More idiotic, ridiculous, and stupid to play with...

[picker]

I saw the "what if you could afford your dream setup" thread, and it got me thinking. There are a lot of things I would stand as much chance of getting back as I would getting the rigs of famous people. So, I thought, what about getting back stuff I had to let go or was too dumb to hold onto? I just know I'm nnot the only one with those kind of regrets.

 

For me, I still miss my Mark III 60 watt Boogie, I'd love to get that one back. And I used to have A Heritage 80 Elite Les Paul that was the best LP I ever played. And, there was an Ibanez semi hollowbody similar to the John Scofield model that I miss dearly. There were a few strats and teles I wouldn't mind having back, and a Firebird V reissue, a Parker FLy, a white Hendrix Strat(right handed, with the reversed bridge p/up and the reverse stagger on the others, a PRS 10 top cherry burst, a reworked ES-340,, and a BUNCH of pedals.

 

How about you?

[whitefang]

Just because I had a lot of fun with it, I regret losing track of my '67 Kalamazoo Melody Maker.

 

No great shakes as a guitar, but it DID have a lot of sentimental value, so there's that.

 

I did spot it's twin at a local pawn shop abut a decade or so ago, and I can't recall why I didn't bother to get it, as they weren't asking much for it.

 

But there's not anything, really, on the scope of what many of YOU guys probably can mention.

Whitefang

[Dannyalcatraz]

I haven't sold any gear, but there are several deals out there I kick myself about not taking advantage of.

 

The first was a Dean Time Capsule Cadillac, HH, in black. It was sent to me in error- the one I ordered through Murphy's (my FLMS) was HHH in a flamed tobacco burst. I immediately pointed this out, and Murphy's took care of it.

 

A couple weeks later, they called me. The regional Dean rep had personally delivered the correct guitar to the store, and he wanted to talk to me. I showed up, and the rep explained Dean REALLY didn't want those TCs cpbeing returned, for any reason- would I be interested in making a deal for the Caddy that had been sent in error? He asked me to make an offer.

 

I explained that I was already stretching my budget to buy the one I ordered, and any offer I could make would only be an insult. We talked a while longer, but I was adamant.

 

I shoulda bought that damn guitar! To this day, my TC Caddy is among my favorites to play. It's a helluva guitar. I've even seen the one I passé over on eBay recently, still in nearly pristine condition, mocking me in its dark glory.

 

I have had chances to buy some Red Witch pedals at 50% off, a used Jon Kammerer custom in walnut for @1/3 of its original price, a beautiful dark blue metal-flake Gibson SG, and so forth...all passed on.

 

And if I had known sooner how good Reverend guitars are, I'd have been buying them for years.

[Larryz]

I had the same thoughts Picker when I posted the link on the other thread of Scotty Moore holding his old ES 295. The smile on his face in the pictures says it all...

 

For me, there are only a few that still haunt me to this day:

 

1). Early 70's Fender Twin Reverb amplifier

 

2). Early 70's Les Paul tobacco sunburst Deluxe

 

3). Roland Juno 60 keyboard

 

I would still pay to get them back and I wouldn't mind having my old lipstick-tube-pickuped Silvertone circa 1963 or so as I heard Jimi Hendrix had one at one time...

 

[Scott Fraser]

Well, there was the Fender Jazz Bass, going for $130 used in about 1966 that I thought I could get a better price on & walked away from. I REALLY should have come up with another $30 & had me a bass for the ages.

However, a couple years later I picked up a used (i.e. 1956) Strat for $130 at my local mom & pops music store, because I couldn't afford a new one. I understand those are worth a little bit more than that these days. Weird to think that at one time there was no such thing as "vintage", & that a used 50's model was just considered old & worn out, not of much value.

[Caevan O'Shite]

1956 "tweed" Fender "low power" Twin Amp,

 

1997 Gibson Les Paul Ltd-Ed. "Gem"-series Ruby,

 

Shin-ei JAX FY-2 fuzz/octave-fuzz,

 

'79 "Bootsy Collins" EH Small Stone phaser,

 

'79/'80 "IC"/"Op-Amp" V4 or V5 EH Big Muff Pi,

 

'70s EH Deluxe Memory Man,

 

'80s Arion Stereo Flanger,

 

a couple of TC Electronic Stereo Chorus/Flanger + Pitch Modulator pedals,

 

early '70s "silverface" Fender Champ,

 

'80s "red-knob" Fender The Twin...

 

Then there was a fantastic 1954 Gibson Les Paul that someone had converted to a more-or-less 'counterfeit' '59 "sunburst", and quite beautifully so, that I had money down on- but then got laid-off and had to pass on, after all...

[02R96]

I'd like to have back my first real guitar. It was an Ibanez AX220 QM

 

 

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae32/02R96/1b9e1e93-d19b-449f-adfa-81274f6a91e8.jpg

 

 

They are still out there, but I've never seen one with the quilting as nice as that one was. I replaced all of the chrome hardware with black pieces. But when I bought my Tele I thought I didn't need this one anymore. Dumb logic, dumb decision.

[Winston Psmith]

Ah, man, there are only really two. I had one of the early The Heritage guitars, which I'd gotten for a stupid price, but I had to sell it during hard times. The other was a Hamer Eclipse that I never played, because it was too nice. I wouldn't take it out to play anywhere, and even at home, it spent too much of its life sitting in its case. I couldn't justify having a guitar just for show, so it went. Two of the nicest guitars I'll ever own. I hope someone is still enjoying them . . .

[Dannyalcatraz]

Lesson: if you have it, use it; if you fear using it, you probably shouldn't own it.

[RLHofer]

 

 

I bought a used Fender Twin(pre-CBS blackface, 2-prong plug) for $300 in a pawn shop in the early 70's; can't say if all tubes/speakers were original, but it was in great shape overall. Shoulda never let that go.

[desertbluesman]

I once had an all tube (with tube rectifier) Rivera Era Fender 30 combo the size of a Deluxe but it had channel switching (Clean/overdrive) I gave it to my kiddo after buying my Mesa Boogie Mark II C+. I sure miss that amp.

 

I also had a silver face Fender Pro Reverb with a master volume control which rocked the house I had 2 JBL K 120's in it. Smokin lead machine that calmed down significantly with the use of my guitar's volume control.

 

Both are my favorite old Fender memories.