This could get kinda long, but here is my "The one that got away" story Right after graduation in 90,( yeah, im old...lol) I bought my first guitar with my own money. It was a Kramer Showster Series Savant 3. I had it for maybe 10 years. In that process, I got married, had kids, and sold it to pay bills. Fast forward 15 years later and I'm with wife #2. I decide to stop in a local music store on my way home from work that I had not visited for a long while. There sat another Kramer like my old one. After playing on it for a while, I start to recognise dings and chips. I ask the shop owner if he had the case. He brought it out and there under a failed attempt to paint over it was my old bands logo. I told him about it and he said "I dont care if it takes you 4 years to pay it off, its your guitar. It was meant to be." I did buy it and kept it for another 6 or 7 years but once again, had to sell it to pay bills. I am ever looking for that guitar. It will be mine again...
There won't be a #3, and I haven't sold a guitar since. Up to around 12 now with 5 different amps plus PA and lighting. Never doing all that again...lol
I would absolutely love a part 2 to this man! I think it really shows that certain guitar have certain clings to them that really make them right for some in particular. Not every guitar is the best for everyone indeed
Fellow dad here....it does suck having to sell our gits to afford stuff for the family/kiddos, but taking care of family first is something you will never regret. You can always buy another guitar(s).
In the early 90s, I had a silverburst les paul custom I got for 500 bucks. I didn't know what I had. I had to sell it to get money to get out of a lease with roommates, and sold it for like 750. The guy I sold it to gave me a speech about how much it meant to him, but that he'd have paid more like $1200, and I should have started at $1500. Now I wish I'd have just kept it. such a beauty.
I played when I was a teenager (80's) then family life took over , now that it's just me and the wife I got back into it . I started buying cheap guitars at pawnshops and was just messing around. Then one day I walked into a shop and they had the most beautiful Olympic white strat hanging there so I asked to see it .....wow ! I fell in love on the spot , they bring out the case and it had all paperwork, tags and the original fender strap and cord un opened, it still had the sticker over the tremolo hole , the pickgaurd still had the plastic film on it with the American standard sticker on it ... 2012 American standard strat with original case and everything like brand new ...$800 and I'm set for life !!!
When I got married back in 1972 I wasn’t playing much and I sold my Gibson ES 335. That was my first really good guitar. But I needed the money just like you Robert. Boy, the things we sometimes need to do!
So my first electric guitar was a mini squire strat when I was probably 5 or 6, first full size guitar was a Chinese made “Douglas” brand Les Paul. Both were stolen out of my garage while we were moving houses(I was around 12 at the time). This led to my dad taking me to get my first “real” guitar, a 2011 Gibson SG special wrap around double humbucker. Been my number 1 since then, just feels like home. Still wish I had those other 2 guitars though, they may have been cheap but they started the addiction haha
I've had 4 guitars in my 3 years of guitar playing,the 1 guitar I do regret selling would be my one Epiphone. It was a signature Matt Heafy Epiphone Les Paul Custom. Not too long after I sold it,they were discontinued. I had a couple of weeks where I could have gotten it back but I didnt get to get it back. I miss playing on it all the time. I even started learning to play one of my favorite Trivium songs on it. I wish I had kept it,even if I wanted a Snofall instead,it was a great guitar. On the bright side I did buy a new amp,a Boss Katana 100 (Mark 1), which in my opinion was a great buy and I still love it. I still have both of my amps.
When the kid needs something, its an easy sell. To me guitars are just cool investments. If i put the money in savings, itll eventually trickle away or even if i kept it wont gain any value in the account. Buy it, play it, take care of it and sell it when an emergency comes up. It's life.
I had a Charvel like the one you're playing but with the rosewood board. However I got it after someone had stripped the crackle finish off it had some gunky oil finish when I got it which I took back and used a little oil to seal it. I also changed the pickups to a Duncan quarter pounder in the neck and a DiMarzio Fred in the bridge then I added a tone control. Plus when adding shedding and wrapping the control plate (old school technique) I added a HR Giger picture then wrapped the tremolo cover (which does nothing) with a picture of Josephine Earp for some reason. It looked a bit ratty and I used an eye for the strap, like EVH, and a strap extended with some off cut cable. Plus the knobs were taped up which electrical tape and the switch tip was just electrical tape. I was going for the sort of Modern Art look that Reeves Gabriels had with his Parker at the time. It was always too noisy and the pickups were too unbalanced. Still have it although I took the pickups out. (DiMarzio Fred's were making huge money on e-bay for a while, then they reissued them) It was a fun guitar for a while and didn't cost me much at all. I think less than £300 all in.
I don't regret trading away that one at all. It was a Mako atrat copy that I traded towards a Dean Eighty-Eight super strat. THAT one I'd like to replace with a better example (mine eventually was hacked up to put a replacement Kahler in it).
I've sold several guitars when my son and daughter were younger I miss them a couple of nice USA strats but I'd do it all over again for the kids . The one that really haunts me was a 1990 studio Les Paul black with gold hardware and an ebony fretboard
I sold my Gibson Explorer and bought a second hand PRS SE custom 24 AND a partscaster. The partscaster was a guitar kit put together by a local luthier. He did an excellent job, and even though it only put me back around 200 Euros, with a few electronics updates it's even better than Mexican strats (in my opinion). So remember: more expensive doesn't always mean better. I don't regret selling my Explorer, but I feel a bit sad every time I see one.
You should post more pictures of that Strat and give part of the serial number on it Robert, maybe you will find it that way? Reverb should make a section just for people searching for the gear they regret selling. The guitar I MOST wanted in the world is also the guitar I MOST hated and MOST regret selling lol. Since 1977 I wanted a Gibson Les Paul but could never afford one. Finally in 2014 I was able to buy one, not the Standard I really wanted but a good deal on brand new Studio model. It did have the Robo tuners and was the only one they had left so it only came in Vintage Sunburst, which I didn't really like but it wasn't "bad". The guitar arrives and I am stoked!! At first I fell in love with it, I mean c'mon that mm mm mmm good Gibson fresh vanilla smelling guitar was all nice and shiny and brand new and it said GIBSON LES PAUL on the head stock!! within 6 months though I would become soooooo disappointed in the guitar, and in Gibson. I ended up replacing the Robo tuners when the B string tuner just stripped for no reason, it had always been slightly off tune anyway. You had to replace the entire unit not just one tuner and that was $300! I had a set of regular tuners I slapped on it and it was good to go. Then I started noticing a couple of finish areas getting this really weird peeling thing going on, the pups would cut out. I ended up trading it in to the local music store for a bass, a case for the bass plus $400 and I was tickled to have a bass! In 2017 I broke my back while picking up a flat bed semi trailer of drywall for my company. No longer can I work and with this injury as well as a few other work related injuries I spend most days in severe pain and discomfort. I will finally get my Social Security disability starting this May, I applied in August of 2018!! Needless to say money has been tight. So over the course of waiting to get the money that I have worked for and paid into my entire life, now at 54 years old I had to start selling off stuff in order to pay bills and to eat. A white 2008 Gibson Studio LP, A green burst custom finished Gibson Menace LP, A cherry burst custom finished LP studio, a 2015 Epiphone Lee Malia signature LP, A 2018 Fender telecaster, a 2014 Epiphone Riviera custom, a 2008 Gretsch LP style (electromatic), a fireburst Gibson LP studio - those were all the guitars I had to sell just to survive this time and I regret everyone of them because people who have worked their whole lives should NOT be treated like I have been treated when it comes to our needing OUR PAID FOR disability!! Some kid pops out of his mama with ADHD and they hand them SSI like it's county welfare. Some fucking illegal immigrant comes here and won't work can get all kinds of free stuff from MY government, but a US citizen adult who has worked since he was 17 years old and has a 13 inch thick stack of medical records to show that their body is so damaged from work related injuries over the years and who can no longer even take a piss without it hurting really bad, oh well, let's screw them over and drag it out for years making them have to sell everything they've worked hard to get. And thanks to Obama and his policy of just giving away SS disability because he refused to do anything to get people jobs, the GOP had to get into SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) and make all kinds of cuts and reductions and limits to monthly amounts in order to save the program from impending destruction. My disability would have been over $2,000 per month, now because I missed the cut off by 3 months, I will get under $1,200!! And this is where they are trying to get ALL SSDI recipients to, under that $1200 mark. So you younger people, prepare for the future!! Invest, save, and try to not destroy your body.
the 2 guitars i regret selling: Ibanez RG1550MZ PBL. Phantom blue was such a unique color ibanez did, and the M (with the edge pro bridge) was released in Japan but the MZ was only released overseas (so having an MZ with the edge zero was special here). I sold it to a friend of a friend, i hope shes getting the love she deserves. Ibanez RC1720M SGM. I couldnt get the tuning to stay perfect for some weird reason (now i realize i shoulda had it looked at by someone instead of selling it). I bought it specifically to be a "regular" guitar, since every guitar i use has a double locking trem (either OFR or Ibanez Edge) and specifically for blues playing, which i never had a chance to hit the blues sessions with. The guitar was absolutely amazing and I regret giving her up.
Traded my Purple Lotus Les Paul copy for a Heartfield Talon back in 95. I still have the Talon and love it still but I always liked the Lotus and would like to get it back.
my 71 or 72 Gibson deluxe, I played that with a twin reverb. Played the who all day. 89 charvel with a Marshall 800 combo, Eddie want to be. at 64 i still want to be, and no one can stop me Rock on man. Thanks for the memories.
I seem to recall almost of all these guitars you have shown. My late 70s Memphis Les Paul with a set neck, sunburst finish is one guitar I regret selling. It was one finely made guitar. Yes, Jimmy Page is the one who initially influenced me to play the guitar after seeing the Song Remains the Same.
I've never sold a guitar. I kinda feel like Nigel when people come over. Friends have said "You actually play all these?" ...I play them, I cherish them.
I really enjoyed the back story on the guitars you shared. I parted with a few guitars years ago because I needed some cash flow. I just rock my 72 reissue tele deluxe now. I love the humbuckers on it. I would like to pick up a Strat someday.
These episodes are a joy to watch, i makes me think about the guitars i regret selling.......my ibanez rg750 from 1982...loaded with emg 81/85 (metallica fan) still regret that one to this day
I would imagine there's a lot of people out there who went through similar experiences but it's kinda rare to see someone actually talk about this as openly as you do. I'm sorry to hear your child was sick and needed special attention, that has to be rough for any parent. The whole guitar flux thing is pretty interesting and I love all the stories about where guitars came from, who owned them, where they went etc. I'm very proud of you for #1, taking care of your child first because honestly Rob, I doubt everyone would have been as willing as you to give up their 6 string babies, and #2, because you stuck with it and rebuilt your collection. There may be regrets but you've moved on in a very positive direction. Onwards and upwards man! Again, thanks so much for sharing your experiences and your guitars and equipment with us. Without you my guitar playing would still suck because I wouldn't be practicing. You actually take the time to show licks that can be useful to the everyday guitarist and I'm living proof that they do work as long as you practice. Practice, then practice some more, then when you are sick of practicing, practice some more, rinse and repeat. My only guitar regret is a 1986 Washburn flying V. I played the shit out of it back in the day and then started customizing it and ended up ruining it. The body and neck still exist at a friend's house in some form or another but I wish I could have it back in the original shape in mint condition. Probably be worth quite a bit today.
Several years ago, with all the UA-cam hype on the new Chapman Guitars, I went online and bought a first series ML2 (LP style) but with Tele style string through. These guitars were made in Korea and when I recieved the guitar, the quality of build, playability, etc lived up to the hype. I was impressed. I fitted SD 59s, and the guitar plays and sounds really good, and for the price, wow!. But the thing weighed a ton. The second series ML2s came out a few years later, made in Indonesia this time. The second series guitar won some award and a big feature (apart from price) was that it was much lighter than the first series. Again I went online and purchased the lighter series 2 ML2. I would then fit the SD pups in the newer guitar, put the stock pup back in the older ML2 and sell it. Well, the second series ML2 didn't feel, play or sound anywhere as good as the first series guitar, it just didn't have 'the mojo', it didn't talk to me. So I kept the older guitar and sold the brand new guitar I had just purchased. Lesson learnt. At least I didn't sell the better guitar, notwithstanding I don't play it that often given all my other choices. Primarily sits there as a back-up.
I had a 1977 Gibson Black Les Paul Custom.. It was gorgeous.. I actually traded it to a vintage guitar store in Marietta Georgia for a brand new 2007 Gibson Les Paul Standard Gold Top and $1000. I was hypnotized by the shiny gold top.. and it was gorgeous.. but didn't have the Mojo of that 77 Custom.. Someday i'll get another one..
A 1973 blonde Tele a Washburn AV 10 and a 1978 Gibson flying V silverburst are the ones I regret. I've gotten rid of many more that I don't regret. A couple of years ago I had 24 electrics now I have 8 had to thin the herd but these get played which is important to me.
I used to have this Kramer striker 600st, it was my first powerstrat. I ended up selling it after a month because the floyd rose didn’t work properly and I did not know how to make it work at that time. The guitar played sooo nice and looked gorgeous, sparkle red, black pickguard. If I knew then what I know now about setting up my guitar I absolutely would have kept it. I regret not keeping it, I didn’t even get good money for it. But that guitar did spark my interest in 80’s shredding powerstrat type guitars 🎸
Lots of guitars I miss...an original black/green Ibanez Universe, 2 different 80s Les Paul Customs, a Parker Fly Deluxe, a 90s seafoam green USA Strat with matching painted headstock, a 90s Paisley Strat Japanese reissue with the big headstock, 2 different sunburst HRR Strats (with rhe Floyd Rose), an Ibanez 540S, and an Ibanez 540pii (the Alex Skolnick model). I used to trade SO much gear; only 2 were sold because I needed money (the Parker and one of the Les Pauls). Sigh.
Hell Yes PART II. Very informative and family oriented story. You sacrificed for your Family. YOU ARE A GOOD MAN Robert! Don’t take that lightly. 🙏😇🙏 Love these segments, always from the Heart 🤘🎸🤘
You know, the Ibanez AZ and Iron label/Axion guitars have way thicker non-traditional Ibanez necks. So they have more necks than just the wizard. Ibanez makes great guitars.
Crazy respect. I sold my collection of 37 for my wife and son as well. I regret several, not the reason like you said, but my holy grail was a Rhodes Student model made in San Dimas..serial 1120
I've got a Guild S284 Aviator in electric blue, a Les Paul Faded in tea burst and a Gothic SG on the regret sales list. At least my cousin still owns the Guild. Having a '67 telecaster and a 70's Ibanez Les Paul copy stolen from a show one night hurts way more though.
I absolutely love your video's, I sold a 1980 Gibson Custom Les Paul Black Beauty, back in the late 90's for the same reason you sold some of yours. Formula is damn expensive. Like you I regret selling, but I would do it again for my family! Thank you for sharing! I think the biggest regret is that I only sold it for $600 bucks, ouch.
You have a lot of cool guitars and play them all well. There's something about the red crackle sounds amazing! That's my favorite guitar in the collection .
My first electric. Peavey T-60, purchased new in 79 at Hewgley's in TN. Natural finish, swamp ash body. Should have kept it, but traded it in on a 97 black Wolfgang Standard that had a bad accident and sold it to a luthier. Bought a Trans-Red 98 Wolfgang Standard Hardtail. Next came a black Wolfgang Special and a white Wolfgang Special. Sold them all, but should have kept the Hardtail. Then I met my first and last (unless I hit the lottery) Les Paul. 1991 Standard Heritage Cherry Burst. I've had a lot of acoustics, but should have kept the Guild and the Taylor. Now down to one Cedar top Alvarez 6 string. It's been a good run. Fair winds and following seas to all. Ooorah!
A 1996 fender fsr American stratocaster. Mint green with matching headstock. Traded it towards a les paul that I eventually hated!! I have not seen one like it since.
Regret: '68 Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top. It was my first guitar! Except by the time I got it, the gold had been stripped and the mini-buckers were routed to fit Demarzio zebras and a phase switch. That's how I could afford it. But, it was the 80's and I wanted a 'Floyd Rose' super-strat. I mean, I did get an awesome Kramer American Baretta in pearl lavender. So it's not like I ended up in a bad way but I still miss that LP. Even though I have a newer LP, I still pine for the oldie.
I think I found your channel because I was looking into charvels and your video with the so cal popped up. Always picture you with that guitar, happy to say I got my charvel afterward (and a couple more since haha)
I've never sold a guitar but I do regret certain purchases because I think I overpaid for them. You live and learn, I guess. Great video! I would totally watch a part 2
I started with a Samick Malibu as well. I still have it. It was my brother's first, then he tried to sell it for weed or something lol so my dad got mad and the guitar went to me. I've been fixing it up/refinishing it and I plan on giving it back to him. I have enough guitars and I think it'd be nice for him to have it again, and I don't have much use for it. It will be hard to let it go though, I have a lot of memories with it and a bunch of dings and scratches that I know the story of and what not. But at least it's going to my brother so I can always visit and play it again. It is kinda funny though because I also thought when people were saying the Silver Sky was a Strat copy that "nah, it's more of a Samick Malibu copy" :P
Traded eric johnson bound rosewood tropical turquoise strat for. Fender 2014 FSR strat with compound radius jumbo frets annonized gold aluminum pickgaurd. The Eric Johnson sig. Strat was just effortless to play and the pickups were killer! Hated the FSR it had no soul at all and fender noiseless pickups. Sold the FSR bought a Nash strat-love it and wont part with it.
Oh yeah, It happened to me for sure. The first guitar that I ever bought was a signature Zakk Wylde cream bullseye Epiphone. I had to let it go I think to fix my car and I was out of cash or something of that nature. But!... I managed to find another one and it's now part of my collection. :D ROCK N ROLL!
Hey Robert, I totally relate to you selling guitars for your family needs. My youngest son had a milk allergy, it was the casein in the milk. I've sold a Marshall JCM 800 2210 head and 4x12 cabs, a Guild Starfire 4, Kramer Beretta and an Ibanez. Us dad's do what we have to for our family. Keep rocking man.
Sold/traded my 1978, 1982 and 2006 Les Paul Customs. Wish I had those back. Sold PRS Sc58 and Sc250. Wish I had those also. Jackson RR1’s and V’s. I blame GAS for all this. Had to sell most also for medical and living expenses. Loosing control and feeling of arms and hands plays a big part. I try to play when I can , got to keep going !! Music brings life and happiness.
I feel you on that one. I had sold a lot of things I miss almost daily for my sons formula as well. I remember meeting 3 craigslist's buyers in the Walmart parking lot to be able to get formula and diapers. 😑 but as you said I'd do it all again without hesitation
Hi Robert, Samick Greg Bennet guitars are very good, but you have to adjust them such that the action and neck relieve is ok. Surprisingly, the playabilty is as good, may even be better than my Music man Luke, or my Godin LGX, or my s2020X Prestige 😄👍
I've sold a few but haven't really regretted as I'd freed up space / cash for other gear. 1 was an old vester supertele that had been through goochville twice after having been in the family music store. Glad to get that back. Oddly enough 1 I just recently sold was a white squier bullet strat I'd turned into a decent player on a budget which I sorta miss but I know it went to a guy who wanted something different from his schecter.
I kinda hate that i did it, but i had a Hamer CX series guitar that was apparently pretty rare. I don’t remember the exact model (i think it was like a CX4Q or something like that) but it had 3 single coils and 24 frets so it was basically a super strat. I traded it for an Ibanez RG7321 and i regret it every time i go and look at pictures of it because that was the guitar i learned how to shred on.
I would love to see a part 2 of this video. Trogly has a sweet 70s strat I would love to have, but I’ll probably have to wait 😩. People need to realize that you have a life besides UA-cam, you’ll get to the giveaway when you get around to it. Or maybe your not interested in doing it now. Either way I’ll keep following you channel. I always enjoy your videos.
lol lost so many good ones. but again my Gibson BFG is the one that got away I also had to sell my fender deluxe amp that I had to sell at the same time for bills :(. It is funny you did this video, my wife and I were just talking about this and I started to compile a list and photos of all the gear I had to sell for family reasons bills and my baby girls birthday/xmas. no regrets but would love to have the above ones back. The only one out of 10 I saved was my wife's old squire guitar she played in highschool, that I put a MIM fender neck on, its my special little fella and she will never go.
I sold a few I regretted: it is difficult to be detached from most guitars........but, the one I regret the most was a 1967 Cherry 335. It was an absolute killer guitar. Played and sounded fantastic. I contacted the buyer a few years after and asked if he wanted to sell it back to me; no, he loved it.
I know it has nothing to do with the ones you sold but god i love that charvel crackle!! I was thinking about doing a crackle myself on a jackson V not sure what colors though.
Oh no guys, this is bringing back painful memories of the best guitar I've owned which I sold. It was a Crafted in Japan '62 reissue with Texas Specials. It was sunburst, and I put a black pickguard on it so it looked like SRV's. I sold it to fund a new venture that I needed some capital for. So wish that I still had it. I actually want to find another Japanese '62 reissue for my next guitar! The CIJs are amazing.
I only have one regret on sales. Selling my first electric. A MiM strat black w/ white pickguard and maple fretboard. I like all my guitars better than it, but it's my first lol. The only regret I have that actually matters is going nearly 2 decades without seriously practicing. Just the last 2-3 years getting religions with practice I look back and shake my head at how much time I wasted not improving.
I too went through 20 years of not playing for various reasons. got back in 5 years ago n had to start from beginner level all over again. Luckily the learning material is far better these days.
@@CJ-rf9jm Same, I could play a few covers and a handful of Metallica riffs really poorly. No theory knowledge, no lead skills, couldn't even keep time on even the simplest solo. Downright shameful for having played for almost 2 decades. I know why I didn't, It is hard. It's still hard. I play 2 hours a day and any improvements are so marginal in the day to day work that it is nearly imperceivable... But, when I look back to say 10 years ago, I'd have struggled to play rhythm on the easiest of songs. It's funny how good it feels to suck less on a daily basis.
Myself I don't think of myself as some1 who's gonna make a living at it, few who are really good ever do. I just like playing cause its fun. As for how long it takes the harder it gets as the older 1 gets is true.
When I was 13, back in 1963, and had just started playing, my Dad bought me a late 1950's Gibson Les Paul Jr, single cutaway, in sunburst with a single P90 on it, the same one Leslie West played when he was with Mountain. Eventually, I stripped off the sunburst finish and sanded it down and varnished it to a natural finish. That was my first stupid mistake, but what the hell, I was like 16 or 17 by that point. When I was 19, I sold it to a buddy of mine for $150, probably so I could buy some pot, which was one of the stupidest moves I have ever made in my life.
CJ99 wasn’t a late 1950’s Gibson les Paul Jr,single cutaway,in sunburst with a single p90 on it...sumthin like the one Leslie West played when he was with Mountain by any chance?
I traded a 1984 Black Gibson Explorer for a 1984 Sunburst Fender USA Strat that I still have to this day, but I regret not having the Explorer now. Sold a 2015 Cherry Gibson SG Special and put the money into a Sunburst Texas Toast single cut (Les Paul) .... don't regret that one for a second !!! Win some - lose some I guess.....
I sell my guitar to buy another guitar and at this point, I never regret it bcs now, I got my squier strat that looks like the strat that you give to jim and it's just feel so good when I play it, btw part 2 will be nice.......🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
I saw your white mij white charvel and went down to the store and ordered my own. When it showed up it wasn't mij with dimarzio pickups it was made in Mexico with JB's. I wish I had my money back.
Ive owned many guitars over my life..but the only one i kick myself over was a 97 pat pending peavey Wolfgang. My dad bought it for me when i was in school one day...came home and there it was in the case on the stairs. I loved that thing..thought about buying another one many times but it wouldn't be the same.
I swapped a 2010 Gibson SG that i bought brand new and absolutely loved! I came across a guy selling a Charvel San Dimas USA in taxi cab yellow. I asked him if he wanted to swap, the rest is history.
I had sold my Schecter Zacky Vengenge sig that I'd all but grown out of to buy my dad the LE Gretsch center block streamliner with the p90s. Definitely no regrets as it's something I'd always wanted to do, but who knows. Maybe when I hit my midlife crisis I'll miss having such a flashy guitar lol
Guitars i miss.... 1981 Gibson RD custom 2011 BC rich mocking bird NJ. 1989 kramer focus 6000 1979 G&L strat. 2003 platinum sg....though i bought my first real gibson les paul with money...stiil got that one...
I have sold hardly any instruments in some 50 years I did have a co-worker talk me in to selling a 76 Strat that I regret others that I do not miss is a Musicmaster bass, and a japanese Strat with a Kahler, 1984
Biggest regret? Selling a rather plain looking Gordon Smith GS2, in the early 2000s, to fund the purchase of a PRS Santana. Could never bring myself to love the PRS as much as I wanted to (or as much as the GS2). All good again now... bought another Gordon Smith last year. Never letting that one go :)
The only guitar I regret selling is my first one. It was a red B.C. Rich warlock platinum. We were dirt poor when I was 16 & I couldn’t believe it when my mom handed me $300 & said... if you want that guitar, take my car keys and go buy it. I’ve been playing ever since that day & I kinda wish I still had the guitar that started it all.
I had an SG I got new in 2000..I learned to play on that guitar. About 2 years ago I sold it....aaand about 2 weeks ago I bought it back thankfully he was awesome and sold it back to me for the same price he paid for it
I had an Epiphone Wilshire and an Epiphone Studio with the satin clear coat finish, both of which I wish I had kept. I was living in the barracks in the Army at the time, and we were about to deploy to Afghanistan, and my nco's told me I had to get rid of them because they weren't going to store them for me and I had no one to loan them to. At the time I didn't care too much to sell them off to GC, but now I wish I had kept them.
Thinking back I'm 54 now at the time I was 14. My sister was dating a guy that owned a music shop in town. He called my mom up said he had a really nice Bass guitar he thought I would really like. Well I got home from school that day and my mom said we had to go somewhere and I had to help her out. When my mom pulled up to the music store I had no idea what was about to unfold. Bob the owner greeted us at the door and said he had something to show me he brought us to the back and he reached up and grabbed a bass off the wall it was a 1968 4001 Rickenbacker maple glow finish, I fell in love with this thing the second I had it in my hands. My Mom reached in her purse and asked how much for the Bass and Bob said $325.00 dollars should do it it has a couple dings and scratches and it even comes with a hard shell case. I sold that Bass in 1990 along with a peavy Mock III 300 watt bass amp with an 18 SW and 2 10" scorpions for $500.00 dollars. I needed money for a house I was trying to buy. 30 some odd years later that same Bass is worth up to $15000.00 dollars now.
What I learned from this video: I prefer Rick's taste to yours.Sorry, but those two Strats... Great video - I miss my Hayman 1010 (I know, first electric) and my Peavey T-60 (favourite electric). I have 30+ guitars now and still keep an eye out for replacements....
There's something about SGs I hate. I don't know if it's the double cutaway, the colors they come in, or the finish you can feel the wood through. The intonation problems they have also scare me away.
Guitars I regret selling: 1988 Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster in 7-UP Green 1988 Gibson ES-335 in natural with Seymour Duncan Jazz Humbuckers 1965 Fender Super Reverb combo 1989 (or earlier) Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 in Amber 197? Fender Telecaster Custom in Sunburst with Rosewood Fingerboard My now ex-wife forced me to sell the Clapton, 335, Tele Custom, and Super Reverb (and a Carvin LB75 bass) to catch up the house payment for the house she we ended up losing anyway when she divorced me! I traded the PRS for a Mesa/Boogie Mark IIb combo; that was just dumb on my part.
This is weird. That burst finish strat you got rid of looks like my old one. Mine was mexican made, for me at the time the 400 ish price was a lot of money. What made mine special was; I had a guy from the old gibson factory in Kalamazoo do some work on the neck and the frets. I used to live around there. It played like one that cost alot more. Thought I had lost interest, then I got interested again and bought my sg; which is a 2011 not a 2012 as a said in my last comment. This is a bit long, but one more weird thing. I had a severe milk allergy from birth. It was like poison to me. Mine went away at around 14 years old. I got very sick, when that passed it was gone.
In 1989 I found my first guitar in a closet at my grandmas. It was my uncles mid to late 60’s Gibson melody maker. I was young and dumb and didn’t think it was cool, traded it in for a Washburn les Paul. :(
Guitars I've sold and regret are as follows, A Jackson Kelly, serial number J0232 which I bought new in 1985, swapped that for a Floral Jem in 1988. A yellow 1987 Jem, which was an absolute killer guitar. A 1973 Les Paul Standard which I had to sell when my daughter was born because I needed the money A 1992 Fender SRV strat. I wish I still had all of these babies :(
sadly I picked up a hacked up model 88 from a pawn shop about 8 years ago. It's been poorly routed for a single-coil in the neck :( and the bridge humbucker was re-routed to mount with trim rings a strait humbucker (not the stock canted forward mount) It's still got the reverse headstock neck but I'm at a loss as to what should be done? should I fill the re-routings and try to put it back to stock? Should I clean up the hack route job and run it as a single + Hum and a 3way? They're not very valuable but to us old school Charvel/Jackson lovers they count! What do you guys think???
Just looking at the title I can empathize bud. Got rid of a 2004 Schecter C-1 Plus and a 2008 Epiphone LP Elitist about 10 years ago. Boy do I miss them now, especially that Elitist, played great. But we fret not! (No pun intended) I believe they're out there, somewhere, being played and loved.
The one that got away: I bought a single pickup Korean made all black long scale (25,5) Explorer. The brand was called Wolf. I bought it because I saw it and immediately wanted it. Got it, had it for a while. Being a student couldn't afford an amp and had sold my amp like 6 months earlier because I couldn't afford a guitar. Couldn't buy an amp so I sold the Explorer to buy an acoustic bass. Never really played the bass that much and eventually sold that. I regret selling the Explorer every day and still look for it or one like it. Almost bought one like it but the seller was asking way too much for it and wouldn't except my reasonable offer. Still want one even though I'm more of a tele guy but the metalhead in me wants a single pickup explorer. Regular Explorers don't agree with me. One day I will have one again.
There are three I truly regret getting rid of... First one was a '91 american strat that I got in '93. I was really into metallica and alice in chains and I wanted humbuckers, so I traded straight up for a MIJ Jackson Infinity Pro. Of the two, the infinity pro is by far the rarer bird. It was Jackson's take on a PRS. Thin mahogany body, set mahogany neck, 3/4" figured maple cap. My model was only made for 1 year and then discontinued. The body shape is an offset double cut and looks really strange... I still have it but it desperately needs a refret. Second and third I sold because I hadn't played guitar in years and needed to money for bills. Looking back now tho, jesus I wish I'd kept them. One was a '79 les paul standard in candy apple red sparkle with gold hardware. It had those little flip out speed tuning pegs that we're only available for a little while. The other was a '80 explorer E/2. Live and learn
Only regret selling my 1981 Gibson Flying V. Also sold a couple Charvel 88s and an original Ibanez RG550. Would never sell my baby pink ESP Mirage Deluxe with the Jackson-style headstock !
It's what I didn't buy that I regret the most. I was looking for a new guitar in the 70's and wanted a Les Paul. The new ones were too expensive so I was digging through the old trade in guitars in the back. They had 3 gold tops from the 60's in my price range ($300.00 dollars) They had dings and dents and aging chrome. Out of all paint jobs, I thought the gold was the worst color. They just got a load of new Electra's in and had a big poster of the current guitar god playing and endorsing them, Mr. Peter Frampton. His live album was on all the radios. The blonde curly maple top Electra with gold hardware was the same price. I figured if it was good enough for Peter Frampton it must be OK. We all know what those old Gibson guitars are worth today. Those old Electra Omega models are just another page in history nobody wants to read.
I regret selling my Kramer striker guitar last year. I was having trouble with the Floyd rose and the month after I saw a UA-cam video on how to fix the problem Also sold a great fender squire strat in the 80’s to pay for repairs on a car accident. Couldn’t afford another guitar for years after
Back in the early 90s I bought a used Korean made Squier II Strat. Eventually I ended up with 3 Squier strats so I unloaded that one and one other. I do regret it. I had had it for 25+ years. I also had an Epiphone LP Special which I regreted getting rid of, so I went out and looked and was able to get another one super inexpensive.
I had a Fender Cyclone that I got the first year they came out. I traded it for a mij Ibanez Talman. Now that Cyclone would sell for over $1k and the Talman would be worth around $800...so I now regret getting rid of both of those
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This could get kinda long, but here is my "The one that got away" story
Right after graduation in 90,( yeah, im old...lol) I bought my first guitar with my own money. It was a Kramer Showster Series Savant 3. I had it for maybe 10 years. In that process, I got married, had kids, and sold it to pay bills. Fast forward 15 years later and I'm with wife #2. I decide to stop in a local music store on my way home from work that I had not visited for a long while. There sat another Kramer like my old one. After playing on it for a while, I start to recognise dings and chips. I ask the shop owner if he had the case. He brought it out and there under a failed attempt to paint over it was my old bands logo. I told him about it and he said "I dont care if it takes you 4 years to pay it off, its your guitar. It was meant to be." I did buy it and kept it for another 6 or 7 years but once again, had to sell it to pay bills.
I am ever looking for that guitar. It will be mine again...
Hope you find it soon and never need to sell it again.
Lol. That sounds like a story out of Hustler Guitar.
There won't be a #3, and I haven't sold a guitar since. Up to around 12 now with 5 different amps plus PA and lighting. Never doing all that again...lol
I would absolutely love a part 2 to this man! I think it really shows that certain guitar have certain clings to them that really make them right for some in particular. Not every guitar is the best for everyone indeed
Thanks dude
@@RobertBakerGuitar Cheers man
Fellow dad here....it does suck having to sell our gits to afford stuff for the family/kiddos, but taking care of family first is something you will never regret.
You can always buy another guitar(s).
100% fact
Absolutely. Unless you’re a pro, guitar isn’t paying the bills.
@@Kenzabukuro 🤣🤣🤣
In the early 90s, I had a silverburst les paul custom I got for 500 bucks. I didn't know what I had. I had to sell it to get money to get out of a lease with roommates, and sold it for like 750. The guy I sold it to gave me a speech about how much it meant to him, but that he'd have paid more like $1200, and I should have started at $1500. Now I wish I'd have just kept it. such a beauty.
I played when I was a teenager (80's) then family life took over , now that it's just me and the wife I got back into it . I started buying cheap guitars at pawnshops and was just messing around. Then one day I walked into a shop and they had the most beautiful Olympic white strat hanging there so I asked to see it .....wow ! I fell in love on the spot , they bring out the case and it had all paperwork, tags and the original fender strap and cord un opened, it still had the sticker over the tremolo hole , the pickgaurd still had the plastic film on it with the American standard sticker on it ... 2012 American standard strat with original case and everything like brand new ...$800 and I'm set for life !!!
When I got married back in 1972 I wasn’t playing much and I sold my Gibson ES 335. That was my first really good guitar. But I needed the money just like you Robert. Boy, the things we sometimes need to do!
So my first electric guitar was a mini squire strat when I was probably 5 or 6, first full size guitar was a Chinese made “Douglas” brand Les Paul. Both were stolen out of my garage while we were moving houses(I was around 12 at the time). This led to my dad taking me to get my first “real” guitar, a 2011 Gibson SG special wrap around double humbucker. Been my number 1 since then, just feels like home. Still wish I had those other 2 guitars though, they may have been cheap but they started the addiction haha
Wow, how cool is your dad😉👍. Awesome.
I've had 4 guitars in my 3 years of guitar playing,the 1 guitar I do regret selling would be my one Epiphone. It was a signature Matt Heafy Epiphone Les Paul Custom. Not too long after I sold it,they were discontinued. I had a couple of weeks where I could have gotten it back but I didnt get to get it back. I miss playing on it all the time. I even started learning to play one of my favorite Trivium songs on it. I wish I had kept it,even if I wanted a Snofall instead,it was a great guitar. On the bright side I did buy a new amp,a Boss Katana 100 (Mark 1), which in my opinion was a great buy and I still love it. I still have both of my amps.
The tribulations of being a dad. I've sold more stuff for my kids that ill never get back, but no regrets.
Cory Hart yep so true but those aren’t even decisions for the most part...they are givens. No regrets!
When the kid needs something, its an easy sell. To me guitars are just cool investments. If i put the money in savings, itll eventually trickle away or even if i kept it wont gain any value in the account. Buy it, play it, take care of it and sell it when an emergency comes up. It's life.
@@misterknightowlandco :(
My parents used to say: "We could have had nice stuff, but we had kids instead." He was always funny as heck.
@@joker71172 *Watt if... *watt if i told you that they where right? *shocking isnt it?
I had a Charvel like the one you're playing but with the rosewood board. However I got it after someone had stripped the crackle finish off it had some gunky oil finish when I got it which I took back and used a little oil to seal it. I also changed the pickups to a Duncan quarter pounder in the neck and a DiMarzio Fred in the bridge then I added a tone control. Plus when adding shedding and wrapping the control plate (old school technique) I added a HR Giger picture then wrapped the tremolo cover (which does nothing) with a picture of Josephine Earp for some reason. It looked a bit ratty and I used an eye for the strap, like EVH, and a strap extended with some off cut cable. Plus the knobs were taped up which electrical tape and the switch tip was just electrical tape. I was going for the sort of Modern Art look that Reeves Gabriels had with his Parker at the time. It was always too noisy and the pickups were too unbalanced. Still have it although I took the pickups out. (DiMarzio Fred's were making huge money on e-bay for a while, then they reissued them) It was a fun guitar for a while and didn't cost me much at all. I think less than £300 all in.
Remember kids: never sell your first guitar.
allofyourdreams I still am playing it!!
Out of the dozens ive bought and sold, that's the only 1 i actually regret selling.
I don't regret trading away that one at all. It was a Mako atrat copy that I traded towards a Dean Eighty-Eight super strat. THAT one I'd like to replace with a better example (mine eventually was hacked up to put a replacement Kahler in it).
allofyourdreams I still have my “first” and I ran into the original owner, and he told me to never sell it.
dude my first guitar was an 80 dollar guitar....IM GLAD ITS GONE XDDDDDDDDDDDDD
I've sold several guitars when my son and daughter were younger I miss them a couple of nice USA strats but I'd do it all over again for the kids . The one that really haunts me was a 1990 studio Les Paul black with gold hardware and an ebony fretboard
I sold my Gibson Explorer and bought a second hand PRS SE custom 24 AND a partscaster. The partscaster was a guitar kit put together by a local luthier. He did an excellent job, and even though it only put me back around 200 Euros, with a few electronics updates it's even better than Mexican strats (in my opinion). So remember: more expensive doesn't always mean better. I don't regret selling my Explorer, but I feel a bit sad every time I see one.
You should post more pictures of that Strat and give part of the serial number on it Robert, maybe you will find it that way? Reverb should make a section just for people searching for the gear they regret selling.
The guitar I MOST wanted in the world is also the guitar I MOST hated and MOST regret selling lol. Since 1977 I wanted a Gibson Les Paul but could never afford one. Finally in 2014 I was able to buy one, not the Standard I really wanted but a good deal on brand new Studio model. It did have the Robo tuners and was the only one they had left so it only came in Vintage Sunburst, which I didn't really like but it wasn't "bad". The guitar arrives and I am stoked!! At first I fell in love with it, I mean c'mon that mm mm mmm good Gibson fresh vanilla smelling guitar was all nice and shiny and brand new and it said GIBSON LES PAUL on the head stock!! within 6 months though I would become soooooo disappointed in the guitar, and in Gibson. I ended up replacing the Robo tuners when the B string tuner just stripped for no reason, it had always been slightly off tune anyway. You had to replace the entire unit not just one tuner and that was $300! I had a set of regular tuners I slapped on it and it was good to go. Then I started noticing a couple of finish areas getting this really weird peeling thing going on, the pups would cut out. I ended up trading it in to the local music store for a bass, a case for the bass plus $400 and I was tickled to have a bass!
In 2017 I broke my back while picking up a flat bed semi trailer of drywall for my company. No longer can I work and with this injury as well as a few other work related injuries I spend most days in severe pain and discomfort. I will finally get my Social Security disability starting this May, I applied in August of 2018!! Needless to say money has been tight. So over the course of waiting to get the money that I have worked for and paid into my entire life, now at 54 years old I had to start selling off stuff in order to pay bills and to eat. A white 2008 Gibson Studio LP, A green burst custom finished Gibson Menace LP, A cherry burst custom finished LP studio, a 2015 Epiphone Lee Malia signature LP, A 2018 Fender telecaster, a 2014 Epiphone Riviera custom, a 2008 Gretsch LP style (electromatic), a fireburst Gibson LP studio - those were all the guitars I had to sell just to survive this time and I regret everyone of them because people who have worked their whole lives should NOT be treated like I have been treated when it comes to our needing OUR PAID FOR disability!! Some kid pops out of his mama with ADHD and they hand them SSI like it's county welfare. Some fucking illegal immigrant comes here and won't work can get all kinds of free stuff from MY government, but a US citizen adult who has worked since he was 17 years old and has a 13 inch thick stack of medical records to show that their body is so damaged from work related injuries over the years and who can no longer even take a piss without it hurting really bad, oh well, let's screw them over and drag it out for years making them have to sell everything they've worked hard to get. And thanks to Obama and his policy of just giving away SS disability because he refused to do anything to get people jobs, the GOP had to get into SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) and make all kinds of cuts and reductions and limits to monthly amounts in order to save the program from impending destruction. My disability would have been over $2,000 per month, now because I missed the cut off by 3 months, I will get under $1,200!! And this is where they are trying to get ALL SSDI recipients to, under that $1200 mark. So you younger people, prepare for the future!! Invest, save, and try to not destroy your body.
the 2 guitars i regret selling:
Ibanez RG1550MZ PBL. Phantom blue was such a unique color ibanez did, and the M (with the edge pro bridge) was released in Japan but the MZ was only released overseas (so having an MZ with the edge zero was special here). I sold it to a friend of a friend, i hope shes getting the love she deserves.
Ibanez RC1720M SGM. I couldnt get the tuning to stay perfect for some weird reason (now i realize i shoulda had it looked at by someone instead of selling it). I bought it specifically to be a "regular" guitar, since every guitar i use has a double locking trem (either OFR or Ibanez Edge) and specifically for blues playing, which i never had a chance to hit the blues sessions with. The guitar was absolutely amazing and I regret giving her up.
2014 Gibson ES339 Satin
Cherry
And
2018 Fender Traditional 60s Japan Strat..
Miss both
Traded my Purple Lotus Les Paul copy for a Heartfield Talon back in 95. I still have the Talon and love it still but I always liked the Lotus and would like to get it back.
my 71 or 72 Gibson deluxe, I played that with a twin reverb. Played the who all day. 89 charvel with a Marshall 800 combo, Eddie want to be. at 64 i still want to be, and no one can stop me Rock on man. Thanks for the memories.
I seem to recall almost of all these guitars you have shown. My late 70s Memphis Les Paul with a set neck, sunburst finish is one guitar I regret selling. It was one finely made guitar. Yes, Jimmy Page is the one who initially influenced me to play the guitar after seeing the Song Remains the Same.
I've never sold a guitar. I kinda feel like Nigel when people come over. Friends have said "You actually play all these?" ...I play them, I cherish them.
I really enjoyed the back story on the guitars you shared. I parted with a few guitars years ago because I needed some cash flow. I just rock my 72 reissue tele deluxe now. I love the humbuckers on it.
I would like to pick up a Strat someday.
Your videos are the reason I bought a So Cal. I absolutely love that guitar.
These episodes are a joy to watch, i makes me think about the guitars i regret selling.......my ibanez rg750 from 1982...loaded with emg 81/85 (metallica fan) still regret that one to this day
I would imagine there's a lot of people out there who went through similar experiences but it's kinda rare to see someone actually talk about this as openly as you do. I'm sorry to hear your child was sick and needed special attention, that has to be rough for any parent. The whole guitar flux thing is pretty interesting and I love all the stories about where guitars came from, who owned them, where they went etc. I'm very proud of you for #1, taking care of your child first because honestly Rob, I doubt everyone would have been as willing as you to give up their 6 string babies, and #2, because you stuck with it and rebuilt your collection. There may be regrets but you've moved on in a very positive direction. Onwards and upwards man! Again, thanks so much for sharing your experiences and your guitars and equipment with us. Without you my guitar playing would still suck because I wouldn't be practicing. You actually take the time to show licks that can be useful to the everyday guitarist and I'm living proof that they do work as long as you practice. Practice, then practice some more, then when you are sick of practicing, practice some more, rinse and repeat.
My only guitar regret is a 1986 Washburn flying V. I played the shit out of it back in the day and then started customizing it and ended up ruining it. The body and neck still exist at a friend's house in some form or another but I wish I could have it back in the original shape in mint condition. Probably be worth quite a bit today.
Several years ago, with all the UA-cam hype on the new Chapman Guitars, I went online and bought a first series ML2 (LP style) but with Tele style string through. These guitars were made in Korea and when I recieved the guitar, the quality of build, playability, etc lived up to the hype. I was impressed. I fitted SD 59s, and the guitar plays and sounds really good, and for the price, wow!. But the thing weighed a ton. The second series ML2s came out a few years later, made in Indonesia this time. The second series guitar won some award and a big feature (apart from price) was that it was much lighter than the first series. Again I went online and purchased the lighter series 2 ML2. I would then fit the SD pups in the newer guitar, put the stock pup back in the older ML2 and sell it. Well, the second series ML2 didn't feel, play or sound anywhere as good as the first series guitar, it just didn't have 'the mojo', it didn't talk to me. So I kept the older guitar and sold the brand new guitar I had just purchased. Lesson learnt. At least I didn't sell the better guitar, notwithstanding I don't play it that often given all my other choices. Primarily sits there as a back-up.
I had a 1977 Gibson Black Les Paul Custom.. It was gorgeous.. I actually traded it to a vintage guitar store in Marietta Georgia for a brand new 2007 Gibson Les Paul Standard Gold Top and $1000. I was hypnotized by the shiny gold top.. and it was gorgeous.. but didn't have the Mojo of that 77 Custom.. Someday i'll get another one..
Also, just bought the course! I'm excited; been feeling the "rut" and hoping some structure will bring me around. I'll let you know how it goes!
A 1973 blonde Tele a Washburn AV 10 and a 1978 Gibson flying V silverburst are the ones I regret. I've gotten rid of many more that I don't regret. A couple of years ago I had 24 electrics now I have 8 had to thin the herd but these get played which is important to me.
I used to have this Kramer striker 600st, it was my first powerstrat. I ended up selling it after a month because the floyd rose didn’t work properly and I did not know how to make it work at that time. The guitar played sooo nice and looked gorgeous, sparkle red, black pickguard. If I knew then what I know now about setting up my guitar I absolutely would have kept it. I regret not keeping it, I didn’t even get good money for it. But that guitar did spark my interest in 80’s shredding powerstrat type guitars 🎸
Lots of guitars I miss...an original black/green Ibanez Universe, 2 different 80s Les Paul Customs, a Parker Fly Deluxe, a 90s seafoam green USA Strat with matching painted headstock, a 90s Paisley Strat Japanese reissue with the big headstock, 2 different sunburst HRR Strats (with rhe Floyd Rose), an Ibanez 540S, and an Ibanez 540pii (the Alex Skolnick model). I used to trade SO much gear; only 2 were sold because I needed money (the Parker and one of the Les Pauls). Sigh.
A part 2 would be amazing man! Great video and playing as usual.
Hell Yes PART II. Very informative and family oriented story. You sacrificed for your Family. YOU ARE A GOOD MAN Robert! Don’t take that lightly. 🙏😇🙏
Love these segments, always from the Heart 🤘🎸🤘
Thank you homie
You know, the Ibanez AZ and Iron label/Axion guitars have way thicker non-traditional Ibanez necks. So they have more necks than just the wizard. Ibanez makes great guitars.
Crazy respect. I sold my collection of 37 for my wife and son as well. I regret several, not the reason like you said, but my holy grail was a Rhodes Student model made in San Dimas..serial 1120
I've got a Guild S284 Aviator in electric blue, a Les Paul Faded in tea burst and a Gothic SG on the regret sales list. At least my cousin still owns the Guild. Having a '67 telecaster and a 70's Ibanez Les Paul copy stolen from a show one night hurts way more though.
Robert, your tone(s) are always great!!
I absolutely love your video's, I sold a 1980 Gibson Custom Les Paul Black Beauty, back in the late 90's for the same reason you sold some of yours. Formula is damn expensive. Like you I regret selling, but I would do it again for my family! Thank you for sharing! I think the biggest regret is that I only sold it for $600 bucks, ouch.
You have a lot of cool guitars and play them all well. There's something about the red crackle sounds amazing! That's my favorite guitar in the collection .
My first electric. Peavey T-60, purchased new in 79 at Hewgley's in TN. Natural finish, swamp ash body. Should have kept it, but traded it in on a 97 black Wolfgang Standard that had a bad accident and sold it to a luthier. Bought a Trans-Red 98 Wolfgang Standard Hardtail. Next came a black Wolfgang Special and a white Wolfgang Special. Sold them all, but should have kept the Hardtail. Then I met my first and last (unless I hit the lottery) Les Paul. 1991 Standard Heritage Cherry Burst. I've had a lot of acoustics, but should have kept the Guild and the Taylor. Now down to one Cedar top Alvarez 6 string. It's been a good run. Fair winds and following seas to all. Ooorah!
A 1996 fender fsr American stratocaster. Mint green with matching headstock. Traded it towards a les paul that I eventually hated!! I have not seen one like it since.
Regret: '68 Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top. It was my first guitar! Except by the time I got it, the gold had been stripped and the mini-buckers were routed to fit Demarzio zebras and a phase switch. That's how I could afford it. But, it was the 80's and I wanted a 'Floyd Rose' super-strat. I mean, I did get an awesome Kramer American Baretta in pearl lavender. So it's not like I ended up in a bad way but I still miss that LP. Even though I have a newer LP, I still pine for the oldie.
I think I found your channel because I was looking into charvels and your video with the so cal popped up. Always picture you with that guitar, happy to say I got my charvel afterward (and a couple more since haha)
I've never sold a guitar but I do regret certain purchases because I think I overpaid for them. You live and learn, I guess.
Great video! I would totally watch a part 2
I had a Love Hate relationship with a Parker Nightfly I sold.
The many tones and play-ability was amazing but the weird body shape gouged my ribs.
I started with a Samick Malibu as well. I still have it. It was my brother's first, then he tried to sell it for weed or something lol so my dad got mad and the guitar went to me. I've been fixing it up/refinishing it and I plan on giving it back to him. I have enough guitars and I think it'd be nice for him to have it again, and I don't have much use for it. It will be hard to let it go though, I have a lot of memories with it and a bunch of dings and scratches that I know the story of and what not. But at least it's going to my brother so I can always visit and play it again.
It is kinda funny though because I also thought when people were saying the Silver Sky was a Strat copy that "nah, it's more of a Samick Malibu copy" :P
I traded a black flying V for a Gary Fisher mountain bike!
I miss that bike😁
Traded eric johnson bound rosewood tropical turquoise strat for. Fender 2014 FSR strat with compound radius jumbo frets annonized gold aluminum pickgaurd. The Eric Johnson sig. Strat was just effortless to play and the pickups were killer! Hated the FSR it had no soul at all and fender noiseless pickups. Sold the FSR bought a Nash strat-love it and wont part with it.
Oh yeah, It happened to me for sure. The first guitar that I ever bought was a signature Zakk Wylde cream bullseye Epiphone. I had to let it go I think to fix my car and I was out of cash or something of that nature. But!... I managed to find another one and it's now part of my collection.
:D ROCK N ROLL!
Rock n Roll 💪🏻
Hey Robert, I totally relate to you selling guitars for your family needs. My youngest son had a milk allergy, it was the casein in the milk. I've sold a Marshall JCM 800 2210 head and 4x12 cabs, a Guild Starfire 4, Kramer Beretta and an Ibanez. Us dad's do what we have to for our family. Keep rocking man.
63strat in olympic white, 97 double cut les paul with flame top trans black, 76 les paul in wine red just to name a few
Sold/traded my 1978, 1982 and 2006 Les Paul Customs. Wish I had those back. Sold PRS Sc58 and Sc250. Wish I had those also. Jackson RR1’s and V’s. I blame GAS for all this. Had to sell most also for medical and living expenses. Loosing control and feeling of arms and hands plays a big part.
I try to play when I can , got to keep going !! Music brings life and happiness.
I feel you on that one. I had sold a lot of things I miss almost daily for my sons formula as well. I remember meeting 3 craigslist's buyers in the Walmart parking lot to be able to get formula and diapers. 😑 but as you said I'd do it all again without hesitation
Hi Robert, Samick Greg Bennet guitars are very good, but you have to adjust them such that the action and neck relieve is ok. Surprisingly, the playabilty is as good, may even be better than my Music man Luke, or my Godin LGX, or my s2020X Prestige 😄👍
I've sold a few but haven't really regretted as I'd freed up space / cash for other gear. 1 was an old vester supertele that had been through goochville twice after having been in the family music store. Glad to get that back. Oddly enough 1 I just recently sold was a white squier bullet strat I'd turned into a decent player on a budget which I sorta miss but I know it went to a guy who wanted something different from his schecter.
I kinda hate that i did it, but i had a Hamer CX series guitar that was apparently pretty rare. I don’t remember the exact model (i think it was like a CX4Q or something like that) but it had 3 single coils and 24 frets so it was basically a super strat. I traded it for an Ibanez RG7321 and i regret it every time i go and look at pictures of it because that was the guitar i learned how to shred on.
I would love to see a part 2 of this video. Trogly has a sweet 70s strat I would love to have, but I’ll probably have to wait 😩. People need to realize that you have a life besides UA-cam, you’ll get to the giveaway when you get around to it. Or maybe your not interested in doing it now. Either way I’ll keep following you channel. I always enjoy your videos.
lol lost so many good ones. but again my Gibson BFG is the one that got away I also had to sell my fender deluxe amp that I had to sell at the same time for bills :(. It is funny you did this video, my wife and I were just talking about this and I started to compile a list and photos of all the gear I had to sell for family reasons bills and my baby girls birthday/xmas. no regrets but would love to have the above ones back. The only one out of 10 I saved was my wife's old squire guitar she played in highschool, that I put a MIM fender neck on, its my special little fella and she will never go.
A part 2 is totally necessary! Great stuff.
I sold a few I regretted: it is difficult to be detached from most guitars........but, the one I regret the most was a 1967 Cherry 335. It was an absolute killer guitar. Played and sounded fantastic. I contacted the buyer a few years after and asked if he wanted to sell it back to me; no, he loved it.
I sold my 2018 Lzzy Hale black Explorer. I loved that guitar
I know it has nothing to do with the ones you sold but god i love that charvel crackle!! I was thinking about doing a crackle myself on a jackson V not sure what colors though.
I always wanted a green crackle they look so cool
Oh no guys, this is bringing back painful memories of the best guitar I've owned which I sold. It was a Crafted in Japan '62 reissue with Texas Specials. It was sunburst, and I put a black pickguard on it so it looked like SRV's. I sold it to fund a new venture that I needed some capital for. So wish that I still had it. I actually want to find another Japanese '62 reissue for my next guitar! The CIJs are amazing.
I only have one regret on sales. Selling my first electric. A MiM strat black w/ white pickguard and maple fretboard. I like all my guitars better than it, but it's my first lol.
The only regret I have that actually matters is going nearly 2 decades without seriously practicing. Just the last 2-3 years getting religions with practice I look back and shake my head at how much time I wasted not improving.
I too went through 20 years of not playing for various reasons. got back in 5 years ago n had to start from beginner level all over again. Luckily the learning material is far better these days.
@@CJ-rf9jm Same, I could play a few covers and a handful of Metallica riffs really poorly. No theory knowledge, no lead skills, couldn't even keep time on even the simplest solo. Downright shameful for having played for almost 2 decades.
I know why I didn't, It is hard. It's still hard. I play 2 hours a day and any improvements are so marginal in the day to day work that it is nearly imperceivable... But, when I look back to say 10 years ago, I'd have struggled to play rhythm on the easiest of songs.
It's funny how good it feels to suck less on a daily basis.
Myself I don't think of myself as some1 who's gonna make a living at it, few who are really good ever do. I just like playing cause its fun. As for how long it takes the harder it gets as the older 1 gets is true.
When I was 13, back in 1963, and had just started playing, my Dad bought me a late 1950's Gibson Les Paul Jr, single cutaway, in sunburst with a single P90 on it, the same one Leslie West played when he was with Mountain. Eventually, I stripped off the sunburst finish and sanded it down and varnished it to a natural finish. That was my first stupid mistake, but what the hell, I was like 16 or 17 by that point. When I was 19, I sold it to a buddy of mine for $150, probably so I could buy some pot, which was one of the stupidest moves I have ever made in my life.
Man.....I hope that was some good pot!
Last guitar I sold (to buy another I wanted more) I actually had some turdburglar trying to trade me pot for it. Surprisingly he got squat.
CJ99 wasn’t a late 1950’s Gibson les Paul Jr,single cutaway,in sunburst with a single p90 on it...sumthin like the one Leslie West played when he was with Mountain by any chance?
@@maidenrulz73 Not even close.
CJ99 lol....thought it may have been Jeffrey Bank looking for his guitar !!!!
I traded a 1984 Black Gibson Explorer for a 1984 Sunburst Fender USA Strat that I still have to this day, but I regret not having the Explorer now. Sold a 2015 Cherry Gibson SG Special and put the money into a Sunburst Texas Toast single cut (Les Paul) .... don't regret that one for a second !!! Win some - lose some I guess.....
13:30 that reversed headstock is really cool!
I sell my guitar to buy another guitar and at this point, I never regret it bcs now, I got my squier strat that looks like the strat that you give to jim and it's just feel so good when I play it, btw part 2 will be nice.......🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
I saw your white mij white charvel and went down to the store and ordered my own. When it showed up it wasn't mij with dimarzio pickups it was made in Mexico with JB's. I wish I had my money back.
86 Les Paul with Tim Shaw's. The best sounding LP that i ever played
Ive owned many guitars over my life..but the only one i kick myself over was a 97 pat pending peavey Wolfgang. My dad bought it for me when i was in school one day...came home and there it was in the case on the stairs. I loved that thing..thought about buying another one many times but it wouldn't be the same.
I swapped a 2010 Gibson SG that i bought brand new and absolutely loved! I came across a guy selling a Charvel San Dimas USA in taxi cab yellow. I asked him if he wanted to swap, the rest is history.
I had sold my Schecter Zacky Vengenge sig that I'd all but grown out of to buy my dad the LE Gretsch center block streamliner with the p90s. Definitely no regrets as it's something I'd always wanted to do, but who knows. Maybe when I hit my midlife crisis I'll miss having such a flashy guitar lol
Guitars i miss....
1981 Gibson RD custom
2011 BC rich mocking bird NJ.
1989 kramer focus 6000
1979 G&L strat.
2003 platinum sg....though i bought my first real gibson les paul with money...stiil got that one...
I have sold hardly any instruments in some 50 years
I did have a co-worker talk me in to selling a 76 Strat that I regret
others that I do not miss is a Musicmaster bass, and a japanese Strat with a Kahler, 1984
Biggest regret? Selling a rather plain looking Gordon Smith GS2, in the early 2000s, to fund the purchase of a PRS Santana. Could never bring myself to love the PRS as much as I wanted to (or as much as the GS2). All good again now... bought another Gordon Smith last year. Never letting that one go :)
The only guitar I regret selling is my first one. It was a red B.C. Rich warlock platinum. We were dirt poor when I was 16 & I couldn’t believe it when my mom handed me $300 & said... if you want that guitar, take my car keys and go buy it.
I’ve been playing ever since that day & I kinda wish I still had the guitar that started it all.
I had an SG I got new in 2000..I learned to play on that guitar. About 2 years ago I sold it....aaand about 2 weeks ago I bought it back thankfully he was awesome and sold it back to me for the same price he paid for it
I had an Epiphone Wilshire and an Epiphone Studio with the satin clear coat finish, both of which I wish I had kept. I was living in the barracks in the Army at the time, and we were about to deploy to Afghanistan, and my nco's told me I had to get rid of them because they weren't going to store them for me and I had no one to loan them to. At the time I didn't care too much to sell them off to GC, but now I wish I had kept them.
Thinking back I'm 54 now at the time I was 14. My sister was dating a guy that owned a music shop in town. He called my mom up said he had a really nice Bass guitar he thought I would really like. Well I got home from school that day and my mom said we had to go somewhere and I had to help her out. When my mom pulled up to the music store I had no idea what was about to unfold. Bob the owner greeted us at the door and said he had something to show me he brought us to the back and he reached up and grabbed a bass off the wall it was a 1968 4001 Rickenbacker maple glow finish, I fell in love with this thing the second I had it in my hands. My Mom reached in her purse and asked how much for the Bass and Bob said $325.00 dollars should do it it has a couple dings and scratches and it even comes with a hard shell case. I sold that Bass in 1990 along with a peavy Mock III 300 watt bass amp with an 18 SW and 2 10" scorpions for $500.00 dollars. I needed money for a house I was trying to buy. 30 some odd years later that same Bass is worth up to $15000.00 dollars now.
What I learned from this video: I prefer Rick's taste to yours.Sorry, but those two Strats... Great video - I miss my Hayman 1010 (I know, first electric) and my Peavey T-60 (favourite electric). I have 30+ guitars now and still keep an eye out for replacements....
There's something about SGs I hate. I don't know if it's the double cutaway, the colors they come in, or the finish you can feel the wood through. The intonation problems they have also scare me away.
Guitars I regret selling:
1988 Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster in 7-UP Green
1988 Gibson ES-335 in natural with Seymour Duncan Jazz Humbuckers
1965 Fender Super Reverb combo
1989 (or earlier) Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 in Amber
197? Fender Telecaster Custom in Sunburst with Rosewood Fingerboard
My now ex-wife forced me to sell the Clapton, 335, Tele Custom, and Super Reverb (and a Carvin LB75 bass) to catch up the house payment for the house she we ended up losing anyway when she divorced me! I traded the PRS for a Mesa/Boogie Mark IIb combo; that was just dumb on my part.
This is weird. That burst finish strat you got rid of looks like my old one. Mine was mexican made, for me at the time the 400 ish price was a lot of money. What made mine special was; I had a guy from the old gibson factory in Kalamazoo do some work on the neck and the frets. I used to live around there. It played like one that cost alot more. Thought I had lost interest, then I got interested again and bought my sg; which is a 2011 not a 2012 as a said in my last comment. This is a bit long, but one more weird thing. I had a severe milk allergy from birth. It was like poison to me. Mine went away at around 14 years old. I got very sick, when that passed it was gone.
In 1989 I found my first guitar in a closet at my grandmas. It was my uncles mid to late 60’s Gibson melody maker. I was young and dumb and didn’t think it was cool, traded it in for a Washburn les Paul. :(
That double-washed-out-denim outfit from 2008/9 was pretty fly. Looking good, RB!
Guitars I've sold and regret are as follows,
A Jackson Kelly, serial number J0232 which I bought new in 1985, swapped that for a Floral Jem in 1988.
A yellow 1987 Jem, which was an absolute killer guitar.
A 1973 Les Paul Standard which I had to sell when my daughter was born because I needed the money
A 1992 Fender SRV strat.
I wish I still had all of these babies :(
sadly I picked up a hacked up model 88 from a pawn shop about 8 years ago. It's been poorly routed for a single-coil in the neck :( and the bridge humbucker was re-routed to mount with trim rings a strait humbucker (not the stock canted forward mount) It's still got the reverse headstock neck but I'm at a loss as to what should be done? should I fill the re-routings and try to put it back to stock? Should I clean up the hack route job and run it as a single + Hum and a 3way? They're not very valuable but to us old school Charvel/Jackson lovers they count! What do you guys think???
I have the same white Japanese Charval so cal. That guitar is a beaut, almost sold it a few times but just can’t part with it.
I missed out on a fender strat for R1500 in dollars that’s about 100$
I was really sad after that lol
Dude. Currently the rule at home is. I want a guitar, I gotta sell one. Bummer.
TruthGuitarMethod
Balless.
Grow a pair and get a new guitar without your wife telling you to sell the other one you never play !??!
Good luck.
Just looking at the title I can empathize bud. Got rid of a 2004 Schecter C-1 Plus and a 2008 Epiphone LP Elitist about 10 years ago. Boy do I miss them now, especially that Elitist, played great. But we fret not! (No pun intended) I believe they're out there, somewhere, being played and loved.
The one that got away: I bought a single pickup Korean made all black long scale (25,5) Explorer. The brand was called Wolf. I bought it because I saw it and immediately wanted it. Got it, had it for a while. Being a student couldn't afford an amp and had sold my amp like 6 months earlier because I couldn't afford a guitar. Couldn't buy an amp so I sold the Explorer to buy an acoustic bass. Never really played the bass that much and eventually sold that. I regret selling the Explorer every day and still look for it or one like it. Almost bought one like it but the seller was asking way too much for it and wouldn't except my reasonable offer. Still want one even though I'm more of a tele guy but the metalhead in me wants a single pickup explorer. Regular Explorers don't agree with me. One day I will have one again.
There are three I truly regret getting rid of... First one was a '91 american strat that I got in '93. I was really into metallica and alice in chains and I wanted humbuckers, so I traded straight up for a MIJ Jackson Infinity Pro. Of the two, the infinity pro is by far the rarer bird. It was Jackson's take on a PRS. Thin mahogany body, set mahogany neck, 3/4" figured maple cap. My model was only made for 1 year and then discontinued. The body shape is an offset double cut and looks really strange... I still have it but it desperately needs a refret.
Second and third I sold because I hadn't played guitar in years and needed to money for bills. Looking back now tho, jesus I wish I'd kept them. One was a '79 les paul standard in candy apple red sparkle with gold hardware. It had those little flip out speed tuning pegs that we're only available for a little while. The other was a '80 explorer E/2.
Live and learn
Only regret selling my 1981 Gibson Flying V. Also sold a couple Charvel 88s and an original Ibanez RG550. Would never sell my baby pink ESP Mirage Deluxe with the Jackson-style headstock !
It's what I didn't buy that I regret the most. I was looking for a new guitar in the 70's and wanted a Les Paul. The new ones were too expensive so I was digging through the old trade in guitars in the back. They had 3 gold tops from the 60's in my price range ($300.00 dollars) They had dings and dents and aging chrome. Out of all paint jobs, I thought the gold was the worst color. They just got a load of new Electra's in and had a big poster of the current guitar god playing and endorsing them, Mr. Peter Frampton. His live album was on all the radios. The blonde curly maple top Electra with gold hardware was the same price. I figured if it was good enough for Peter Frampton it must be OK. We all know what those old Gibson guitars are worth today. Those old Electra Omega models are just another page in history nobody wants to read.
I regret selling my Kramer striker guitar last year.
I was having trouble with the Floyd rose and the month after I saw a UA-cam video on how to fix the problem
Also sold a great fender squire strat in the 80’s to pay for repairs on a car accident. Couldn’t afford another guitar for years after
Back in the early 90s I bought a used Korean made Squier II Strat. Eventually I ended up with 3 Squier strats so I unloaded that one and one other. I do regret it. I had had it for 25+ years.
I also had an Epiphone LP Special which I regreted getting rid of, so I went out and looked and was able to get another one super inexpensive.
I had a Fender Cyclone that I got the first year they came out. I traded it for a mij Ibanez Talman. Now that Cyclone would sell for over $1k and the Talman would be worth around $800...so I now regret getting rid of both of those
I got one for you Robert, how about major guitar brands you never considered buying. For me it was Schecter until I tried one
I also worked as a roofing ground guy for a couple of summers saving for guitars as a teen!