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If I had the chance to buy back my old Strat which I sold in the mid nineties, I wouldn't hesitate.

You shouldn't even think about not doing, assuming you can afford to.

impmann

Aw jeez, you gotta buy it back if it means anything to you.

EVERY day, at least once, I check ebay for my old Antoria Les Paul Copy. I swapped it for a Sound City 50w head and a 4x12cab in the early 90s and have regretted it every day since. If it *ever* comes up for sale - and its really distinctive - I would move heaven and earth to buy it back.

ICBM

If anyone knows where there is a 1965 sunburst Fender Jaguar with 'Mary' written under the pickguard and a series mod to the switches, please let me know.

Also a modern Rickenbacker 425 reissue which some idiot (ie me) fitted with a Japanese copy Bigsby in an attempt to make it more "60s", I feel sorry for it and I would like it back to apologise and fix it.

thomasw88

sorry to redrag this up again.. but I may not buy it back..    a) the guy wants quite a bit more money than I want to pay. b) it seems its had quite a bit of work done on it. 

 When I owned the guitar, I spent an absolute fortune on it over the years, and although it was playing nicely just before I sold it, it appears that its had to have a bit of work on it again.  so a slight change of mind here!

 

Gru

What has he had done to it?

if there is a chance it may not feel/behave/sound anything like you remember, it would be a very sensible choice to leave it. A shame though.

axisus

Ferget it and move on. 

ICBM

Yes, that changes everything. It's no longer really 'your old guitar' now, probably.

horse

What is it anyway?

thomasw88

its a tokai springy sound circa 1981.   very  nice guitar, but I did spend hunners and hunners on it over my ownership. ie new tuners, nut, refretted, neck relacquered,new wiring,  plus more pickup changes than should be humanely allowed, and I did get it setup about 8 times durning the 4 or 5 years I owned it.

ultimately its a strat, which along with tele's are the most replaceable guitars you can get,  I now own a couple of blade strats , and buildwise, playabilitly they are far better than the springy..  but I was very fond of it. still this time head will rule rather than heart!

jaygtr

I think you have done the right thing

AuldReekie

thomasw88 said:

its a tokai springy sound circa 1981.   very  nice guitar, but I did spend hunners and hunners on it over my ownership. ie new tuners, nut, refretted, neck relacquered,new wiring,  plus more pickup changes than should be humanely allowed, and I did get it setup about 8 times durning the 4 or 5 years I owned it.

ultimately its a strat, which along with tele's are the most replaceable guitars you can get,  I now own a couple of blade strats , and buildwise, playabilitly they are far better than the springy..  but I was very fond of it. still this time head will rule rather than heart!

Go for it. I own both Blades and Tokai ( Breezysound from 82) and there is no doubt that I prefer my Blades, but the Tokai is an incredibly resonant guitar and more "Fendery" than the Blades, besides youd be getting back a guitar that would now be close to being consdiered vintage

thomasw88

Update... I bought it. Put a bid on eBay and got it. Oops..actually works out a fiver cheaper than what I sold it for 18months ago..

Aidanspaghetti

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