Guitars you wish you had back!

[Raz]

I don't miss any of my former guitars. But then I'm not really a gear whore, either, so my purchases are deliberate and infrequent. (No offense to the gear whores of this board, which would be most of you.. )

I resent that its not our fault, we're still waiting for some kind of intervention

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Mine was a 1991 Aria PE1200. Basically learn to play on that guitar, and sold it in my extreme debt phase for £250. One day a few years later, I found an old picture of me playing that guitar and decided I needed it back! I contacted the bloke I sold it to, he was happy to sell it to me back, and I got it for £220 and made a profit! I still play it occasionally but its very heavy.

 

[Warg Master]

I miss my early 90's Jackson SL-1...it was beat up, but it was awsome.... why did I ever get rid of it?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Wargus/sl1.jpg

 

[NorM]

This morning I got ready to go on travel for business and I can't find the Stienberger

 

[edensdad]

My Les Paul. Not because I really like Les Pauls, but because it was the first guitar I ever had and I learned so much on it.


>^..^<

 

[SteveB]

I resent that its not our fault, we're still waiting for some kind of intervention

Haha! Good answer, Raz! I needed a good chuckle today.

 

[jongitarz]

When I was 5 my Dad bought me a Gibson ES125. I traded it for something(Can't remeber what), but I would love to have that one back. I think it was a 1959 model

 

[dfrady]

My flame top Trans Amber Axis, i traded for an amp about a year ago.

 

[phatduckk]

im way on the opposite side of the spectrum here ... ive kept almost every guitar ive ever had except for a Gibson SG (i hate those now) and an ibanez edb 600 bass (also sucked) ...

now i have a handful of stuff i wouldnt mind getting rid of ... i think im gonna unload my PRS. between my JP6 and my Les Paul w/ P90's it gets 0 playing time. it just sits there and looks pretty. maybe ill ditch it and to fund an ASS with MM90s

 

[jazzbo jim]

Man...don't remind me.
My Gibson ES 335 dot neck...sold it for carpet. (kill me NOW)

 

[c_mac]

I miss my trans blue AL.

Chad

 

[ripley]

my pregib steinberger. sold it to pay rent, took what was left over, put it with an SWR workingman's 15 and got a Redhead combo. can't regret it too much because it was the only thing I had at the time that was worth anything and I still have and use the Redhead... but I'd stil love to have that guitar back.

 

[PugNinjas]

My first electric guitar was a TST-56 Tokai strat in candy apple red. The guitar was amazing but being a EVH nad Via influenced punk kid at the time (early 80's) I slapped a Floyd in her as well as a humbucker in the bridge. I also carved the lower bout much deeper for better reach with my fretting hand. I then proceeded to strip the candy finish off and painted it with spray cans of 1977 Oldsmobile green.

I still have the guitar (which is now a metalflake orange) but it's not the same. I miss it in the original form.

 

[dan ratcliffe]

I've only gotten rid of 3 guitars in my time.

The first was an Ibanez PGM100. I traded it for my beautiful blue Axis. It always felt too big. Paul Gilbert is the man though!!

The next was my white Peavey Wolfgang Special. I traded it for a Marshall 4 x 12. No regrets.

Finally, I had bought a translucent green Tanglewood strat copy in '96. It was an incredible sounding guitar but I sanded it down and painted it black for some reason and it lost its vibe for me. I gave it to a friend of mine who is an artist and let him "rock and roll" it up. I never had the heart to ask for it back. Its just a cheap piece but I enjoyed giving someone a new creative outlet free of charge.

I really feel for you guys who've had to sell their guitars just to keep going....

 

[John C]

In my search for a guitar neck shape that would let me play without pain I've had a lot of guitars come and go, but only a few regrets:

1. 1999 Fender '62RI Strat in Sherwood Green - had a bridge pickup that would peel paint, very strong David Gilmour tone - sold off in a fit of PRS GAS.

2. 1996 Hamer Studio in '59 Burst - great set-neck, 2 humbucker guitar, should have kept it

3. 2002 G&L ASAT Special Deluxe - this is the ASAT version with a tilla (i.e. basswood) body with a maple top, MFD single coils - great Townshend vibe, would be a good alternative flavor to my EBMM Silo Special.

By the way, I found the perfect neck for me in the EBMM Silo Special .

 

[mesavox]

I wish I had my Jackson JDR 94 (my first real guitar, and the first guitar I bought) and my Fender Floyd FotoFlame(squire series) that were stolen a few months ago back. Neither were exactly worth much, but the Jackson has bunches of sentimental value(plus the neck is awsome) and the Strat had Lindey Fralins that I put in. I had to rout out the pickgaurd so it would fit over the floyd since I went from HSS to SSS and all that other stuff... lol. It sounded great.

The local law enforcement around here is rather, non excellent so I don't know if I'll ever get them back or not. I think I'll have more luck continuing to ask around town than I will waiting on them to find them.

 

[brentrocks]

i had a 82' flying V custom with the V pickups....that was sweet. and i had a 85' silverburst LP custom with those peg-winding tuners...i would like to have that back too.

i used to have this Heritage H-157 custon (LP custom) trans green flame top...that was sweet too.