Keep or sell?

laboitenoire · #1 05-25-2008, 02:20 PM

Alright, I bought my Korg multi-effects box a little over a year ago, and I've hit a proverbial fork in the road. I used it for a while, but these days I almost never pull it out to jam with. I've found some very nice sounds in it, but I think it might be covering up the tone I actually produce with my hands. I'd feel stupid selling it, as I paid good money for it ($200, a lot of money for a high school student), and I'd maybe get $120 or so for it if I sold. I also bought thinking it would be easy to record myself with it, but I don't find a need to do such a thing. Also, my basses could use new strings and maybe some minor mods to make them even better.

Should I keep it or sell it?

steve21 · #2 05-25-2008, 02:25 PM

SELL! Don't keep things you don't use.

Chris V. · #3 05-25-2008, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by steve21

SELL! Don't keep things you don't use.

Exactly.

tomvelsor · #4 05-25-2008, 03:13 PM

sell it and buy seperate stompboxes that are killer.

Andy V. · #5 05-25-2008, 03:17 PM

Sell it.
If you're not using it, is better to have $120 now than less money later.

Nyarlathotep · #6 05-25-2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by tomvelsor

sell it and buy seperate stompboxes that are killer.

+1

Swift713 · #7 05-25-2008, 10:52 PM

It's an unfortunate reality of musical equipment that you'll most often loose money on every transaction. I try to think, "What would it have cost to rent this piece of equipment for the time I owned it?" Sometimes that makes me feel better about loosing money on gear as I upgrade. You could always try to trade it here on TB. As for keeping or selling gear that you don't use... I've sold some stuff that I regretted, temporarily. I've owned both a DD-3 and a DR-550 twice and I'm ready to ditch the DR-550 again (I already got rid of the second DD-3). Life is messy, things change, the house always wins. Ask yourself, when was the last time you used it? Do I use it with a band or by myself? Am I likely to be in that situation again? How hard would it be to replace if I decided I wanted it (or something like it) again?

phatbass30 · #8 05-26-2008, 01:23 AM

when i decided that i want to have a board, i knew that it involves a lot of money, time and trial and errors. i've been through a lot of changes lately, bought and sold lots of stuffs. in other words, i lose a lot of money. but the reward is great if you finally get the sound that you need and want. i had a lot of effects on my pedalboard last 2 months ago i think. its a small board that i managed to put i think 12 pedals on it. then i realized that i'm not using some of it, it just looks great on the board. that's the time i decided to keep the necessary effects and sell the one's not been used. so i settled for a good compressor, od, chorus, filter, fuzz and wah. and i do use them live on stage every night. now i'm going to sell my blowtorch in exchange of an attack goat. i just hope that the attack goat will satisfy my tone needs for a fuzz. now aside from fuzz, i'm quite contented with my current set up. i just wish that i could keep them all, but its impossible. otherwise i can't afford to buy new ones again. its just doesn't end. so i guess, sell it and keep searching for your right tone.

Geddyfleaharris · #9 05-26-2008, 06:50 AM

As Swift713 says....consider the money you might lose as rent. That is a very sensible way to look at things. Nice one Swift! I had a Digitech BP200 multi for about a year. Paid $199 for it and got $65 when I sold it. I figure $65 is better than the nothing I had when it sat unused in my basement.

rustynuts · #10 05-26-2008, 07:05 AM

One nice thing about the analog single pedals, especially if you buy used, is that they hold value a lot better than the digital multis do (generally).

homsar · #11 05-26-2008, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Geddyfleaharris

As Swift713 says....consider the money you might lose as rent.

+1. As an engineer, I tend to think of this as "development expense" for my bass rig. Sometimes you buy a piece of equipment that seems like the right thing at the time and then in the course of using it you learn that it didn't really fit your situation. That is unavoidable, so don't punish yourself for it. Sell it and move on.

The key word in all this is "learn". Try to take away some kind of lesson from it that will help you choose gear later and the development expenses are likely to decrease (at least as a percentage of overall expense

) over time. If you don't learn anything from it you're likely to become a money pump by repeating mistakes when buying gear. That is a general life lesson - applies to music gear, computers, cars and trucks, etc.

Swift713 · #12 05-26-2008, 06:12 PM

I feel I should again recommend the TB classifieds, lots of us are still looking for the right whatever. I got an amazing once in a lifetime deal trading a compulator plus a little $ for a blueberry. Neither of us had hat we wanted but now I'm happy, he's happy, and we both saved some $.