Br1ck
Senior Member
I'd sell my 70 D 35, no problem, then sell another at market value and buy a smaller Santa Cruz or other comparable guitar for my old age. Not without a heap of regret, mind you.
For me there are two answers:
I would not take $5k for a guitar that’s worth close to or more than $5k already.
In the spirit of the question, there’s probably only a couple that I wouldn’t part with. One’s an import Jackson that’s worth maybe $800 and one’s my 2000 Starfire.
Well, there was no challenge to your personal code here, Jim. Good thing. I would be very uncomfortable selling something of value to me to anyone willing to offer a blank check to me for something when I say it isn't for sale... That's just really bad form for any collector. And, it didn't happen here, so no battle of wills.This is the guy I was afraid was going to offer me a bunch of money for my DV72 12 or so years ago. He was our host and owned a very unique enormous (100-200 acre) estate in the Hill Country. We spent a night there and he introduced himself, saw my guitar and started playing. he LOVED the DV72. I remember vividly the drive home, and feeling how happy I was he didn't offer me a bunch of money for it. A collector of various items, a former professional guitar player, with $millions at his disposal. I'd never met anyone quite like this man. I'd have probably taken $5000........and been heartbroken driving home.
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This man, as you can tell by reading the article, was that way..........he'd spend thousands of dollars simply to own something he thought looked nice, and never think twice about it. Just not normal! He'd put it in a case and it would never be touched again. The epitome of eccentric. He was a nice man though.Well, there was no challenge to your personal code here, Jim. Good thing. I would be very uncomfortable selling something of value to me to anyone willing to offer a blank check to me for something when I say it isn't for sale... That's just really bad form for any collector. And, it didn't happen here, so no battle of wills.
You could certainly replace your F-512 with $5,000, but I guess my question is would you sell it in the first place, Rob? In my case, my 2006 F-512 is not going anywhere for $5,000. No way, no how.If I let my F512 go away for $5k, I would just have to buy another one at about $5k with tax and shipping.
Of course, then I'd turn around and buy a couple used jumbo Guild 12-strings!Not sentimental here. I'll take the 5 grand for any of 'em, lol.
You could certainly replace your F-512 with $5,000, but I guess my question is would you sell it in the first place, Rob?