The curse of playing before selling

[SillyOctpuss]

Like an idiot and a noob I did it again. I lifted out a bunch of pedals I've not been using to dust and check they're working properly before listing them for sale.

Plug in a Hudson broadcast to make sure it's fine and then boom, two hrs has passed and it's going back on my pedalboard. Balls

Then I plug in a Tone bender mk1 and the same thing happens. I originally lifted out 9 pedals to sell, I'm down to 6 and wavering on one or two more. Feck.

I need to teach my wife a few chords so she can check they're fine next time

 

[Riffraff]

I have a rack preamp in my closet as a result of a presale "test".

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Out of my original 9 I was going to list three forced me to put them back on my board. A hudson broadcast, tone bender mk1 and a Tim.

 

[Tenebris]

I had a loooooong goodbye with the Tremoverb I just sold. That was a tough one, I waited until I had a time set that the guy was coming for a playtest so I knew I couldn't back out.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I had a loooooong goodbye with the Tremoverb I just sold. That was a tough one, I waited until I had a time set that the guy was coming for a playtest so I knew I couldn't back out.

I miss my tremoverb a lot. I only sold it and my princeton because I had to. If I had any other option I'd still have them both.

 

[Tenebris]

I miss my tremoverb a lot. I only sold it and my princeton because I had to. If I had any other option I'd still have them both.

I'm good (so far), it's an amazing amp and we had some killer times but it was super impractical for anything I'm doing now. Too loud for the house or my main thing, too valuable to leave at a rehearsal space for my other thing, too heavy and vintage to haul around, and the Fractal is way better suited to day to day practice and tracking. Also it went to a really killer player who's in a band that I like, so that's cool.

I remember now that I did back out on selling a JC-77 once, but that was to my downstairs neighbor so he hadn't gone too far out of his way lol

 

[metropolis_4]

I’m so bad at this I’ve had to establish a hard rule that once I decide to sell something it goes in a box/case, goes in the storage room, and I never play it again.

I’ll check that everything is functional before selling it, but I won’t actually play. Usually I try to do that before it goes in the box so I never even look at it again

 

[Orvillain]

You can't trust broads!!

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I’m so bad at this I’ve had to establish a hard rule that once I decide to sell something it goes in a box/case, goes in the storage room, and I never play it again.

I’ll check that everything is functional before selling it, but I won’t actually play. Usually I try to do that before it goes in the box so I never even look at it again

Next time I decide to sell some pedals I'll send you a list, I could do with some willpower. Then you can give me some grief and call me out on the forum if I back down again.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I'm good (so far), it's an amazing amp and we had some killer times but it was super impractical for anything I'm doing now. Too loud for the house or my main thing, too valuable to leave at a rehearsal space for my other thing, too heavy and vintage to haul around, and the Fractal is way better suited to day to day practice and tracking. Also it went to a really killer player who's in a band that I like, so that's cool.

Mine was in storage for about 10 years for all the reasons you just listed. Mainly because it didn't suit the band I was playing in. I live in the countryside now though so have no noise concerns. I'm also playing with a few guys where that amp would have been totally suitable. Sucks but it was unavoidable.

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

You can't trust broads!!

 

[JasonE]

I have this problem with guitars. I absolutely cannot play a guitar I am planning on selling or it will not get sold. I have done it too many times. I start playing it then realize how much I like then it goes back in the closet. I sold 3 guitars last year. I swapped the stock parts back on to them and cleaned them up and did a setup on them then put them back in the cases and waited a couple of months before taking them to sell. I just grabbed them and headed to the shop where I sold them. I didn't touch the actual guitars. I had the guy at the shop open them and check them over so I didn't pick them up at all. We negotiated a price and I walked out with a check.

The last one I sold to a friend. I did pick that one up to tune it up before handing it to him to check out. He played it for a good while then asked me how much. I gave him a number and he said "deal." I put it back in the case and let him take it with him that day. I had some regrets on that one for about two months. I occasionally thought about it after that but the regrets were getting to be less over time.

I want to sell off a few more. I need to identify which ones then get them ready and then put them back away for a while before I do it. This is the only thing that works for me.

I haven't had this issue with pedals because I haven't sold any in a long time. The last time I got rid of some I was to the point to where I really didn't like them and just wanted to get something out of them. I traded them in at Guitar Center on a new pedal that I wanted. I walked out with the new pedal and some gift cards. I was happy about that.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Never sell, only acquire!!!

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Never sell, only acquire!!!

I'm selling to enable me to aquire.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Never sell, only acquire!!!

This is where I'm at. I'm always going back and forth with whether I'm going to sell something or not and I've had a few regrets after selling some things. I'm just going to hold on to everything, slowly acquire more, and tell myself I'm going to find a use for it all

 

[spawnofthesith]

I'm selling to enable me to aquire.

This is the only loophole lol

 

[spawnofthesith]

Badlander is the first and only new amp I’ve bought… shit almost ever?

Upon receipt I had some buyers remorse and a lot of uncertainties. Almost a year later it’s kind of my go to live amp. It’s seriously so good and live performance is where it shines

 

[EOengineer]

This has been an issue for me, particularly with guitars. I have 5-6 guitars that I genuinely enjoy playing but they just never see the light of day anymore because I’m primarily focused on 3-4 guitars the last couple years. They belong somewhere they’ll get used more.

I’ve listed and delisted them probably 3-4 times and end up backing out when I play them or clean them up.

 

[FuzzyAce]

It really sucks you have to play your gear to know how good it can be!

 

[KingsXJJ]

I have a rack preamp in my closet as a result of a presale "test".

Ooooh! Which one?