Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:)

BeBop · 10-29-2009, 05:26 PM

There's been alot of mad scientists at work on guitar designs over the years .

I was wondering how many of you own at least one oddball , semi oddball or really popular guitar that's just set in stone in your mind , you'll never sell it- period !

I have a 1998 Fender Toronado Deluxe thats not going anywhere. From jazz to metal it does it .

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cynic79 · 10-29-2009, 05:32 PM

My Danelectro U3:

I could let my Strats go, and I could even conceive of letting my Les Pauls go for something better, but I can't see getting anything better than this for what it does.

dubyatf · 10-29-2009, 05:32 PM

Hmmm... I'm still searching for, and in some cases buying, the one that I hope never to sell!

Everything I have is for sale - well almost!

River · 10-29-2009, 05:38 PM

I've got two I'll never sell. But that's not saying much, as I doubt I'll ever sell any of them.

Kate033 · 10-29-2009, 05:50 PM

My tele is my only guitar that I could say I really couldn't sell...although it would take serious desperation (or the "perfect" LP) to ever get me to sell my Les Paul. My acoustic is a little rare too, so maybe not that!

My Strat and Danelectro are just off the shelf models - even with some mods -not too tough to duplicate.

The tele hand built by a luthier in the mid 90's (although I picked it up cheap second hand on ebay) and it just has this amazing worn in feel. I just put in a set of Don Mare pickups and it has killer tone.
Funny - when I was putting in the pups, I took off the neck to tweak the truss rod and the body/neck are both dated my birthday (different year though)

. I won't say it was fate that I ended up with the guitar, but out of all the days of the year...well it's a strange coincidence!

leftyguitarman · 10-29-2009, 05:52 PM

I would never sell my Larrivee, my Harmony archtop, my classical (even though it's utter shit) and I would never, ever, ever, not in a million years or for a million dollars, sell my Strat with Texas Specials.

Kate033 · 10-29-2009, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cynic79

My Danelectro U3:

I could let my Strats go, and I could even conceive of letting my Les Pauls go for something better, but I can't see getting anything better than this for what it does.

Great choice

I love the "blow switch" on those where it runs all three pups in series. Killer guitars!

L60N · 10-29-2009, 06:02 PM

My latest purchase - michael kelly patriot custom. I just l-l-love it!

It was so cheap but has the most amazing tone, well I love everything about it and go on and on. I'm just glad I took my time choosing my latest purchase. It was through a lit of digging around that I happened upon it.

I won't sell my gretsch or my Taylor either.

That said I also want an r9 and a flying v. When I find those I won't likely let any of them go either.

I guess Im a horder

patrick ginnaty · 10-29-2009, 06:06 PM

I bugged the original owner of my ES-335 for 8 years to buy it in 1979.

And I had my flamenco guitar made to my specs ten years ago. Both keepers.

StrangerNY · 10-29-2009, 06:08 PM

My first 1980 Ibanez Artist.

I told my wife that when I die, she has to figure out a way for me to be buried with it. I love that guitar.

- D

StrangerNY · 10-29-2009, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrick ginnaty

I bugged the original owner of my ES-335 for 8 years to buy it in 1979.

Same with my Artist. I borrowed it from a friend to record an album, then spent the next five years pestering him to sell it to me.

The squeaky wheel, etc.

- D

The_Sentry · 10-29-2009, 08:08 PM

I have a guitar being built for me right now.

I'll never sell it.

diceman · 10-29-2009, 08:15 PM

'69 Gibson LP

'67 Gibson ES335

My Rist Tele and Rist Doublecut

But I don't see any of these going anywhere:

Webtroll · 10-29-2009, 09:06 PM

'75 hardtail Strat that belonged to a friend who is no longer among us. Our families were friends long ago, my father dated his mom. Some ...people... carjacked him and killed him back in the mid 80s. RIP Rafa.

guehwyvar · 10-30-2009, 06:06 AM

LoL i sale and trade everything. But this one. I love it.

helltone · 10-30-2009, 09:22 AM

General Disarray · 10-30-2009, 09:30 AM

I'll never sell my Cyclone...

YouTube - Fender Cyclone - Hotel California Solo

Please excuse the playing!

I sold this very guitar a few years back when money was tight - I regretted it instantly but never found another that played/sounded the same My girlfriend managed to track it down and buy it back for me.... for the same price I sold it!

Turns out it went from the shop I sold it to to a guy who my girlfriend knows and she managed to persuade him to part with it.

rickym · 10-31-2009, 05:34 PM

I have a few I don't plan on parting with; but this will never be sold:

1977 Hondo Strat copy. Plywood body. so-so electronics. It had a mustard yellow paint job that I stripped & painted Oly White. Never liked the Hondo headstock so I shaped it like a Tele. Even though I'd been playing for 10 years & had bought all my own gear, it's the only guitar my dad ever got me.

nsureit · 11-01-2009, 01:06 AM

John Lennon LP Junior. I love it with all my heart. #2 of 300.

hobbyman · 11-01-2009, 03:02 AM

I have five guitars, including my acoustic, but I would never sell any of them. None of mine are very expensive, but most have some sort of sentimental value. I've never paid more than $350 for any of my guitars, but I've gotten most of them for half of what a new model would cost. The one I feel is sort of unique (or not 'mainstream' if you will), is my Ibanez Jet King II. I bought it brand new, but at half the cost of what it originally sold for because I bought it at close-out price (Jet King III and IV were already out), and I bought it as a 'deal of the day' from AMS. I really like it because it's Ibanez's vintage-looking guitar, plus it has a mahogany body and coil splitting capabilities. Here's a picture of it:

Sinster · 11-01-2009, 12:30 PM

My first Strat

My First Les Paul

captcoolaid · 11-01-2009, 01:05 PM

The best guitar I have ever played bar none.

babalooga · 11-01-2009, 01:29 PM

My Am. Deluxe Ash Tele, and my PRS McCarty both stay, and you can only take away my Martins when you pry them from my cold dead hands.

guysmiley · 11-01-2009, 07:57 PM

I've never sold any of my guitars, but this one has special meaning. It was my first guitar and my uncle built it out of a mahogany coffee table. I'm sure my Aunt wasn't happy about it. This is really the only decent picture I have of it.

Lungo · 11-01-2009, 08:01 PM

My USA Custom Ibanez, and Les Paul Standard Faded. The two Carvins and Robin Machete are nice to have but I could live without them.

j.six · 11-01-2009, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captcoolaid

The best guitar I have ever played bar none.

hmmm, those close together dots look like a charvel neck...what is it?
LOVE the pinup sticker on there too.

I have four of 14 that aren't going anywhere. in order, they are:

16th birthday strat: I had this built for me as a 16th birthday present to myself. (38 now). It was stolen and pawned, and I got it back in a crazy coincidence.

1992 Jackson Rhoads LTD model: Bought it new in 1992, sold it in 2003 to a guy in houston, who then sold it to a guy in Belgium. I got it back in 2007

2008 Custom Shop Charvel: part of a 10 piece limited run. Ordered to be as close to Jake E. Lee's white Charvelized '73 Fender strat as we could get while avoiding Charvel's "no artist similar guitars" policy. I quickly made a Jake-style pickguard and added the signature on the ball end of the headstock. Jackson and Charvel's custom shop cannot be beat.

before:

after:

My own tribute to a friend: Robbin Crosby of Ratt was a friend of mine (I built and maintain w w w . r o b b i n c r o s b y . n e t with a dear friend of mine). I love Jackson firebirds because of Robbin. The stencil was from one of Robbin's road case stencils and the sticker was an unused Dancing Undercover working personnel pass of Robbin's. I never really play it, but it's never leaving me. During the paint process, I decided to give it a worn look and sanded through the color in a few spots.

hm...just realized that I don't have a full length shot of the guitar. weird.

Edited to add a full shot:

Sully

SFK · 11-02-2009, 10:30 AM

1979 PS 10 (Bought used in 1985)

'01 Reverend Slingshot

Jackyrhode · 11-02-2009, 02:29 PM

Doubt I'll want to sell any of these. But the LP would be the last to go.

kysrsoze · 11-04-2009, 01:37 AM

I have 3 I'll never sell:

#1 - 1984 Kramer Focus 2000 - my first electric. 25 years old and it still plays perfectly

[BR]
#2 - Epiphone LP Custom - I gutted it, added Gibson pups and chromed out the whole thing myself.

[BR]
#3 Gibson LP Studio Silverburst - my first Gibson, phenomenal player.

circusboy28 · 11-04-2009, 04:51 AM

I only got this about 6 weeks ago but I've wanted one forever. Very rare in Australia, and it plays like a dream. The original Dirty Fingers are the most rockin' pickups....

1980 Gibson 335 S - Pro Deluxe: (in a very messy lounge room!!)

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cynic79 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,060 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) My Danelectro U3: I could let my Strats go, and I could even conceive of letting my Les Pauls go for something better, but I can't see getting anything better than this for what it does. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/dressingthedebutantes

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dubyatf Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,018 Thanks: 79 Thanked 6 Times in 1 Post	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) Hmmm... I'm still searching for, and in some cases buying, the one that I hope never to sell! Everything I have is for sale - well almost!

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River Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Crestone, Colorado, USA Posts: 12,970 Thanks: 94 Thanked 134 Times in 20 Posts	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) I've got two I'll *never* sell. But that's not saying much, as I doubt I'll ever sell any of them. __________________ When you don't know where you're going, every road takes you there. And you can't make a wrong turn. Rory Gallagher is "The man who got me back into the blues." - Eric Clapton

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Kate033 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 914 Thanks: 23 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) My tele is my only guitar that I could say I really couldn't sell...although it would take serious desperation (or the "perfect" LP) to ever get me to sell my Les Paul. My acoustic is a little rare too, so maybe not that! My Strat and Danelectro are just off the shelf models - even with some mods -not too tough to duplicate. The tele hand built by a luthier in the mid 90's (although I picked it up cheap second hand on ebay) and it just has this amazing worn in feel. I just put in a set of Don Mare pickups and it has killer tone. Funny - when I was putting in the pups, I took off the neck to tweak the truss rod and the body/neck are both dated my birthday (different year though) . I won't say it was fate that I ended up with the guitar, but out of all the days of the year...well it's a strange coincidence!

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leftyguitarman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Anthem, Arizona Posts: 1,281 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) I would never sell my Larrivee, my Harmony archtop, my classical (even though it's utter shit) and I would never, ever, ever, not in a million years or for a million dollars, sell my Strat with Texas Specials. __________________

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L60N Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sunny North Yorkshire Posts: 295 Thanks: 8 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) My latest purchase - michael kelly patriot custom. I just l-l-love it! It was so cheap but has the most amazing tone, well I love everything about it and go on and on. I'm just glad I took my time choosing my latest purchase. It was through a lit of digging around that I happened upon it. I won't sell my gretsch or my Taylor either. That said I also want an r9 and a flying v. When I find those I won't likely let any of them go either. I guess Im a horder

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patrick ginnaty Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bremen, Maine Posts: 549 Thanks: 10 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) I bugged the original owner of my ES-335 for 8 years to buy it in 1979. And I had my flamenco guitar made to my specs ten years ago. Both keepers. __________________ Being loved gives you strength, loving someone gives you courage.

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StrangerNY Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New York Posts: 5,070 Thanks: 16 Thanked 156 Times in 41 Posts	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) My first 1980 Ibanez Artist. I told my wife that when I die, she has to figure out a way for me to be buried with it. I love that guitar. - D __________________ Bands, Present & Past: Nurse Diesel \| Diesel On MySpace \| Big Sky \| 20FTWide \| Solo Work \| Chronicles: The Clapton Project "I learned a long time ago that one note can go a long way if it's the right one, and it will probably whip the guy with 20 notes." - Les Paul "You were old the first time I signed you." - unnamed A&R guy to StrangerNY, 2000

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nsureit Tenacious Texan Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dallas Posts: 1,901 Thanks: 142 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) John Lennon LP Junior. I love it with all my heart. #2 of 300. __________________ Les Paul Junior John Lennon Commemorative & '03 Les Paul Supreme * '65 Casino Elitist Reissue * Gretsch 6119-62 Tennessee Rose * '95 MIJ Telecaster Foto Flame *

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hobbyman Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Western USA Posts: 94 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) I have five guitars, including my acoustic, but I would never sell any of them. None of mine are very expensive, but most have some sort of sentimental value. I've never paid more than $350 for any of my guitars, but I've gotten most of them for half of what a new model would cost. The one I feel is sort of unique (or not 'mainstream' if you will), is my Ibanez Jet King II. I bought it brand new, but at half the cost of what it originally sold for because I bought it at close-out price (Jet King III and IV were already out), and I bought it as a 'deal of the day' from AMS. I really like it because it's Ibanez's vintage-looking guitar, plus it has a mahogany body and coil splitting capabilities. Here's a picture of it: __________________ MY EPIPHAMILY 1995 Les Paul Custom 2001 ES-335 Dot

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babalooga Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 139 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) My Am. Deluxe Ash Tele, and my PRS McCarty both stay, and you can only take away my Martins when you pry them from my cold dead hands.

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guysmiley Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: PDX Posts: 58 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) I've never sold any of my guitars, but this one has special meaning. It was my first guitar and my uncle built it out of a mahogany coffee table. I'm sure my Aunt wasn't happy about it. This is really the only decent picture I have of it.

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Jackyrhode Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 87 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) Doubt I'll want to sell any of these. But the LP would be the last to go.

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circusboy28 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Petersham in sunny Sydney Posts: 2,340 Thanks: 47 Thanked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Guitars You Will Never Sell -Never Ever -:) I only got this about 6 weeks ago but I've wanted one forever. Very rare in Australia, and it plays like a dream. The original Dirty Fingers are the most rockin' pickups.... 1980 Gibson 335 S - Pro Deluxe: (in a very messy lounge room!!)

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