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    Default Did You Ever Regret Selling a Mandolin?

    This is a sister thread to the "Did you ever regret buying a mandolin" thread posted today.

    I sold a really great 1982 Kettler KF-5 in 1991 when I quit playing music...I was having a little personal Recession of my own at the time and needed the money.

    When I started picking again in 2007, I lusted after that mandolin and beat myself up daily regretting I ever sold it. I was lucky enough to find one a year ago...there aren't very many around...same year, two serial numbers higher, identical in appearance, plays and sounds awesome and I'm a happy camper. This one's a keeper...I'll NEVER sell this one!


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    Mandozilla,
    Yes, I did the most unpardonable sin. I sold my circa 1983 Gilchrist No.125 ( I think from memory) back in 1993. It was one of the earlier one by steven Gilchrist. My then wife (no longer) , made me sell it to finance a move to Tasmania ( Southern most state in OZ). I have regretted it ever since, especially for the price I sold it for too! I fool and his mandolin are soon parted.
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    I'm in a bind...my packrattery (if I may coin a term) has me holding onto all my mandos. Basically, I know I'd regret selling any one of them. My main axe is my lovely Triggs Hoss knock-off, but I have three other war-worn F's, which, even for sentimental reasons, I just can't seem to part with. The instruments all have souls of their own, and by times, it is good to revisit them and enjoy the differences. I don't listen to my girlfriend...
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    1. 1934(?) F-7 converted, long neck. John Duffey sold it to me. Loudest mandolin ever. Traded it away badly (nobody's fault but mine

    2. in '71 John Paganoni made me a mandolin, don't remember the number, but an early one. After I moved to Nashville in '74, I had to sell it to pay back rent...

    3. 1983 Horner I just traded away to Elderly for the Silver Eagle/Angel I have now. (I don't regret getting the Eagle, just having to get rid of the Horner)...
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    A very nice Gibson A50. It had everything I wanted in an instrument, but the neck hurt my hand.

    Considering the junk I've had since then, I'd probably suck up the hurt to have it back.

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    Nearly all of the many Gibson's I've owned I miss. Some more than others. But I'm happy with what I presently own.
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    No regrets, I have always been fortunate enough to be able to upgrade. Though I miss the 1916 A-2 that gave a lot of great service it went to a good cause; a 1993 Randy Wood F-5.

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    Quote Originally Posted by woodwizard View Post
    Nearly all of the many Gibson's I've owned I miss. Some more than others. But I'm happy with what I presently own.
    This pretty well sums it up for me. Regret is too strong a word but certainly I miss any nice instrument I've owned mandolin or not. But I'm satisfied with the instruments I have now, including my mandolin.

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    Yep. A Kimble f5 that Butch picked up for me then a Gavin Baird f4 that Gavin custom made for me. Both dumb moves but, Gavin is now making an A5 for me and I can't wait. Clamdigger

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    For a while I regretted trading my Eastman 814 but I got a Breedlove KF out of it which I have subsequently traded for a New Eastman 805D (soon to be a discontinued and highly valuable collectable ). I like the new Eastman's radiused board and have other oval hole arch tops. So, no regrets on selling anything. Yet.

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    I'd like my Stiver back for what I sold it for. You know who you are, come on, let me have it back, please. . .

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    I'll let you know when I sell one.
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    Don't trade much.

    However, I finally decided (after 11 years) that I wasn't crazy on my 1914 Gibson A. I did like the sound but it had tuning issues and wasn't as loud as I wanted, and to be honest I found I wasn't wanting to play it much.

    Traded it in when I got a Collings MT which I play much of the time - infinitely more than I bothered with the Gibson.

    So certainly no regrets. I'm sure the Gibson found a home where it got the love it deserved.
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    Are you kidding?!?!?! Absolutely!!!!!!!!

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    Yes: Arches flat-top #13 (pictured below); I miss it dearly.

    (But on the plus side, I can buy one of Chris' new induced-arch FT-Ovals for less than what I was able to sell # 13 for (although #13 did have nicer binding than that on the new model, and had some lovely wood on the back and sides as well).
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    Nope. But I often regretted not buying one....

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    Yup.
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    Kentucky Dawg Mandola A-style. Comfy playing and sweet. My only consolation was it found a better home than I was providing for it.
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    I had a beautiful black top Gibson F-2 with inliad Handel tuning knobs. I had to sell it to pay my 3rd tuition payment when I was in the Instrument making and repair program in Red Wing MN.
    Of the various mando's I have traded and sold that is the only one I miss.
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    Definitely regret selling my 30's Epiphone Strand. At the time (late '60s) I thought it was just a poor cousin to a Gibson. Back then, I didn't know the pre-Gibson Epiphone history. It was very clean, wonderful grain and color in the walnut back and sides, good volume and excellent tone. But I needed the money at the time. Would love to have it back. Oh, well.
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    More than I care to remember...but a few of the more memorable bungles included a '00 Flatiron Festival, a Collings blacktop MT that was a dead-ringer for Tim O'Briens, a great varnish Newson F5 and an outstanding Gibson F5G that I would love to re-find. I curse thee, MAS!

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    In my quest to experience the many voices if the mandolin there are numerous fabulous instruments I've been temporary custodian of. Gil's, Monty's, Dude's, Smart's, Woodly's, Kimble's, Gibson's etc. I've enjoyed them all and do my best to find great homes for them when I pass the torch to someone else. I certainly have fond memories of several, but love what I have now too!!!

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    Two Old Wave f-hole A's (really dumb), my Collings MT and MF, and the wideneck Gibson F5G that I had radiused. All went to Cafe members, so less tragic than just losing them. There's a good 20 or so that I regret less than the above mentioned ones, but still miss some of them. The Givens I have now dulls the pain quite a bit. Frank
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    I had a Kettler blond, birdesye F-5 that was amazing, a 1996 Weber signed F5G that is probably the best sounding mandolin I ever owned, an atomic sunburst Rigel A Plus Deluxe and G110. All beauties and sadly all gone to keep a roof overhead, pay credit card gougers and put food on the table. I've sold many more mandolins but the above are the only regrets.

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    A MT and Cedar Weber I think

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