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I am sitting in my parlor. I am surrounded by guitars. 15 of them are within 5 feet of me. Now I am thinking of selling some. 3 of them I have had for over 30 tears. Those aren`t going anywhere. I need to get my house back. Any thoughts?? My idea is to sell a bunch, put the money aside and get a really nice Martin. Even after I sell the ones I am thinking of, I will still have a fairly impressive collection. If I have any remorse, I can easily build up another collection. I do have a knack for finding great deals. Opinions welcome.

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Re: Reality Check

Follow the whispers of your heart. I believe it's the building of the collection that brings most of the joy.

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I need to get my house back. Any thoughts?? Opinions welcome.

lol

JJJ ... I think you've invited the wrong bunch for opinions. This could end up looking like one of Letterman's "Top 10 Lists" before the carnage concludes.

You're a brave man!

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Why not? Sounds reasonable to me. At most, you can only play about fifteen of them in an evening.

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Why not? Sounds reasonable to me. At most, you can only play about fifteen of them in an evening.

Ditto

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i understand your dilemma. i only have 7 but play only 3 regularly, but i couldn't bear to part with any of them, even the rubbish one.

ask yourself before you do; will you regret it in the morning?

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Keep the guitars, sell the telly.

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joeyjoeyjoey wrote:

My idea is to sell a bunch, put the money aside and get a really nice Martin..

Can't go wrong there. smile

And if you have some money left over, you can put it towards a road trip to attend 1-2 of the chordie events that are somewhat near you.

Syracuse, NY. and Harrisburg, Pa. come to mind. smile

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joeyjoeyjoey wrote:

My idea is to sell a bunch, put the money aside and get a really nice Martin..

Can't go wrong there. smile

And if you have some money left over, you can put it towards a road trip to attend 1-2 of the chordie events that are somewhat near you.

Syracuse, NY. and Harrisburg, Pa. come to mind. smile

I wouild love to attend. The only problem is that at my job, we have to set our time off one year in advance. @016 vacations are already set.

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jjj if you do decide let some of us see if we would like too buy any.

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joeyjoeyjoey wrote:
unclejoesband wrote:
joeyjoeyjoey wrote:

My idea is to sell a bunch, put the money aside and get a really nice Martin..

Can't go wrong there. smile

And if you have some money left over, you can put it towards a road trip to attend 1-2 of the chordie events that are somewhat near you.

Syracuse, NY. and Harrisburg, Pa. come to mind. smile

I wouild love to attend. The only problem is that at my job, we have to set our time off one year in advance. @016 vacations are already set.

I have to agree with UJB here... and since your vacation dates are already set, you now need to tell us what they are so we can try to plan around you being able to make it!  big_smile

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jjj if you do decide let some of us see if we would like too buy any.

Remember we have a forum for selling stuff. I bought Tiny off of Dirty Ed through it.

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jjj if you do decide let some of us see if we would like too buy any.

Remember we have a forum for selling stuff. I bought Tiny off of Dirty Ed through it.

I will let everyone here know first. Prices will vary depending on how much I put into them after I bought them. Some were professionally setup.  You have seen most of them. If any interest you, feel free to PM me on FB. All I ask is please, don`t insult me. I have done my research. I am starting off with 3 MIM Strats ranging from 225.00 to 300.00.

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I'll give you $27.50 for the Guild twelver.  :-)   

Seriously, though, if you have any nylon string acoustic or AE cutaways you're looking to move, I'd be interested. 

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Zurf wrote:

I'll give you $27.50 for the Guild twelver.  :-)   

Seriously, though, if you have any nylon string acoustic or AE cutaways you're looking to move, I'd be interested. 

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I have a Yamaha APX-4-A. I would let that go. 175.00 with hsc.

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That's a steel string.

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That's a steel string.

Yes it is.

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Was looking for nylon.

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