Basses you wish you hadn't sold

[franzbassist]

3 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Few quids worth of basses there. 

Dave

Aye..... 

[kodiakblair]

Wish I hadn't sold my Wal JG custom , think the s/n was in the 30's  had the leather scratchplate.

 

Must be worth a few bob now 😕

[andyaber]

I'm guessing that a leather scratchplate model would be one of the earliest / rarest / most valuable.  Only ever seen a pic of one.

[kodiakblair]

4 hours ago, andyaber said:

I'm guessing that a leather scratchplate model would be one of the earliest / rarest / most valuable.  Only ever seen a pic of one.

Aye, that's what the Wal Owners folk said . Less than 50 built .

[alyctes]

I had a Yamaha BBN5.  Cheap as chips. played nicely, could have done with a pup upgrade but was quite adequate.  I regret selling that, especially given what happened to it.

[andyaber]

23 minutes ago, alyctes said:

especially given what happened to it.

So, what happened to it?

[skb558]

2009 AVRI ‘57 would buy it back in a heartbeat 

[alyctes]

1 hour ago, andyaber said:

So, what happened to it?

 

The buyer converted it to headless.  To be fair, I did know that he wanted it for a project.

[MacDaddy]

All of them tbh.

But finances and space meant I had to 😟

[kodiakblair]

2 hours ago, alyctes said:

The buyer converted it to headless. 

Was it a success ?

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

I said goodbye to my Alembic today 🙁. Even as I was handing it over to the very nice UPS man, I had that knot or regret in my stomach.

I know it's going to a very good home, but that doesn't make it any easier.

 

 

Another regret is a Rickenbacker 4001 I had back in the 80's. It had issues that I wasn't knowledgable enough at the time to rectify.

I miss the Stingrays I've sold recently, but I'm playing slimmer necked instruments now that my old hands are thanking me for.

So all of the above would have been nice to keep, but not much point doing so if they're not being played.

 

[alyctes]

2 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

Was it a success ?

 

I think it probably was.  I hated it, but I'd sold it.