guitars your glad you never sold/traded.

[Mike]

I miss some guitars but I don't regret any of them, I only sell stuff for a reason (it ain't getting played) and that reason is generally enough for me to rationalise the sale afterwards.

The Baja is typical of that, is it a great guitar? Yes.
Is it one of the best guitars I have owned? Yes.
Will I miss it when it's gone? Yes
But am I playing it enough now, while I own it? No.

with it gone, what's your backup or have you forgone that in favor of lightning fast string changes @ gigs?




for me, i'm glad i never ditched my avri jag when we got really low on moneys about a year ago. not only is it a very spendy guitar that i'd likely not be able to replace any time soon, but it was the sole survivor of the burglary a few months ago. it's been great using that guitar exclusively again.

the other guitars i ditched the previous year (toronado, mustang, and strat) are missed, but i don't regret the decision. like mike, i wasn't playing them anywhere near enough to justify having them, plus we reeeeeally needed the cash they brought in.

If I'm not going to be doing a drastic tuning change at a gig (we play in Standard and dropD generally), I just take one guitar because I restring the week of a gig and have never broken a string since I started doing that. Plus I'm quick anyway if it needs to be done. We play a song which is in half a step down and drop D (well C#) these days and I'll bring the Duo-Sonic with 12s for that.

[JJLipton]

That's awesome! I've always wanted one of those. Sounds like an awesome girlfriend lol. As for me, my gibby lp 58' isn't going anywhere, no matter how hard financial times get.

oh how i hate this thread. it's like thinking of ex-girlfriends...

i was told yesterday that i am never ever allowed to move my gibson firebird. or my bird will be removed...
this was from the girl who carries my balls around in her purse...
who also "technically" owns the guitar...

[lancer88]

this thread makes me nervous, i've been considering seeling my 72 tele deluxe RI to fund a new jag..

[TheBurbz]

My '69 RI Mustang. I don't even remember why I sold it, they go for ridiculous prices now but I didn't get much for it back then. I sold it to a band called 'Swimming Band' who I think are gaining popularity now, I've seen the guitar in a few of their press pics



EDIT: Oh, I thought this thread was 'Guitars you regret selling'

[westtexasred]

My pink strat is the only guitar I regret selling



Only one I'm glad I didn't sell is my Duo-Sonic