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phlemmy wrote:Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass - Worst sounding bass I have ever owned next to the Memphis P copy that I started out with. I've heard other Geddys that sounded better but mine was horrid.

I also had a Geddy that I had to get rid of due to a wonky neck. I could get it "playable", but never to where it should have been.

1965 wrote:

scotty wrote: The one and only reason i got rid of it was cause with the round back it kept slipping down when i played it.You know what i mean.Anyway nice to hear your story.
Cheers scott

Yes, they're horrible aesthetically, and then you sit down to play it and it won't even stay on your leg. I know exactly what you mean. Also, when you're standing up it slides back towards you so that the front of the guitar is angling up, and that ain't right.

Exactly.

scotty wrote:

1965 wrote:

scotty wrote: The one and only reason i got rid of it was cause with the round back it kept slipping down when i played it.You know what i mean.Anyway nice to hear your story.
Cheers scott

Yes, they're horrible aesthetically, and then you sit down to play it and it won't even stay on your leg. I know exactly what you mean. Also, when you're standing up it slides back towards you so that the front of the guitar is angling up, and that ain't right.

Exactly.

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I had a late '60s model Yamaha 12 string acoustic guitar that I bought when I was 17, I guess. I played it all through college. Nice sound, and all, but difficult to play above the 7th fret. And forget about barre chords.

Lately I've been hankerin' for another 12 string acoustic guitar.

JimK

I do have another I will mention. I got a early 70's Fender Strat from a friend around 1977, white/maple board, three bolt, big head stock, tilt-o-whirl neck adjuster and a BIG gouge in the top side from a symble on a stand that tipped over. [Hey, there's an idea for the fender custom shop!] This strat would bring big money now, from some fool. I kept it a few monthes. I payed 250, sold it for 300. No regrets, even to this day.

My story is a little different...

The guitar I was happy to get rid of was an awesome guitar... but, because I'm a bassist who uses electric guitars for songwriting and recording only, I am never going to do proper justice to a really nice 6-string.

My guitar that I got rid of was a '94 Paul Reed Smith. Awesome guitar that I bought used and sold for a modest profit. I just couldn't play it well enough to justify having it.

I sold it and used the proceeds to fund a '04 Rickenbacker 660/12. Best guitar of all time, and it was invaluable in recording my band's last CD. It's the only 12-string I will ever need, and I am SO happy with it.

The guitar sale I most regret was my selling of my '96 Fireglo 4003. It wasn't a bad deal at the time, but man, I would kill to get that bass back now.

jimk wrote: Lately I've been hankerin' for another 12 string acoustic guitar.

I got an Epiphone 12 string acoustic a few months back for $130 new, threw some elixirs on it, and it ain't half bad. For messing around and figuring stuff out it's great. For recording, not so much, but for $150 investment it's impressive.

I also forgot about a Yamaha SG 800 in a silver finish that I bought and sold. It was in perfect shape, and came with a HSC. I bought the guitar off a friend in need at the price they asked, which was still a good price. I held onto the guitar for a bit in case the friend wanted to buy it back, but the situation never materialized, so I later sold the guitar at a profit. I couldn't see myself playing a double cutaway Yamaha guitar with humbuckers. It just wasn't my style. To my eyes it looked like a knockoff of a double cutaway Gretsch Duo or Silver Jet model.

My first bass, a Johnson P bass copy.

Mine was natural though. I got those wonderful "go play with your johnson" jokes. Ooh it's a woody. It's full size! Don't twist the knobs too much. It's a strap on!

Glad when I got rid of that.. Traded it in for $100 off a Dean Edge 5 which I have since sold.

Interesting headstock shape on that Johnson. Their r&d department must have been working overtime to find a shape that fits the design of the body so well.

Lets see. A 1972 Martin D-41 which the binding fell of the neck before it needed a neck reset. A Travis Bean Artist which
was just terrible and very affected by temperture change. I hate to include a Ric 660-12 that had a very narrow neck to the point that you could not even play a C chord and get all strings to ring. Don't miss any of them at all.

Wow, a D-41 that sucked. Isn't that the fancy Gene Autry model ?

It is a well known fact that the early 70's Martin's were not lets say well well made.
I bought it knew for $700.00 in July of 1972 and kept it until 2000. I live a little
over an hour away from the factory in Nazareth Pa.so I was able to take it back to
where it was made THREE times. The first trip was due to the fact that if you
played a chord with an open first string like an E or C chord and strumed a bit
hard the high E would get caught under the third fret. They said it was a binding
issue and tried to fix it. The second time they replaced the case which warped from
the cold and made the finish crack from the bottom of the pickguard to the abalone
trim.I got a new case but they would not fix the crack.The last and final trip was
when the binding became loose and came away from the nut to the fifth fret.
A few years later it needed a neck reset and I had had enough. In the "old" days
they did not have an adjustable truss rod. By the time I sold it the prices had
gone through the roof and I was still able to get $1300.00 as is for it so it was
not a loss.I would not by another Martin from that era. I have a Gibson J-160E
as my acoustic guitar which went through a flood in 1972. You can see the
damage to the finish in the pic. It is a Norlin era Gibson which has a different
body then the old and current style.I had to replace the pots and I put on old
knobs. The bracing and all other parts are fine 36 years after being full of water
up to the sound hole. I hope the attachment worked as good as the guitar does. LOL