UNPLANNED DOWNTIME: 12th Oct 23:45
On the move again! Toying with selling a guitar that I never thought I'd sell...
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Here we go with a will I regret this and is there even any point, i.e. does it have any value?
So, it's a 1973 Gibson SG that had a neck break and catastrophic repair. Master luthier Haydn Williams retained the original ebony board and built a new wenge neck - and it's a great little guitar, very resonant. But...I hardly ever play it, as I tend to play fast widdly bollocks it feels way more a jazzy/blues/punk/grunge guitar. It has nostalgic value but then if I held onto everything that had a connection to my past I'd be a ridiculous hoarder. So I am hovering over selling it. Had I any children or relatives to hand it onto, I would. It really does feel like it should be used more.
The new neck is an improvement on the original, it's now fitted with Haydn's hand-wound P90s (I still have the unidentified aftermarket once-yellow bobbins but now covered humbuckers) but...what kind of price would it fetch (it has an Epi case)? I still have the original headstock face and bit of the headstock itself but that clearly doesn't help, aside prove what it once was.
I might well keep it but I'm curious to know what you wise people think.
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https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/183769/the-ongoing-salvation-of-a-70s-gibson-sg/p1
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If you do decide to sell it, it's definitely worth less than an undamaged one despite probably being a better guitar, but it certainly isn't worth nothing.
But I would still keep it.
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It's super resonant and feels really lively.
The neck is gorgeous. Out of the guitars i played at yours that day, this is pretty much the only one I vividly remember, and definitely my favourite of yours.
I can't play fast or even very well, but as a basic guitarist I honestly loved it.
I thought you'd never sell this!
I know you'll regret it.
(if you do though, add me to the queue)
Personally, I would put the DiMarzio (I think that's what they are) pickups back in - that will make it more suited to the type of music you play, I think.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
Ooh! And scallop the fretboard.
Then you'll never be able to sell it.
Do you still have the Williams?
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Keep it.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
And then when you’ve thought about it, no again.
Its not worth much and the sentimental value is so high, you’ll regret it forever.
I'd play the crap out of that!
No, no, there’s no limits