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Old 12-10-2018, 02:38 PM
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What's an electric guitar that you owned and no longer have that you'd like to have back?
An ESP 400 Series Strat copy. Traded it in to buy a Les Paul that I also no longer own (though that one I don't particularly miss).

Also miss a Hamer Special FM that was my first really nice electric.
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Old 12-10-2018, 02:48 PM
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'58 Les Paul burst, sold in 1995 for a house in California.
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Old 12-11-2018, 05:10 AM
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'58 Les Paul burst, sold in 1995 for a house in California.
Wow! That's the holy grail. How did you originally acquire it? Guessing you had it for years.
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Old 12-11-2018, 09:16 PM
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One, or both, of the two '78 RD Artists I had.
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Old 12-12-2018, 03:10 PM
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One, or both, of the two '78 RD Artists I had.
I'm not familiar with those Gibsons. Did it look like this '78 RD Artist? (Source: vintageguitar.com)

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Old 12-12-2018, 09:41 PM
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Yes, but both of mine were in Ebony (black). Wonderful guitars.
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Old 12-13-2018, 12:59 AM
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I was offered a 1956 Les Paul Special in the late 90's by a close friend for $2000 (it was mint). I could have bought it, but I was low on money, and I chickened out, because I thought I was being responsible. What a mistake, it was a great guitar. I knew it well because he let me use it for a few recordings. I still kick myself over that! And every time I hear one of those recordings I kick myself again
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Old 12-13-2018, 05:38 AM
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Yes, but both of mine were in Ebony (black). Wonderful guitars.
... and you had two!

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I was offered a 1956 Les Paul Special in the late 90's by a close friend for $2000 (it was mint). I could have bought it, but I was low on money, and I chickened out, because I thought I was being responsible. What a mistake, it was a great guitar. I knew it well because he let me use it for a few recordings. I still kick myself over that! And every time I hear one of those recordings I kick myself again
Sounds like a sweet guitar. That would have been more expensive than a new Les Paul Standard back then.
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Old 12-14-2018, 01:39 AM
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Yeah, I had two of them, but not at the same time. I had the two in the 1981-1984 period. They make for some great recorded tones. and play like a dream, you know, like a hot knife through butter kind of dream. If it weren't for needing money at the time I'd still one of them. I really loved the singing long sustain those guitars offered with their MOOG electronics.
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Old 12-14-2018, 05:41 AM
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Years ago a “friend” wanted to borrow my early sixties Gretsch Tennessean Chet Atkins. He gave me a Gibson Heritage as collateral. When I went back a few months later to get the Gretsch he told me he had sold it and to keep the Gibby.

To add insult to injury, I lent the Gibby to my (now Ex) wife’s son to take to school. When he came home, he told me he had pawned it.

I know, twice burned, I’m an idiot.
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Old 12-14-2018, 09:19 AM
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Ugh, I hate to think about it.
1. Pre CBS Fender strat, gone a long time.
2. Late 60's Gibson SG jr. Single humbucker. Super neck.
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Old 12-14-2018, 09:59 AM
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1979 Les Paul Silverburst.

Late 70's (not certain of exact year) Les Paul Goldtop

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Old 12-14-2018, 02:54 PM
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Years ago a “friend” wanted to borrow my early sixties Gretsch Tennessean Chet Atkins. He gave me a Gibson Heritage as collateral. When I went back a few months later to get the Gretsch he told me he had sold it and to keep the Gibby.

To add insult to injury, I lent the Gibby to my (now Ex) wife’s son to take to school. When he came home, he told me he had pawned it.

I know, twice burned, I’m an idiot.
You're not an idiot but that's tough on those two guitars.
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Old 12-14-2018, 08:25 PM
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A 1979 Les Paul Standard in tobacco sunburst, beat to hell. I bought it used at Gil Southworth's shop outside of DC in the late 1990s. A friend was super into PRS at that time and I foolishly drank the Kool-Ade and sold the Les Paul to get a Custom 22. I remember nothing good about that PRS (or any other PRS before they came out with the McCarty 594, which I now have and love) but I sure remember that Les Paul - the best one I ever had.
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Old 12-14-2018, 09:10 PM
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You're not an idiot but that's tough on those two guitars.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
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