best/worst garage sale deal.
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best/worst garage sale deal.
I was talking to a friend of mine whose dad recently passed. Apparently my friend and their step mom have no love lost. To such an extent that before estate proceedings had really started she sold off all of her deceased husbands music and recording gear at a garage sale. Mics $1 each, effect pedals $2, and so on. It was all my friend could do to make it out of there with the Goldtop and the Black Falcon. Apparently the rest of the($250,000) studio gear was liquidated in such a fashion.
So in the spirit of that utter waste of gear (I secretly wish I could have been there!) what kind of crazy finds have you kids made? Or what was sold out from under you without your knowledge or consent?
I had my Ludwig Vistalites sold by my mom when I was on tour playing bass. She was moving and couldnt be bothered. I think she got $20 for "those toy drums".
OTOH I picked up a 60's? 70's? Fender P at a garage sale when I was 14 or so. My first bass actually. With a silver face combo bass amp it was $100.
So in the spirit of that utter waste of gear (I secretly wish I could have been there!) what kind of crazy finds have you kids made? Or what was sold out from under you without your knowledge or consent?
I had my Ludwig Vistalites sold by my mom when I was on tour playing bass. She was moving and couldnt be bothered. I think she got $20 for "those toy drums".
OTOH I picked up a 60's? 70's? Fender P at a garage sale when I was 14 or so. My first bass actually. With a silver face combo bass amp it was $100.
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When I was 14 I got an EV 664 at a garage sale for a dollar. It lived at my bass player's house because that's where we rehearsed. I don't know what happened to it, but it likely stayed there when the band split up.
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This was not a garage sale but still a great find. I was failing spanish and had to get a tutor in high school. a spanish woman that lived on the other side of town agreed to give me lessons. One day in the late spring their garage door was opened and I noticed an amp stacked in the corner. At the end of the lesson I asked her about it and she said that we could take a look at it. Turns out it was a 71 Fender Twin Reverb that she gave me and wouldn't accept any money. It was complete with some 1960's RCA tubes; it was a great amp.
Unfortunately it was stolen out of a practice space about 4 years later.
Unfortunately it was stolen out of a practice space about 4 years later.
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In the meantime, my stock answer to this question is generally:
About ten years ago I acquired a super-nice 1940's Slingerland Radio King snare in great shape. Price: free. It was being put out on the curb by a lady who had a very short amount of time to empty out her deceased parents' house. Also got a nice gothic chair, but that doesn't sound as good...
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In the meantime, my stock answer to this question is generally:
About ten years ago I acquired a super-nice 1940's Slingerland Radio King snare in great shape. Price: free. It was being put out on the curb by a lady who had a very short amount of time to empty out her deceased parents' house. Also got a nice gothic chair, but that doesn't sound as good...
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Our town has a town-wide yard sale day every fall. A few years ago I wandered by a yard with a few crappy practice amps and some other music gear. I spied a pair of KRK Rokit 5's
I asked the lady how much. She said "My son owes me money and he's not here...oh I don't know... how about 15 bucks?"
I said "for the pair?" She replied yes.
I gave her a 20 and she threw in a boom mic stand.
I asked the lady how much. She said "My son owes me money and he's not here...oh I don't know... how about 15 bucks?"
I said "for the pair?" She replied yes.
I gave her a 20 and she threw in a boom mic stand.
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1929 Vega Vegaphone Professional tenor banjo at a garage sale: $25. Optimistically, worth about 1500 maybe.
Old Turkish/Istanbul K Zildjians, 20" ride and 14" pair of hats. $140 total at a Memphis pawn shop. I can't keep up with prices on these they're rising so fast, but at the time the ride was worth about 1k and the hats about 800. I'm sure more now (this was a few years back).
Old Turkish/Istanbul K Zildjians, 20" ride and 14" pair of hats. $140 total at a Memphis pawn shop. I can't keep up with prices on these they're rising so fast, but at the time the ride was worth about 1k and the hats about 800. I'm sure more now (this was a few years back).
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Man, the warehouse at our local goodwill employs a very happy crowd of concert t, tats and piercinged rockers. That place is always picked clean before it reaches the indoor shelves. Only cheap clock radios, vcrs and toasters make it through..
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I literally bought this at a garage sale for $25, but mne looks in nicer condition. It is actually a great guitar tho I was susrpised to see the ebay prices go so high.
I guess some old blues guy used one...
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I guess some old blues guy used one...
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that is odd, because goodwill employees are supposedly not allow to shop at the location they work at to prevent this type of thing. I'm sure they could call a friend to come in and buy the "cool" stuff, but the policy is supposed to help give the customer first shot at the purchase.shedshrine wrote:Man, the warehouse at our local goodwill employs a very happy crowd of concert t, tats and piercinged rockers. That place is always picked clean before it reaches the indoor shelves. Only cheap clock radios, vcrs and toasters make it through..
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Me too, it made my day.ott0bot wrote: Found an Sk-1 at goodwill fro 5 bucks. That was swell.
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I've learned that it's often a good idea to at least drive by the dumpster out back of the goodwill. A guy told me once he snagged a NICE pair of JBL L-100s out of the dumpster. That's about a $400 dumpster-dive these days.
Especially vintage hi fi stuff but probably other old audio stuff too makes it into the dumpster rather than out onto the sales floor, especially if it looks "old," unless there happens to be someone there that knows what they're dealing with.
The guy that dumpstered the L-100s probably put the shiny new-looking black Panasonic speakers from the all-in-one out on the sales floor with a tag saying $75 bucks.
Goodwill seems to like to think of itself as a "better" thrift store, so they tend to push the stuff that looks like you almost could walk into a Target or a Mall and get it. Anything that looks old isn't "vintage" to them, many times-- it's just old.
Especially vintage hi fi stuff but probably other old audio stuff too makes it into the dumpster rather than out onto the sales floor, especially if it looks "old," unless there happens to be someone there that knows what they're dealing with.
The guy that dumpstered the L-100s probably put the shiny new-looking black Panasonic speakers from the all-in-one out on the sales floor with a tag saying $75 bucks.
Goodwill seems to like to think of itself as a "better" thrift store, so they tend to push the stuff that looks like you almost could walk into a Target or a Mall and get it. Anything that looks old isn't "vintage" to them, many times-- it's just old.
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