Getting back my old guitars

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I've decided to start trying to find the 70's guitars I sold/traded/got stolen.
Might take a while to get them considering the inflation/collector's prices and scarcity.
The Ibanez 2350G I paid $99 for in 1976 is listed in SA at 9000 Rand. It'll probably take a decade. :D:D:D:D:D

Ibanez 2350G
Ibanez Roadster Bass
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop
Gibson Les Paul 55/74 Special
Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty
Fender Stratocaster Standard

The LPC will probably be the last one considering the prices....but I'm considering a new one might be a worhtwhile investment. The ol ones are nice but a new one will last longer....and won't need a fret job.
 
ido1957 said:
The Ibanez 2350G I paid $99 for in 1976 is listed in SA at 9000 Rand. It'll probably take a decade. :D:D:D:D:D
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Tell me about it. I bought a brand new Gibson ES-345TD in 1978 for $865. Some asshat broke into my apartment two years later and stole it. I would love to buy a replacement...but new ES-345's are going for $3,600 now!
 
Hooking up with an old guitar you used to have is about like hooking up with an old girlfriend. It might be nice to think about, but it usually isn't what you hoped for in reality.
 
Milnoque said:
Hooking up with an old guitar you used to have is about like hooking up with an old girlfriend. It might be nice to think about, but it usually isn't what you hoped for in reality.
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So you're saying I should just play my old guitar for one night until we're both completely covered in effluvia and then hate myself in the morning?
 
In 25 years your playing has probably matured. It might be worth looking for guitars to suit who you are now rather than wishing you were whisked back in time.

Let me say that from my perspective: In 1974 I bought a Les Paul copy and later sold it to buy a Fender Strat. At times I wished I hadn't (had to) as it was a lovely guitar, but I now own a Gibson ES339 and it is much more who I now am than a Les Paul copy would be. I no longer regret the past.

All the best in your search; may you find happiness and contentment.
 
Milnoque said:
Hooking up with an old guitar you used to have is about like hooking up with an old girlfriend. It might be nice to think about, but it usually isn't what you hoped for in reality.
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and don't tell your wife about it.harhar.. :)

I actually did just that, an old strat I had sold during harder times, popped back up in the store. I grabbed it, got it back for $675 w/original hscase. I still had the case candy manuals at home, also the Fender Product booklet for that year, really nice color pics and thick paper. So that was fun in a way.... its all put back together, kind of weird.

while it was gone, been having fun with a Squier 51 the gang here recommended. Its a great guitar and for $100ish. The cool thing about the Squier 51 is it doesnt have the "closet perfection syndrome", instead it gets played daily, handed around and if it gets a ding or scratch, I dont care.
It kind of has that McCartney Hofner vybe going, out of the mainstream norm.And because it has no money value, I'll never sell it. Its warm, and not afraid to do some mechanical changes on it which I enjoy now and then.
Probably wont "mod" a $675 guitar.

The US Stratocaster, on the other hand, what can a person say, it doesnt need an introduction. Hot Rod Red no doubt.
 

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I have no need to get most of my old guitars back, as I never sold most of them, but I do understand the feeling. I did sell, for next to nothing, the Silvertone 3/4 acoustic guitar (made by Harmony,) when I was not playing at all (late 70's.) Also sold my first amplifier, a Monkey-Wards/Airline Model 6000- all tubes, with tremolo- essentially gave it away, too. I found another one of those amps about 10 years ago, in evilBay, and grabbed it- did not hurt that it was cheap, although no where near what I sold mine for... Been watching for another Silvertone, too- decided it would need to be as close to mine (with stamped-steel tail piece, brown color, 3/4 size,) AND not cost more than $50. Still looking.

I still own the '68 Telestar hollowbody 2pu guitar I got, as a birthday present from my folks, and the Kawai bass (repainted metalflake purple and silver, the original, massive metal pickguard re-chrome plated- Bootsie Collins would be proud!) I bought while in high school. Neither of them get much playing, these days- their quirks usually exhaust my patience- but I am glad to still have them. If I had sold them off, I would probably be jonesin' to get them, or replacements, back. I could care less that they are not the best instruments- I still love 'em both.
 
ido1957 said:
I've decided to start trying to find the 70's guitars I sold/traded/got stolen.
Might take a while to get them considering the inflation/collector's prices and scarcity.
The Ibanez 2350G I paid $99 for in 1976 is listed in SA at 9000 Rand. It'll probably take a decade. :D:D:D:D:D

Ibanez 2350G
Ibanez Roadster Bass
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop
Gibson Les Paul 55/74 Special
Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty
Fender Stratocaster Standard

The LPC will probably be the last one considering the prices....but I'm considering a new one might be a worhtwhile investment. The ol ones are nice but a new one will last longer....and won't need a fret job.
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with the internet you probably can accomplish this task. in the old days pre-internet, it would be nearly impossible.
good luck..

I wonder if Clapton ever wishes he hadnt got rid of Blackie and the others?
 
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