What equipment have you regretted selling?

[Graysax]

Years ago My biggest regret was selling a Metal Florda Link Bari MPC. Should never of done it!!! Thought I could find better - never did. Too Late now.

What have you regretted selling?

Charlie

[TenTenTooter]

I also regret selling an early Florida Bari STM Link, plus a Yamaha Custom 82z tenor.

[Grumps]

None of it.
It had to go and I'm better for it.

[dstack79]

Sometimes I regret selling my SS Berg 105/3. Even if I had it though, I wouldn't be playing it with any regularity. It had qualities I haven't quite been able to find in other mpc's. My Barone T/C comes close enough though.

-Dan

[jmm1713]

My guardala Branford Marsalis alto mouthpiece ,and my refaced Florida link tenor mouthpiece

But to be honest there are more things that I regret not buying .

[Reedsplinter]

I let go a Leblanc (Paris) System tenor sax, bought in 1968. I was too immature to understand what a fine horn it was; I felt short-changed because a band director (who likely got a kickback on the deal) talked me into it instead of a Mark VI. And yet it was a superb instrument. I wish I still had it.

[LeftySaxDude]

I've sold so much stuff over the last couple of years. a couple summers ago I sold 18 mouthpieces, including a NY Meyer 7 for alto. I have sold two Rast soloists that I wish I kept.

[hakukani]

I regret selling time. What a maroon I've been!

[playitfunky]

I regret trading my wife and a MK VI. Man I miss that horn!!!

[playitfunky]

None of it.
It had to go and I'm better for it.

Really good theory. Don't look back with regret, look forward with great anticipation. I'm not sure who said that, if anyone, but it sounds good to me.

[potiphar]

Not sax-related, but I sold an old Hofner Club 40 electric guitar for £30 to buy a wedding ring. Worth hundreds now. It's a shame, but wouldn't my wife look silly with a guitar hanging from her finger?

[stefank]

I haven't actually managed to sell any saxes yet - just buy them - so my contribution will have to be the 1962 Fender Jazzmaster.

[Tharruff]

My regrets...

A 1920's silver plated Martin Bass Sax sold for - $250
A 1960's low A 'DABICO' Baritone Sax sold for - $ 100
A 1950's Martin 'The Martin' Tenor Sax sold for - $ 250
A 1960's Buffet / Evette Clarinet sold for - $ 125

Also, I was once persuaded to 'trade' to a mouthpiece dealer, 2 vintage Otto Link Tenor Sax mouthpieces (one was a 'Master Link' - the other a very old 'Tonemaster') to get two 'modern' mouthpieces (a metal Berg and a Brilhart) that I did not like once I got them.

Oops...

[goodsax]

I've lost track, but probably the B&S Medusa, Yam 82Z, and Yani 992 altos would be high on this list.

[EgilF.]

As a poor student I sold my old Berg Larsen 95/1 rubber tenor mpc.

[jd]

I have plenty of regrets
I have sold and traded 3 ny usa meyer altos .(not that I liked them that much but the value skyrocketed on them after I sold them)sold a blue jumbo java a45 that was a real player and never could find another that played just like it . I still look for them ...
bd dukoff 1945 brass tenor 5* that played like butter.shouldnt have let that one get away .it was mint .also had a the martin alto that was mint. my mom sold it when i was at college mistakenly thought that was the horn i was trying to sell. the horn she was supposed to sell was a student reynolds tenor . she felt bad and I never made a fuss about that .sale price was 160.00 .also I screwed up when I sold a king super 20 tenor 411*** that played like a cannon .that time I needed the money so I kind of had to sell but I wish I had that one back . Im happy with the gear I have and truthfully sound about the same with any horn or mouthpiece but I still wish I had these items back .

[Jonathan C.]

I haven't sold much equipment. But I regret selling my troubadour I could of spent a lot more time on it then I did, and it had the power but I wanted instant gratification. Shame.
1932 Martin Handcraft Troubadour can't remember the serial number. But I sold it and got a clarinet and it helped me get my Yani. Its tough, but I would like to buy one after college.
And you guys told me I would regret it, I hate it when your right.:shock: :shock:

[Rackety Sax]

I regret selling a gold-plated Conn alto for $100 - in 1966 ;).

[saintsday]

A Made in France Vito tenor for pretty cheap to a high school grad who wanted a horn to take to college.

[sax2see]

regret selling a 1951 Buescher Aristocrat alto sax.

[Al Stevens]

An Olds Super trumpet, which I sold in 1961 to pay maternity bills. I guess that regret is misplaced. We had a son.
My first sax, a $200 Vito tenor, which I sold to the fellow who arranged for me to buy it to learn to play the sax. I don't regret not having it, but I regret that it is now unplayed, hanging on the wall in his music room.
A 1966 GTO with 3-2s, close ratio rear end and 4-on-the-floor.

[SactoPete]

I regret selling an RPC alto piece that I had, as well as my recent sale of my '65 Barracuda. But it's only stuff, so I don't regret it that much. Most of the stuff in my life I regret comes out of my mouth.

Pete

[RS]

Conn naked lady tenor, Buescher tru-tone alto, Martin handcraft soprano, all were in silver plate. And two Selmer low A baris. I wish I had kept one as backup for my low Bb VI.

[belliott]

Biggest and only regret. Sold my 1963 Mark VI alto in 1969. Best horn I ever had in 50+ years of playng.

[qwerty]

Silver plated Tru-Tone Soprano
NY Meyer Tenor and Alto pieces (I actually gave these away to students)

[cann0nba11]

A New York Meyer 5 alto mouthpiece that was refaced by Claude Humber (Dallas) to match what he did on Cannonball's setup. He used the same tools that he used on Cannon's and Bird's mouthpieces.

[ThreeSaxes]

A berg larsen mouthpiece. 110 - 3 - SMS (stainless), from the late '70's or early '80s. A rare piece, I'd guess. It wasn't quite right for the funk/rock music I was playing when I sold it, but I remember the tone I used to be able to get playing it. Haven't been able to duplicate it.

[Alexk]

I regret selling my 50's something Buescher Aristocrat Alto. And my bass guitar.

[goodsax]

I regret selling my 50's something Buescher Aristocrat Alto. And my bass guitar.
You could buy my bass guitar then you'd feel better and I'd feel regret.

[littlemanbighorn]

Silver-plated B&S 1000 series alto.
RPC 110R Baritone piece.
Otto Link 4* Clarinet piece.

[Perry Cobb]

-Regret selling my 1980s Yanigasawa/Martin 880 Tenor
-Regret selling my circa 1986 Guardala Traditional model tenor piece

[hgiles]

I had a really sweet and minty Buescher True Tone alto and a really nice Keilwerth BN SX90 alto. Both really great altos, but I think my B&S alto is a nice blend of those two. No regrets really.

I just wished I had arrived where I am much sooner.

[ChuBerry47]

Conn 25m, in which played better than a Mark VI, and I sold to get a tenor, but did not make much. I was young and stupid.

[Michael Ward]

Early Fender Rhodes piano
Cleveland King Super 20 tenor
Buescher curved TT soprano
Mark V1 soprano ( my first 1978)
Muramatsu alto flute ( solid silver)

Can I have them all back please?

[headcase]

My old MK7 alto. I know I'll never find one that plays that well. But someone else needed it more than I did, and it found a good home.

[MartinMusicMan]

Gibson ES 335 - cherry red
Gibson Les Paul custom - black with gold humbuckers
Gibson acoustic arch top f-hole

*sigh* I miss 'em all

[awholley]

I regret selling my Series I Aristocrat alto.

I have a friend who sold his Super 20 tenor in college to buy an engagement ring for his ....first.... wife. Seeing as the second one was a definite keeper, I'm pretty sure he regrets selling the Super 20...

[Reedsplinter]

Gibson ES 335 - cherry red
Gibson Les Paul custom - black with gold humbuckers
Gibson acoustic arch top f-hole

*sigh* I miss 'em all


Likewise my Martin D-28.

I bought and sold a nice early 90s Strat, and I'd like to regret it, but I just can't. Even if I were a guitar guy in the end, I'm not a Strat guy.

[jazzbluescat]

I regret pawning a MKVI bari with low A, back in 1968, for $175.

[michaelbaird]

I regret selling nothing, but regret buying alot. Regret selling them for the price I got them for, vs what I paid for them.

[ChuBerry47]

A band store gave my teacher $1000 for a five digit Mark VI tenor, and he asked me if I thought that he got a good deal on it when they sold it for five thousand! DOH! I hated him for selling it.
had
He kept the other relacquered Mark VI, because it looked nice from off the stage, and the Five digit a lot of dings, had no problem gettin out a low Bb, and the laquer made it look like Brecker's.

[markpoirier]

Rickenbacker 330 6-string with a Bigsby arm. I traded it for a Les Paul Jr in 1988 during my Replacements phase.

"Never spend your guitar and your pen."

[Martin Williams]

I really regret having to sell my Yani soprano.

But bills do need to be paid!

[Step Hen]

Drum machine.

Never sold any of my sax stuff. Don't have enough yet!

[Henry D]

Virtually everything! The lone exception is the close to mint Rudy Wiedoeft alto. Looked intriguing- lots of odd keys, extra tone holes, and alternate fingerings. Aside from being a pain to keep in regulation it, regardless of mouthpiece, reed or state of regulation, sounded remarkably akin to a goat having its foot stamped on.

[NitroJoe]

I had a silver Buescher Aristocrat alto in HS. It must have been made in the 50's or 60's. The guy that bought it still has it, and is now a band director, so it got a good home.

[beezer]

A good few years ago I bought a SBA alto from Dick Parry who did the Pink Floyd things. Anyway after a couple of years when he was going back on the road with PF, he asked me if I would let him have the alto back. We met up at some motorway services and did the deal.
This alto was buffed to **** and the engraving was totalled, BUT this was the best blowing alto i have ever had.
Dick, where are you, I want it back.
SBA alto wanted.
Cheers, Dave

[Frank D]

Selling a Couf Superba I baritone, which I picked up for $400 in a pawn shop.

[selmer]

i sold a mint and i mean mint mark 6 tenor 83000 and a BD Hollywood that Allan Barnes bought and i've regretted selling the piece every time i hear one of the albums that i played it on.

[com281]

I traded in a 1929 Martin Handcraft tenor sax for a price reduction toward a Buffet SDA alto sax. I love the Buffet but I wish I had paid the cash. Although the Martin was not my main tenor, I miss the super dark vintage tone it had.

Two horns I don't regret getting rid of were an E.M. Winston 350GL soprano and a relacquered Selmer SA-80 Serie I alto.

[Helen]

I have no regrets, because I've never sold anything...Which could really go a long ways to explaining why I have run out of room in my studio! :shock:

[nitrosax]

Lawton 8B Bell brass tenor mouthpiece...it was killer...I needed money... :(

Handmade Guardala studio alto piece with pink bite plate--got like 1000$ for it but I miss it...

[jrvinson45]

Gotta agree with Grumps way back in the beginning of this thread. Regret, like hate, anger, jealousy, etc. will shorten your life. Let it go.

[Sax Hut]

I tearfully miss an Otto Link 4**** Master Link tenor piece that I acquired as case candy. Easy come, easy go....

[jrvinson45]

I have no regrets, because I've never sold anything...Which could really go a long ways to explaining why I have run out of room in my studio! :shock:
I don't think my "studio" would even hold a bass sax...:D

[pc1234]

I regret selling my YAS-82z - I should have given it more time. (Glad to know there are a few of us). It would have been a nice contrast to my '38 Martin, moreso than the '52 Martin I've got in the closet.

[magical pig]

I regret selling my Lawton 7 plain number tenor mouthpiece. I was young and inexperienced and now I'd like it back but it's too late. I also sold a very good Morgan 6C I'd like to still have (but I'm getting my SP Tone Edge tweaked by Brian Powell so hopefully I should get the heavenly playability back). And my upright bass, and my Fender Stratocaster and Sunn amp etc.
I also sold all of them cheap cause I needed he $ at those times. Story of my life.

Victor.

[bbbouklas]

alto brilhart ebolin streamline.. it was a great piece but I sold it because I had an equally good tonalin which our house cleaner dropped and destroyed a week after I sold the streamline!

[MPL]

Conn 12M baritone, silverplate, 1936-ish (can't remember the SN). Gave me tendonitis after four months thanks to the acute RH angle...but it was sonically the greatest horn I have ever played. I sold it for far less than its market value only because I didn't know any better. At least I got my original investment back.

[Bub99]

I regret selling a Buffet Superdynaction S1 tenor for $625. Bought for $600 to use as a horn for playing beach gigs.

[Merlin]

Leblanc Paperclip BBb contrabass clarinet
customized Selmer USA Eb contra clarinet w/D extension by Steve Fox
1921 Conn Bass sax
1949 Conn 12M silver bari
Pearl Festival series jazz drum set
Armstrong alto flute w/solid silver head



(* the Conns did go to good homes - but I still miss them)

[Carl H.]

Sop HR Link 10 mouthpiece. It didn't play in tune on my soprano, so I sold it. It would be a killer on my newer sop.

[marchingguy]

Leblanc Paperclip BBb contrabass clarinet
customized Selmer USA Eb contra clarinet w/D extension by Steve Fox
1921 Conn Bass sax
1949 Conn 12M silver bari
Pearl Festival series jazz drum set
Armstrong alto flute w/solid silver head



(* the Conns did go to good homes - but I still miss them)

Ouch! I feel for you man :(

[Jason DuMars]

1922 Selmer Paris elaborately engraved gold plated C tenor (the one pictured in Paul Lindemeyer's book, Celebrating the saxophone)
1928 King Artist Model alto -- see http://www.hnwhite.com for photos of similar horns
Matched set of King gold plated soprano/alto in dual case with spot for clar/flute
Selmer balanced action alto, 28k serial
Selmer balanced action tenors, 25, 26, 28k serials
Grafton alto MINT
Buescher artist model C tenor -- nicest I have ever seen
Conn experimental 6M prototype, maybe the first
Conn 10M tenor that Lamar Reeves has
King Super 20 that PGraves has
the matched set of Martin Music Man alto/tenor
Couf Superba 1 soprano sax
120k Mark VI tenor
Buescher aristocrat alto 296089
A boatload of mouthpieces...
Selmer Reference 54 tenor

[RS]

Double ouch!

[Chicken 'Lil]

A matched set of New Wonder Virtuoso Deluxe model horns. Yes, a matched set. All original.

I got a lot but it wasn't enough.

[rini]

Selmer Mk6 alto sax that I bought in '59
King Super 20 Silverneck tenor
Selmer Mk7 alto
Florida Link STM 5* and Florida Link STM 6. I didn't even sell them. I just gave them away.
Dave Guardala Studio hand-made mpc that I bought directly from Dave. Tip opening was .108 The price was 150 USD (in 1980's).

Now I have a Mk6 tenor 129xxx that I bought very little used for 250 USD. I'll keep it as long as I'm able to play it.

[hgrail]

I sold a Jupiter alto I had bought in college to buy an engagement ring for my first wife.

That was the first (and last) NEW instrument I've ever bought for myself - It was actually a really nice playing horn.

I know it was only a Jupiter - but it was still a bad trade..

[rs1sensen]

Buescher BU-3 Soprano. A super-cheap horn, with terrible build quality. I sold it to a friend who wanted to try soprano, because I thought it was a crap horn and didn't want to mess with it. He bought a good mouthpiece for the thing, and when I tried it again, it was a surprisingly good horn that I still miss.

[Swampcabbage]

I'm in the same boat as Grumps. I've sold off quite a bit of stuff, but, I did what I felt I had to do at the time and am better off for it. I may not have the things that I love now if I didn't part with them. And that is not just in relation to possessions.

[AntonVonWebern]

Moog Prodigy (to pay the rent, gah), still got my Rhodes Mark II Stage Piano though (never parting with it, got the manual and everything)

Not been playing woodwind long enough to sell any stuff off yet (so no regrets).

[CodyW]

A 207XXX Conn Chu Tenor. I had about 3 chus, but that one was killer

[EZ]

I'm routinely haunted by an older Yani bari I sold several years ago - just glorious. Sold it to put the money into another horn. Didn't realize how special that bari was until it was gone and I tried to recapture it in another horn. I've gone through a number of other baris from that time period to no avail. I'm seriously considering giving up the bari entirely out of my frustration. Reached the point where I don't enjoy playing bari much at all anymore. I can barely talk myself into picking it up. Coming soon to a for sale thread near you...

[ranran4]

I sold my Selmer Mark VII alto.

Yeah, I know it wasn't a VI, but I still regret it. It had the original traypack case in 99% condition (had a case cover on it until the day I got it) with both the clarinet and flute inserts in 100% condition (never had been used). It had an original C* mouthpiece and EVEN THOUGH I HAD IT OVERHAULED AND RELAQUERED, IT STILL SOUNDED AND PLAYED WONDERFULLY! (so much for all the hype, huh?)

The Hemke designed keys were said not to be liked by most players, but I was part of that probable 5% that it did work for, it fit my swollen mitts just fine. The horn was twice as heavy as my '59 Martelle (Stenciled) Keilwerth, it was built like a tank.

A moment of silence for the Mark VII please...

[warp x]

Mpc 2000xl

[JimTD]

I sold a Guy Hawkins 10 tenor mpce. that I wish I could get back.

[JB4sax]

Every now and then I regret having sold my original lacquer 52K SBA Low A Bari in 2001. At the time, I wasn't playing much bari, and was trying to get together a down payment for my house. Someone was bugging me on a monthly basis to sell to them, so I set a high price, they bit, and the deal was done. Then I got calls for 6 bari gigs in the 3 weeks following the sale, and had to borrow a horn!

[SAXISMYAXE]

Most of my foolish impulse sales took place when I discovered girls and they discovered me. That coupled with college, cars and partying. Yes the hoarding started young.

College is but a distant memory, and I enjoy a lot less of all the rest as I get old, fat, and cantankerous. Not a day goes by that I don't kick myself for selling many horns, Militaria, and other assorted goodies in my impetuous youth.

Ah well, live and learn.

[SaxJunkee]

I regret selling the Mark VI alto that I played in college when I dropped out. That was one smokin alto. At the time I didnt realize how good it was. Serial was 126618. Has anyone seen her? :-(

[michaelbaird]

This is the opposite of the thread, but I just traded some newer and smaller Klipsch towers for a set of Cornwall IIs. The Cornwalls light up my whole 3350 sqft house cleanly, efficiently and the high horns are clean and crisp. I'm in horn speaker heaven.

[quackattack]

I once had a random urge to look in the local newspaper for cheap vintage saxes hoping to find something valuable, and I did! I find an art collector with 2 Bueschers, a 400-style tenor and 50's Aristocrat alto, and I could have bought both for $150! I only bought the alto for $75, because I made a mistake and thought the tenor was a Bundy (doh!) Then I made the mistake of selling the alto for just a few hundred since I never got it fixed up. Now I crave that exact horn and wish I still had it!

I also regret selling my older Morgan Excalibur 6M that I bought on the same day as Ralph's passing. It was the best Morgan I ever played. I sold it just because it didn't work with the horn I was currently using and didn't think I'd need it again. The guy on e-bay who bought it said that it was the best Morgan Excalibur he tried too.

[saintsday]

Now I crave that exact horn and wish I still had it!

I have it now and I can help you with that.:twisted:

I miss silver New Aristocrat in as close to new condition as I'll ever see that I sold my friend Josh Smith out in the SF bay area, but I don't regret it. Josh can play it as well as it deserves and he now plays alto regularly as well as tenor and soprano.

[eff eff]

I regret Selling-OUT!!! So I quit those "Cush" Pop-Gigs and I'm back to playing Bop.

...and YES, STARVING!!!:?

[Wisco99]

2 "The Martin" tenor saxophones from 1960 and 1965.
King Super 20 tenor from 1968
Selmer Soloist mouthpiece and Berg Larsen hard rubber from the 60's.
Artley flute...student model but it always worked and sounded good
Selmer Mark VII alto...pick of the litter from a new shipment at the Sax Shop in Evanston

I now keep everything. I have learned my lesson the hard way.

Wisco

[EZ]

I'm haunted by an older Yani bari - a B6 I think it was.

Excuse me, I have to go cry now...

[jaysne]

When I was first learning double reeds, I got a steal of a deal on a fine Cabart English horn. My teacher said it was better than hers. I had it but I hardly played it. By and by I needed money for college, so I reluctantly sold it.

Now I have another English horn, which may be a step or two down from the Cabart. I don't know because since I was a novice with the Cabart, I couldn't really appreciate its quality. Looking back, it was still the right decision to make, but I still wonder what I really had.

[warp x]

Korg MS10. The synth that uses patch cables to generate sound. I had one and sold it. Should have kept it.

[Randall]

It wasn't a sale but a trade....my Ref 54 alto:cry:

[Leese]

Clarinet not sax, but I had a lovely '57 Selmer CT that I picked up for a steal in a local pawn shop a few years ago. Ended up having to ebay it when I was in-between jobs to pay the rent or something tedious. Broke my heart.

Boy, do I ever regret that :(

[patchmo]

I regretted my "Mom" selling my 1st Alto Sax because I can't respond to the thread "What was your 1st sax" since I don't remember!:twisted: But it did allow me to achieve 1st chair in High School when the regular band director was away and the spot was being chaired by someone else who held quick tryouts in the sax section when he didn't like the sound of it, and so I was quickly elevated to where I belonged ;) in front of the cheerleader who had asked me not to have tryouts against her since they were held after school and she had her cheerleading to worry about;:D and all the others. (Yup, I was sitting in last chair, probably because the band director didn't like the sound of my sax.):evil: Of course, the band director did finally get Mum to buy me the Yamaha YAS that I still have to this day and play almost daily.:D

[kuelbrz]

I just bought a 1951 Buescher Aristocrat and it is my new favorite horn. I love it more than my Mark VII! It is a dream to play!!

[kjetil_bari]

Regrets? I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention. I did what I had to do, and saw it through without exemption.

Yes, there were times (I'm sure you knew) when I bit off more than I could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out. I faced it all and I stood tall; and did it my way.

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels; and not the words of one who kneels. The record shows I took the blows. I did it my way!

[BeyondSax]

Yamaha YSS-62 soprano. Ended up buying a couple more two years later...

[JazzDaddy]

What a thread, a great place to vent....!

Early 80's, newly married, kids on the way. I (gave away) sold my SML Tenor (Waldorf, MD). Do I EVER regret it....yes, i'd wish i had it back.

Reading these posts, what we sold on Monday, we can't afford to buy back on Friday. I can see it now, excuse # 333, "Honey, it's just an investment. I'm looking out for our future......."

Even my old metal clarinets, my antique king (that will never play decent), C-Mel's, now i don't want to let go of ANYTHING.

my obit...."he left behind a bunch of old saxes and three gold fillings."

[CooolJazzz]

Every instrument I owned...

Disability...unable to work...took two years for my S.S. Disability to go through...didn't really have a choice but to sell everything in the mean time.

Customized Mark VI Alto - truly a one of a kind horn.
Mark VI Tenor - 20 years old but in absolutely brand new condition - not a scratch or blemish of any kind.
Gold Plated Selmer model 22 Alto - in beautiful condition
Conn C-Melody
Flute
Clarinet

I regret the circumstances that left me no other options...but there's nothing I could have done to change them. Sometimes life hands you a huge $h*t sandwich and you just have to eat it.

[SactoPete]

Reading these posts, what we sold on Monday, we can't afford to buy back on Friday. I can see it now, excuse # 333, "Honey, it's just an investment. I'm looking out for our future......."

Ha, you know I just had that conversation with my wife today; "you know, honey, our best investments in the last ten years have been all my horns and vintage cars!" Of course, when I suggested more, I got a look that sent a chill down my spine....

Pete

[Bill Bryant]

I regret selling my Morgan 8M tenor mpc, Quad ESL-63 loudspeakers, Tandberg reel-to-reel tape deck, and Benge Claude Gordon trumpet (hand picked for me by Zig Kanstul and Claude at the factory).

I also regret the loss of my Maine Coon cat Calvin, but that's a story too emotional to recount here.

[JazzDaddy]

SactoPete Re:

Ha, you know I just had that conversation with my wife today; "you know, honey, our best investments in the last ten years have been all my horns and vintage cars!" Of course, when I suggested more, I got a look that sent a chill down my spine....

I am always on the prowl for "hints", leaving the print out of the bargain ebay horn "innocently" on the table (where she's sure to see it), the bonus from work, yes, the dishwasher needs to be replaced, but that refaced mouthpiece won't be for sale long.....do the kids REALLY need the rest of their tuition money.........

i'm open to hearing other's creative ideas.......

[Jonathan C.]

What a thread, a great place to vent....!

Early 80's, newly married, kids on the way. I (gave away) sold my SML Tenor (Waldorf, MD). Do I EVER regret it....yes, i'd wish i had it back.

Reading these posts, what we sold on Monday, we can't afford to buy back on Friday. I can see it now, excuse # 333, "Honey, it's just an investment. I'm looking out for our future......."

Even my old metal clarinets, my antique king (that will never play decent), C-Mel's, now i don't want to let go of ANYTHING.

my obit...."he left behind a bunch of old saxes and three gold fillings."

Idk, most of the stuff, if I wanted it back I could probably get it back. It may take me awhile to do so. But I think it could be done. Not easily mind you, but I could probably find it again.
IT would be interesting to see a list of the stuff you'll never regret selling.
And I regret selling my 1925 Conn C-Mel to a SOTW member, he probably has better use for it then I would or do. But still it was in damn good condition when I sold it, just needed an overhaul and a little solder work.
Ohh well getting one is on my short list.

[goodsax]

I regret selling my Morgan 8M tenor mpc, Quad ESL-63 loudspeakers, Tandberg reel-to-reel tape deck, and Benge Claude Gordon trumpet (hand picked for me by Zig Kanstul and Claude at the factory)...My day job building, where I've worked for 27 years as of today, is directly across the street from the Kanstul factory on Claudina Street in Anaheim, CA.

[jbtsax]

A 1960 Selmer Mark VI alto to a college student in 1982 for $900. :banghead::banghead::banghead:


John