bleujazz3
Fractal Fanatic
You've likely heard this old story before...you once owned a nice piece of gear, be it guitar, effect or amp, that you needed to sell in order to finance a purchase of whatever replaced that gear...
This story is a classic one, of love, love lost, and love found again. (No, not boy meets girl. Love of something I should never have sold to begin with.)
My story is this: Some months ago, before I owned my FM9, I owned an FM3, replete with Temple Audio Duo 17 board, XLR module, and 2 EV-1s that sat on my adjacent Duo 34 board where my FC-12 resided. My goal was to own an FM9, but to facilitate its purchase, it was necessary to sell my FM3 and FC-12, plus Duo 17 board, as well as one EV-1.
The sum total of my sales proceeds still did not meet the total price of the FM9 plus 3-year warranty I'd planned on purchasing.
So, to offset the total, I sold my beloved PRS SE A60E acoustic/electric, knowing that the total net sales would effectively help cover the cost of the incoming FM9.
But, like most guitarists, I lamented needing to do so. So recently, as good fortune smiled upon me, I realized that my tax refund this year would cover the cost of a replacement A60E and then some. Not wasting any time locating one, sales financing was made possible so that a new A60E would soon arrive, and the option to pay off the balance of my purchase price was possible instead of incurring payment charges for the next 5 months.
Like many of you who have been in this same situation, I ask you to tell us your story of gear you once loved, but was either forced to sell out of hardship, or for whatever financial need there may have been, and how you got back what you once loved.
This story is a classic one, of love, love lost, and love found again. (No, not boy meets girl. Love of something I should never have sold to begin with.)
My story is this: Some months ago, before I owned my FM9, I owned an FM3, replete with Temple Audio Duo 17 board, XLR module, and 2 EV-1s that sat on my adjacent Duo 34 board where my FC-12 resided. My goal was to own an FM9, but to facilitate its purchase, it was necessary to sell my FM3 and FC-12, plus Duo 17 board, as well as one EV-1.
The sum total of my sales proceeds still did not meet the total price of the FM9 plus 3-year warranty I'd planned on purchasing.
So, to offset the total, I sold my beloved PRS SE A60E acoustic/electric, knowing that the total net sales would effectively help cover the cost of the incoming FM9.
But, like most guitarists, I lamented needing to do so. So recently, as good fortune smiled upon me, I realized that my tax refund this year would cover the cost of a replacement A60E and then some. Not wasting any time locating one, sales financing was made possible so that a new A60E would soon arrive, and the option to pay off the balance of my purchase price was possible instead of incurring payment charges for the next 5 months.
Like many of you who have been in this same situation, I ask you to tell us your story of gear you once loved, but was either forced to sell out of hardship, or for whatever financial need there may have been, and how you got back what you once loved.