"Best amp I have ever played...for sale"

[killertone]

i don't know why people feel the need to BS like that when selling stuff. or blaming it on the wife man i really hate that one, it makes the guy look like an ass and the wife like a heartless person. every time i read that i think, why on earth would you marry such an evil person that makes you sell your stuff, do you have no spine, are you that whipped? did she sell her shoe collection or jewelry too? i get needing to sell stuff to feed the family and pay the bills that's a priority over a guitar or amp but if you're wife honestly says you have to sell that guitar or amp because you have too many, you married one evil heartless bitch!

anyway, people sell stuff because they need money for other things, want a new toy, or just didn't like that first item but that doesn't mean it won't work for me so i don't see the need for people to justify why it's for sale in the first place, it's for sale because it is. half the time you know damn well when a story comes with the sale the guy just didn't like it and is full of crap about their broken down car or something like that.

-Mike

This.

 

[Digital Jams]

I recently sold my Cameron Aldrich. It is still a killer amp and I only sold it to get something else. It doesn’t mean it sounds any worse because I sold it… The new owner loves it and knows it is a good one. Heck, I had it for 3 years myself...

The real cause for concern is when people buy and sell it within a few weeks. Makes you wonder how "killer" it really is/was

Damn, thanks for the heads up on that one

Hope it went to a good home

 

[blackba]

I wish people would just be more honest in ads. If you have too many amps, then say you are downsizing your collection.

I am trying this year to buy no more gear. Its too hard to sell it off in this market. We will see how sucessful I am. I generally hold on to things for a long time....

 

[Mailman1971]

......... Makes you wonder how "killer" it really is/was

You right on this. For me it was something NEW AND DIFFERENT and when I look back on alot of amps that I labled as "killer"
It was just a new tone or voice for me to play and it was fresh.

But I have had amps that just sucked right off the bat!

 

[Digital Jams]

I wish people would just be more honest in ads. If you have too many amps, then say you are downsizing your collection.

I am trying this year to buy no more gear. Its too hard to sell it off in this market. We will see how sucessful I am. I generally hold on to things for a long time....

I was pretty open and honest about the MK IV I just sold, I am going to miss having it but not miss it if that makes sense. I still enjoy the crap out of the lead channel but I have moved on to different things. Still a very cool amp but was not being used.

Had it for 6 years.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

dibs on the best amp ever

 

[RaceU4her]

its easier just to say i like trying amps as a hobby

 

[jcj]

My favorite is, "gotta sell, need the money! Rent/car payment/mortgage is due!"

followed in the same ad by...

"Will consider trades".

This is always the one that makes me scratch my head

 

[loudgtr]

dibs on the best amp ever

 

[Klark]

I assume you're talking about mooncobra's 20th anniversary XTC? I actually PM'd him and said the same thing.. If it's the best amp you ever played, then why the fuck are you selling it? He responded with a long message about surgeries he must have.

 

[Mailman1971]

Could be Buyers remorse?
Bought on a Drunken Ebay moment with a click of a mouse button.

Been there.....done that.

 

[droptrd]

Dare I ask how many amps youve had?

Could be Buyers remorse?
Bought on a Drunken Ebay moment with a click of a mouse button.

Been there.....done that.

 

[Mailman1971]

Dare I ask how many amps youve had?

Could be Buyers remorse?
Bought on a Drunken Ebay moment with a click of a mouse button.

Been there.....done that.

To me its alot.....but probably not as many as some of the guys here.
From what I recall......
I would say 25 amps....give or take.
Some were so bad that I probably have them blocked out of my mind forever!

 

[Jordon]

I have wondered the same thing since I joined her last September..
If X & X is so good why are so many people getting rid of them..

Then after a while I have come to realize you people have a sickness that I do not think any single Amp will cure

It's not cool to make fun of the disabled, man.

 

[jkdsteve]

I wish people would just be more honest in ads. If you have too many amps, then say you are downsizing your collection.

I am trying this year to buy no more gear. Its too hard to sell it off in this market. We will see how sucessful I am. I generally hold on to things for a long time....

LOL...truth in advertising eh?

All my ads would read, "I'm a dumbshit who keeps buying things I can't afford!"

 

[Mailman1971]

I wish people would just be more honest in ads. If you have too many amps, then say you are downsizing your collection.

I am trying this year to buy no more gear. Its too hard to sell it off in this market. We will see how sucessful I am. I generally hold on to things for a long time....

LOL...truth in advertising eh?

All my ads would read, "I'm a dumbshit who keeps buying things I can't afford!"

AMEN!!!

I guess nobody wants to actually put that in their listing though do they?

 

[Shark Diver]

I'm selling my wife. She was the best woman I ever had. I tried out every woman there and this one was the keeper. She is too much woman for me. But I will get another one someday. I need to sell to finance my kids college - trades considered. Etc...

 

[jkdsteve]

I'm selling my wife. She was the best woman I ever had. I tried out every woman there and this one was the keeper. She is too much woman for me. But I will get another one someday. I need to sell to finance my kids college - trades considered. Etc...

Any dings, dents or scrapes?

 

[Shark Diver]

I'm selling my wife. She was the best woman I ever had. I tried out every woman there and this one was the keeper. She is too much woman for me. But I will get another one someday. I need to sell to finance my kids college - trades considered. Etc...

Any dings, dents or scrapes?

Just some checking around the eyes.

 

[Jdub]

I mean really, WTF is that about?

Emergency situation understood.

People search and search, find it, and sell it

Guilty.. I am definitely guilty of selling amps that I really do like. Although I refrain from terms like best ever. No such thing. Some amps I will likely not sell, others come and go. I only have so much $ in my gear and travel fund, so if I want something, or want to go on a surftrip, usually something else has to go to fund it. Oh yeah and I am an ampwhore.