Guitars/equipment you wish you had bought/hadn't bought

[Charlie Metcalf]

I saw the thread about stuff you wish you hadn't sold. Here's another angle:

As a youthful and less experienced player (some 20 years ago) I walked into
West L.A. music. I picked a guitar and tried it out. The salesman plugged it
into a Marshall combo amp. The tone was "to die for". I raced out, got some
money, and bought the guitar.

I brought my prize home and plugged it into my favorite Fender amp. What a
disappointment!!! The tone was horrible. I played it on stage once. The back
pickup's tone was beyond awful. I tried this guitar in other amps: same
result. I sold the guitar.

I wondered what my mistake had been. It sounded so totally cool in the store.
Then I realized my mistake. I would have done well to put the guitar back on
the rack and buy the amp.

Anybody else have similar experiences?

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* Charlie Metcalf *
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"Politically Correct" is an Oxymoron

[Marek]

str...@a.crl.com (Charlie Metcalf) wrote:
>I saw the thread about stuff you wish you hadn't sold. Here's another angle:
>
>As a youthful and less experienced player (some 20 years ago) I walked into
>West L.A. music. I picked a guitar and tried it out. The salesman plugged it
>into a Marshall combo amp. The tone was "to die for". I raced out, got some

>money, and bought the guitar...
[snip, snip]
>..I wondered what my mistake had been. It sounded so totally cool in the store.

>Then I realized my mistake. I would have done well to put the guitar back on
>the rack and buy the amp.
>
>Anybody else have similar experiences?

Charlie, I know exactly what you're talking about. I got interested in guitar
because a friend played. He had a Memphis 302 ($250 strat copy). 2-3 years later,
when I was buying my first guitar, I decided that what he had was good enough for
me and went ahead and bought it. Unfortunately, the guitar is crap. The frets are
wearing down after 6-7 months, a screw in the back plate is breaking through the
wood, and it plays like crap (now that I've played other guitars). Other than
that, I'm completely happy with it. It's a shame that no one makes a big deal out
of fret metal composition. It's also a shame that nobody felt strongly enough to
stop me (I bragged at school about the new guitar I was buying) I doubt can even
sell mine for half what it's worth.. Oh well. Shit happens. We learned that the
hard way.

hasta la pasta,
-Marek

* "A wise man seldom changes his mind. A fool never does." -anonymous *