when do you sell gear?

[jdr94]

when i get bored w it, i sell it. i used to keep a bunch of parts but now i just keep a couple pickups, pots, and lil stuff like that. keeping too many parts like a body or a neck will make me build another mutt for no reason other than i can lol

[DK2M92]

I've only sold gear to fund more gear.

Exsactly.

[SEEGERMANY]

When my collection reached 76 guitars, I said "WTF!" and starting selling and giving away stuff left and right. Plus, the move to a different climate pretty much convinced me that I didn't need more than two guitfiddles. What I do need is more AMMO!!!

[neilli]

I generally work on the principle that everything is for sale for the right price. There's only a couple of guitars that I wouldn't sell (unless the alternative is sleeping on the street, in which case they're gone too).

But as rule, I sell something when I get fed up having gear that I'm not using and don't feel any connection to - generally I try to more or less break even, but sometimes it's just a case of "fuck it, get rid of it so I can use the money for something else". Sometimes if somebody comes to me with an attractive offer for something I wasn't looking to sell then I can be still tempted. Selling (well, packing and shipping) is a pain for sure, but it's nice to get that paypal balance increased so I can go shopping guilt free LOL

[Axewielder]

I generally work on the principle that everything is for sale for the right price. There's only a couple of guitars that I wouldn't sell (unless the alternative is sleeping on the street, in which case they're gone too).

I've got a few that I would use as a pillow out on the street.

[walshula]

I hardly ever sell gear, I usually trade it for more gear . I do know that I buy way more gear than I ever sell and my wife absolutely can not stand it X 2

[Axewielder]

Also I think I could build a Survivorman shelter and bed out of a few guitar cases out on the street if I had to.

[ZL1hawk]

I usually sell gear on the cheap just to get rid of it quick but I sell when stuff piles up.

[straycat]

I buy and sell all the time and try to make a buck or two and cover shipping.
Guitars I have gotten for a fair price and fixed up I sell just to break even or trade for other gear.
USA Jackson and Charvel guitars I generally keep.Gibson Fender ESP PRS I generally buy cheap and make a buck.
I'm an amp whore and have way too many.
Selling a VHT Pitbull 2X12 combo and a Fender Frontman 2X12 combo here in 30 min or so.Have my 79 L.P. custom on hold for a guy as well.

[markD]

I have no patience for selling. too many sob stories, tire kickers or low-ballers. I tend to trade at music-go-round, sam ash, or GC. I take a beating, but once I decide I want gear gone I want it gone before I change my mind or talk myself out of it. just the other day I traded a DXMG, a squire CV tele, a fender Princeton chorus, and an ampeg SVT classic mini-stack at sam ash for an roadworn players strat and a space echo pedal.

could I have sold for more - sure. was I happy with my transaction? yup.