Sold a really awesome Warwick Thumb BO5 that i had a great run with but was lulled into the need for big tubes...now trying to find another
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I regret selling....
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devnulljp
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Super rare 1980 Tokai JB120 Jazz bass. Should never have sold it. It was beautiful.
I sold it to fund 1965 Jazz, but still ...
I sold it to fund 1965 Jazz, but still ...
2009-ish MIA Fender Jazz Bass in some sort of buttercream or yellow. I wasn't much of a gear guy back then, so I didn't look into the exact specs or color name.
My 1977 Music Man Stingray. The original. It was my first new bass. Unfortunately my college expenses outweighed the pleasures of having that bass. The $400 that I got for it in 1981 seemed liked a mountain of money at the time. It's all a matter of perspective.
My Fender Lyte Deluxe purchased directly from Carol Kaye. She had two. I bought her backup that was identical to the one she used for a time.
I had that same bass (fretless Dan Armstrong) that I sold about 1981 for more than $1K, but I learned that it was quickly "flipped" to Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith for double what I sold it for.
What do I regret selling? -- There's too many basses and amps to list here, but probably at or near the top of my list (at least in recent years) are a pair of Muckelroy basses and a Mesa M9 Carbine amp.
To be honest, I have no regrets. I've sold some very nice basses but it was because they weren't doing it for me. The one exception is my first bass, a shiny red Hagstrom HBII ($90 in 1971, and I overpaid). If I could get that one back, I would, but purely for nostalgia.
-1978 El Camino with a .030 over 1968 327, rebuilt with all-forged guts, 11:1, cam, heads, Edelbrock EFI, Tremec TKO 500 5-speed, 9", 3.70 gears and a Detroit Truetrac, all new suspension and chassis parts, all the goodies. Traded it for a nice 4WD truck when I got into my electrical apprenticeship because it was my only vehicle at the time and I needed something more long commute practical. I should've just bought a cheap FWD work car. I'll build another one like it one day.
-2000-ish German Warwick Thumb BO. My first active bass, I sold it because I didn't really know how to use it, being used to passive basses. That was about 2004-5, so before the days of ubiquitous limitless information, if Youtube had been what it is now or I'd known anything to speak of about the internet, I would've learned how to make it sound how I wanted. I'll buy another one someday soon.
-Didn't sell, but also didn't buy for the LUDICROUS price of 400 bucks, a 1946 Gibson LG-2 that I restored for a friend of mine. All I did was level/dress the frets, then made a new nut and saddle and had to clamp the neck into a bow for a while. He had inherited it, sold it for 700 (still ridiculous) but said I could have it for the work I did and 400. That thing was AMAZING, but I was saving up for a Martin 000, so I passed. I have two 000s now, a spruce and rosewood Stewmac kit that I built and a mid-2000s (I think) Martin 000-15M, and they're both SWEET, but I sure wish I had that old Gibson.
-My first really good rig. An Ampeg SVT 2-PRO in a rack with some other stuff (power conditioner, light, tuner, drawer, and an equalizer), 1-4X10 and 1-1X15 Hartke XL cabinets. Sold it all for less than a grand (I think 850) in like 2007 because I was broke and had other amps and was no longer playing big gnarly rock shows. I should've at least gotten what it was worth out of it, but I needed rid of it pretty quickly. Again, had I known about places like Reverb or here (if they existed then), I'd have been a hell of a lot better off.
-2000-ish German Warwick Thumb BO. My first active bass, I sold it because I didn't really know how to use it, being used to passive basses. That was about 2004-5, so before the days of ubiquitous limitless information, if Youtube had been what it is now or I'd known anything to speak of about the internet, I would've learned how to make it sound how I wanted. I'll buy another one someday soon.
-Didn't sell, but also didn't buy for the LUDICROUS price of 400 bucks, a 1946 Gibson LG-2 that I restored for a friend of mine. All I did was level/dress the frets, then made a new nut and saddle and had to clamp the neck into a bow for a while. He had inherited it, sold it for 700 (still ridiculous) but said I could have it for the work I did and 400. That thing was AMAZING, but I was saving up for a Martin 000, so I passed. I have two 000s now, a spruce and rosewood Stewmac kit that I built and a mid-2000s (I think) Martin 000-15M, and they're both SWEET, but I sure wish I had that old Gibson.
-My first really good rig. An Ampeg SVT 2-PRO in a rack with some other stuff (power conditioner, light, tuner, drawer, and an equalizer), 1-4X10 and 1-1X15 Hartke XL cabinets. Sold it all for less than a grand (I think 850) in like 2007 because I was broke and had other amps and was no longer playing big gnarly rock shows. I should've at least gotten what it was worth out of it, but I needed rid of it pretty quickly. Again, had I known about places like Reverb or here (if they existed then), I'd have been a hell of a lot better off.
I have probably bought and sold a music store full of instruments over the last fifty plus years but the only one that I really regret selling was a 1957 Gibson ES-175. If you don't know what an ES-175 is, it is an arch top hollow body jazz-box guitar with dual humbuckers.
I have never played anything over the years that sounded as good or played as well.
I bought it in 1964. It was new-old stock in a music store in California. Sat on the shelf for seven years.
That guitar was absolute magic. But I didn't know better. I was a dumb kid and let her go.
I have never played anything over the years that sounded as good or played as well.
I bought it in 1964. It was new-old stock in a music store in California. Sat on the shelf for seven years.
That guitar was absolute magic. But I didn't know better. I was a dumb kid and let her go.
My 2001 Modulus Quantum 5. Sold here on TB. I was the original owner and it was immaculate when I sold it.
If anyone here thinks they have it and want to part with it, IM me!
If anyone here thinks they have it and want to part with it, IM me!
1921 Buescher made baritone saxophone. It had to be done, I was leaving the country, I needed every penny, and in hindsight when my funds hit rock bottom, it was the right choice. But I miss it.
I don't have any regrets about selling any instruments.
On the other hand, I do regret selling some LPs when I was in college, and wish I had them back.
1968 335 traded for a first year strat plus in 90. Traded that for a 74 les Paul which was used to trade toward an early 80s Steinberger L2. I’ll take any of them back.
