The curse of playing before selling

[KingsXJJ]

Dang, this is me too sometimes. But other times it has been just what I need to let something go.

If I plug it in and say “oh yeah, this is why I have this!” It stays. If I plug it in and say “how do I get this sounding good again?” Then later man, I’m selling it. One problem though is that I’ve become really good at selecting gear. And I know what I like. So usually I keep stuff and find it hard to let go. It’s like I have a relationship or history with some of them. Some of them offer me tones that I have searched for for decades.

And buying shit twice and usually paying more the second time around just sucks hard. I hate those mistakes with a passion. I am fortunate in that I do not have any of these issues with my guitars. I have nine of them and they will never be sold and I don’t know of any that I want.
Honestly, I just feel very fortunate to have them and I treasure them a great deal. They are like a part of me in some weird way. If you can love things, then I can safely say, I love them.

 

[Riffraff]

Ooooh! Which one?

Digitech Valve FX

 

[laxu]

What I do when I run into "Hey, this thing is actually kinda awesome" is to try and think hard about why it's not on your board right now, and what you would do with the money earned from selling it.

There's very few "I should have never sold that" gear regrets I have if I start thinking about the "why".

 

[dronerstone]

I hate selling stuff off, on the other hand it's fun to buy new things, and storage space always comes in handy.

I only sell stuff that isn't too rare/exotic/unique. When I decide something might have to go and revisiting isn't avoidable, I throw in onto my board to remind myself of the reason it's not on there anymore.

Some times I'll go "oh, I can't sell that, it's way to good", but mostly it's just "meh, don't care if it went".

Only 2 pedals I regret selling so far:
- my first ever pedal: DOD Stereo Chorus
- a mint condition Ibanez PQ-9 (bought cheap, sold cheap, stupid me)