Musical instruments you used to own.
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Topic: Musical instruments you used to own.
Posted By: Bastille Dude
Subject: Musical instruments you used to own.
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 17:10
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Or, musical instruments you used to own, but sold and/or traded, and wished you hadn't. Back in 1985-86 I had a little prog band with my friends from school, we called ourselves Vital Signs (guess which band influenced that name I played keyboards and Bass with some occasional rhythm guitar, I had a very impressive keyboard rig, especially for a 18-19 kid. My keyboard setup consisted of a Moog "source", Moog taurus II bass pedals, ARP "Explorer 1", Roland juno 6 and two Roland juno 60's. Sadly I don't own any of these instruments today, Due to my ignorance, I sold them all off many years ago. So I was just wondering if anybody else wishes they had some awesome instrument they no longer have, whether it was a Synthesizer, Amplifier, Guitar or effect pedal. And let me offer my condolences for your loss, Because I know how you feel.. |
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 17:29
Wow. Yeah that hurts, man. I can happily say that I can't relate, as I've hung on to all the gear I really wanted to keep. 
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Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 05:11
| That's the trouble with keyboards, technology makes them out of date within a year. Had my Les Paul Custom since the 70s and felt no need to upgrade. |
Posted By: Duncan
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 10:17
Uh, what? Bastille Dude's synth rig is still cool today. Probably more than it was then. I sure wish I had it. |
cobb wrote:Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 10:18
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I once had a black Fender American Strat and sold it. Can't say that I regret it too much ... as I currently have a Gibson Nighthawk, Ibanez JEM555bk and ESP NT-II. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: The-Bullet
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 11:42
Major regrets that this is as far as I got  ------------- 
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Posted By: A Guy
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 11:59
| Once I had an acoustic guitar with three strings (or maybe two). No idea where that's gone... |
Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 15:56
Maybe someone put on the remaining three strings?  ------------- http://www.soundclick.com/rosescar/ - My music! "THE AUDIENCE WERE generally drugged. (In Holland, always)." - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 16:13
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I used to have a Wasp Synth but sold it years ago. Cheap and made of plastic, but it was great fun. |
Posted By: Jaydubz
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 18:56
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I had a Maestro Woodwind System (manufactured by Gibson) in college, circa' 1973. The Maestro is probably best known as having been used by the late saxophonist Chris Wood on assorted Traffic albums, particularly on "John Barleycorn Must Die" and also by Ian Underwood on Zappa's "Uncle Meat" and "Hots Rats" albums...the cartoonish sounding saxes on "Peaches En Regalia" are a great example. It basically worked like a guitar effects device - you'd run a mic'd sax/flute/clarinet/etc. through it, and it would transform the sound like other winds such a bassoon/clarinet or guitar/violin. Like most synths and equipment from that vintage era, "sounds like" was used rather loosely, to say the least - but the device still sounded cool! Nonetheless, it was stolen in a burglary a few years after I got it, and I was never able to find one again for sale in music stores or used in "Recycler"-type ad-mags. Then eBay came along! I lost a snipe-war over one of these units THAT WAS NEW IN THE BOX! Talk about "the one that got away"...a 35 year-old device SEALED in its original packaging! I did end up winning another one, paid something like $300.00 for it - and when I got it, it turned out not to work and smelled as if someone had blew about 100 cartons of cigarettes onto it! It's been sitting in the closet for about 4-5 years, but I've put it on my to-do list to take it down to Advanced Musical Electronics here in LA (they're famous for restoring old gear), and get that bad-boy fixed. Here's a classic shot of jazz great Eddie Harris with his Woodwind System
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Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 01:39
Haven't seen too many Jupiter 8's or Prophets around lately, but I get your drift. |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 13:18
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Three guitars I wish I still had: (manufacture dates are approximate but close) 1965 Gretsch Chet Atkins model (orange with the black circular snap-on pad on the back) Traded it in on the 1972 limited edition re-issue of the original "black beauty" Les Paul which I still have. 1969 Rickenbacher blonde wood electric 12-string. Lost it in a van fire. 1967 Gibson 335 sunburst. Stolen from my house in 1970. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Zepology101
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 17:57
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I still own an electric guitar, actually I own two. I nevr sold any instruments in my life. ------------- 
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Posted By: A'swepe
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 11:39
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I still have a Moog Memorymoog (pre MIDI) that sadly, no longer works. It will produce a whining tone but the oscillators are so far gone that tuning is hopeless. I suppose I should get rid of it. Getting it repaired would probably cost more than I paid for it. I still have a minimoog that is on pretty good shape considering its age. ------------- David - Never doubt in the dark that which you believe to be true in the light. http://www.myspace.com/aardvarktxusa - Instrumental rock http://www.soundclick.com/aardvarktxusa |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 15:59
OOF. That had to hurt, man.  ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: April 17 2006 at 11:51
Actually, not as bad as watching the Rick 12 string burn to ashes. It was a great guitar. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 06:58
I had a stylophone and a casio VL-1
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Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 18:56
Hey, I think I have it...Stays in tune & everything, and retuning to "open" tuning takes seconds due to the # of strings...Might be willing to let it go for a good offer...
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Posted By: hawkbrock
Date Posted: May 04 2006 at 12:26
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I've had a theremin unassembled sitting in my room. Get that wee bugger put together! ------------- 
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Posted By: the man machine
Date Posted: May 06 2006 at 07:02
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i used to have a nice little bongo , i think my brother stabbed a hole in it.
my brother now has one , great fun to bang away on. |
Posted By: Reverie
Date Posted: May 09 2006 at 03:50
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I used to play sax when i was a youngin, but i was really only usign it as a transitional tool until i could get a guitar or guitar lessons or something (for the purpose of notation, which, as it turns out, i forgot and now know little about )
Anyways, when i did move on to guitar i got rid of the sax. Kinda wish i hadn't, but then if i hadn't i may not have gotten into guitar as much, and i love playing guitar. Never really had any other instruments. All the guitars i've ever had, i still have. My sister used to have a flute. Woulda been cool if she kept that so i could use it now
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Posted By: zedkatz
Date Posted: December 22 2006 at 04:59
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Worst thing I ever did was to trash my Shergold 12 string custom Masquerader guitar into my amp at a 'farewell' gig back in 1984. Had to borrow one for our reunion gig 19 years later but it wasn't the same.
Blame the folly of youth
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: December 22 2006 at 07:25
I beg to differ - my keyboard setup still appears to be very current... and it's 35 years old: 
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: December 23 2006 at 19:47
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I used to own a crappy nylon string guitar. It kept going out of tune and it was a horrible orange colour. Sold it for 5 bucks.
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: June 01 2008 at 09:44
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My first electric guitar was a Westone Thunder 1A when I was about 15 years old. It was a great guitar and I'd heartily recommend Westones (or any other guitar made by Matsumoku in the early 80s). It ended up a little bashed so I sold it to my friend who "knew someone who could paint it". The next time I saw it, it was covered in white household gloss which had been applied with a fairly wide brush. They hadn't masked off the fretboard or even removed any of the parts before painting! And there was the crappiest dragon I've ever seen painted on it! He sold it to someone else who painstakingly removed all the horrible paint and got it back to very nearly its original condition. And they won't sell it back to me! I thought about buying another on Ebay but decided to buy a Westone Paduak instead. If they're good enough for Dave Brock, they're good enough for me! ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: June 01 2008 at 09:54
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I used to own a 3/4 size nylon string, but due to an idiot friend of mine tuning all the strings up a whole 5th, the bridge completely came off, and I never bothered getting the bridge put back on it, so I just got rid of it.
I also had a strat copy, made by Samick, and it was an MIK guitar, so it okay for what is was. I sold it to a friend for 100 AUD, and oddly I want to buy it back one day, because it was my first electric guitar. I wouldn't really play it, I would just buy it back and put it away, so it's there for the nostalgic value. ------------- 
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: June 01 2008 at 10:04
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My first guitar was a £50 Spanish guitar that didn't stay in tune or even sound good but it was good while I was still learning the basics, my first electric guitar was a Westfield Les Paul copy that was actually far superior to the Epiphone I tried at a similar price but it wasn't well built and started to fall apart a couple of years later, by the time the Westfield had got so bad I couldn't play it well I'd bought an Ibanez GSA60 and traded the Westfield in for a Burns Marquee. The Burns and Ibanez were in turn traded in for an Epiphone G400 which I've still got today. Since then I've bought a Steinberger Spirit GU Deluxe and a Lap Steel, been given a Marlin Sidewinder and I've still got that guitar build project on the go. All my guitars have been £150-£250 in value but I've played US Fenders and other high end guitars and don't see the point in upgrading when I can build something a lot better for less money. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 01 2008 at 10:29
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Guitars I used to own: Aria ("II" I think, my first guitar - I can't even remember what I did with it. Probably traded it in for my trusty old Washburn N2) BC Rich (Slayer type, I still have it - but in a "slightly dismantled" state) Fender American Strat (traded in for a Gibson Nighthawk) ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Luke. J
Date Posted: June 01 2008 at 13:48
| A four-string accoustic guitar, for beginners. Though the sound was exceptional! With some tricks with the fingernails, I could also create the sound of a disorted electric guitar (surprisingly it did not ruin anything). Somehow got lost when moving. Also, a small african drum. It broke when falling down from the cupboard.. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: June 01 2008 at 14:37
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I sold my Hammond L100 & Leslie back in 1979. I still regret that. |
Posted By: rockitmarty
Date Posted: June 03 2008 at 16:27
| Wow...i should really look in my dad's attic or something, cause he used to play with some guys back in the day. I should check out what they got left and if there's any worth. |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: June 03 2008 at 19:12
I used to play Clarinet before I played guitar  ------------- 
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Posted By: moderan
Date Posted: June 08 2008 at 07:55
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I had an Epiphone Coronet and matching amp...my first electric. Bought em for 50 mailto:bucks@72 - bucks@'72 when they were maybe ten years old, and traded them for a Silvertone cuz it looked cooler. Saw that same set on eBay recently, sold for 3 grand. Had a Sigma 12-string that a friend stored for me when I moved from state to state and had limited transport space. His wife got tired of seeing it sitting around and stuffed it in the crawlspace. I had only played it once. That's all it ever got played:( ------------- "Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self." - Cyril Connolly http://www.myspace.com/planetmoderan - modspace |
Posted By: Utah Man
Date Posted: June 16 2008 at 17:14
I owned a rare (?) 1963 Fender Jazzmaster along with a late 50's Gibson tube amp. Sold both of 'em in 1978 for ... get this... $25 STUPID...STUPID...STUPID . |
Posted By: Jaydubz
Date Posted: June 17 2008 at 19:19
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^ Ouch! ------------- "Music is the best." ~ FZ |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: June 18 2008 at 01:38
| I used to have an Epiphone Les Paul that I sold about a year ago for a better bass amp. I wasn't much of a guitarist so I don't really miss it too much. |