Ever sold gear to somebody famous??

johnonguitar

Hell it doesn't even need to be a musician!

I once sold an EBTech Hum Elimintor on eBay and had to send it to Maida Vale Studios... That's about it!

Anyone got any better stories?

BloodEagle

I've sold a pedal (which I cant remember what it was called) to Richard Hawley

viz

No but Steve Vai has; he sold me his amp.

mike_l

I've lent pedals to viz....

Iamnobody

Sold a Telecaster to the White Lies roadie which he said was for the band.

It was a jap bigsby custom in sunburst.

stickyfiddle

I once sold an Ashdown Peacemaker to David Essex's touring guitarist. Beat that!

TimmyO

I sold my original Klon to Aynsley Lister

usedtobe

My mate sold a Roland guitar synth, and controller to the ginger kid in metal mickey.

Gassage

Gilmour, Ram's Head Muff and Powerboost original
Roddy Frame- a THD Attenuator
Donny from Runrig, iroincally my first TC2290
Aussie FLoyd SHow- loads, vintage MXR to CLS222 to Cornish Muffs
Reeves Gabrels Cornish P2
Joe Bonamassa - first year TS9

ICBM

Marshall Major to Gary Moore

Gibson EB-2 to the bassist in Jools Holland's band

Gassage

ICBM said:

Marshall Major to Gary Moore

Gibson EB-2 to the bassist in Jools Holland's band

Gary Swift. Used to work in Musical Exc.

randomhandclaps

I once sold a Boss Slow Gear to Jools Holland which he evidently still uses on his presenting voice.

Trotter

Iamnobody;718220" said:

Sold a Telecaster to the White Lies roadie which he said was for the band.

It was a jap bigsby custom in sunburst.

Think he still uses this, we did a few shows with them last year and he was playing a tobacco burst bigsby tele iirc

GuitarWorkz

Yes, but it wasn't for the famous person, the famous person bought the guitar as a birthday present for his son, so I don't know if I count it as selling something to somebody famous because ultimately the guitar ended up with a non famous child.

Gassage

I sold Katy Perry a Boss Talent Simulator but she said it didn't work so she returned it to me.

Iamnobody

Trotter;718277" said:

[quote="Iamnobody;718220"]Sold a Telecaster to the White Lies roadie which he said was for the band.

It was a jap bigsby custom in sunburst.

Think he still uses this, we did a few shows with them last year and he was playing a tobacco burst bigsby tele iirc

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Have you still got the '79?!

Gassage

Oh yeah, an original first run 240v SIB Echodrive to Noel Gallagher's girlfriend for his birthday pressie. And I utterly shafted her (metaphorically) as I knew I had the only one in the UK.

rossyamaha

Privately a few things. Boss Dm-2 to Dan Hawkins, Eventide Timefactor to Keith Emmerson, Ernie Ball Volume Pedal to Mark Knopfler. Professionally more so of course. I actually had one guy (who you will know but remain nameless) who when given a price for his shopping list of products gave the old "don't you know who I am" line.

BloodEagle

Oh yeah - a Gibson Flying V to some guy from terrible glam rock band TIGERTAILZ

ICBM

Gassage said:

ICBM said:

Gibson EB-2 to the bassist in Jools Holland's band

Gary Swift.

That's him. I couldn't remember his name.

I also forgot... HH IC100 - or it might have been a VS Musician, I can't quite remember that either! - head to Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr.).

Rox

rossyamaha said:

I actually had one guy (who you will know but remain nameless) who when given a price for his shopping list of products gave the old "don't you know who I am" line.

I hope your response was "Yes, I do know who you are, and therefore, I know you can afford it."