SEHpicker Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 That thread about what guitar you'd never sell made me think about what happens to guitars we never sell. I'm sure there are some awesome instruments owned by the gang here on the forum. My lifer is a 90' LP Standard. So what would you like to see happen to your "beloved(s)" when you join the Great Band Upstairs? Personally, I don't have any kids and none of my nieces or nephews seem to be pursuing musicianship... maybe I'll meet a talented player one day that deserves a special instrument. (No time soon of course ! ). Main thing is - I'd like for this guitar to be played for a few hundred more years. SEHpicker The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." George Orwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Like you, I have no musician relations to leave them to except my Mom, and, well...that doesn't really solve the problem. I've thought about it, but haven't made any decisions. The strongest option in my mind is to find a school to leave them to. My only problem is which one: my HS doesn't really have a music program, but there are other schools that might like it. And there is a nearby college that has a program mentioned in the same kinds of circles as Berklee and Juliard. Second would be to donate them to a recording studio. I've also considered charities like Guitars for Vets, maybe the USO. Perhaps a hospital that does music therapy for vets and/or kids. Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Oh I don`t have to worry about that, no one would want my instruments. They`re BO-RING... Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I'll let the wife and kids decide...hopefully they'll check the values, sell them and put the money back into the estate. Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Oh I don`t have to worry about that, no one would want my instruments. They`re BO-RING... Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Everything of value, including the 56 Strat, would go to my wife, as compensation for her extreme level of sacrifice in putting up with me for over a quarter century. Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Good reminder. I'm only 61, but others have gone earlier than that. Next time I talk to one of my girls, I should tell them to find a fair place that buys used instruments. I know of one near where I live. Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Psmith Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 No kids, and, sadly, no obvious candidates among our nieces and nephews, as yet. If there were, I'd be sharing music with them now, rather than just leaving them some hunk of wood when I'm dead. Moving on . . . Like Scott, I'm leaving anything of value to my wife, who has more than earned it - although I wouldn't mind having one guitar go into the fire with me, just for ritual's sake. However, I keep a file with ALL my gear receipts, except picks and strings, for one thing, and I also keep a computer file of ALL my gear, from my guitars and amps, down to A-B-Y switches and little 1x4 splitters. It's detailed enough that my wife, who has major computer & 'net skills, could easily find the current value of any given piece of gear. I have a buddy, in rapidly failing health, who's taken a more pro-active approach. (Life-long Type 1 diabetic, in his late 50's, already been through a series of transplants, currently on dialysis - he's not kidding himself about how this winds up, and how soon.) His wife has no interest in his gear, and his daughter is too young to appreciate a pile of vintage MIDI gear & sound effects, so he's just been selling stuff off, to save his wife the added burden of dealing with it all, and to leave them something in the bank when he's gone. Makes good sense to me. "Monsters are real, and Ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." Stephen King http://www.novparolo.com https://thewinstonpsmithproject.bandcamp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I think a list and an approximate value of the big items would be a great idea and I'm going to get around to it one of these days...maybe this would be a good time to do it as I'm 63 and counting...would make it easier for the wife to figure out my little closet(s) stash hiding in plain sight. Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 You could also put instructions/info for the exeutor in your will: "have my musical gear appraised at _______" before the sale or disribution of it". Assuming, of course, you know a good place to have your stuff assessed. Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Mine are way too personal for me to assess a numeric value. No reasonable amount could compensate for the joy they've given me. I have some folks in mind to inherit specific instruments, but I may actually outlive most of them, cuz we've all reached the age where time takes its toll. The thought of them finding randomly chosen homes via resale creeps me out. I know they'e just exquisitely rendered hunks of wood and steel, without any life of their own, but they have immeasurably enhanced my life, and I'd like to think they could enrich someone else's through the years. Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 The reason to order an appraisal is so that your loved ones don't get put in a lawn sale by an executor who doesn't know any better. Here's a little reality: most people who have a will have one made and then never look at it again, when in reality, you need to at least re-evaluate it with every major life change: marriage, divorce, kids getting born... And all too often, people choose an executor who is just as likely to be deceased as they are. What I was taught to do by my Wills & Estate prof was to include as a secondary, tertiary (or whatever) executor an institution's Trust or Estate Management department. IOW, name a bank or insurance company as a backup. But even that only keeps a court from naming an executor if the people you selected are unable to serve in that capacity. Which means that the person who is handling your estate may not have the slightest clue as to how to handle your most precious belongings unless YOU tell them what to do. I've seen it too many times... The worst was a friend of mine who died of AIDS a long time ago. He had a huge movie memorabilia collection, including some oooooooold movie posters. His dad literally had a garage sale... If nothing else, sale of some of those items for their actual value could have covered his final expenses. Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Offhand the only person I can think of is my younger brother, who plays as as seriously as myself and is in several bands currently. But he is...I`m trying to avoid saying narrow minded snob and not doing well...he is a victim of guitar provincialism, for lack of a better term-in his mind there are three or four guitar makers and everything else is a knockoff. The idea of my guitars in his hands is too horrifying to contemplate. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 All the more reason to think about how NOT to leave them to him! Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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