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(@citizennoir)
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What collectable Guitars could you have had for "a song", and didn't get....
or what Collectable Guitars did you have that you sold for a song that you wish you still had????

Real stories only please.

"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway

"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles


   
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(@stormymonday)
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:? :?:


   
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 Taso
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:? :?:
+1

http://taso.dmusic.com/music/


   
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(@kevin72790)
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The hell are you smoking?


   
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(@rocker)
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i guess i'm not the only one who has no idea of what the hell he's talking about :?

even god loves rock-n-roll


   
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 Bish
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Try this.

Have you run across a mint or quality guitar worth a lot of money that you could have picked up for next to nothing and NOT done it or did you get rid of one you owned for way less than it was worth.

In other words....are you lucky or stupid? :twisted: :D

Bish

"I play live as playing dead is harder than it sounds!"


   
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(@racetruck1)
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O.K. I'll bite!

First one was a mid to late fifties Gretsch Country Gentleman from a little old lady in Tarpon Springs, FL! Under the curcumstances, I did the right thing and sold it for her for a lot of money that she needed. I did the right thing. But I coulda had it for about $100.00 of air conditioning parts. It came with a Fender Blackface Twin Reverb, too!

Second one was a 67 ES-330 with p90 pickups that I bought for $200.00. Let that one go for $100.00 when I needed some fast cash. Really wish I had that one back.

There's a couple more but it's a little painful to go back there! :?

When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming......
like the passengers in his car.


   
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(@citizennoir)
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Bish and racetruck - Thankx :D

You first four - you guys are way too serious. Kev and Taso, I actually put the real story disclaimer in there thinking of you guys.
Stormy Monday - I was hopin' you coulda helped me with my T-Bone blues thread.

I guess I'll tell the story that inspired me to post this.
I didn't figure that I'd be the only one to have something like this happen.
And since I think about it all the time.... I figured this could be sorta cathartic.

I was in a small guitar shop back in the early 90's where I bought my strings.
I like Pure Nickle half rounds and they were the only place around that had 'em.
Anyway - I was perusing the music books when these two (I would say 14 year olds) came in.
They went up to the counter and wanted to know how much you could sell and old Gibson guitar for.
The owner told them he had no idea and would have to see the guitar first.
It seems an older friend of theirs had an old guitar and somebody else offered him 500 bucks for it.
He wanted to know if it was a good deal.
Well, one of the kids says he's going to go get it and takes off on his bike.
I thought it would be worth it to hang around - so I waited for him to come back.
He comes walking back in with an old beat up brown leather hardshell case, lays it on the counter,
flips open the lid and....
A 56 Goldtop with P-90s.
All original, Kluson tuners, Gold paint all cracked, crazed, and greenish.
The two guys that worked there started LAUGHING at the kid.
They told him to sell it right away to the sucker who would pay 500 dollars for that piece of junk.
I couldn't believe it.
You have to remember though that it was like 90/91 and no one at that time was into vintage Gibsons, any kinda Fenders,
or tube amps. It was a dark time for music.
So I mean, I coulda offered them 600 cash right there - which I could've easily gotten, and walked away with it.
I didn't because, although I wanted a LP/goldtop - this one had single coil pups - and I already had 5 Guitars at the
time with SC pups including a 63 SG with P90's. I wanted Humbuckers, so I didn't get it.
Saw one just like it on ebay a couple months back - $55,000.00

"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway

"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles


   
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(@kevin72790)
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You first four - you guys are way too serious. Kev and Taso, I actually put the real story disclaimer in there thinking of you guys.
Instead of saying "sorry, I wasn't clear in my post," you have to be an ass about it. Real nice.


   
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(@citizennoir)
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Sorry Kev.
I'm Irish from the Southside of Chicago.
My first reaction to any kind of percieved negativity is to fight.
Maybe my post wasn't exact - I didn't think anyone would have a problem figuring out it's implied meaning.
It was early in the am and I was very tired, which is why I didn't post my story with it. Too tired.
I'll try not to post anything unless I'm wide awake from now on.

Do you have a story to tell here????
I'd like to hear it.

Ken

"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway

"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles


   
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(@rocker)
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ok, i see said the blind man, hehehehe, now i'm on the same sheet of music with you
citizennoir, thanks bish. no i never had anything like that happen, you should have got that gold top, my next question is, what are 2 young kids like that doing with a 56 goldtop?

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(@kevin72790)
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Sorry Kev.
I'm Irish from the Southside of Chicago.
My first reaction to any kind of percieved negativity is to fight.
Maybe my post wasn't exact - I didn't think anyone would have a problem figuring out it's implied meaning.
It was early in the am and I was very tired, which is why I didn't post my story with it. Too tired.
I'll try not to post anything unless I'm wide awake from now on.

Do you have a story to tell here????
I'd like to hear it.

Ken
It's fine. I'm 25% Irish and live south of Boston so, I guess I have an excuse too...right? Lol.

I don't have any stories, yet.


   
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(@citizennoir)
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Rocker, hey, sorry if I ruffled your feathers as well.

It wasn't theirs. It belonged to a neighbor or something.

I know.... I swear I kick myself EVERY day for not getting it.
I see that guitar in my dreams, taunting me. (%

Ken

"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway

"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles


   
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(@citizennoir)
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Kev,
I would say you do LOL.

I used to be much worse,
At least I don't drink any more LOL

And hopefully, you'll never have a story to post here :wink:

Do you play vintage gear????

Ken

"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway

"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles


   
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(@rocker)
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no ruffled feathers here, you should have mugged those kids hehehehe, no i'm just kidding,
talk about the big fish that got away, that was a once in a lifetime chance there, but what
can you do bro 8)

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