FS: 400 "GUITARIST" mags + CDS. From 1984

steveh

HI - I've been a Guitarist subscriber since 1985 and stopped in 2016. 
I've been playing steel-string and classical almost exclusively for a good few years and now rarely browse through Guitarist as a consequence, so time to clear this lot out.

I have: Sept 1984 (vol 1 no. 4) and then the complete set from March 1985 right throught to July 2016 inclusive. That's exactly 400 magazines! I also have all of the CDS that came with these (i.e. hundreds!). There's ton of reading material here that will keep any guitar fan busy for years; interviews, reviews, transcriptions etc. Fascinating reading back through reviews of gear that went on to become legendary. Lord knows I spent years of my life reading through it avidly every month.

I reckon a measly £1 per issue is fair? I want to sell as a job lot and it will need collecting - can't possibly package all this lot up and it weighs a ton. I'm in St. Albans near London. PM me of interested.
ta, Steve

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beed84

@Alnico ;

Alnico

beed84 said:

@Alnico ;

WOW !!

Thanks for the Tag @beed84

If the seller is willing to sell just the 12 Issues from 1988, I'm not far from St.Albans?

If it's for sale as a complete job lot then of course I'll understand and I couldn't spend that much or have space for that many but I am looking for the 1988 issues if you fancy selling those.
Thanks.

beed84

Alnico said:

beed84 said:

@Alnico ;

WOW !!

Thanks for the Tag @beed84

No problem. I've got my fingers crossed you get them!

Alnico

beed84 said:

Alnico said:

beed84 said:

@Alnico ;

WOW !!

Thanks for the Tag @beed84

No problem. I've got my fingers crossed you get them!

Thanks, That's really nice of you.
I will do one way or another and I'm not in any big rush.
I'd just like it to be one of us lot here and make a little bit more kinda special plus I'd like whatever money gets paid for them to go to a forum member.

steveh

beed84 said:

@Alnico ;;;;

WOW !!

Thanks for the Tag @beed84 

If the seller is willing to sell just the 12 Issues from 1988, I'm not far from St.Albans?

If it's for sale as a complete job lot then of course I'll understand and I couldn't spend that much or have space for that many but I am looking for the 1988 issues if you fancy selling those.
Thanks.

Sorry mate: I really want to sell this as a job lot and it won't be very attractive to someone else if 1988 is missing. You could buy them and flog the rest...

Alnico

steveh said:

beed84 said:

@Alnico ;;

WOW !!

Thanks for the Tag @beed84 

If the seller is willing to sell just the 12 Issues from 1988, I'm not far from St.Albans?

If it's for sale as a complete job lot then of course I'll understand and I couldn't spend that much or have space for that many but I am looking for the 1988 issues if you fancy selling those.
Thanks.

Sorry mate: I really want to sell this as a job lot and it won't be very attractive to smeone else if 1988 is missing. You could buy them and flog the rest...;)

Thanks,
I've just had someone reply to my advert for the 1988 Issues who has them so I'm sorted now I think.

Thanks for replying though and Good Luck with your sale.

TimmyO

These things *never* sell. 

I suspect even if you made it a penny a copy, collection only, have to take them all, they'd still not go. 

Recycle them or take them to a charity shop. 

boogieman

 Trying to shift 400 in one go is very ambitious, especially as it's collection only. You might have more luck if you did them in bundles of a year and offered postage, but like Tim says ^ , sorry to say they've always been difficult to get rid of, even for free.

bacchanalian

If you were open to selling off years at £2 an issue and shipping via Collect+ (or something else cheap) I would be interested in a random year. Something from my wilderness (acoustic only) years.

RobDavies

I tried selling the first twelve issues a while back - and didn't get a single bite.   Hope you get luckier than me....

steveh

boogieman said:

 Trying to shift 400 in one go is very ambitious, especially as it's collection only. You might have more luck if you did them in bundles of a year and offered postage, but like Tim says ^ , sorry to say they've always been difficult to get rid of, even for free.

Yeah - I know I'd do better if I split them up etc. but, TBH, given what I'd get for them, it's just not worth the effort advertising them/packing them up for 20 odd quid a year. I'm really only looking to get rid in one go and am happy to look at any offers.

...and I've got a ton of Guitar World, Guitar Player, and 15 years worth of Rhythm to get rid of also. House looks like a hoarders place! 

DefaultM

I also had to throw a lot of mine away. I managed to sell ones individually on eBay but only issues that had people like Hendrix on the cover. No one was interested in the rest. 

I've got 10 or more years of Guitar Techniques taking up space as they're all on my ipad. Can't bring myself to get rid though.