As I have posted in a couple of other threads, I am selling about three quarters of my gear collection to make the upcoming early retirement of my wife a little more palatable, financially. I, with Sergio's help, had been listing stuff, but it was slow going, and painful to ship off one at a time. I found a couple of places that would buy entire collections, and contacted them a little more than 2 weeks ago. I got two offers back. One about 2 hours away, and the other local (although, with Chicago traffic, still 2 hours away!). I was a little insulted by the place from the out of town location. Their offer was 2/3 of the local place. Plus, the local place line item'd everything out. What they'd offer me, what they would list it at. I dropped off 9 guitars, and an amp there this morning. Best experience I've ever had in a store. No haggling. No "on 2nd thought, we can only give you this much". I was shocked to be out of there in less than an hour. Sure, I was a little melancholy will I was sitting there watching them look over my stuff. Especially when I'd hear some comments about how cool this, or that, guitar was. I had to get up and wander the store. That turned out to be a mistake. Well, not really! I guess I haven't totally broken my mold. Something I didn't bring to the store, left the store with me. 2013 Tremonti Artist Pack. Braz board and neck. I COULD NOT pass up a Pattern Thin RW neck. I love that neck shape, but don't have a WT or PT in the remainder of the stable. It's been played, and has some honest battle scars, but I dig it....A LOT! Besides, after all I went through today, I deserved a nice Valentine's Day present. Happy Valentine's Day to me! I have to say, yanking the bandage off was better than the paper cuts I had been getting doing one at a time. It hurts to leave them behind, but it was easier this way. I felt some relief as I got in my truck and pulled away. Now, I gotta do it all again on Monday. Think I'll take a book along to read, instead of browsing their store!
Agreed that CMI is an easy place to do business with, also sold off a few things there. That is a killer looking AX jim
Sweetness!!! I LOVE the color on that one. I remember back on one of the older builds of the PRS website, they had a Tremonti that looked a lot like that one...I would drool over it every time I opened up the page to look at guitars. Plus, it has a brazzy board and neck? Totally killer. Congrats!!! You say you were trying to do the right thing...from where I'm sitting, you absolutely succeeded.
Now when CME sends me an email on what's new, I'm gonna have to wonder if that was your or not. Sounds like you made out better than I did, when I let everything go back in 2013.
Love it! I should find a place interested in a dozen or so of mine. I offered up several in a couple locations this week and, to my surprise, THREE of them are already spoken for. Guess I will wait and see if anything else gets claimed before I wonder into a store and expose myself to temptation. I do NOT need that!
Must be nice to have found a semi-local place not to crazy low-ball you on a collection like that. Every time I think of downsizing the hassle and financial hit keeps me from moving on.
Sorry to hear your collection needed to be liquidated, but congrats on the find. Gorgeous BRW neck...
