My wife pointed this out to me, she's pretty smart :D "You have all these Epiphones and Squiers, but you're never happy with them. Sell them and buy the brands you really want." Oh boy, did she open a can of worms up LOL. There is nothing wrong with Epiphones and Squiers, they are just not the same as the USA counterparts, especially if they have a nitro finish.
@@jcout25 For me the finish isn't measured in how a guitar sounds, but how reacts, responds, reverberates, and resonates when played. Poly finish guitars just don't 'feel' the same to me, but they're not bad at all. Given the choice, I'm all in for nitro.
I have never sold a guitar- 36 guitars, basses and Mandolins. Maybe because I’m a lefty and it’s harder to replace them, but I prefer to let something grow on me. It took me a good 20 years to truly appreciate my Rickenbacker 12 string, and 15 years to tinker with my cheap B.C Rich into a baritone. I turned a cheap acoustic into a Nashville tuning guitar for recording. I have a couple of clunkers that have no redeeming features, but the truth is no one else would want them and I just keep them hoping I will eventually figure out something weird to do with it. Plus I don’t want to pay the sort of prices these days to replace them again later.
Understood. I have quite a few. (8 which I put together). Still a lousy player I had two clunker acoustics. They weren't being used and I figured that's just not right. So maybe someone else can have fun or get inspiration from them. Donated a nylon string, which wasn't too bad, along with some picks and a few packs of strings, to a Vietnam Veterans Organization. And a steel string to a local children's development center. A third decent, fairly new G&L Tribute, and a small amp, I gave to a family member for her son. Always feels good to donate. And I don't miss them at all.
I collected a bunch once I retired from my job. After finding a type and sound I liked then figuring out the level of care they needed, I started to sell the extras off. Because maintaining all of them becomes a job itself.
I just started bartering guitar maintenance for lessons with my instructor! I'm pretty good at fixing and setting them up, and he has about 20 that he doesn't maintain at all. by the time I get through all of the, it'll be time to redo the 1st one!!
What are you doing to your guitars that makes them constantly need maintenance? I have over 30. Their setups don't slip. I open them up once a year and use contact cleaner on the pots/jack. Takes less than an hour a year for routine maintenance on over 30 guitars.
@@jcout25 frets tarnish quickly. strings don't last very long when they're played a lot. the climate in MN changes drastically. even in his climate controlled garage/studio, the necks move a bit. my teacher is a constantly gigging musician, and he's hard on his gear. I'll gladly trade being his tech, one guitar at a time, for free lessons
Number One Reason most of us Sell or Trade a Guitar is to get a New, or a New to Us, Used Guitar. Number 2 was having something so Pretty you Don't or Won't Play it, as to worried might damage or hurt it
Your on to something there. I feel like I could toss my fenders about (I don't but you probably could). My Gibsons though, I panic a little bit just getting them out of there case.
I sold one because I had bought it in a bad time in my life and i couldn’t get past the stigma it just didn’t have good vibes. Hopefully it has new life now the guy that bought it was pretty excited about it 😂
Thanks guys for that video. I recently got a les paul standard 50s and decided that it's time to sell my american special strat as I don't play it often and I thought it is too bright. I held off on selling and now I m back in love with the strat and appreciate how different they actually are
Totally can relate even with a Duputren Contracture on my hand at 57 that was so bad it stopped me from playing for 5 years, once I got back to playing and I started being able to stretch out my hand again, I would like, dislike, like and dislike as the strength returned and now a year after almost full return to technique I like them and then get tired of them and put them down, cycle through others and then like them again. THIS IS MY HOBBY, I don't take away from my family and include them and teach them and I still spend less money than a lot of hobbies I know which it's your hobby, enjoy it, because I do. Great video and my wife plays too I taught her when we got married in 87 and she just steals mine she likes and that just makes me smile more. Happy picking!
G'day Jonathon & Baxter, I've still got 10 of the 12 guitars I've ever bought. I sold my first guitar as a trade-in for my second guitar. It was a 3/4 size nylon accoustic, it was 12 yo, & I wanted to start taking music lessons again. Many years later, I gave away my 5th guitar. It was my Squier Telecaster. My friend's son was starting to play guitar, and he had a Squier Strat. It was more important that he have my old Tele than it was for me to keep it. Andrew
If you keep trying to like something you feel you're "supposed" to love, but you just don't. I've bought and sold 3 Les Pauls. I don't like them and I'm done apologizing for that. It's not my fault. Turns out any song can be played on any guitar.
@@Pj32Sr Strats are my favorite. Perfect except for that volume knob. Thank God for Warmoth. You can order a pick guard with everything routed but leave the knob area blank and drill the holes yourself where you want them. I think it's around $45 or so and totally worth it.
@@Pj32SrStrats teach you to be clinical and be efficient. You don't need to hit your strings too hard. If you always hit the volume knob, you will have to refine your right hand technique.
I agree. I'm a Les Paul guy, but I understand that some guitars just don't feel right. I know so many people who swear that a tele or a strat is just perfect. But they don't feel as good to me as a Les Paul.
Me too...I've had at least 5 Les Paul's and I've sold off all but one. The small, slab body makes them feel like a boat anchor around my neck. An ES 335 that weighs the same feels better because the weight is distributed more evenly over the larger surface areas. LP's are sexy as hell, but super uncomfortable.
The guys that have personally owned 500+ guitars in their life have probably gone on and sold 450+ of them... in doing so finding the real gems and finding out what worked for me
Haha, I’m looking forward to playing Space Marine 2 myself! As for selling guitars, I regret parting ways with one or two over the years, mainly due to sentimental reasons. My first guitar is one I should have kept. It was just an inexpensive Ibanez but it was a Christmas gift from my parents. Oh well! We live and learn.
As an aside, with the exception of my old 1986 Kramer Pacer, which is more of a keepsake and sits in its case, if I don’t play a guitar, I start thinking about selling it. Also, I play my suuuuper pretty PRS hollowbody more than any other guitar. I switch between a few others depending on the sound that I am cosplaying.
I have never sold a guitar. I gave one away. I have thought about selling one or two, but I can't decide which one(s) I would sell. It's not an easy choice... even to sell the less expensive ones. I admire people who can make decisions. 😄
I have sold guitars I liked because I didn’t have room for them anymore. I sold a schechter c-1 with a neck through body, and a carved heel, that I just didn’t have room for. I miss that guitar. It had a beautiful flamed maple top.
That is right Jonathan, it is like Uncle Larry says, "if I only had that one specific guitar, then I would be happy"(picture Uncle Larry's face looking at you sullenly)...so funny! THAT said I need a 50's style strat and then I will be happy! thanks guys
I had my Fender Telecaster listed on Reverb for about two weeks. I was going to sell it and get a Gibson Les Paul studio that was about 14 years old. The store had the guitar for seven months. They still want a thousand dollars for it. Then I saw the video ad with Billy Gibons talking about the Seymour Duncan Red devil pickup for Telecasters. I still have the Telecaster in its original form. Nothing changed.
About 3 years ago my local shop got an old guvner. 35$ . I had never heard of it, went home listened to a couple of sound bites. Called the shop the next morning, gone! Someone bought it right after I left. 🤷🏼♂️
Can relate to the phobia of playing the dream guitar but over time I got over it, remembering why I got it in the first place which is to enjoy it as much as possible. Got a few scratches n dings , thats life. Not a collector or seller so just enjoying it as much as possible. If anyones struggling with the same phobia just remember we only get to take this ride once, rock out with your @#$%(guitar) out brother!
Completely agree. Have sold guitars as was looking for something different/bored of existing guitar. Always looking for that one special guitar. Feel I have that now, but still keep buying more 😂
I once sold a guitar to get a tube amp and a 4x12 (and an MiJ Jackson Dinky). I do regret it, despite of the fact I still have that Jackson, amp and 4x12 which have brought me a lot of joy.
I put a couple for sale on a unmentioned website. What a nightmare!! I would rather keep them than put up with the loss or the idiots. I played them after I had put up with that and thought, I'm selling these why ? Lol
Have one Strat one flying V one tele and 2 les Pauls. Selling the Tele and the Strat is next on the list. My Mick Ronson Les Paul is my number one and that will go in the casket with me someday. Hopefully a long time from now
Build the herd. That's what I've been doing for the last 20 yrs. My main gigging guitars (3) are good quality & American Made. Then I have others (4) that are foreign made with features I like. It works for me.
I’ve bought a bunch used through GC,clean them up and sell them on Reverb. I usually try to find one that I can move at a midway point. The only other time I get rid of them is if there’s something like neck dive.
Baxter's rambling asides about random space cows, obsession, openly being a complete nerd are ... just great. You be you Baxter. But be careful, there's a wormhole out there called ... modular synthesis and once you approach that gate ... it can drag you in. It's even worse than guitars, pedals and amps.
Good one today... because of space limitations, I keep a max of 6 guitars, so if there's one I'm not playing I might unload it to get a different experience with a newer guitar, that might be a different brand or combination of woods (speaking of acoustics mostly)... playability is way important... I own a Santa Cruz H-13, a Martin Authentic '37, and Lowden S-50 (from your shop) and they play like butter, consequently, I won't play anything that does not match up... I do have a very nice Collings that is too similar to the H-13 so one day it might go up on the blocks if I found a suitable replacement... thanks men...
My problem with selling guitars. I was young & never thought they would get this expensive. Plus I went on tour at the age of 18 for two years straight. I had no concept of reality.
Swaped MIJ Precision for a Strat 62 re-issue 30 years ago and I play it daily, swaped a Strat plus for a takamine, Santa Fe In its case, nearly all my guitars are second hand or B-Stock and I have about 5 no good, all the rest I love them dearly🎸 !00%......Don't sell them on, ''Trade them in''........🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
interesting you guys without saying it explicitly, sort of danced around the conversation that its not just the guitar, but the experience of buying it that really can make an instrument.... buying direct and getting a guitar in the mail isn't much of an experience, and a shop like you guys can make an instrument truly seem much more special, just from how the buying experience is so elevated beyond anything else... I think people are starting to appreciate the value of those experiences again post pandemic.
I’m hitting that age where we are downsizing from the big house to the retirement condo. Trying to figure out which 3 or 4 to keep. Also, need to decide which one amp I will keep, I don’t think the “old” folks will appreciate a Marshall stack while they are playing bingo.
I had like 12-13 guitars at one point, but I sold a bunch to get exactly what I thought I wanted. now it's 3 acoustic and 3 electric. Thinking of selling the Taylor to go down to 2 acoustics, and buying a Tele so I can have four electrics. Six in total is plenty for me.
I sold a '91 Gibson Les Paul classic and '97 Gibson Les Paul standard to buy a 2023 Gibson Les Paul custom. Best thing I've ever done. Huge upgrade in tone and overall versatility.
Yes I realize many people have no problem buying a guitar without playing it, and many will buy without playing it-but would prefer to. But I have to at least hold the guitar first. I have decided I was buying a guitar and a bass after holding it, before playing it. But I still played it at least unplugged. The feel is so important to me, but while most guitars won’t feel bad to me, many just don’t speak to me. I love the way mine feel when I hold them. I buy them to play and keep. Of course you may differ, and that’s cool. But that’s where I am coming from.
I've got a 000-15M that I tried at GC over covid. I loved it so I ordered one from Sweetwater. I couldn't put my finger on it, but I couldn't like it. I liked the one but not the other, same guitar. Finally I figured out, and this doesn't explain why I liked the first one other than they sound great, the nut is way too narrow. Sitting with it for a year and finally noticing that the nut is narrower, finally clued me in. It's for sale. I also don't like Strats, and a SE Silversky is a freaking Strat. It's for sale.
I have owned several strats, all gone now. Traded in on a D-35. I prefer the shorter scales of other makes for electrics. COULD I play them? Yea, but it was enough of a disturbance of muscle memory as to make for errors I could avoid. But for some reason the longer scale on Martin acoustics does not do that. I think it has a lot to do with the relative playing positions of body and neck electric vs acoustic. For electrics I generally prefer 335/339 or LP/Revstar style bodies. SGs, no.
I have not sold a guitar in many years. when I was younger, yes. always sold back then to have cash to buy better equip. although I have purchased some guitars online, I still prefer to play before buying. all 3 of my 10 were without playing 1st, but they were guitars I knew I wanted and no surprises to me. either way... presently its not a good time to be sellin' em.... unless you're buyin'
It’s impossible to know if you really like a particular guitar before buying it, even if you play it in the store. Through that out the window when it comes to boutique or custom made guitars. Buying and selling guitars is the only way to properly try out everything to know for sure what you like.
I sell guitars if they don't "feel right"' after about one or two of trying. Something about single cut away guitars like Teles and Les Paul standards does not work for me. Even though I keep trying I still fall back to a Strat and a SG or 335. to get that sound. (I know first hand they are not the same guitar) After I sell, I never look back. Its far more fun looking forward to the next one than wishing I had the old one back. That's why I have removed all my rear view mirrors in my car. :).
In the late 80's - early 90's I was a tech for a "local guitar store" in the northeast. The owner paid me to check/setup/tweak every guitar that the shop bought. Both new and used. Why? because we sold more guitars than any competitor and had way fewer returns! I don't care if it's a Martin or an Esteban, every guitar can benefit from a proper setup! IMHO, a lot of returned internet sales guitars show up badly setup and most players don't "have a guy" local that they can go to! We'd take in trade nice guitars that played horribly for cheap because they played so bad. Most were an hour or two on the bench and then on the wall for a lot more money! Now some would be a bit more serious work but we did not sell guitars needing serious work to the public.
After lusting for a martin 00015 for a year, I finally bought one a couple of months ago. I absolutely could not bond with it! The neck just felt to narrow even though I had other guitars with the same width neck. Couldn’t explain it, I tried and tried to bond but just couldn’t justify having a $1200 guitar that wasn’t my 1st to go to. I sold it and it sucks. 😢
Video games have been 60 bucks for close to 30 years now. So it's not a shock prices are going up. More work gets put into these new games and can't expect bargain basement prices like we used too.
That statistic on ordering guitars is crazy. I always liked Carvin stuff. When I was a kid in the 80s, if you mentioned you were even THINKING about getting a Carvin, you'd usually get massively roasted... "Pff! You're going to buy a MAIL ORDER guitar!? lol"
In general I don't like selling any guitar. I can't play most guitars before I buy them, so I research it like crazy before I buy it I've returned 2, traded 1, & sold one. The 2 I returned were because I don't like the pickups in them. The trade was my fault by not looking at the nut width (which was too small after a year of trying to make it work). The one I sold was my first 7 string on a 24.75" scale, just too short for a low Bb tuning, I like tension & even with 11-60 strings it didn't work for me.
Speaking for acoustic guy I have sold or traded a few electronic guitars. I have given my nephew one of each. I have never sold an acoustic guitar. After I am dead, have fun.
Space Marine 1 was also great, just played it first time last year. You can get it on steam for couple of bucks if you are steam player. 70 bucks is also nuts. You can get origininal codes for steam usually for 45 buck or so on the day one. I will wait with this one anyways, too many unfinished games :D. On a guitar note, I keep my herd at cca 25 where I got enough Fenders, Gibsons, Revstars and Gretches to never get bored and I got some guitar to always switch to :).
I have two electrics but only one I really like playing. The other is not bad but I have not really connected with it because I like the other one better. I could sell it to maybe get another pedal, a recording interface.. or pants.
Had an G&L ASAT that was mint. USA model and I was afraid to play it because it was so nice. Sold a couple of Strats because the neck is too thin (modern C is awful for big hands) or had the small frets. Bought a 1st year of production Heritage H140 but hated it because of the thin D shape the did back in the 80’s. Still have it but I’ve sold it and bought it back twice. Lastly, I bought a 25th Anniversary Reverend for “collectors” value. It has no more value than any other Rev. Right now, I can’t sell anything. Market has dried up. No one is buying except those looking for the latest and greatest.
I've only had 1 guitar I wish I never sold. It was a 1976 gibson les paul natural maple top maple neck. I own way too many but none are off limits. I play then when I feel like it. There always going to get light wear. Enjoy them like you would your daily driver.
Slim-Taper Neck - Most of the ones I have sold had Slim-Taper neck profiles. Others - Sold because I was afraid to play it (Fender Custom Shop). Too expensive for my taste...
I'm down to 5 guitars. One guitar I've had since 1977, one since 2005 and the other 3 since 2016 and 2017. I play the '05 the most. The oldest one has been promised to my son, so it'll never leave. The newer 3 could go away and I probably wouldn't miss them. I have zero plans to play out again and don't record... Maybe it's time to say good-bye...
I think a lot of guitars are bought because of exterior pressures regarding the "right" guitar. When the player realizes the hype doesn’t fit what they personally wanted, bye bye "guitar X". Chasing the tone dragon is a suckers game the older I get.
Feeling very triggered. I have a 1978 Gibson Dove Custom that rarely comes out of my closet (maybe hasn’t left home in five years). I’ve lovingly abused it over the past 29 years and had it repaired in various ways and it still loves me back. But during the pandemic I saw some of the same model listed on Reverb with asking prices of $4K and even up to $5K. I immediately felt horrified at what I’ve done to her over the years. Still very playable, still responsive to everything I want from it, but now I’m feeling so deeply unworthy and gravitate straight to my classical and my 12-string. So, go see a therapist to get over my precious self? Or sell the Dove to finance the therapy? Decisions, decisions … 😢
I'm selling a Tele as we speak, probably only the second time I've ever sold a guitar, ftr. I had it for almost 4 years now, and it's a great guitar, very deserving to be played...but I'm not playing it. So, I suppose I'm selling it out of guilt. Let it go to someone who will love it. I have a great CS Tele that is simply MY guitar that kind of took the place of the one I'm selling.
You can pick the best guitar for your own use while wearing a blindfold but nobody does that. Most buyers order a guitar online or wear earplugs & gloves instead, only use their eyes. Eventually they sell or send that guitar back because they don’t like it.
Has happened a few times, theft of a loved guitar that has like sub 100 resale to pawn shop/music stores. Have been looking for my yamaha eg112 that I started with for the better part of 20 years. Also sold bc of a marriage once. Don't recommend that.
The budget guitars never stick for me. Ill buy them cause they look good then take them home and not really like them that much. Budget guitars meaning squires. Ive done great with MIM cause I can work on a guitar. But the cheap cheap cheap ones. $100-600 range.. MEH. Even squires... Just don't like them that much. Bought a cheaper $394 Epiphone as well same. Seems like $800 is this magic threshold. Now I just save up.. Buy the top of the line productions... But not yet ready for the customs. I guess once you play the nicer instruments you get spoiled. Always wanted to be that guy that loves his Squire.. Just never happened.
Afraid to play it. haha.. I got a Carvin DH550B. Literally irreplaceable. Thing was $3700 in 2010. Which is a lot of money especially for a Carvin (Directly from Carvin). Thing is the perfect guitar. So beautiful I never ever will bring it out. It sits there in a collection that does get played. The DH550B though man.. That's my crown jewel. The rest of my guitars are Fender Strat variations. (Im one of those 14 strat guys). lol.. . but the carvin is just so beautiful and different.
Had too many mediocre ones I didn't love so I consolidated them into great guitars that I do love.
I enjoy your vedios!!
keep making vvedios!
Michael
St.Augustine, Fl.
My wife pointed this out to me, she's pretty smart :D "You have all these Epiphones and Squiers, but you're never happy with them. Sell them and buy the brands you really want." Oh boy, did she open a can of worms up LOL. There is nothing wrong with Epiphones and Squiers, they are just not the same as the USA counterparts, especially if they have a nitro finish.
@@kennethh2430 Lol nitro doesn't mean anything besides a higher price tag, mate. Regardless, buy what makes you and the wifey happy.
@@jcout25 For me the finish isn't measured in how a guitar sounds, but how reacts, responds, reverberates, and resonates when played. Poly finish guitars just don't 'feel' the same to me, but they're not bad at all. Given the choice, I'm all in for nitro.
@@jcout25 nitro defenitely means a lot in comparison to poly ....
As a modern progressive metal tele player, I agree with Jonathan. Everyone needs a tele. See Baroness.
I have never sold a guitar- 36 guitars, basses and Mandolins. Maybe because I’m a lefty and it’s harder to replace them, but I prefer to let something grow on me. It took me a good 20 years to truly appreciate my Rickenbacker 12 string, and 15 years to tinker with my cheap B.C Rich into a baritone. I turned a cheap acoustic into a Nashville tuning guitar for recording. I have a couple of clunkers that have no redeeming features, but the truth is no one else would want them and I just keep them hoping I will eventually figure out something weird to do with it.
Plus I don’t want to pay the sort of prices these days to replace them again later.
I love stringed instruments too.
Understood. I have quite a few. (8 which I put together). Still a lousy player
I had two clunker acoustics. They weren't being used and I figured that's just not right. So maybe someone else can have fun or get inspiration from them. Donated a nylon string, which wasn't too bad, along with some picks and a few packs of strings, to a Vietnam Veterans Organization. And a steel string to a local children's development center. A third decent, fairly new G&L Tribute, and a small amp, I gave to a family member for her son. Always feels good to donate. And I don't miss them at all.
I collected a bunch once I retired from my job. After finding a type and sound I liked then figuring out the level of care they needed, I started to sell the extras off. Because maintaining all of them becomes a job itself.
yeah, this is why i often think about selling off a guitar. and then i play it and say to myself, "oh guitar how could i give you up?"
I just started bartering guitar maintenance for lessons with my instructor! I'm pretty good at fixing and setting them up, and he has about 20 that he doesn't maintain at all. by the time I get through all of the, it'll be time to redo the 1st one!!
What are you doing to your guitars that makes them constantly need maintenance? I have over 30. Their setups don't slip. I open them up once a year and use contact cleaner on the pots/jack. Takes less than an hour a year for routine maintenance on over 30 guitars.
@@jcout25 frets tarnish quickly. strings don't last very long when they're played a lot. the climate in MN changes drastically. even in his climate controlled garage/studio, the necks move a bit. my teacher is a constantly gigging musician, and he's hard on his gear. I'll gladly trade being his tech, one guitar at a time, for free lessons
@@seancollins3106 what you said, and i play more acoustics than electrics, so a bit more finicky.
Number One Reason most of us Sell or Trade a Guitar is to get a New, or a New to Us, Used Guitar. Number 2 was having something so Pretty you Don't or Won't Play it, as to worried might damage or hurt it
Your on to something there. I feel like I could toss my fenders about (I don't but you probably could). My Gibsons though, I panic a little bit just getting them out of there case.
I sold one because I had bought it in a bad time in my life and i couldn’t get past the stigma it just didn’t have good vibes. Hopefully it has new life now the guy that bought it was pretty excited about it 😂
Lemmy said it best: "the chase is better than the catch"
There’s a hell of a lot of truth to this 🤙
Excellent, something to look forward to!
Thanks guys for that video. I recently got a les paul standard 50s and decided that it's time to sell my american special strat as I don't play it often and I thought it is too bright. I held off on selling and now I m back in love with the strat and appreciate how different they actually are
Totally can relate even with a Duputren Contracture on my hand at 57 that was so bad it stopped me from playing for 5 years, once I got back to playing and I started being able to stretch out my hand again, I would like, dislike, like and dislike as the strength returned and now a year after almost full return to technique I like them and then get tired of them and put them down, cycle through others and then like them again. THIS IS MY HOBBY, I don't take away from my family and include them and teach them and I still spend less money than a lot of hobbies I know which it's your hobby, enjoy it, because I do. Great video and my wife plays too I taught her when we got married in 87 and she just steals mine she likes and that just makes me smile more. Happy picking!
Great job guys! I think I can relate to every one of your examples 😳
I don't like videos pertaining to selling my guitars! LOL... you guys are the best keep up the great work!
G'day Jonathon & Baxter,
I've still got 10 of the 12 guitars I've ever bought. I sold my first guitar as a trade-in for my second guitar. It was a 3/4 size nylon accoustic, it was 12 yo, & I wanted to start taking music lessons again. Many years later, I gave away my 5th guitar. It was my Squier Telecaster. My friend's son was starting to play guitar, and he had a Squier Strat. It was more important that he have my old Tele than it was for me to keep it.
Andrew
If you keep trying to like something you feel you're "supposed" to love, but you just don't. I've bought and sold 3 Les Pauls. I don't like them and I'm done apologizing for that. It's not my fault. Turns out any song can be played on any guitar.
@@Pj32Sr Strats are my favorite. Perfect except for that volume knob. Thank God for Warmoth. You can order a pick guard with everything routed but leave the knob area blank and drill the holes yourself where you want them. I think it's around $45 or so and totally worth it.
@@Pj32SrStrats teach you to be clinical and be efficient. You don't need to hit your strings too hard. If you always hit the volume knob, you will have to refine your right hand technique.
I feel the same way about LP’s and SG’s . Love the sound, dislike the feel
I agree. I'm a Les Paul guy, but I understand that some guitars just don't feel right.
I know so many people who swear that a tele or a strat is just perfect.
But they don't feel as good to me as a Les Paul.
Me too...I've had at least 5 Les Paul's and I've sold off all but one. The small, slab body makes them feel like a boat anchor around my neck. An ES 335 that weighs the same feels better because the weight is distributed more evenly over the larger surface areas. LP's are sexy as hell, but super uncomfortable.
The guys that have personally owned 500+ guitars in their life have probably gone on and sold 450+ of them... in doing so finding the real gems and finding out what worked for me
Haha, I’m looking forward to playing Space Marine 2 myself!
As for selling guitars, I regret parting ways with one or two over the years, mainly due to sentimental reasons. My first guitar is one I should have kept. It was just an inexpensive Ibanez but it was a Christmas gift from my parents. Oh well! We live and learn.
Need money? Who needs money when you have enough guitars to keep you warm at night. 🌙
Always buy, never sell. Speaking of selling guitars, I would love to hear what you think about the Rory Gallagher items being auctioned.
So, the guitar store guys are saying buy and keep guitars… sounds legit. I’m in.
As an aside, with the exception of my old 1986 Kramer Pacer, which is more of a keepsake and sits in its case, if I don’t play a guitar, I start thinking about selling it. Also, I play my suuuuper pretty PRS hollowbody more than any other guitar. I switch between a few others depending on the sound that I am cosplaying.
I have never sold a guitar. I gave one away. I have thought about selling one or two, but I can't decide which one(s) I would sell. It's not an easy choice... even to sell the less expensive ones. I admire people who can make decisions. 😄
I have a HH jaguar that just doesn’t talk to me. Every time I play it, it bores me. It sits in my rack because it was my first Fender.
I have sold guitars I liked because I didn’t have room for them anymore. I sold a schechter c-1 with a neck through body, and a carved heel, that I just didn’t have room for. I miss that guitar. It had a beautiful flamed maple top.
This is bang on
John 5 makes a Telly sound pretty metal.
There’s no reason you can’t with a solid bridge pickup, I got a broadcaster to sound pretty heavy through a Marshall!
@@mohamedtlass3842 Jim Root makes his jazz master and Telly pretty darn chuggy
I'm with you I don't give up guitars or any gear 😊
WHat do yall think of the Gibson Victory reissue?
That is right Jonathan, it is like Uncle Larry says, "if I only had that one specific guitar, then I would be happy"(picture Uncle Larry's face looking at you sullenly)...so funny! THAT said I need a 50's style strat and then I will be happy! thanks guys
Ya got any Gibson Les Paul Studios in black?
I had my Fender Telecaster listed on Reverb for about two weeks. I was going to sell it and get a Gibson Les Paul studio that was about 14 years old. The store had the guitar for seven months. They still want a thousand dollars for it. Then I saw the video ad with Billy Gibons talking about the Seymour Duncan Red devil pickup for Telecasters. I still have the Telecaster in its original form. Nothing changed.
The big regret multiple decades later about the Les Paul Custom you paid next to nothing for that you let slip away.😢
Rarely miss the gear I sell or trade, but there are some exceptions. Recently got the new Guv’nor after regretting the trade for 25 years
About 3 years ago my local shop got an old guvner. 35$ . I had never heard of it, went home listened to a couple of sound bites. Called the shop the next morning, gone! Someone bought it right after I left. 🤷🏼♂️
Space Marine 2 kicks ass! Enjoyed it so much I’ve started watching lore videos.
Can relate to the phobia of playing the dream guitar but over time I got over it, remembering why I got it in the first place which is to enjoy
it as much as possible. Got a few scratches n dings , thats life. Not a collector or seller so just enjoying it as much as possible.
If anyones struggling with the same phobia just remember we only get to take this ride once, rock out with your @#$%(guitar) out brother!
I put stickers all over my bass so I can’t sell it. It’s mine forever unless I want to give it away lol
Completely agree. Have sold guitars as was looking for something different/bored of existing guitar. Always looking for that one special guitar. Feel I have that now, but still keep buying more 😂
I once sold a guitar to get a tube amp and a 4x12 (and an MiJ Jackson Dinky).
I do regret it, despite of the fact I still have that Jackson, amp and 4x12 which have brought me a lot of joy.
I put a couple for sale on a unmentioned website. What a nightmare!! I would rather keep them than put up with the loss or the idiots. I played them after I had put up with that and thought, I'm selling these why ? Lol
Have one Strat one flying V one tele and 2 les Pauls. Selling the Tele and the Strat is next on the list. My Mick Ronson Les Paul is my number one and that will go in the casket with me someday. Hopefully a long time from now
Build the herd. That's what I've been doing for the last 20 yrs. My main gigging guitars (3) are good quality & American Made. Then I have others (4) that are foreign made with features I like. It works for me.
My God, the Lost Fleet is such a great series!
I sell guitars to upgrade. Or if I’m broke.
I’ve bought a bunch used through GC,clean them up and sell them on Reverb. I usually try to find one that I can move at a midway point. The only other time I get rid of them is if there’s something like neck dive.
Baxter what is up with FCS 70th anniversary 54 strats and they are using 60 and 56 bodies and calling them 54 Strats?
I have an EJ Strat with a v neck and 12 inch radius. I didnt like the V neck initially. Its my favorite shape now.
Baxter's rambling asides about random space cows, obsession, openly being a complete nerd are ... just great. You be you Baxter. But be careful, there's a wormhole out there called ... modular synthesis and once you approach that gate ... it can drag you in. It's even worse than guitars, pedals and amps.
Good one today... because of space limitations, I keep a max of 6 guitars, so if there's one I'm not playing I might unload it to get a different experience with a newer guitar, that might be a different brand or combination of woods (speaking of acoustics mostly)... playability is way important... I own a Santa Cruz H-13, a Martin Authentic '37, and Lowden S-50 (from your shop) and they play like butter, consequently, I won't play anything that does not match up... I do have a very nice Collings that is too similar to the H-13 so one day it might go up on the blocks if I found a suitable replacement... thanks men...
My problem with selling guitars. I was young & never thought they would get this expensive. Plus I went on tour at the age of 18 for two years straight. I had no concept of reality.
Swaped MIJ Precision for a Strat 62 re-issue 30 years ago and I play it daily, swaped a Strat plus for a takamine, Santa Fe
In its case, nearly all my guitars are second hand or B-Stock and I have about 5 no good, all the rest I love them dearly🎸
!00%......Don't sell them on, ''Trade them in''........🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
interesting you guys without saying it explicitly, sort of danced around the conversation that its not just the guitar, but the experience of buying it that really can make an instrument.... buying direct and getting a guitar in the mail isn't much of an experience, and a shop like you guys can make an instrument truly seem much more special, just from how the buying experience is so elevated beyond anything else... I think people are starting to appreciate the value of those experiences again post pandemic.
If it don’t play, it don’t stay!
One comes home, one gets sold. 4 is plenty of guitars for me
I’m hitting that age where we are downsizing from the big house to the retirement condo. Trying to figure out which 3 or 4 to keep. Also, need to decide which one amp I will keep, I don’t think the “old” folks will appreciate a Marshall stack while they are playing bingo.
I had like 12-13 guitars at one point, but I sold a bunch to get exactly what I thought I wanted. now it's 3 acoustic and 3 electric. Thinking of selling the Taylor to go down to 2 acoustics, and buying a Tele so I can have four electrics. Six in total is plenty for me.
I sold a '91 Gibson Les Paul classic and '97 Gibson Les Paul standard to buy a 2023 Gibson Les Paul custom. Best thing I've ever done. Huge upgrade in tone and overall versatility.
Yes I realize many people have no problem buying a guitar without playing it, and many will buy without playing it-but would prefer to.
But I have to at least hold the guitar first.
I have decided I was buying a guitar and a bass after holding it, before playing it. But I still played it at least unplugged.
The feel is so important to me, but while most guitars won’t feel bad to me, many just don’t speak to me. I love the way mine feel when I hold them.
I buy them to play and keep.
Of course you may differ, and that’s cool.
But that’s where I am coming from.
I've got a 000-15M that I tried at GC over covid. I loved it so I ordered one from Sweetwater. I couldn't put my finger on it, but I couldn't like it. I liked the one but not the other, same guitar. Finally I figured out, and this doesn't explain why I liked the first one other than they sound great, the nut is way too narrow. Sitting with it for a year and finally noticing that the nut is narrower, finally clued me in. It's for sale. I also don't like Strats, and a SE Silversky is a freaking Strat. It's for sale.
I have owned several strats, all gone now. Traded in on a D-35. I prefer the shorter scales of other makes for electrics. COULD I play them? Yea, but it was enough of a disturbance of muscle memory as to make for errors I could avoid. But for some reason the longer scale on Martin acoustics does not do that. I think it has a lot to do with the relative playing positions of body and neck electric vs acoustic. For electrics I generally prefer 335/339 or LP/Revstar style bodies. SGs, no.
I have not sold a guitar in many years. when I was younger, yes. always sold back then to have cash to buy better equip. although I have purchased some guitars online, I still prefer to play before buying. all 3 of my 10 were without playing 1st, but they were guitars I knew I wanted and no surprises to me. either way... presently its not a good time to be sellin' em.... unless you're buyin'
Jonathan's hair looks so shiny and luxurious
It’s impossible to know if you really like a particular guitar before buying it, even if you play it in the store. Through that out the window when it comes to boutique or custom made guitars. Buying and selling guitars is the only way to properly try out everything to know for sure what you like.
I sell guitars if they don't "feel right"' after about one or two of trying. Something about single cut away guitars like Teles and Les Paul standards does not work for me. Even though I keep trying I still fall back to a Strat and a SG or 335. to get that sound. (I know first hand they are not the same guitar) After I sell, I never look back. Its far more fun looking forward to the next one than wishing I had the old one back. That's why I have removed all my rear view mirrors in my car. :).
In the late 80's - early 90's I was a tech for a "local guitar store" in the northeast. The owner paid me to check/setup/tweak every guitar that the shop bought. Both new and used.
Why? because we sold more guitars than any competitor and had way fewer returns! I don't care if it's a Martin or an Esteban, every guitar can benefit from a proper setup!
IMHO, a lot of returned internet sales guitars show up badly setup and most players don't "have a guy" local that they can go to! We'd take in trade nice guitars that
played horribly for cheap because they played so bad. Most were an hour or two on the bench and then on the wall for a lot more money! Now some would be
a bit more serious work but we did not sell guitars needing serious work to the public.
After lusting for a martin 00015 for a year, I finally bought one a couple of months ago. I absolutely could not bond with it! The neck just felt to narrow even though I had other guitars with the same width neck. Couldn’t explain it, I tried and tried to bond but just couldn’t justify having a $1200 guitar that wasn’t my 1st to go to.
I sold it and it sucks. 😢
Video games have been 60 bucks for close to 30 years now. So it's not a shock prices are going up. More work gets put into these new games and can't expect bargain basement prices like we used too.
I recently bought a 42 style OM. I think I like it, but it's mine.
REASON #1: THE WIFE
"That's it, get rid of some of these guitars!"
That statistic on ordering guitars is crazy. I always liked Carvin stuff. When I was a kid in the 80s, if you mentioned you were even THINKING about getting a Carvin, you'd usually get massively roasted... "Pff! You're going to buy a MAIL ORDER guitar!? lol"
In general I don't like selling any guitar. I can't play most guitars before I buy them, so I research it like crazy before I buy it I've returned 2, traded 1, & sold one. The 2 I returned were because I don't like the pickups in them. The trade was my fault by not looking at the nut width (which was too small after a year of trying to make it work). The one I sold was my first 7 string on a 24.75" scale, just too short for a low Bb tuning, I like tension & even with 11-60 strings it didn't work for me.
I had too many at 1 time but now I just loan them out or they are wall art! I will have all my walls covered!
"Cell"? How do you spell it? I just don't understand what you're talking about.
As acoustic guy, I am looking at 10. I still desire a maple back and a resonator. But...
Speaking for acoustic guy I have sold or traded a few electronic guitars. I have given my nephew one of each. I have never sold an acoustic guitar. After I am dead, have fun.
Space Marine 1 was also great, just played it first time last year. You can get it on steam for couple of bucks if you are steam player. 70 bucks is also nuts. You can get origininal codes for steam usually for 45 buck or so on the day one. I will wait with this one anyways, too many unfinished games :D.
On a guitar note, I keep my herd at cca 25 where I got enough Fenders, Gibsons, Revstars and Gretches to never get bored and I got some guitar to always switch to :).
I have two electrics but only one I really like playing. The other is not bad but I have not really connected with it because I like the other one better. I could sell it to maybe get another pedal, a recording interface.. or pants.
I sold a 1972 Fender Mustang Competition with original case for $100, because it would go out of tune when I used the whammy bar. Duh!!!
Had an G&L ASAT that was mint. USA model and I was afraid to play it because it was so nice. Sold a couple of Strats because the neck is too thin (modern C is awful for big hands) or had the small frets. Bought a 1st year of production Heritage H140 but hated it because of the thin D shape the did back in the 80’s. Still have it but I’ve sold it and bought it back twice. Lastly, I bought a 25th Anniversary Reverend for “collectors” value. It has no more value than any other Rev. Right now, I can’t sell anything. Market has dried up. No one is buying except those looking for the latest and greatest.
I havent sold a guitar in 25 years. I hate selling my guitars. But late last year was the first time i bought a guitar online.
I've only had 1 guitar I wish I never sold. It was a 1976 gibson les paul natural maple top maple neck. I own way too many but none are off limits. I play then when I feel like it. There always going to get light wear. Enjoy them like you would your daily driver.
Selling guitars feels like admitting defeat
Slim-Taper Neck - Most of the ones I have sold had Slim-Taper neck profiles.
Others - Sold because I was afraid to play it (Fender Custom Shop). Too expensive for my taste...
That crippling fear of ruining your new favorite guitar is exactly why I only buy used and blemished guitars
I'm down to 5 guitars. One guitar I've had since 1977, one since 2005 and the other 3 since 2016 and 2017. I play the '05 the most. The oldest one has been promised to my son, so it'll never leave. The newer 3 could go away and I probably wouldn't miss them. I have zero plans to play out again and don't record... Maybe it's time to say good-bye...
I think a lot of guitars are bought because of exterior pressures regarding the "right" guitar. When the player realizes the hype doesn’t fit what they personally wanted, bye bye "guitar X". Chasing the tone dragon is a suckers game the older I get.
Feeling very triggered. I have a 1978 Gibson Dove Custom that rarely comes out of my closet (maybe hasn’t left home in five years). I’ve lovingly abused it over the past 29 years and had it repaired in various ways and it still loves me back. But during the pandemic I saw some of the same model listed on Reverb with asking prices of $4K and even up to $5K. I immediately felt horrified at what I’ve done to her over the years. Still very playable, still responsive to everything I want from it, but now I’m feeling so deeply unworthy and gravitate straight to my classical and my 12-string. So, go see a therapist to get over my precious self? Or sell the Dove to finance the therapy? Decisions, decisions … 😢
I'm selling a Tele as we speak, probably only the second time I've ever sold a guitar, ftr. I had it for almost 4 years now, and it's a great guitar, very deserving to be played...but I'm not playing it. So, I suppose I'm selling it out of guilt. Let it go to someone who will love it. I have a great CS Tele that is simply MY guitar that kind of took the place of the one I'm selling.
for the emperor
I did
You can pick the best guitar for your own use while wearing a blindfold but nobody does that. Most buyers order a guitar online or wear earplugs & gloves instead, only use their eyes. Eventually they sell or send that guitar back because they don’t like it.
MGK schecters are 499 now st GC
Always, always because I need the money 😢
Outlaws isn’t a bad game. Just getting into things but it’s fun so far.
Best take away from this video: "...Play it, man."
Bought new 61 reissue Gibson SG and an American pro II in dark night brand new . Had to sell them because they were too nice to play.😂
My wife says I have to sell one (of my choice)! Help!
(I know that I don't *have* to, but I don't want to incur the relationship damage.)
BORDOM. Thank God you’re both so pretty xx
I have never sold a guitar. I have given 3 away.
Giving away my Martin was a mistake.
Has happened a few times, theft of a loved guitar that has like sub 100 resale to pawn shop/music stores. Have been looking for my yamaha eg112 that I started with for the better part of 20 years.
Also sold bc of a marriage once. Don't recommend that.
I don't believe anybody should EVER sell any piece of gear they own. Just stockpile it like a bunch of guns, ammo, and canned food.
I sold off all of my electric guitars and use the money for a custom Martin. Now I GAS for acoustic guitars..
Even Casino Guitars knows IGN is full of crap.
The budget guitars never stick for me. Ill buy them cause they look good then take them home and not really like them that much. Budget guitars meaning squires. Ive done great with MIM cause I can work on a guitar. But the cheap cheap cheap ones. $100-600 range.. MEH. Even squires... Just don't like them that much. Bought a cheaper $394 Epiphone as well same.
Seems like $800 is this magic threshold. Now I just save up.. Buy the top of the line productions... But not yet ready for the customs. I guess once you play the nicer instruments you get spoiled. Always wanted to be that guy that loves his Squire.. Just never happened.
Afraid to play it. haha.. I got a Carvin DH550B. Literally irreplaceable. Thing was $3700 in 2010. Which is a lot of money especially for a Carvin (Directly from Carvin). Thing is the perfect guitar. So beautiful I never ever will bring it out. It sits there in a collection that does get played. The DH550B though man.. That's my crown jewel. The rest of my guitars are Fender Strat variations. (Im one of those 14 strat guys). lol.. . but the carvin is just so beautiful and different.