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Since I picked up some Tallys, I'm mostly good. I sometimes regret selling the Korina Standard. I was blaming a guitar for a player issue. I regret trading a seafoam green PRS DGT for largely the same reaason and a smidge of wanting to own a Cali. Turns out, I prefer other brands for super strats and got rid of the only PRS I ever really liked to find that out. Pretty unlikely that I'll drop $2k plus to have another one. I do miss the pagan gold SoCal Charvel I had from that first batch of USA production models they did back in 2008. That was a cool guitar that I bought for nothing in 2012 or 2013 before super strats with Floyds got hot again. That's really about it. There's a couple of other things that were cool to have just to have that I will probably never have again, but I never find myself heading to a gig and thinking, "Man, I wish I had that to play tonight!" The only guitar-related kit I ever sold that I really regret is a Mesa Mark III I had. I'd had the R2 mod done and had it recapped and everything. It was an absolute beast of an amp and did everything I hoped a Mark IV and V would do but never seemed to. I think I may have had $1000 in that amp, including shipping back and forth to Petaluma and paying for the mod. But here I am talking amps in a guitar thread.

Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue When I want you in my arms When I want you and all your charms Whenever I want you, all I have to do is Strum, strum, strum, strum When I feel blue in the night And I need to hold you tight Whenever I want you, all I have to do is Strum I can make you sing, strum your every string Anytime, night or day Only trouble is, gee whiz I'm strumming' my life away I need you so that I can play I love you so and so I say Whenever I want you, all I have to do is Strum, strum, strum, strum Blue I can make you sing, strum your every string Anytime, night or day Only trouble is, gee whiz I'm strumming' my life away I can make you sing, strum your every string Anytime, night or day Whenever I want you, all I have to do is Strum you, dear Blue Strum you, dear Blue Strum, strum, strum, strum

Also met Bill Keliher from Mastodon and was every bit as awkward as I figured I would be. Uncle Acid is always a lot of fun and is proof positive that you can play Sabbath-esque metal through a couple of Fender Twins. I get why they don't make albums like they sound live, but I wish they made albums like they sound live. I can appreciate the artistic vision, but damn, when your band really is "that" band, why not capture it. I met two guys down front who had never seen them before, and I told them, "These guys are way louder and way heavier live than on their records." Four bars into the first song, and they turn around and mouth, "Holy Shit!" I just nod with a smile. But the real revelation was Messa, kind of a doom/goth band from Italy with an absolutely top shelf guitar player and incredible front woman. There is more than a little jazz in there too. If you want to go see a guy stand up there with a tele into a couple of Hiwatts and suck you in with some absolutely tasty chops only to tear your face off in the best possible way, highly recommend. I don't generally get into things that lean this far into the goth realm, but when the players are this good, you can't deny it. This music video pretty well sums the experience up. Stick with it through the solo section - that note at 7:07... oh man, that's a good note. I've listened to that solo section probably 20 times today.

This instrument has been SOLD. I walked into the music store as they where packing it up for shipping today.

That's very cool and interesting. BTW the missing link was found.... Curly Q Link. I stand corrected, my Cruise is a 95.

Your Chap looks much more like a missing link prior the very elegant Shishkov joint (photo borrowed from the "What's Been Going on in the Shop" thread)

Hey velorush, My 90 Chap neckjoint looks like the 96 Cruise neckjoint only the Cruise is a bolt-on neck. Looking forward to more in-site into this. Most-likely there is no rhyme or reason.

The neck joint on the one for sale looks more like my (former) '82 Cruisebass. Maybe they switched in '90? The '90 looks more elegant and less obtrusive.

way too many to list... guitar, gear wise

I stopped watching after it seemed like it's just about new production, a few years ago I gathered enough good used to last me well past forever. I think there is still quite a bit of good used out there, but that would require some hunting/legwork. Here's one you don't see every day: Mullard Master Series 10M, rated for 10,000 hours iirc

why are you guys picking on Jerry and Nigel?

Nigel would have loved it.

One Gibson I always had a urge for, but never got my hands on is the ES-225. (I did have a couple of the bigger body 125s back when they were cheap). Here is one that is "Affordable". Go ahead, I dare you! Looks like something Jerry Garcia mighta cooked up..... https://reverb.com/item/101213075-gibson-es-225-1957-sunburst-modified-3-pickup

This is the jig I made, I still need to write "Don't forget to pre install the barrel and heat shrink dumbass!"

I do have a 2x12 with two Texas Heat speakers in it, which handle 150 watts each, and it's an 8 ohm cab, so it would only get 150 Watts anyway. I wonder how they would play with it. First I need to sell off like 4 amps though. I have no room for more amps OOPS.

About 15 years ago I could have picked up one of these for $1250 but passed:

One comes to mind. It is delayed regret it was a pretty good deal in the mid 70’s. I got a 1964 SG just like this one at the flea market. A seminary student was selling all kinds of stuff and had this on his table. I forget any negotiations but ended up with it for $165. A year or so later I saw a Marshall 50W and cab in a nearby town and I was jonesing for Marshall. The guy was going in the Army and would be in Germany where he couldn’t take the amp. So we traded. Nobody much wanted an SG at that time and Marshalls were expensive. I’m very happy to have the amp. I still remember how well the SG was built and the beautiful mahogany that you don’t see these days.

A picture of my 1990 Chaparral Bass neck joint compared to this 1989 that is for sale. What is the deal with the Chaparral neckjoint differences and why?

Yes. A custom order for a Hamer salesman. Sculpted heel, curly maple, humbucker in the bridge... One of a kind. So of course I sold it.

My regret is too embarrassing to post. But the rent got paid that month.

I have a Mirage II Koa, and these are nice guitars. Good price as well!

Did my old eyes deceive me or did I see a Mirage in Salmon Blush?