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with mike's selling of the jvm, it's triggered memories of gear that i really miss or regret getting rid of.

top of the pile for me would be my epiphone sg junior, which was such a great pick-up and play guitar and my squire duo-sonic that was nicked.

tell us your stories of love and loss.

Good idea for a thread.

I'll miss the JVM. I don't really miss the guitars I've sold because they weren't right for me:

Jag-stang, Jazzmaster, Riviera.

I miss my Squier Jazz Bass, which J now skillfully plays in Sell Crazy.

Amp wise the DSL401 and me just didn't mesh well - althuogh I miss the Vox AD50VT which was an excellent practise and recording amp, but I didn't rate it as much in a live situation.

I had a black Epiphone Firebird VII. I traded it for something at a store because the pickups were like really low output. I would play the shit out of that thing if I had it now.

I had like $3000-4000 worth of equipment pawned off by an ex band member. That still hurts.
That includes my Peavey Classic 30 and a Midnight Wine mexi Strat that was really good.
Also a Laney solidstate head that was cool. two EV Eliminator subwoofers. yamaha mixer. 10+ mic stands. insane amounts of cords and shit. lights. and a bunch of other shit.

ampeg blue rocket *sniff*

Pretending to misunderstand the question, I dearly regret selling this bike:



It had a Stan Stephens stage 3 tune on it, and it flew. Would wheelie in third gear (this is impressive in a stroker). On the other hand, I would have died on it, and I shortly after used the car I bought instead to pull a lady.

In terms of guitars, I'm so happy with my Jazzmaster that I see all the guitars I sold on the way to getting it as collateral damage. I do however, wish I still had my IBM Jag:



Sadly sold to buy a new mountain bike and a Tokai SG when my first child was on his way. I suppose the kit I miss the most is my old Rat - a late 80's LED model, it was my first decent pedal. I flogged it the same time I sold the Jag, just wish I kept hold - no massive buyer's remorse, though.

The two guitars I miss the most are a Gibson J-45 that I wrote many songs with and a light blue Epiphone Casino.

Sloan wrote:I had a black Epiphone Firebird VII. I traded it for something at a store because the pickups were like really low output. I would play the shit out of that thing if I had it now.

I had like $3000-4000 worth of equipment pawned off by an ex band member. That still hurts.
That includes my Peavey Classic 30 and a Midnight Wine mexi Strat that was really good.
Also a Laney solidstate head that was cool. two EV Eliminator subwoofers. yamaha mixer. 10+ mic stands. insane amounts of cords and shit. lights. and a bunch of other shit.

you did fuck him up tho ? or atleast kicked him in the nuts with metal boots

I regret NATHING!

Well, maybe giving Mr Drums my Fender DG-3 cheapo acoustic.. it's fun to play and loud. Buuuut I had the Yamaha APX6 and had little enough space as it was.

heavium wrote:

Sloan wrote:I had a black Epiphone Firebird VII. I traded it for something at a store because the pickups were like really low output. I would play the shit out of that thing if I had it now.

I had like $3000-4000 worth of equipment pawned off by an ex band member. That still hurts.
That includes my Peavey Classic 30 and a Midnight Wine mexi Strat that was really good.
Also a Laney solidstate head that was cool. two EV Eliminator subwoofers. yamaha mixer. 10+ mic stands. insane amounts of cords and shit. lights. and a bunch of other shit.

you did fuck him up tho ? or atleast kicked him in the nuts with metal boots

nah, he's actually one of my best friends EVER. but he's crazy.

Mike wrote:Good idea for a thread.

I'll miss the JVM. I don't really miss the guitars I've sold because they weren't right for me:

Jag-stang, Jazzmaster, Riviera.

I miss my Squier Jazz Bass, which J now skillfully plays in Sell Crazy.

Amp wise the DSL401 and me just didn't mesh well - althuogh I miss the Vox AD50VT which was an excellent practise and recording amp, but I didn't rate it as much in a live situation.

thanks mike

i think there's always the one's that get away/slip through the fingers. i loved my vox cambridge 30, it would record really well, but the build was shocking. it self destructed many years ago.

i've only had four amps in my playing life, first was a frontman 15r, then the vox, then a marshall mg100dfx which i used like a power amp really and lastly the blues deluxe, which i adore but i've fell for the vintage modern combo and have to decide between that and the deluxe.

I am an idiot and sold:
-A killer Sovtek MIG-50 head
-An 80s Gibson Flying V (I traded a 3DO video game system for it originally)
-Mesa Subway blues (I still don't have an amp with reverb since this thing sold in 2003

all of these items have appreciated since I bought and sold them too....lame.

sovtek mig 50
orange or 80
jcm 800
rogers silver sparkle/red sparkle kit
slingerland champagne sparkle kit.

yep..

boyecho wrote:orange or 80
jcm 800

OH MY.

Fuck.

Do want a Sovtek MIG50. They are basically JCM800 copies aren't they?

ive bought and sold on alot of gear.

to be honest i dont really miss any of it. sold it all on for a reason. well cept maybe my Fender Eighty-Five, my first ever amp - great clean channel and amazing reverb. I miss that Fender clean.

my gear has always been so rubbish, nofucker would buy anything off me. And even if they did, i would have felt too bad to take the money. im only now just learning that an octave shouldn't go all out of tune after the 5th fret.
and as for the time i lived off coal and mud for a year...

My old Washburn chorus pedal. Whatever happened to it?

I've never sold anything that I really miss that much. The only stuff I've sold is:

Sonic Blue Fender Mustang CIJ
Squier Jagmaster - the new shortscale one, not a vista but better than the scumbag
OLP stingray bass copy
Alvarez acoustic - sold to RobOg
Fender Princeton 112 plus
Peavey Bandit
Peavey Nitrobass halfstack


I've sold all this stuff to help pay for better stuff so I don't really miss it. I sold the mustang to get my SG, and I never really liked that guitar, defintiely not as much as my Comp stang reissue. The jagmaster I never played and sold it along with my Peavey nitrobass halfstack and OLP bass to help pay for my new bass rig. The Alvarez I sold because after I bought my Taylor I never played it, and I needed money. The Fender princeton sucked, and I sold it to pay for the bandit, and then I sold that to pay for my Triple XXX.

2003 CIJ Jag with Novak pickups.






Of course, I sold it to buy this:




Then a few months later, Ishibashi stopped selling new Fenders to the U.S. Good trade, but I still miss the Jag.

I had a Martin, a Les Paul, anAWESOME Fender 1x12 combo that I have no clue of the name but am tryin' to get back...