N(O)GD with cool backstory!

Loobs

I got this guitar from Charlie Chandler's Guitar Experience in Hampton Wick in Spring 2008 for £380 - it was pretty mint and obviously an absolute bargain. I think they thought it was a Tribute but it is in fact a US G&L. I used it for a lot of gigging in my band at that time and really bonded with the guitar. In 2011 I was 25, living in an expensive flat in Shepherd's Bush, in a desperately unhappy relationship and had a rubbish job. It was a low point in my life and in about October 2011 I had to sell this guitar to help pay the rent and keep my head above water. It was my favourite guitar and I regretted it bitterly afterwards and always dreamed of owning it again. In 2014, before moving to Berlin, I posted a thread on the fretboard asking if anyone knew where it was - I think @photek had had it at some point...is that right? But unfortunately no one knew where it was.

Fast forward to last week and I get a PM through here telling me someone on a UK facebook guitar group had seen my ancient thread from 2014 by chance when looking for info on the guitar and was now keen to sell the guitar back to me. Well, unfortunately, I was just about to get on the plane to Germany, but true to his word, Joshua did sell it back to me and I finally have it in my hands! It's a crazy feeling to have a guitar back that you loved so much, and it really is every bit as cool as I remember it, with the added bonus of quite a few new battle scars. I have no idea who else has had it in the last 9 years, but I know the last guy also did a lot of gigging and recorded with it - so cool! It also came back in a G&L hardcase, which it never had when I owned it! 

Anyway, here's a pic and I'm off to play: 

tomajoha

cool story, cool guitar

TheBigDipper

What a nice story! 

Jalapeno

I do like a happy ending - just don't f*cking sell it again !

Loobs

Jalapeno said:

I do like a happy ending - just don't f*cking sell it again !

Never. 

If you anyone reading this owned it, would love to hear it. 

TheOtherDennis

As @Jalapeno said, a happy ending. Well done

skullfunkerry

Excellent! Congrats

photek

Could well have been in my mitts at one point, I had a black one and a red one at the same time, absolutely cracking guitars! Pleased you got it back, what a great story.

Loobs

photek said:

Could well have been in my mitts at one point, I had a black one and a red one at the same time, absolutely cracking guitars! Pleased you got it back, what a great story.

Maybe I'm wrong. Your name popped into my head. Can't find anything in the PMs about it, but I think it was via the musicradar forum. 

merciful-evans

Good story. Glad it paid off in the end.

Redlester

Serenditpity.

Serendipty. 

Seruniptity.

Wow! What an amazing coincidence. Well done!  

stickyfiddle

Excellent re-GAS  

monoamine

Amazing story, enjoy in good health and hopefully happier relationship and financial times!

HarrySeven

That's great!

Same thing happened to me with a Yamaha SG, but it was 25 years later...

BigMonka

Brilliant story, glad you got it back!

Loobs

HarrySeven said:

That's great!

Same thing happened to me with a Yamaha SG, but it was 25 years later...

25 years! 

english_bob

So pleased you managed to get it back.

Presumably all the other life stuff is in a better place too, so yay for that too.

King85

Great story and lovely guitar!

Loobs

english_bob said:

So pleased you managed to get it back.

Presumably all the other life stuff is in a better place too, so yay for that too.

Thankfully, yes! Cheers, Bob! 

Loobs

2009:



Today:

jpttaylor

Think I first found out about G&L when Loobs used to post on the Harmony Central FX forums back in the day (2008-ish?).

Congratulations, it's a lovely guitar and a great story!