Would you sell a special guitar that you rarely use?

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I have this guitar, a great guitar, that I rarely use. There is nothing wrong with it, I like it, it looks good, plays good and sounds good but still it's rarely used. Sometimes I pick it up because I think I should, I plug it in and play it thinking wow, this plays great and it sounds great, I should use it more often. Then I put it back down after 15 minutes and pick one of the others up that I end up playing for hours. I don't know why it is this way, there's nothing tangible.

The guitar in question is fairly rare, I've seen photos of others but I've never seen another one for sale. In its current condition it might be worth $400-$500, max. If the right buyer comes along.

So why get rid of it? Well, I'm not sure I will but I would like to thin the herd to 4 electrics, plus the acoustic and the bass, basically what I can fit on the walls in order to free up some space in my mancave. Then I'd like to get some shelves up to get some stuff off the floor, paint a wall in a nice color (red?), add some good light and family wish for sound proofing too. In short, make it more a place of inspiration than an office/dump.
 
I’m a poor one for an answer on this one. Still got every guitar I’ve ever purchased. Starting with the 12 string Yamaha acoustic I bought way back in 1973. However. The collection is not a large one. Two acoustics. Four electrics. One bass.
 
In anything else in my life or home, im the polar opposite of a hoarder in that i will throw an entire room away because i hate looking at something beginning to pile up: OCD i guess lol

But in gear? There's where i turn into a packrat and would rather start breaking fingers than to with something. That being said, i have regrettably gotten rid of a few amplifiers in my earlier years along with a couple fx processors. I wish i could have every piece back but that's life i guess.

As to your question of parting with something like gear? Well, i always say this: ask yourself 4 questions and they are
1) Do I love it?
2) Do I use it?
3) Does it inspire me?
4) Can I live with myself, living without it?

If the answers are: No, No, No, Yes then maybe you should consider moving on from it. But if any of the 4 are a different answer, then deeply reconsider. Nothing wrong with moving on but if something there holds you back, then theres a value somewhere to it
 
yes i do !! If they don't get used in 30 day rotation. Which usually is 6 songs recorded & every piece of gear gets touched in the process.

What i did tho was a once in a life time a/b compare last 3 years. The keepers fit in my half of the room that is dedicated to the recording.

The freedom experienced the last month after coming down from the gear bender is pushin the creativity back up front. Have a cab coming today & now have all the speakers needed,

Each situation is dif based on what we play. If i wasn't stuck at home..it would be 3 Guitars..2 heads & some cabs..just like before.
 
Astral Traveler said:
I have this guitar, a great guitar, that I rarely use. There is nothing wrong with it, I like it, it looks good, plays good and sounds good but still it's rarely used. Sometimes I pick it up because I think I should, I plug it in and play it thinking wow, this plays great and it sounds great, I should use it more often. Then I put it back down after 15 minutes and pick one of the others up that I end up playing for hours. I don't know why it is this way, there's nothing tangible.

The guitar in question is fairly rare, I've seen photos of others but I've never seen another one for sale. In its current condition it might be worth $400-$500, max. If the right buyer comes along.

So why get rid of it? Well, I'm not sure I will but I would like to thin the herd to 4 electrics, plus the acoustic and the bass, basically what I can fit on the walls in order to free up some space in my mancave. Then I'd like to get some shelves up to get some stuff off the floor, paint a wall in a nice color (red?), add some good light and family wish for sound proofing too. In short, make it more a place of inspiration than an office/dump.
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I would say, looks obvious to me you don't play it enough, if it collects dust more than its being played, sell it and free up some space. I am not a hoarder , so if something isn't getting used i get rid of it.
 
for me, rare items are stuck with me.

So sell a rare item?

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If it doesn't inspire you, quality is pretty much irrelevant - except that a great player might be easier to sell.
On the other hand, rare models can become more valuable over time, depending on the brand.

Myself, I tend to form a strong rapport with my instruments, especially after gigging them.
There have been very few cases where I let a guitar go without feeling a sense of loss afterwards.
A few I still miss decades later.

But if you don't feel a personal bond with this one, IMO you probably won't regret selling it.

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On the general subject of selling gear:

Last night I was writing about the dozens of amps that have come & gone over my many years in music.
Thinking about the ones I've kept, the ones I didn't miss, and the ones that I never should've sold.
Plus a couple of oddballs I wish I still owned just because they were cool or weird.

I didn't always have the luxury of keeping the old stuff when I got new gear.
Now I can, and I like to think I've learned my lesson.
If I have a really good piece, I hang on to it.

But that's just me.
 
I rarely regret selling gear. Once I decide to sell it my mind treats it as gone, I look at it and think "that's not mine anymore". I did try to sell the Quillter amp but nobody wanted it so I fired it up and played for 15 minutes and then took it off the market and still use it today, maybe I would have regretted selling that one?

I'm not really sentimental about gear, or rarely anyway. There was one that got stolen, it was rare, a great player and had sentimental value, I miss that one. Then there's the one I'd never sell because it would be damn hard to replace, I wouldn't call it one of a kind but maybe 1 of 1000. The other ones are really good but are not rare and they're not exceptional, just good guitars and they could be replaced in a week if they decided to spontaneously combust. Except for this one that is in between, couldn't be replaced but is rarely played and not particularly valuable, maybe its presence would be missed because it would leave an empty stand but as a guitar it doesn't see much action... Weird.

All I'd really, REALLY need would be the strat (Deathtrap, the one I'd never part with) and an SG. It would be nice with and SG that was as special as Deathtrap but that's not likely to happen so I stick with the 2011 Std that's free of dead spots and has no neckdive at all, a good SG. The rest are fair game but I have no real reason to get trid of any really, more convenience.
 
Astral Traveler said:
I have this guitar, a great guitar, that I rarely use. There is nothing wrong with it, I like it, it looks good, plays good and sounds good but still it's rarely used.
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Yes, most folks would sell it. But, and more importantly, most folks would regret it later (and you'll probably never be able to replace it).

A great guitar is a great guitar; sell them if you HAVE to, that's fair enough, but don't sell them unless you have to, imho.
 
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