Did you ever experience or felt your guitar collection is growing too big? I certainly do!
GAS is like an addiction. More guitars and amps and little time to enjoy. I’ve come to the point to discover new stuff in my own collection. Stuff I forgot about, guitars I haven’t played in years. After some serious cases of seller’s remorse I got very careful at getting rid of guitars. Selling a Chris Cornell ES-335 for 3000 Euro… somebody got a steal! Â Or that Birdseye Maple Top Gibby … Â Well after 25 years of collecting I’ve come to common sense and decided I don’t need a store’s inventory of gear. Â My babies need some love I can’t give them. Time to move a boatload of gear and get me some breathing space. Â So I openend a store on Reverb. As from today on I’ll post some gear on Reverb every day. Â Starting easy… Reverb isn’t cheap! If it ‘ll be trouble free I bring with the big guns to the market. Â I’ve noticed Facebook Marketplace and local platforms bring more scammers than customers. Â Let the games begin…
Spring is around the corner and it is time for a thorough cleaning of the inventory. The collection is growing and after 25 years of collecting growing out of hand. More the lack of storage room is forcing me to cut the inventory.
In the next days I shall list gear on Reverb and on my Facebook page. You can find shop tab on top of this page if you want to find my listings. I’ll post new stuff in the next weeks: Guitars, amps and pedals. Feel free to take a look or contact me if you are looking for a piece of gear. Check back regularly because I’ll list items one by one.
First one of the batch will be this Mesa Boogie Mk I King Snake. The 2014 limited run of the Carlos Santana amp. Please notice all amps are the EU voltage type unless I mention otherwise. I can ship worldwide but for practical reasons I only mentioned the EU shipping cost. International buyers can contact me and I’ll check out the best shipping price to their country.
So stay tuned, more to come soon. But let’s start off with this killer Mesa Boogie. Limited run, it is #596 of 600 worldwide. On the inside is the autograph of Randall Smith and Mr Carlos Santana himself.
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When it comes to guitars there such a thing as seller’s remorse ? Yes there is. Over the past 25 years I acquired many guitars and basses. I sold many of them for various reasons. Sometimes to finance another purchase and sometimes because I was just “stupid” me.
Few times I suffer from seller’s remorse when I see the value of a particular guitar/amp going up, way up. Most times I regret because I got emotionally attached to a particular instrument but my chronic disease called G.A.S. made me do it. Addicted people don’t think reasonably.
On the other hand I was lucky to purchase rare and vintage stuff at almost no cost. A bargain if the seller is desperate to part with his/her gear or in most cases is not aware of the actual value. I had a lucky buy every now and then… Anyway, here are some of my remorses and lucky strikes:
(If I mention any value it is including VAT – 21%)
The Gibson Guitars…
Gibson ES-335 Natural Birdseye
SG Zoot Suit Rainbow
SG Zoot Suit Black/White
ES-335 Chris Cornell (2013)
The Gibson ES-335 Natural. I am hunting all corners of the world for this one. I want it back! This ES has the most crazy birdseye top, -back and -sides I have ever seen. It is an “ordinary” 335 from the Memphis factory but the looks are so great. Every picture I took couldn’t capture the beauty of the guitar. It would vary from a white pale color to dark maple. Whoever has it…I want it back. (Sold it at the time for €2500/$2880)
In 2009 I got a couple of Gibson SG Zoot Suits. When hurricane Katrina flooded the Gibson facilities the production of this guitar came to an early ending. These guitars are made of different coloured layers of wood, pressed together and then the guitar is routed out. As far as I know it is the only SG in perfect balance. No neck dive on these rockers. Later on I acquired a pristine “Rainbow” and a “Blue/Red” on Ebay. (I sold these for €850/$980)
Big remorse over the Gibson ES-335 Chris Cornell in Satin Black. In 2013 I bought both the black and the olive drab version of these superb guitars. Shop price at the time was €2200/$2500 (including 21% VAT). After Chris Cornell passed away these instruments tripled in value (or more). In 2019 Gibson did a reissue but only in Olive Green (shop price €3500). Sold the black one for €2500/$2800. I did a review on the 2013 and 2019 Cornells: here
Marshall mania!
Marshall 1987x-pw
Marshall 1959 SLP (’69-’70)
Marshall Jubilee and Silver Jubilee
A decade ago I traded a Fender Stratocaster for a vintage Marshall Super Lead (SLP) from 1969. Until 1973 all Marshall amps were hand wired. This one was in excellent condition. The standby switch was replaced in the seventies, just loaded it up with NOS tubes and the beast roars again. Got a free tinnitus with it! Loud as hell. The same period I got a Marshall Silver Jubilee(1987) and a Jubilee (1989) amp head for peanuts. Loud is more cheap! I got all the crunch I need …forever.
Marshall 1987x-pw. The signature amp of the Father of Mod: Paul Weller. A very limited number (about 70 amps) were produced and the profits went to charity. I reviewed this one earlier. Picked it up in the UK for under €1000/$1150.
Coup de Fender!
Fender Telecaster CS 1998
Fender Pro Junior 1992
Fender Telecaster Custom Shop 1998 (1 of 20). These Tele’s were dealer select for Sam Ash Music. The store chain is long out of business. There were only twenty made, each in a different color. I got number one in a purple finish. The neck is made of quilted maple and it has a pearloid pickguard. I keep it in close range as my go to guitar. Bought it second hand for €900/$980. A steal!
Found a Fender Pro Junior (made in US – 1992) at a flea market. Works perfect, only 50 euros.
The oddballs…
LAG Keziah Jones
Duesenberg Starplayere TV – Ice Pearl
Remorse: LAG Keziah Jones signature. Made in France, solid body guitar with nylon strings and a piezo pickup. very well suited for jazz or rhythmic chops. Well… it is gone. Sold it for €750/$870…
… to be the owner of a Duesenberg Starplayer TV – Ice Pearl. Picked it up brand new for €2000/$2300 including VAT. Also known as the Ron Wood guitar. Superior German quality and playability. The Duesenberg Trem system is way more stable than a Bigsby. Semi-hollow goodness and whoever wants it shall have to take it from my cold dead hands. I never part with this one. Actual store price is over €4000/$4625.
The list does not come to an end… But if you have an ES-335 in birdseye maple I’ll be on your doorstep soon!
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