PAF's by mistake.  I thought they might be but a specialist told me they were 57' classics.  Sold it to keep the house.  (remember I now have 3 kids and a wife that has been sick with blood clots all year.)
4)  89' Flying V it was not original and was set up for heavy metal but thourgh my blues jr. it gave this warren haynes sound that you wouldn't believe.  Traded my dad that one and he traded it in for a Telecaster of all things!
5)  2001 Eric Clapton signature model.  The first year they offered the vintage noiseless.  It was the guitar I always wanted but honestly didn't play that great.  The pickguard didn't even have any sheilding to keep radio signals out.  So tell me why is a top of the line EC strat not going sheilding but my american series stratocaster that was half the price does have sheilding?  Dumb asses at fender.
6)  Alveres 12 acoustic. I paid $200 for it with a case and it was a beautiful sound.

HOw about amps too.....

I had a
1) Fender Deluxe 90 solid state that I loved it sounded as good as a Hot Rod Deluxe just not as soulful.
2) Laney LC112 30 watt class A sold it to a friend that begged me for it.
3) Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb 1999 model Bought it used and it did great for me for 6 years.
4) Marshall JCM 800 50 watt head.  Played it at church once with the ES-335 and was told that we had more people come down to the alter to pray then any other service that group had ever had.
5) Fender Blues Jr. sold to my dad and get to use it still, but still its not mine anymore.
6) Peavey Windsor 100 watt head.  I sold the vibrolux to buy this amp because I wanted a Allman Brothers sound.  I had it with this amp very good for the money but its a one trick poney.  I could get Cream, Leslie West, ZZ Top, maybe some skynyrd, and Duane Allmans sound nailed with this amp but it took tweaking.
7) Epiphone valve jr.  just a fun little amp.  Hook up some low wattage speakers to it and go to town.

So like i said i got a list.  i got married and things had to go to pay for things.  Now I'm better off and am planning to buy again some day soon.  My next guitar is going to be a tobacco burst ES-335.  But that might be years from now.

Re: The one guitar you regret most parting with?

I am happy to say I do not regret parting with any of my guitars. I do not get emotionally attached either. All I've done is trade up so far so I'm good smile

Re: The one guitar you regret most parting with?

Worst guitar I ever parted with was a 1962 Fender Stratocaster blonde over a ash body.  It sounded bad and needed frets.  I didnt have the heart to refret it.   So I let it go.. I really wish I had it back.  That and my 1968 custom cherry red Les Paul with p-90s..  and the list goes on and on and on and on!!!!!
Joe B

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Joe Bonamassa wrote:

Worst guitar I ever parted with was a 1962 Fender Stratocaster blonde over a ash body.  It sounded bad and needed frets.  I didnt have the heart to refret it.   So I let it go.. I really wish I had it back.  That and my 1968 custom cherry red Les Paul with p-90s..  and the list goes on and on and on and on!!!!!
Joe B

Ugh Blonde over ash are some of the nicest looking strats imo...

I regret selling a Crafter Bubinga Twin birds.... an ex bought me we split I immediately sold.. 3 months later I saw it had been sold to different shop went in bought it back cost me £300 more than I originally paid for it...

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Joe Bonamassa wrote:

Worst guitar I ever parted with was a 1962 Fender Stratocaster blonde over a ash body.  It sounded bad and needed frets.  I didnt have the heart to refret it.   So I let it go.. I really wish I had it back.  That and my 1968 custom cherry red Les Paul with p-90s..  and the list goes on and on and on and on!!!!!
Joe B

Oh God, I love the LP with P90s...thinking one of Mike Bloomfield's and one of Luther Allison's guitars had that TONE...oops...er...um  guitars?...aw man...

MuchBlues
BJJ

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             It is
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OH by the bye. I had a Candy Red Mustang bass (66?) go out a 4th floor window...jealous female...had to leave town.  I miss her...the lil bass, I mean.

much drama
bye bye
roll

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             It is
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9 (edited by Rocket 2009-10-05 15:18:36)

Re: The one guitar you regret most parting with?

I never have regretted parting with a guitar, whether given away or sold to a new happy home. A couple long ago I regret making parts out of...little and / or big... yikes  We'll not discuss those any further roll ... Well, a couple WERE experiments...been there done that...
Rock ON & Keep the Faith,
Rocket

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Re: The one guitar you regret most parting with?

Joe Bonamassa wrote:

Worst guitar I ever parted with was a 1962 Fender Stratocaster blonde over a ash body.  It sounded bad and needed frets.  I didnt have the heart to refret it.   So I let it go.. I really wish I had it back.  That and my 1968 custom cherry red Les Paul with p-90s..  and the list goes on and on and on and on!!!!!
Joe B

Joe, I know you have a lot of guitars, but tell me this is not the red Les Paul you got rid of:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8384830@N0 … 399006021/

Say it ain't so Joe. cool

Roy

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A different twist............

The guitar I most regret parting with was the Les Paul copy (can't remember the make) that I got for my 14th birthday.
After around 18 months of trying to learn on my own and not getting far, I signed on for lessons. Three weeks of "Coming 'Round The Mountain" did it for me - the guitar went, together with any aspirations of a rock star career.

Nearly 30 years later, after deciding to give it another shot, I got to play my first gig with a band and realised the mistake I made.

Never give up on a good thing people.

(Shoulda Rocked on & Kept the Faith eh Rocket?)

Ian

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Re: The one guitar you regret most parting with?

BluesMan wrote:
Joe Bonamassa wrote:

Worst guitar I ever parted with was a 1962 Fender Stratocaster blonde over a ash body.  It sounded bad and needed frets.  I didnt have the heart to refret it.   So I let it go.. I really wish I had it back.  That and my 1968 custom cherry red Les Paul with p-90s..  and the list goes on and on and on and on!!!!!
Joe B

Joe, I know you have a lot of guitars, but tell me this is not the red Les Paul you got rid of:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8384830@N0 … 399006021/

Say it ain't so Joe. cool

Roy

The guitar in that picture doesn't have p-90s, so I would say no.

Re: The one guitar you regret most parting with?

I've still got every single guitar I've ever owned. I couldn't part with any!

Nothing really expensive though, just stuff thats been worked on and played to death!

I've also got the guitar I learnt to play on! Which also happened to be the first guitar I learned how repair a snapped headstock on!! It's the circle of life I tell thee...

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I used to have an Ibanez Iceman that I loved. I also bought a Fender Strat in the mid '80s which was beautiful - it was a shimmery pearl white colour with black hardware and pickguard. I think it had a Floyd Rose trem and humbucker pups (but my memory may be off here) - that one I really miss.

I am glad I kept my first guitar. It is a Franpton LP Custom copy. Made in Japan - I bought it second hand in about 1980 for $100 including a hard case smile. It was the first big purchase I ever made! Currently in the process of bringing it back to it's former "glory". Nowhere near a real Les Paul I suspect, but I love it for sentimental reasons.

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Re: The one guitar you regret most parting with?

Another story with a twist. The first decent electric guitar I owned was a Fernandes Les Paul (see post on the Japanese guitar thread). It cost about £500 back in 1987. I traded it in for a Gibson Les Paul Studio about 5 years later and immediately regretted it....not that there was anything wrong with the Gibson. I just really regretted parting with the Fernandes.

However, a couple of months later, at Christmas, what was there under the tree?  The Fernandes. My girlfriend at the time, had taken pity on me and bought the damn thing back as a present. Still have the guitar but the girl is long gone. Ah well,  every cloud has a silver lining.

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In my case it was a copy of ES-335 with an f-hole and tremolo bar.
Oversprayed in a metallic blue with two humbuckers. have no idea who it built. It was a present of my dad when I was 10 years old. Just knew 3 chords, had no amp
and no real interest in playing guitar these days.
I traded it with a box full of music tapes. I wish I had it back.

Alex

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Hmmm, reading the responses thus far, seems to be a correlation between women and guitars coming and going:lol::lol:

That sounds like another thread! Or a song????

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Can I throw another "amp" one in the pot?

Sold my Silver Jubilee 2x12 combo - very, very cool sounding. 40kg with one carry handle was silly so bent down to push it into the boot of the car - knackered my already poor shoulder.

However, I sold it to buy a ticket to Led Zeppelin at the O2 in 07. The price was umm....high... roll

Miss it.