Ever re-bought a guitar back that you sold?

Phil_aka_Pip

No. Everything I shifted  I did so for a reason.

HarrySeven

I have an unsurprising habit of re-acquiring guitars/gear...and I like to trade/swap with friends*, so I know where it is, “just in case”.

Over the years, it’s happened many, many times (the longest being my ‘77 Yamaha SG-1000, which was 25 years ‘away from home’).


*Mr.@spark240 being a particularly longstanding friend - he owns a number of ex-H7 guitars, but so far, has resisted all attempts at re-acquisition.

Also on this very forum is Mr.@Funkfingers - we’ve played “guitar tennis” more than once.

octatonic

I built this out of parts back in 2005 and sold it to timmyo, always regretting doing so.
It is a chambered swamp ash tele in Goldtop Gold, with a maple neck with macassar ebony fingerboard.

It turned up on eBay about 4 years later and I bought it back.
It is currently loaned out to a friend who needed a light guitar to play- I'll get it back at some stage.

Teyeplayer

Never, gone back to try the same model but never the same guitar. I have the same philosophy with jobs and relationships, the moment you move on you have moved on for a reason, so should stay ‘moved on’ without looking back.

impmann

monofin said:

impmann said: ki

Yes - a few times.

The most recent one being the Shergold 12 string that I sold to @monofin and regretted it... and gentleman that he is, he sold it back to me.

And funnily enough then regretted selling it back to @impmann . Funny old world is GAS.
Damn fine guitar that - best 12 string i've had the pleasure of owning

It won't be going anywhere any time soon, chap... sorry. But you do have dibs. :-)

Still got a lovely twin neck, that makes very similar noises, for sale. Very similar neck...

Jack_

HarrySeven said:

mikeyrob73 said:

Let’s wait for @HarrySeven to turn up :-)

Did someone call?

NB. Just don’t say my name three times.

Harry*³TwentyOne?

pintspiller

Shortly after I got married I downsized by selling my Laney AOR30 and kept my Marshall 8080. The Marshall burned out shortly after and I've thought about getting another AOR since, though not necessarily the same amp or another 30w boy

bodhi

I'd love to buy this one back and give it a second shot, but alas...

kswilson89

Yep, bought back a '57 hotrod strat that was impeccable... And then stupidly sold it again thinking there was better out there... DOH!

horsehead

Didn't buy it back, but swopped my JXG La Cabronita that was just the best ever, then found out the gent I'd swopped with was selling it, contacted him and he'd already exchanged it at a guitar shop that had then sold it on immediately!

Tenebrous

A few years back, I gave up on electric guitar to focus on acoustic. One buy one, I sold everything I had, with the last thing I sold being the Yamaha 611HFM.

Skip forward to 2018, and I'm thinking to myself... I kinda wanna play electric guitar again: I go straight for a Yamaha 611VFM. Along with the Squire CV series, they're just unbeatable for the money, in my opinion.

JerkMoans

DrCornelius said:

About 5 times, possibly 6 if finances finally pan out.

You astonish me

ellwood

Yes. My PRS Tremonti. And a couple of Les Pauls have been in and out twice. Still waiting for my first Faded to come back up (and still have dibs on it...)

hotpickups

I hope to buy my Albert Lee back when I can afford to