“I regret selling”
I know! I sold my Dr. Z Maz Jr, first one Doc made, and he made it for me! He called me one day and asked me to bring my old Strat to his plant. I sat there all day noodlin’ Gatton and Hellecasters, and Reed stuff while he subbed parts in and ouit of the prototype amp. I sold it to a very close friend who had been begging me for years to sell it to him. It’s the amp Joe Walsh played when inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame. Hated to let it go, but ut was just collecting dust while I was art home playing my 56 Pro. The Z is gig gin’ again, and that’s good! Let’s not even talk about my Kline 12 string Universal steel,,,,,,,Argh!
My stomach started to turn when I read your post. I’m speechless.
Well, at least your buddy owns one. I say, let it collect dust. Our gear mostly consist of piano, keyboard, recording gear, acoustic and electric guitar, Fender P, trapset, and a heck of a whole lot of percussion instruments, etc. Back in the day, a drummaker hand-carved a Koa wood djembe for us. One of a kind. It was a beauty. My better half sold it when we moved along with a lot of other instruments. I try not to think about it.
Our son is a huge Reed fan. I showed him some Gatton, Lee, Red, and Hiland videos. He wanted to sell his sunburst MIM Strat for a Tele. I told him to not to. He’s 16 yrs old. Bought his Strat when he was 15. I had found a great used MIM Tele maple neck, blue w/white pg. it was a score, but he was set on the Strat. To this day he regrets that decision, but the Strats nice. Great action. Sweet tone. When we had it setup, the gtech said it was a score. The neverending gear story continues. :^)