The one that got away

admin · Post by **b0b** » 28 Jan 2021 10:32 pm

20 years ago, I sold a pedal steel that I should have kept. Check it out:

https://steelguitarforum.com/b0b/swd10.html

Sold on the Forum.
https://steelguitarforum.com/Archives/A ... 06382.html

Did you ever sell a steel that you should have kept?

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 28 Jan 2021 11:11 pm

Two. Prettiest guitars Iâ€™ve seen. Both played beautifully and sounded fine.

Just couldnâ€™t justify that much money tied up in an extra guitar.

Second was a sunburst lacquer Rittenberry SD-10. Donâ€™t even have a picture of that one. Decided I needed a C6 neck
Was probably correct.

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 28 Jan 2021 11:15 pm

I do however, have these two two to atone for my esthetic compromise.

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 28 Jan 2021 11:17 pm

Honestly, I wish I could have kept them all. Would not have been well received by she who must be obeyed.

Marty Broussard · Post by **Marty Broussard** » 28 Jan 2021 11:51 pm

A Sho ~Bud, The Professional D10 with 2 knee-levers. Should have had more levers added and kept it.

An Indigo Blue Derby D10. Should have found someone who would have been willing to attempt a repair of the cracked body caused by an abusive roadie.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 29 Jan 2021 4:32 am

Yup. 7 of them.

But, I would settle for the Kline and 2 ZB Customs I had.

Joe Krumel · Post by **Joe Krumel** » 29 Jan 2021 6:17 am

Man...those are Beautiful guitars! I see why they stick in your memory. I had a ShoBud red Pro2 that I think of often.

David Nugent · Post by **David Nugent** » 29 Jan 2021 8:38 am

There have been a few that I wish I had kept but consider myself fortunate in one instance. Sold a rather early model Mullen S-10 a while back and almost immediately regretted my decision. It recently was listed for sale and I was lucky enough to respond first, (nice to have her home!)

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 29 Jan 2021 8:58 am

Yeah b0b; I remember that awesome Speedy West Marlen too...as one I wish I STILL HAD also.
It was truly it's own entity in sound and musical dynamics that could be had from it.
Ricky

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 29 Jan 2021 9:16 am

Seller's Remorse big time. D10 Mullen. Absolutely best guitar ever I owned. Tone to die for. Fit like a glove. Almost played itself. I got another guitar for cheap and sold the Mullen to a local player for it's worth to help with finances. Biggest mistake ever. Been kicking myself ever since.

I've dropped several hints about buying it back, but he won't let it go.

I've owned several others since, fine quitars, but none of them measured up, so I just sold completely out.

It's like the song "If I Can't Have You, I Don't Want Nobody Else." It was that good.

I also owned a D10 Emmons cut tail 10+6 with rare basket weave covering back in the 80s, 90s that I sold for way too cheap when I took up U14s for a while. I should have kept it too, but I don't lament it's absence nearly as much as that special Mullen.

Dave Hopping · Post by **Dave Hopping** » 29 Jan 2021 12:05 pm

Been lucky that way-- the only one I sold was my first,a Fender/Sho-Bud 3+ 1. An OK guitar, but 1 KL is kinda limiting. The other 4 are right here at home.

Brandon Schafer · Post by **Brandon Schafer** » 29 Jan 2021 1:19 pm

My first guitar, which was a Sho-Bud Pro III: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtop ... highlight=

It wasnâ€™t much to look at, but it sounded so good! Knowing what I know now, I would have tried to restore it, â€œjust becauseâ€.

Mike Vallandigham · Post by **Mike Vallandigham** » 29 Jan 2021 1:44 pm

Ken Pippus wrote:Two. Prettiest guitars Iâ€™ve seen. Both played beautifully and sounded fine.

Just couldnâ€™t justify that much money tied up in an extra guitar.

Second was a sunburst lacquer Rittenberry SD-10. Donâ€™t even have a picture of that one. Decided I needed a C6 neck
Was probably correct.

Holy smokes, Ken. That Mullen. Wood necks and all.
I'd miss it too. It's a beauty.

Colin Swinney · Post by **Colin Swinney** » 29 Jan 2021 3:38 pm

I sold a red lacquer MSA D-10 about seven years ago that I think about all the time. My wife and I had moved to San Diego to a 500 square foot apartment, though I swear it was even smaller than that! We had an ocean view but there was no room to set up the guitar anywhere. Maybe someday Iâ€™ll find one again.

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 29 Jan 2021 7:50 pm

I've sold a bunch, but I've been pretty good about hanging onto the steels that I should have. I made one big mistake - but I was lucky and got it back. It cost me a couple grand extra, but it was worth it.

Now on guitars - that's a whole 'nother story. It's enough to make a grown man cry! Don't get me started!

Dennis Montgomery · Post by **Dennis Montgomery** » 30 Jan 2021 1:50 pm

I've sold quite a few over the years, the first 3 were that old familiar story: "rock guitar player buys pedal steel...struggles with it for a year...throws in the towel and goes back to 6 string...sells pedal steel for pennies on the dollar because there are no pedal steel players within 250 miles"

Of those 3 (and the 3 I've sold since) I only ever regretted selling one. In 2006 I bought a brand new Carter SD10 (or as they called it an "S-10DB") direct from the factory in Mesquite TX. Beautiful instrument, light colored mica with a black arm rest with a rose of Texas design on it. Don't remember the model name but it was the most expensive single 10 they made and I think it cost me around $3500. Never got the hang of playing and didn't know how to loosen tension of the pedals which were really stiff so sold it 5 years later. As I mentioned, there was no one within 250 miles of me that could help and I had no idea there was a steelguitarforum where I could have gotten some help working on the pedal tension. I always wondered where that Carter wound up. Oh well...I'm happier I ended up with my Mullen 12 string so all's well that ends well

Scott Hiestand · Post by **Scott Hiestand** » 31 Jan 2021 3:41 pm

Two. My very first steel, a P/P baby blue Emmons S-10 with pad I bought from Bobbe Seymour and eventually sold back to him. Bad move.

Then a ZB Custom D-10 (Billy Knowles rebuild) which I sold on here. Bad move again.

These were the 2 best sounding steels I ever owned.

Jim Pitman · Post by **Jim Pitman** » 2 Feb 2021 10:08 pm

That was an interesting ~ year 2000 post Bob.
One would be lucky to even touch that price multiplied by three 21 years later.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 2 Feb 2021 11:36 pm

I'm still using that volume pedal, Jim.

Patrick Huey · Post by **Patrick Huey** » 3 Feb 2021 2:27 am

Patrick Huey · Post by **Patrick Huey** » 3 Feb 2021 2:32 am

A few years ago my friend David offered me this Bryan Adams 8p 10K push-pull at $1,000 less than he was gonna sell it on the Forum for and I am still kicking myself to this day for not selling a lung or kidney to buy it. It was the absolute epitome of p/p tone! That awesome â€œGROWLY-TWANGâ€ in spades and played just almost as smoothly and easily as my pre RP Mullen. ðŸ˜–ðŸ¥²

Andrew Goulet · Post by **Andrew Goulet** » 3 Feb 2021 9:17 am

b0b, you inspired me greatly with that copedent when I was reworking my Marlen. The spirit lives on.

A J Head · Post by **A J Head** » 3 Feb 2021 10:23 pm

What would one of those early pre '70s Emmons s10 be worth now, 3 pedals, 1 knee

Keith Bolog · Post by **Keith Bolog** » 4 Feb 2021 8:59 am

Zero regrets. Living the dream

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 4 Feb 2021 9:21 am

My first "rear" steel guitar, a 1940's Gibson Console Grande D8

I sold it in the late 80's with it's original pink plush case, because I was traveling the world. Got "good" money for it and could buy one for the same money, I am sure... but THIS one was mine.

... J-D