Bought back an old guitar of yours?

Stevepage

Has any one bought back an old guitar? Do you still have it?

My old PRS CE22 has come up on Reverb but at nearly 3 times the amount of what I sold it for. I would've bought it back instantly if I had the money for it. I loved that guitar but unfortunately had to sell.

DrCornelius

I’ve bought more than a few back and if finances allowed I would have bought one back for the second time recently too.

Schnozz

I'd buy back my Charvel Legacy Star, but only to put it on my wall - It wasn't a practical instrument.

I'm currently considering buying back my G&L Invader, which was very much a practical instrument.

SlopeSoarer

I bought a Squier CV Telecaster off a guy via ebay, I thought it was superbly setup. 15-18 months later I sold it on as I couldn't get used to the glossy neck.

Bugger me 2 weeks after selling it he contacted me about buying it back. I felt a bit sad a I'd have loved it to have gone back to him. 

Sassafras

I'd buy back my Tele that was stolen from me. No questions asked.
It wouldn't do me much good since I can no longer play but it would look well on my wall.

robgilmo

My old strat came up for sale a while ago, if I had the money I would have bought it, lovely thing it was.

Adam_MD

I tried to buy one back a few weeks ago out of nostalgia and managed to track down the guy who bought it but he wouldn't sell it back to me because "it's the best playing and sounding guitar I've ever had"

I read his email and thought steady on dude it's a tarted up budget guitar.  It's nice but it's not that nice.

fretfinder

No but I’d buy back my 1995 PRS Standard 22 if I could. Shouldn’t have sold that one.

TheMarlin

Yup, I just bought back my old Gibson ES195
beautiful guitar.

 https://imgur.com/a/7efoj

octatonic

This one, which I sold to @TimmyO quite a few years ago.
It turned up on eBay and I bought it back.
It is currently on extended loan with a friend in Oxford- when we return to the UK I'll get it back.

Warmoth chambered alder body and ebony on maple neck.
it is really light and resonant.
Lollar pickups.

munckee

I miss a aquier standard I totally upgraded and repainted all myself. If I saw it for sale I would be sorely tempted but then I sold it for a reason and love its replacement mij strat. 

stimpsonslostson

I bought back my raygun relics sg jr TWICE! 
Unfortunately I sold it 3 times, so don't have it. 

It was a great looking & sounding guitar, but the neck was too thin for me- it gave me cramp in my hand. 
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRCeBcKW0AAC9-e.jpg

HarrySeven

Numerous times...

Andyjr1515

Yes -  my first solid bodied electric, a wine red Gibson LP Studio bought new.  It was a thing of beauty. 

 However, at first it didn't sound how I'd imagined so did my first pickup change (which was the beginning of my modding and building path) which transformed it.

Sold it in those naive days when I thought I should only have one electric at a time...

1979

I wish I could find my black Squier custom ii Telecaster. I crudely sanded a forearm contour on to it and miss it dearly. 

ICBM

Not quite, but as close as physically possible - I bought an identical Aria RS Standard to replace my original which I modded beyond repair in the 80s/early 90s. It’s so identical I often forget it’s not the same guitar.

It cost me far more than its market value, but I don’t regret it at all - it’s just as good, and this one is not going anywhere or being modded in any irreversible way. (Although it does currently have some very non-original pickups!)

TimmyO

octatonic said:

This one, which I sold to @TimmyO quite a few years ago.
It turned up on eBay and I bought it back.
It is currently on extended loan with a friend in Oxford- when we return to the UK I'll get it back.

Warmoth chambered alder body and ebony on maple neck.
it is really light and resonant.
Lollar pickups.

<Cries> 

Teyeplayer

Never. I’ve considered it a few times but have always realised that I’ve let a guitar go for a reason and have moved on from that point (whether that be a sound, look or feel). However, I’m aware I’m unusually utilitarian in my approach to guitars when compared to most folk -I just don’t get particularly attached to them.

McToot

I sold my MIJ CAR Strat to my girlfriends brother while at university in the late 80s because I needed beer money. I'm still in touch with the feller but he won't sell it back to me. I bought it in 86 in Singapore and sold it in 89/90. I've missed it ever since I got back into playing about 15 years ago. 

DefaultM

Stevepage said:

Has any one bought back an old guitar? Do you still have it?

My old PRS CE22 has come up on Reverb but at nearly 3 times the amount of what I sold it for. I would've bought it back instantly if I had the money for it. I loved that guitar but unfortunately had to sell.

Didn't you sell it for about £600? Maybe when its still for sale in a year you can make him a reasonable offer.

dazzajl

I got my Duesey Caribou back in a trade that saw my CS Gretsch go back to its former owner. 

A very wise move on my part. I adore that Duesey and no matter how my I want to, I just can’t bond with big bodied stuff like an Annie.