Do you keep guitars you don't bond with?

I used to keep a few but not anymore. How about you?

No, I actually just got rid of all but 4 of my axes and I'm seriously thinking about trading everything but my '52 RI for a D28

I do, but only temporarily... "temporarily" could be up to a year maybe... until I find one better that I DO bond with... for example, if I bought a Gretsch I didn't bond with, but it was my only hollow-body, I'd keep it and play it until I found the one hollowbody that DID speak to me. (unless I didn't even like it enough to play it, which happens only when buying guitars mailorder, either used or new), in which case I'd return/sell it immediately.

I'm going thru this with an acoustic dreadnought right now... I know I'm probably going to sell it, but I'm in no rush, as I don't have to money or the time right now to replacxe it with another dreadnought. So it can hang around, I pick it up once in awhile, usually just to verify "it's not working for me".... so when the time comes to sell it, I'll know for sure and not have any seller's remorse.

I've got 3 that just aren't working for me. One I keep because it's my only P-90. Another because of a broken saddle, I use it for 5 string open G stuff. The other in case someone wants to jam on humbuckers. N0-0ne plays my LP, if something happened to her I'd be upset

I do have one - neck is a little thin for me to play all the time. But when I need that Mahogany body /P90 Scream, I'm willing to make the sacrifice.

No.

I try to give em a chance. Sometimes it takes a while. My Stroup archtop has a much thicker neck than I'm used to, and I really thought I was going to have to sell it.

It sat in the case for about a year, but then one day I looked around and realized that it was my only electric that didn't need a setup or some kind of other work. I started taking it to practice, and before long I'd forgotten that it was hard to play- it just felt normal. Now it's here to stay.

But yeah, if it's just not working, there's not sense keeping it.

I keep "gift" guitars that I don't bond with.
Perhaps I should probably let them move on to people who would enjoy them.
I have a bass and a semi-hollow that were given to me by dear friends.
Anyways, of the 15 I have, I really only "love" about 7.
They come and go.
Lotta fun.

Nope

I do. I have some that I didn't like in the past but no do.

I have been in the process of weeding out, and trading guitars for quite some time now hoping to end up where I think I finally am. I have paired down to a Tele, a Strat, one LP, a Jazz Bass, and a Martin acoustic, with a pickup in it. Nothing real expensive, all nice guitars, all American made. That's it.

A couple of years ago, I had thirteen instruments, I feel somehow liberated that they aren't all clamoring for attention. I feel a hell of a lot better when I leave the house knowing if someone wipes me out on guitars, I can probably replace them for less than a fortune.

I've got 4 electrics.One is under the bed in a case.It's a mim wine red tele that I never really bonded with. I won't get rid of any of my gear,although I am very careful of what I buy.I sold two acoustics 30 years ago that I really wish I never sold

If I can't play a guitar and enjoy, why would I torture myself trying.

Sometimes - it depends on the guitar. I keep my MIA Telecaster around, but I rarely play it (actually prefer my MIM). With some changes, I might learn to like it. But, I figure it's not costing me anything to keep it - and it's unlikely to depreciate any further. If I sold it, I'd probably spend the money on something stupid. However, I would probably trade it for the right guitar.

I have managed to save every guitar I have ever owned, except for my first guitar. It was a terrible LP Custom knock-off. I owned it for three years before i found out that the bridge had been set wrong during Manufacturing. It would have cost more than I paid for it to get it taken care of.
My next guitar was a '66 Mosrite double-neck, I still have it.

The only reason I buy a guitar, is because it feels right the first time I play it.
It has to earn its keep too. I only buy gear with money I make on my gigs.

Some years are better than others!

If a guitar isn't bonding with you, no real need to keep it unless you are saving it as a family Heirloom.

I don't expect every guitar to be my #1, I like them for different tones and their quirky differences. I have most I have bought and made but I have sold some that I ended up having no use for and there are probably a few guitars and amps I need to sell.

i never have but when i see what some of them are are worth now, it makes me depressed.

I never bonded with he Strat I bought in '08, until I joined my current band, a couple of months ago. It just seems to work, in this context.

I have a Takamine acoustic-electric which is a real workhorse but I keep telling my buddies I don't like it. It keeps finding it's way into the car, for jams and gigs, because it is reliable and versatile, yet I have built no emotional attachment to it, in two years of regular use. Of course, if I worried about losing or damaging it, I might keep it at home, rather than using it.......

Acoustics, no. Teles----I just keep changing parts until it works for me.

No. I send them on down the line and keep the ones that I really like. Life is short.

Nope. If I have an instrument that sits for more than a couple of years without being played, then it's somebody else's guitar and I need to put it back in the water so they can catch it.

Nah, I usually give them a few months and if I don't ever reach for them instead of my favorites I will offer them up to try something else.

Some I've sold and some of those have been a lot easier to get rid of than others. For some reason, I have a tough time getting rid of Gibsons.

I have always thought that Gibson has made the most beautiful guitars on earth. Nothing is simple in a Tele way, but I've always found them just flat-out pretty...

Gibson J-100Extra in Tobacco Burst and a banner logo was hard to lose, but it still played like a bear even after a good set up and I have left hand issues. It was a barker, but not for my hands.

The other was a 91 LP Custom in Honeyburst. Perhaps the prettiest guitar that I've seen, let alone owned. After about a year and a half of struggling, it hit me that it was just like a beautiful, but soulless woman.

Love all 7 of my guitars...l would sell a guitar l didn't bond with...generally l do a lot of research and try before l buy so that helps..i'm very blessed either way.

no. usually end up giving them away to someone (mostly youngsters) who tries them and really digs them.

Started playing guitar when I was 13 years old...50 years ago. During the last fifty years, I've only gotten rid of two guitars that didn't really "flip my switches," so to speak. One was my first guitar...a $13 Kay acoustic that seemed like it was made out of ¼-inch plywood and strung with super-heavy gauge bronze strings that cut huge grooves in my fingers. If I remember, I loaned it to a guy, then I left the state to go off to school. Never saw the guy or guitar again. Never missed either.

The other guitar I got rid of was a mid-sixties Gibson Melody Maker. Sold it in 1966 for forty bucks then turned around and bought a 1953 Gibson ES-175 for eighty bucks. Although I wouldn't mind having the Melody Maker back, I've never really regretted selling it. I've got other guitars, including that old ES-175, that have a lot more mojo than the old Melody Maker ever had.

No, in fact I'm planning to sell that Washburn A-5 I got a few weeks ago.

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It's just an object.
if you don't get on - move it on.
Someone else might love it.

What a happy world it could be .. ;)

(and there is also the personal satisfaction of demonstrably having the spirit to ignore some 21st century scourge - the urge - to needlessly hoard ;) ).

On a related subject, what do you think the statute of limitations is on a Gibson Nighthawk custom that a friend left at my house 4 years ago when he moved back to the UK? He dropped off the face of the earth about 2 years ago, and I've been trying to call him ever since. I've tried, but have never been able to bond with the Nighthawk.

I have a Takamine acoustic-electric which is a real workhorse but I keep telling my buddies I don't like it. It keeps finding it's way into the car, for jams and gigs, because it is reliable and versatile, yet I have built no emotional attachment to it, in two years of regular use. Of course, if I worried about losing or damaging it, I might keep it at home, rather than using it.......

I have the same relationship with my chinese guild acoustic/electric. It goes everywhere with me (almost), everyone plays it and if the headstock broke off, I'd only pout about the money it would cost to have it fixed. I don't love it because the neck is a little slim, but it sounds great and everytime it's out and about getting dinged and scratched up I'm secretly patting myself on the back for leaving my beloved hd-28 at home out of harms way.

Re: the Nighthawk, that's a tough on. It's almost guaranteed - if you get rid of it, he'll call and say he's coming to visit over the summer.

I have one or two that I haven't bonded with in the 40 years I've had them, but as first "good guitars", I haven't sold them. There's a Tokai I've had since the 80's and it's a keeper/player. Other'n that, at times I go through 'em pretty often.

I've been doing this guitar thing for a bunch of years now. When I was young and stupid, I got rid a some guitars that I've been kicking myself in the butt for ever since, or was talked into "great trade" deals by some older guys that were great trades for them. That was then, this is now. If I don't bond with a guitar right off, I know I'll come around eventually. If I buy a guitar, I'm gonna keep it!
My daughter can have the whole deal when I'm gone.
I'm going through the process of making a catalog of my instruments with special details that will help her not get ripped off, or to protect the innocent(as they say).

I recently purged a Casino from my system. I liked the way it played, but it really wasn't doing anything my Phat Cat equipped LP wasn't already doing. Traded it in part on a '51 Epi arch top that suits me a lot better.

I've kept a couple....one in particular is a Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet. It's a cool guitar but I just haven't ever been able to bond with it. Played it maybe 5 times.
Make me a good offer!

I've only had 2 that I never got on with. Both were jacksons and were sold or traded. Everything else I have, including my very first electric are still with me. I always buy an instrument knowing it will probably need a bit of a mod to get it up to my liking. I have way to many guitars but somehow they all get played and I bond with all of them for different reasons.

Bought a new Strat plus deluxe in '92? kept it until couple years ago. Hardly played it, never bonded with it. The most strikingly beautiful guitar I've owned. Learned from that. If I don't play it, it doesn't stay.

On a related subject, what do you think the statute of limitations is on a Gibson Nighthawk custom that a friend left at my house 4 years ago when he moved back to the UK? He dropped off the face of the earth about 2 years ago, and I've been trying to call him ever since. I've tried, but have never been able to bond with the Nighthawk.

Depends on how much you're willing to risk the friendship.

I'm a Hoarder in progress, as i've never parted with any of my instruments. Although I really should part with a few so I can payoff my G5191TA...

On a related subject, what do you think the statute of limitations is on a Gibson Nighthawk custom that a friend left at my house 4 years ago when he moved back to the UK? He dropped off the face of the earth about 2 years ago, and I've been trying to call him ever since. I've tried, but have never been able to bond with the Nighthawk.

Apologies to the OP. 4yrs gone? 2yrs since contact? Far beyond any statute, unless it's a close bud who's kept in touch. If not, trade it for something you'll play. Trade it. Now.

I do, but only temporarily... "temporarily" could be up to a year maybe... until I find one better that I DO bond with... for example, if I bought a Gretsch I didn't bond with, but it was my only hollow-body, I'd keep it and play it until I found the one hollowbody that DID speak to me. (unless I didn't even like it enough to play it, which happens only when buying guitars mailorder, either used or new), in which case I'd return/sell it immediately.

I was going to say an outright no, but this post made me rethink. In thinking things through, I do kinda give it some time and if it really fills a need, I'll try and keep it until something comes up.

I had an acoustic, my only real acoustic (I bought a Martin LX1 for my son that I have around), anyway, I came to hate the neck on that thing. It got to where I never played it. I almost came to despise it. I sold it, don't have another acoustic and I don't care....

It got to where I never played it. I almost came to despise it. I sold it, don't have another acoustic and I don't care....

Aye. This was my learning point too. I'm moving shortwith and gave away my acoustic to a friend who wanted to learn guitar. If you don't want to pick it up and play it, it's just an albatross.

I've never bonded with Stratocasters - but i've got a supposed really nice one; Custom Shop '56 NOS Mary Kaye finish - never taken on gigs occasionally used for recording.... just sounds so tinny thin and harsh... yuk. Won't sell it because i'll lose money. Might as well keep hold...

I usually keep them until something else comes along which I HAVE to have...then I sell em to fund the purchase

I usually keep them until something else comes along which I HAVE to have...then I sell em to fund the purchase

Pretty much the same here. By arrangement with my wife I have space for seven on the wall. I have to have an empty space before another can move in. Having said that I am pretty happy with what I have now where two years ago I was doing a lot of chopping and changing.

If I buy on a whim and afterwards, realize I've made a mistake, it's gone. Or, if I buy a guitar that will not stay in tune, it's gone. I have sold a few I later regreted selling, but we've all done that. I refuse to beat myself up about it. I like everything I have now, but there are one or two I could say goodbye to and not feel bad about losing. There are a few I prefer, and those are the real keepers.

Quote: I have sold a few I later regreted selling, but we've all done that.

Yep. And because I've done it too often, I'll keep a guitar for at least a year or two, even if I don't initially bond with it. I figure that if I haven't bonded with a guitar after a trial period of couple years, I can sell it with only a slight chance of seller's remorse.

If I buy on a whim and afterwards, realize I've made a mistake, it's gone. Or, if I buy a guitar that will not stay in tune, it's gone. I have sold a few I later regreted selling, but we've all done that. I refuse to beat myself up about it. I like everything I have now, but there are one or two I could say goodbye to and not feel bad about losing. There are a few I prefer, and those are the real keepers.

+1 ...me too!

I don't really. I scaled down dramatically in the last few years. Funny thing is....we're in the slow process of packing up to move. For the last 3 weeks I've had ONLY one guitar out. Haven't been gigging lately so, I've been fine with the one. I was thinking while I was on the way home from work last night....I should probably cut loose a few more. Less that I have to carry when we move.

Nice thread bump from a Scottish newbie. :lol:



For me, not just no, but hell no I don't keep guitars I haven't bonded with.


My wife about 6 years ago gave me for Christmas an Epiphone Dot 335 cherry red. I tried to like that guitar, believe me, but I just couldn't bond with it.


2 years ago I sold it. Wife was pissed! I have 12 guitars now, I've bonded with every one. All the others (and there have been many) have been sold.


I just couldn't bond with a 70s Gretsch, an Eric Johnson Strat, a Deluxe Tele, and so many more. Begone I say!

For new guitar purchases made online (such as MF), I have immediately returned. For other purchases, I keep around for a while to see if it may be a temporary condition. Since acquiring my teles, I haven't played my two strats nearly as much so I am now strongly considering putting them up for sale.

On a related subject, what do you think the statute of limitations is on a Gibson Nighthawk custom that a friend left at my house 4 years ago when he moved back to the UK? He dropped off the face of the earth about 2 years ago, and I've been trying to call him ever since. I've tried, but have never been able to bond with the Nighthawk.

You should tell me which of my guitars I could trade with you. If he comes back, give him whatever you got in trade.

Hope you like strats...... :)

Nope. But I've sold quite a few that I've regretted selling.
Still looking for a decent Gibson ES-175, the main problem is I cannot find one that plays as well as my Gretsch 6120 TM.
So still no 175. :rolleyes:

I used to be horrified at the thought of getting rid of any of my guitars but now, not so much. About 6-7 years ago I was lusting for a 335 and came across a good deal on one. I traded in a Rick 360 WB, which I liked but didn't think sounded as great as my Rick 12, to get it. I never really bonded with the 335 (although it did sound great) and away it went this past December to fund my '52 AVRI Tele. Chances are if I never got rid of the Rick for the 335 I would've sold it for the Tele. I don't see ever parting with the Tele, though.

I have a Gibson J-200 I keep thinking about moving to get something else because I don't think it's right for me, even though it looks and sounds great (my wife is against it because she loves how it sounds). The one thing I've learned from this is I think I'm not much of a Gibson person.

Yes, I do. I believe the lack of bonding is my fault for not understanding what the guitar is offering to me.

This does not apply to crappy-made instruments, which offer crap.

So I've got an Ibanez RG550 in black that I never liked - just played it because it was the style at the time. I will keep it forever.

I keep a 'beater' guitar to take with me when I travel and to let people strum
at parties

No. I learned my lesson a long time ago. Now, I'm pretty selective when I get another guitar. If it doesn't have real potential in the first place, I don't even bother trying it out. Then, if it sounds good...and I mean good....where I figure it has real potential...then, and only then, will I go ahead and purchase it.

If, after awhile, I find that it's losing its luster, I keep messing with it because I trust that initial gut feeling I had when I first played it. And, believe it or not, after I stick with it for awhile, I find that I really start bonding with it where I don't want to get rid of it.

However, I need to emphasize, because of this, I don't have what most people would consider a lot of guitars. I have six. But every one of them is a keeper and a real classic, in my opinion.

No.

I never keep guitars I don't bond with. Although, I'm at the point now where I don't buy anything unless it's outstanding. I'm never looking for a specific guitar, but instead I frequent local music shops and every year or so something really speaks to me. That is when I buy.

It bewilders me how people can say "I want a '52 reissue" and then buy the first one they play. Each '52 ri I've played sounds distinctly different. Although they all sound good, very few sound really special.

I was in the market for a nice acoustic for under $500. I bought a Washburn WD23SCE last week at Guitar Center. It was a good solid guitar for the money so I took it home. I played it a few times over the week and it just did not talk to me. So I took it back today and came home with a Takamine G406S and I can hear it shouting at me all the way across the house "PLAY ME"

Luckily GC has a 30 day satisfaction policy otherwise I would of been stuck with a guitar that Id end up taking a bath on getting rid of. I did learn my lesson.

I use to be real bad. If I saw a guitar that was a good price and i had the cash in my pocket, it would go home with me no matter what it was. Over the last few months I have been selling or trading the vast majority of the crud I've drug home focusing on quality over quantity.

Of the 3 'student' level guitars, two are gone. That leaves a herd of better guitars in the stable.

Of the cheapies, the Squier (COB) Bullet Strat remains. It's definitely worth more to me than the wee $99 discounted price.

No, I see no point. I do keep guitars that I don't use very often but only if they are good and I connect with them. I figure at some point I might have a need. They are the 1st sold when I find something I do need tho.

I went through phase of buying guitars just because I had money to spend on them rather than because of a definite need.

Over time those guitars didn't get used quite so much so they ended up getting sold.
The guitars I have now are just what I need to do what I do.
There are a couple of guitars here that I don't play regularly but that isn't because I haven't bonded with them.

I never played this Derryck much after I bought it for a reasonable price on ebay... I kinda liked the idea of a guitar with just V/T and one PU... no choices or switches.. this is how I sound....
It belonged to a muso who had taken it to Canada as his spare axe on a tour..
and brought it back..:shock:... I figured it couldn't be too bad then.. it would have had the set ups done etc... the neck was nice .. big funky headstock though... it sat against the wall for ages while I played my strat and acoustic..then I got a Tele... so it kinda got neglected...

until I got some dog ear p90's I wanted to try out.. and the Squier looked like the perfect lab rat....:twisted:... lowest on the pecking order,, however of worthy stock...:wink:

what a difference.. it's now my #2 guitar and has a sound I was always hearing in my head of how guitars used to sound as a kid...:twisted:

I play it so much I'm wearing the finish off the back of the neck up the cowboy chord end....:grin:

sometimes bonding needs a kick along... a second chance to gain it's place...

no.

I've never bought a guitar that I didn't bond with. Every guitar I buy is contemplated for months on end about it's use and purpose. Take that back, a guy had a SG faded series on craigslist, mint condition, needs to pay rent, got layed off etc. and I bought it because I knew that I could turn it easily. Kinda did it as a good deed sort of thing more than a "I want an sg faded series".

I bought a Peerless Gigmaster SC, something of an impulse buy. When I tried it it was with an amp I'd like, a Blackstar, rather than an amp I'd got. When I played it with my amps I realised it was a dog amplified, dull and lifeless clean and just made a nasty buzzing noise overdriven. I thought about selling it, but something told me there was a good guitar waiting to get out, it played beautifully and sounded good acoustically. I decided to drop some Bare Knuckle Blue Notes in and replace all the electrics. It was **** of job but quite a revelation. Compared to the stock Epi pups the BKs are fantastic, making a guitar I couldn't bond with a keeper instantly.

It goes like this - a week or two of 'honeymoon' then after a month I realise it's not for me and it goes straight on ebay.

I tend to do quite well on ebay but I think overall I'm down esp' with the money I have spent on parts.

But the only way to find out that your 'dream' guitar is not for you is to take it home and play it for a month. Can't do that in a store.

I never sold a telecaster.. So I may buy only teles from now on. Just need a double humbucker one and I'm sorted.

25 years ago, I had a '72 Tele Deluxe (with the '70s Strat headstock). Really roadworn - neck, fingerboard, Tobacco finish dinged and faded - just what people pay extra for in a new instrument. Other than the body and neck, there was nothing vintage about it; a previous owner had installed DiMarzio HBs with coil-tap switches. It was a nice player, and made great sounds. But it wasn't "mine."

A friend had his favorite early-70s Strat stolen at a gig at CBGBs, and really wanted a replacement with the same neck profile. I sold my Deluxe to him (actually, I traded for a couple of other instruments).

I can't say I ever regretted it, but found that guitar hanging in a music shop several years later.

Yes - I have a Gretsch White Falcon. Never bonded with it, but just keep it for the chicks.

Yes - I have a Gretsch White Falcon. Never bonded with it, but just keep it for the chicks.

Sounds like a pretty good reason to bond with it!

On a related subject, what do you think the statute of limitations is on a Gibson Nighthawk custom that a friend left at my house 4 years ago when he moved back to the UK? He dropped off the face of the earth about 2 years ago, and I've been trying to call him ever since. I've tried, but have never been able to bond with the Nighthawk.

Wait about 3.5 more years lol. Most states have a 7 year SOL.

This is off the official California government website:

Personal injury: Two years from the injury. If the injury was not discovered right away, then it is 1 year from the date the injury was discovered.

Breach of a written contract: Four years from the date the contract was broken.

Breach of an oral contract: Two years from the date the contract was broken.

Property damage: Three years from the date the damage occurred.

Claims against government agencies: You must file a claim with the agency within 6 months (for some cases, 1 year) of the incident. If the claim is denied, you can then file your lawsuit in court and the regular statute of limitations applies.

I even part ways with guitars I do bond with. Sometimes I regret it, but rarely. There's always the next one.

If I don't love to play it after a fair trial (could be years), I sell it or give it away.

I don't bond with my G&L legacy and that's pretty much the only one... but I keep it.

I lend it to friends from time to time and I just might do like I've done and in the past and give it to someone in my family.

Hopefully (!) my kids will be musicians - I'd like them to pick any guitar they like in my collection. One of the two might bond with the G&L, it'll be his or hers and I'll be happy I kept it.

I do have one - neck is a little thin for me to play all the time. But when I need that Mahogany body /P90 Scream, I'm willing to make the sacrifice.

So this thread prompted me to plug the old Hamer in. I'm glad I held on to it. Those P-90's sound great clean too! I'm seriously thinking about trying it with the band.

I keep some hoping some day to upgrade this and that, others just for sentimental reasons but most I have are used a lot so I have no use to part. If I upgraded my bass for example from a Fender Highway1 Jazz to something else I'd probably sell it. I love my '52 Tele RI so I don't even look at other Teles(she'd get jealous ;).

However this house is a constant revolving door of guitars. My brother gets them from a shop where people sell things. Currently I have 4 guitars to unload. '78 Strat, '74 Les Paul Special, 12 string Washburn, and a Hondo bass from the 80's. They'll be more though.

I try to research everything and try guitars and make smart decisions when I buy a guitar.

I have brought home guitars that bothered me when I got home with them. I will try and try and try to bond with a guitar.....I'll give it at least a year. If I don't like playing them I get rid of them.

About 6 months ago I sold 4 guitars at one time and bought a Martin. Each guitar had a quirk that had been bothering me for 2 + years and I finally purged. It felt great.

I play the Martin daily with great joy. The 4 that I sold would get yanked out of their cases once every 2 weeks and I would try my best to have a good time and then fail.

You can shop and try things with the best of intentions and sometimes you bring home the wrong thing.

I wouldn't buy a guitar I wasn't already 100% on in the first place!

But, when I first started playing, I got this Epiphone Dot before I knew what I actually liked/didn't like so "bonding" was impossible at that stage of my playing level anyway. I then started to resent it as I got a bit better, but now I've gotten even better again I love it.

sell em all, until you are left with one. bond with it. HARD!

The guitars I have are ones that I really like, consequently they're staying with me. The ones I no longer have are the ones that never really did anything for me and I didn't play them. They're gone, Strangely, I am a hoarder, or at least a dedicated collector, of things, but with guitars, if I don't feel anything for it or with it I really don't feel the need to keep it.

My wife plays, too, and we both have guitars that we each feel attached to but the other one doesn't, so we do keep guitars that one or the other of us feels nothing for. It's kind of the best of both worlds...

I just sold 3 guitars that had been taking up space in my office for 10 years or more. One of the three, a Squier Pro Tone Thinline, got played occasionally. I really liked it, but I have two other Teles and a Rickenbacker 330 that cover everything I could do on the Pro Tone.

Another that I finally sold off was a 1997 MIM Fender Jazz Bass that I bought just because I thought I should have a bass. I quickly found out that I need a smaller bass with a shorter scale,but never did anything about it until now. I bet I played it less than 25 times. Some lucky guy just got a mint condition 15 year old bass at a nice price. I guess I should start looking for its replacement.

The last one went out the door last week - an early 2000's Raven PRS copy. I won't say that I didn't bond with it. I bought it because I wanted something that did everything a Les Paul does, at a time when I didn't think I wanted a Les Paul. After a while, I wanted a Lester, and I bought one. The Raven stayed mostly in its gig bag for the past 7 years.

I sold each of these guitars for what I paid for it, or in the case of the Jazz Bass, $35 more. Of course, with inflation, I didn't really make out so well. It could have been worse.