Guitar cull?

stonevibe

So I really want to cull my guitars, as I have 30 plus guitars!

I mainly play guitars I have put together myself and tend to favour Fender style bolt on guitars, but I do love my SG and so that is staying.

Not sure, if I should actually sell them or 'stick them in storage', just I want some space back. Don't need the money, so its not a raising cash thing.

Would trade some cheaper ones for more expensive ones, but only to own less. However, that doesn't actually seem a viable solution anyway. As I can't see anyone wanting to actually do that deal...

So maybe I have to bite the bullet and sell the ones I don't need/want? 

richardhomer

stonevibe said:

So maybe I have to bite the bullet

Only if you're a chav....

Voxman

If you don't need the money & you want to clear space, just give me the ones you don't want!  Simples! 

stonevibe

I've already given some stuff on loan to my brother and was going to ask some of my mates if they wanted to look after a guitar or two.

Ravenous

stonevibe said:

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Don't need the money, so its not a raising cash thing.
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Hmmm. Maybe start by picking just two or three of the least favourite (but still usable) ones to dump on a charity shop or school? They'll benefit a little and you'll be an experienced culler of guitars.  Might whet your bloodlust for the rest of the cull...

(I'm only saying this because if I had that many to get rid of, I wouldn't even know where to start.  I'd be paralysed with indecision in fact.)

UnclePsychosis

Do it. It'll be worth it. 

stonevibe

Ravenous said:

stonevibe said:

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Don't need the money, so its not a raising cash thing.
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Hmmm. Maybe start by picking just two or three of the least favourite (but still usable) ones to dump on a charity shop or school? They'll benefit a little and you'll be an experienced culler of guitars.  Might whet your bloodlust for the rest of the cull...

(I'm only saying this because if I had that many to get rid of, I wouldn't even know where to start.  I'd be paralysed with indecision in fact.)

Already done that. Gave a few away to friends at work with kids that wanted to learn how to play

Woodandwires

List them to gauge interest

revsorg

I'd like to see photos.

To my mind even if you don't need the money everything has a price, just offer up for sale 10 that you you could live without, the sale of which could fund one guitar that you would really appreciate in your collection.

stonevibe

revsorg said:

I'd like to see photos.

To my mind even if you don't need the money everything has a price, just offer up for sale 10 that you you could live without, the sale of which could fund one guitar that you would really appreciate in your collection.

I don't honestly need any more expensive guitars, pretty happy with the ones I alreasy own. Just  own a lot of them and probably could lose half of them.

Problem is working out which ones to sell/trade/lend!

Adam_MD

From memory of the ngd threads I've seen you have some really nice and interesting guitars I don't envy the decision you have to make but do envy the collection you have :-)

stonevibe

I am seriously thinking about getting a storage facility ( I also have a tone of other stuff, I could put in there) just doing the maths...

usedtobe

Has Harry seven got any spare storage space?

  

Ravenous

stonevibe said:

Ravenous said:

... charity shop or school...

Already done that. Gave a few away to friends at work with kids that wanted to learn how to play

(+wis for starting.)

Don't know what you have, but I think I would start by looking for things with a lot of "duplicates", pick the cheapest of those and try to sell them - with the intention of maybe buying just one expensive item if the selling goes well.

(Unless you're wedded to the idea of storage. I don't think it's worth storing the cheapest ones though...?)

stonevibe

I think whatever I do, I need to get it actually done. Been putting it off for ages, bet really want to have a cull, reclaim some space and make some changes.

stimpsonslostson

Do it. I went from 13 cheaper guitars to having 3. It wasn't easy to part with some of them, but I'm happier with what I have now & play them a regularly.
 I never look at one & think "I should really play that- I've not touched it in ages". 

I now strongly endorse the mantra "quality over quantity". 

Some of the proceeds went on a nice LP, some on further upgrades for my beloved partscaster & I expect to sell the third guitar to fund a nice LP Jr at some point, but I'm waiting for the right one. 

Winny_Pooh

Pics of the collection?

stonevibe

Winny_Pooh said:

Pics of the collection?

Nah, they are spread all over the house and I really can't get them all in one shot. 

DesVegas

Make a movie then

normula1

I'm working myself up to doing this myself.

Teyeplayer

I'd say sell on the ones that you haven't picked up for a while. About to have a clear out of bits that are not being used myself -it clears a bit of space and to my mind if someone else benefits from an instrument, well that was what it was put together for. Guitars were never built (either by ourselves or others) to sit in the cold of a storage facility, they were built to be played.