Billy Corgan Selling Guitar Collection on Reverb

George · Post by **George** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:49 pm

http://reverb.com/shop/the-official-bi ... everb-shop

High markups but some interesting pieces.

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:04 pm

$30k for an Alesis SR-16? Lol.

Assume they're not actually expecting anyone to pay anything like that but are just inviting offers?

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:31 pm

Where are the pedals?

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:33 pm

Every guitar I clicked on was sold, o.k., I only clicked on the RD and 2 hardtail strats. Curious if they really sold or he just took them off the site.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 6:25 pm

Didn't expect to see any gear I recognized on there but there's a few

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jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:04 pm

Pumpkins once did an in-store in Miami in the early 90's. They end up doing a trivia contest and this super fan wins. Billy Corgan doesn't care about the contest or kid who won and ends up giving the prize to some cute girl in attendance. James Iha looks at this like woah that's so fucked up and gives the kid one of his Boss pedals right off his board.

Trew Story

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:52 pm

Siamese dream is a classic everything else... not so much.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:11 pm

Like the guy is an asshole and probably always was, but there was some incredible music in there and he remains one of my music heroes despite being a prick.

It's a weird thing, trying to separate art from the individual. I suppose art is often intended to (or is interpreted as an attempt to) transcend the individual, but somehow despite loving the bulk of Corgan's output (even a lot of the iffy stuff) I still can't manage to like Wagner.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:53 pm

I was very into the Pumpkins from the time they broke up until the time they got back together.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:52 am

dezb1 wrote:Siamese dream is a classic everything else... not so much.

You don't like Gish?

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NickD · Post by **NickD** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 12:12 pm

Fakir Mustache wrote:Every guitar I clicked on was sold, o.k., I only clicked on the RD and 2 hardtail strats. Curious if they really sold or he just took them off the site.

They've been for sale for a while, a month or so, it wouldn't be surprising if they've sold already.

Siamese Dream was a classic, Gish ok, not bothered about the rest, and Billy Corgan anecdotally seems like he's a complete arsehole.

George · Post by **George** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 1:07 pm

jcyphe wrote:Pumpkins once did an in-store in Miami in the early 90's. They end up doing a trivia contest and this super fan wins. Billy Corgan doesn't care about the contest or kid who won and ends up giving the prize to some cute girl in attendance. James Iha looks at this like woah that's so fucked up and gives the kid one of his Boss pedals right off his board.

Trew Story

Great story. Wow.

Bacchus wrote:Like the guy is an asshole and probably always was, but there was some incredible music in there and he remains one of my music heroes despite being a prick.

It's a weird thing, trying to separate art from the individual. I suppose art is often intended to (or is interpreted as an attempt to) transcend the individual, but somehow despite loving the bulk of Corgan's output (even a lot of the iffy stuff) I still can't manage to like Wagner.

I can pretty much never wholly separate the two. And if someone's a dickhead as well as a great charismatic artist it often makes me like them even more. Corgan doesn't have the right combination, though. Seems vindictive and unprincipled.

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 1:39 pm

Bacchus wrote:
It's a weird thing, trying to separate art from the individual. I suppose art is often intended to (or is interpreted as an attempt to) transcend the individual, but somehow despite loving the bulk of Corgan's output (even a lot of the iffy stuff) I still can't manage to like Wagner.

Very true - also applies to pretty much any 70's rock band - they made some pretty sketchy decisions regarding groupies.

I'd say I prefer Wagner to the Smashing Pumpkins TBH. His art has suffered more by association to others, although his own views weren't exactly great. Wagner and me by Stephen Fry is worth a watch if you haven't seen it - dealing with exactly what we are talking about.