Bought back an old guitar of yours?

Paul_C · March 2019

I've sold some of my instruments to a friend and then borrowed them back - it's a cheaper way of doing it

One of them, a Rickenbacker 330, has spent most of the time since I sold it to him with me, and it's currently still here

Philly_Q · March 2019

fretfinder said:

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

Funnily enough the only guitar I have bought back was a PRS Standard 22. Soon sold it again though.

I've had a couple of opportunities to buy back my old guitars on eBay - a Hamer Vector and an Edwards Jeff Beck LP. In both cases I regretted selling them in the first place but I didn't really want to pay over the odds to get them back.

merlin · March 2019

I bought the same black Ovation Viper twice and currently still own it. I'm not really sure why I sold it the first time....

Stevepage · March 2019

DefaultM said:

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.

I think I ended up selling it for around £500. The next owner fitted new back plates and bought a case for it then sold it on.

bodhi · March 2019

I want this one back. It's come up for sale twice since I sold it, but I had to pass on both occasions due to lack of monies.

2006 R7 Custom in faded cherry:

Image: https://i.postimg.cc/yxF8bttS/DSC03579.jpg

Jez6345789 · March 2019

Wife says what are you doing, reading the fretboard, what about. People who buy back guitar they sold, glibly mumbles not exactly much interest to you.

badlydrawnbanjo · March 2019

One day @markblack will buckle and sell me a jaguar back. We’re playing the long game...

PhilKing · March 2019

Bought back a 1963 Burgundy Mist strat from a friend's family after he passed away. I always knew I would get it back if he sold it, however this wasn't quite how I had imagined it. It is a great guitar and rings really well, even though it is a bit heavy for an old strat. I only sold it to him because he he was getting back into playing after his wife had passed away, and I thought it would help.

Other than that, I have bought a lot of the same type of guitar I had when I was younger, just not the same one.

musteatbrain · March 2019

Just got back my 25 year old les Paul studio I bought new as a teenager. A heavy beast but a great guitar

https://imgur.com/gallery/ADQoPEl

I’ve enhanced the photo a bit to show how yellow it’s gone as my iPhone was making it look like new. It’s still probably a bit yellower than the photo is when it’s in the room

Strangefan · March 2019

Yup I bought back the same guild acoustic twice, I will never sell it again .

Jetfire · March 2019

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.

I played that one once... holy...fricking shit balls it was nice...

Fez · March 2019

I'm not good enough at letting guitars go to have sold many. It's very unlikely that I would buy back the old Vantage I traded or the Antoria 12 string I traded to get it.

downbytheriver · March 2019

I’ve been chasing a guitar that I bought in 1989 and sold in 1995 for about 20 years - it turns ip
occasionally and I keep missing it - custom shop 40th Anniversary Telecaster, number 40 of 300. Probably couldn’t afford it now. Oh well.

Alnico · March 2019

If I knew where my Ibanez UV777BK 7 string went when it was sold from Coda, I don't think there's much I wouldn't do to try to buy / trade it back.

Stevepage · March 2019

Alnico said:

If I knew where my Ibanez UV777BK 7 string went when it was sold from Coda, I don't think there's much I wouldn't do to try to buy / trade it back.

I don't blame you. I tried it out when Coda had it, fantastic guitar.

Alnico · March 2019

Stevepage said:

Alnico said:

If I knew where my Ibanez UV777BK 7 string went when it was sold from Coda, I don't think there's much I wouldn't do to try to buy / trade it back.

I don't blame you. I tried it out when Coda had it, fantastic guitar.

Thank you, coming from you that's a compliment.

It is to date my biggest guitar mistake ever.

Shame on me.

Kebabkid · March 2019

I'd love to get my black drop top Tom Anderson back (circa 1990).

Bought from Chandler Guitars and sold back to them

PC1971 · March 2019

Sold it once. Big mistake. Fortunately I got it back a couple of yrs later along with an '06 Cherry. ;-)

'61 VOS Specials.

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SNAKEBITE · April 2019

Sold my red Highway 1 Strat to pay bills and regretted it.

Bought a black one about 18 months ago to replace it

timmypix · April 2019

I would if I could - had six guitars stolen in July 2017, and there are two I really miss. My first "real" electric, a 1995 Epiphone Les Paul in birdseye ("smallpox") cherryburst, which I put completely new electrics in, and an ESP LTD Ninja, which was a present for my 18th birthday, my favourite guitar and rare as unicorn poo due to a short production run.
Amazingly I found another Ninja the following September and pressed "buy it now" without thinking. Then had a very long day driving to and from Carlisle...

Strangely I don't miss the "nicest" guitar, an American Deluxe Strat. I think I would have sold it if it hadn't been stolen - it was gorgeous and played like churned milk, but never spoke to me or sounded quite right.

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