Time for a change... maybe

[thatbastarddon]

Thanks for the support. But actually, I feel the strat nice just because it's the only guitar I've ever played, besides from my other strat which is a cheap squier bullet. I've owned only 2 guitars in my whole life (and I still do). Both strats. The fender american and the cheap MIC squier.

I've started listened zeppelin stuff a while ago... and ... the gibson GAS exploded inside my body as an atomic bomb...

I REALLY want a SG standard... really really really... and I'm not that far from that neither...

Here in Argentina, the american strat costs about 10000 pesos used, and I'm sure I can make up to 2000 pesos selling the squier plus my cheap little amp, so I think I can make up to 12000 pesos if I sell everything (which is a little complicated, of course).

In another hand, the SG Standard costs about 15000 pesos. So what I have to do is:

1) Find the way to make 3000 pesos
2) Find the way to sell everything
3) Find the way to have the b#lls to do steps 1) and 2)

I think someone in this forum should understand me. I also find the american special strat too trebly for my taste (that's what happens when you buy a guitar without testing it first)

Just to re-enforce what was said earlier by others...you may want to hang on to your American Strat if you can. When i was younger, and struggling ...that was the sound i was after. So, i picked up a used, extremely crappy year/model American Strat. I loved that guitar from the moment i picked it up...then hated it with a passion eventually... it was too thin, and gutless. So began my flirtation with "other" guitars... Humbucker equipped superstrats... Archtop neck through strats... Les Paul, and Les Paul style guitars...and finally SGs.
Although i have gotten rid of a few over the years, i have kept that first strat. I have had it for 25 years now, and it has mutated a bit over that stretch of time...it is coming up on 30 years old now.
I can honestly say that i doubt that selling it will ever be a consideration for me, and i am thankful that i have held on to it over the years. A rainy Sunday is all i need to remind me of what a treasure it is to me... Although i have become attached to that thick, creamy Gibson sound of my SGs, and my LPs, that Strat is sometimes just what is needed to get the job done.
I try other Strats from time to time, but none are like mine...we have bonded.
Your choice, but choose wisely...sometimes it is worth holding on to some things. I have 10 electric guitars now...i would have little trouble cutting that down to 5...if i had to pick two...the strat would be there...right next to one of my SGs.

This has been just the opinion of some random guy that is overly attached to random pieces of wood that he has collected over the last few decades.

Don

 

[Tony M]

I think we all have sold something and regretted it, at some point in our lives.

In my case this is an understatement of truly spectacular proportions.

 

[smitty_p]

Ultimately, Ivan, the decision is your's. If you do get the SG, of course, those of us on this forum will sincerely congratulate you when you announce your New Guitar Day.

But, as I read your posts, even after you sell everything, meaning you won't have ANY guitar, you will still need to come up with 3000 pesos. After that, you'll still have to save up for an amplifier. If you do insist on selling the Stratocaster, I'd focus on earning the 3000 additional pesos, first. That way, you can get the SG shortly after selling the rest of your gear.

But, I'd still think long and hard about getting rid of your Stratocaster. I don't know how old you are and I don't intend to disparage your youth, if you are young. And, I think we do understand you and your real desire for an SG. After all, this is an SG forum! However, the words of the seasoned players here are meant only to help you avoid regret, as they have all sold something they were sure they wouldn't miss, but later missed a lot.

I would also echo the suggestions of others to consider used. Used guitars are fine, you just need to check them over. I also have a desire for another SG (and another Strat!) but I have no intention of spending the money for a new one.

 

[thinkgreen]

In the end it's you that has to make your mind up and do what you want. But remember once your strat has gone its gone. There will be other strats you can buy when your working and have money to burn, but it still won't be the strat you have now. Good luck to you and when you look for your sg make sure it's the one made just for you, you will know as soon as you pick it up

 

[Col Mustard]

I agree with most of what's been said here... I say do not sell your Stratocaster. Go to work for someone, and earn some money, and in the meantime play your Strat. Keep your studies up, (if I remember correctly, you are a student). Study well, and when you're finished, play your Strat. Open a bank account, and put money you make in there, so that you can eventually buy a Gibson guitar, but while your money grows, play your Strat.

When I was a student, I worked in factories when school was out. I worked during the school year delivering Pizza to other students. I worked in restaurants. I studied too. When not working or studying or sleeping or chasing women, I played my acoustic guitar.
You should do all these things. I would have loved to have a Strat when I was a student.
I used to go see bands play and watch the guitar players... but I also watched the Bass players... because my most immediate dream was to have a Fender Bass.

I felt a similar way about having a Bass that you feel about having a Gibson SG. I could almost taste it. So when I was finally done with studying, and I had a job that paid me a little better, I found my bass. It was under the bed of a man who didn't respect it. I saw an advertisement that he had posted, and went to his house with two $50.00 bills in one pocket, and $50 more in tens in my other pocket. I showed him the two fifties, and told him that was all I had. He took the money, and I got my bass. It was a 1966 Fender Jazz Bass.

That was in 1972. I still have the bass, it's been with me all these years, I've been playing it every week of all those years. I would never sell it, not till they pry my dead cold hands off it. I saved that instrument from a fate worse than death (for an instrument...) ...slow rust. And it has rewarded me by being my steady companion. Your Strat has this potential. There's no reason it should sound thin. You can EQ a Strat to sound like anything. Like the Gibson SG, the Strat is one of the best guitars ever made. Play your Strat. Save your money. Sell the other one when it's time.

Don't be afraid to get a used SG. Those cost a lot less money, and play just as well if you get them set up correctly. I now have ten guitars. Only three of them have me as the only owner. They all are great guitars, and I have gotten really good deals on them all. Used guitars are like that... more value per peso. Just clean it well when you bring it home, and get it set up well by a pro luthier, and buy it a good case to live inside. That's my recommendation. I wish you well.

 

[frankd]

Well I put my american standard on here like 600 no takers
4 hrs on craigslist Gone! and they have gone up so keep if ya can .
but if ya cant afford a sg or lp let me tell ya something go ebay
many there will ship world wide and get ya one of these.
the only difference is better electronics and pups in the gibby
but even there I dunno cuz all my dbz and deans sound pretty darn good.