Do you own any guitars that you will NEVER sell?
Nov 14, 2019 18:59:37 GMT -5
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Post by FloridaGull on Nov 14, 2019 18:59:37 GMT -5
I do! 
I got back into playing guitar in early 2011, when my wife reconnected with an old friend from high school on Facebook. He had a hand injury, but more money than sense, so he had bought a number of nice guitars (left handed) that he could not play. Long story short, he gave me his guitars when he saw my old Aria dreadnought (with 1 11/16" nut, even!) that I dusted off and played for him.
I am right-handed, so this presented a rather happy dilemma! I could not play these instruments, but I could TRADE or SELL them...
So, I went down to Wolfe Guitars in Jupiter, FL, with the instruments I received from my wife's friend. Oh - you'd like to know what I received?
Les Paul Studio (US made)
Epiphone cutaway dreadnought - solid top with electronics
Martin D-15 (I think...)
Martin Classical Backpacker
Cordoba C5 Classical (actually made in Portugal!)
The Cordoba C5 and the Martin Classical Backpacker, being classical, have straight saddles, so they could be re-strung into right-handed orientation. I ended up selling the Backpacker to someone from the old Acoustic Guitar Community. The others had to go...
I ended up trading the Les Paul Studio for my Seagull Performer Flame Maple Q1T, and later traded the Martin D15 and Epiphone (plus some cash) for the Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin II (which I recently sold on Reverb).
All this will (hopefully) help you to understand as I finally answer the question I posed above. My father passed away in 2011, and I took the Cordoba C5 up to NJ to play for him in hospice as he passed. This, coupled with the fact that it is the only guitar I still have that my wife's friend gave me (he passed away in 2015), makes the Cordoba one I will NEVER sell.
I played the Seagull at my father's funeral - Amazing Grace and a Christian song I wrote called "My Savior Lives". This, coupled with the fact that it was directly traded for with the guitars I was given, makes the Seagull Performer one I will NEVER sell. Also, I played it at my eldest stepson's wedding in January 2019.
My Giannini Craviola 12-string is a wonderful instrument, and my daughter has a picture of her and I as I am holding it, and it is one of her favorite pictures. It is also her favorite guitar of mine. She will receive this guitar when I die.
I also played my Walden N610CE Classical at my eldest stepson's wedding, so I may have to not sell that one - perhaps I'll leave it to them when I die!
I also have a Cort L500-O that is so sweet! A 12-fret slot head OM that is no longer in production - I think I have to keep that one, just because it is SO much fun to play, and sounds SO special!
So - anybody else?
I got back into playing guitar in early 2011, when my wife reconnected with an old friend from high school on Facebook. He had a hand injury, but more money than sense, so he had bought a number of nice guitars (left handed) that he could not play. Long story short, he gave me his guitars when he saw my old Aria dreadnought (with 1 11/16" nut, even!) that I dusted off and played for him.
I am right-handed, so this presented a rather happy dilemma! I could not play these instruments, but I could TRADE or SELL them...
So, I went down to Wolfe Guitars in Jupiter, FL, with the instruments I received from my wife's friend. Oh - you'd like to know what I received?
Les Paul Studio (US made)
Epiphone cutaway dreadnought - solid top with electronics
Martin D-15 (I think...)
Martin Classical Backpacker
Cordoba C5 Classical (actually made in Portugal!)
The Cordoba C5 and the Martin Classical Backpacker, being classical, have straight saddles, so they could be re-strung into right-handed orientation. I ended up selling the Backpacker to someone from the old Acoustic Guitar Community. The others had to go...
I ended up trading the Les Paul Studio for my Seagull Performer Flame Maple Q1T, and later traded the Martin D15 and Epiphone (plus some cash) for the Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin II (which I recently sold on Reverb).
All this will (hopefully) help you to understand as I finally answer the question I posed above. My father passed away in 2011, and I took the Cordoba C5 up to NJ to play for him in hospice as he passed. This, coupled with the fact that it is the only guitar I still have that my wife's friend gave me (he passed away in 2015), makes the Cordoba one I will NEVER sell.
I played the Seagull at my father's funeral - Amazing Grace and a Christian song I wrote called "My Savior Lives". This, coupled with the fact that it was directly traded for with the guitars I was given, makes the Seagull Performer one I will NEVER sell. Also, I played it at my eldest stepson's wedding in January 2019.
My Giannini Craviola 12-string is a wonderful instrument, and my daughter has a picture of her and I as I am holding it, and it is one of her favorite pictures. It is also her favorite guitar of mine. She will receive this guitar when I die.
I also played my Walden N610CE Classical at my eldest stepson's wedding, so I may have to not sell that one - perhaps I'll leave it to them when I die!
I also have a Cort L500-O that is so sweet! A 12-fret slot head OM that is no longer in production - I think I have to keep that one, just because it is SO much fun to play, and sounds SO special!
So - anybody else?
