Herd Thinning Dilemma

[oldLeatherNeck]

Sell one that fetches the most money.

Any one of those can be replaced.

[cdnwatchguy]

Heard or herd?

[Kingface66]

Originally Posted by cdnwatchguy

Heard or herd?

DEFINITELY herd. (Sadly, I can't edit the title)

[Guitarfan]

It depends if you're a 'collector' or a 'wearer'. I'm a wearer so I'd personally sell both the gilt 5513 and the 1680. The 16800 is the daily wearer and the 5512 for times and places where the risk of damage and wear is low.

It very much depends what else you have to wear as well!

[vintagehartmann]

1680 and 16800.

Wear the 5512 and 5513 like there's no tomorrow.

[gnuyork]

Originally Posted by Kingface66

If you must!...
The story goes, Gibson shipped just 7 black Thunderbird basses in 1979 (sales had plummeted on them since being re-introduced in 1976). For years I had been casually (and, occasionally, aggressively) searching them out, after obtaining one of them back in the mid 2000s (I had played a '76 back in the 80s w my old punk band from DC, so I always had a soft spot for black Thunderbirds).
Flash forward a number of years, and the collection has grown. And this past weekend in Chicago...I found another one. It was a grueling decision, as I knew that I would probably have to sell a watch to make the deal possible.
Anyway, I got it! And once it comes back from the shop where its pickups are being swapped-out for a pair of original ones that I have, I will add it to the collection, for a total of FOUR:

Curious which punk band in 80s DC? Do you know a guitarist named Kieth Campbell (of Blackmarket Baby fame) by any chance?

[Kingface66]

Originally Posted by gnuyork

Curious which punk band in 80s DC? Do you know a guitarist named Kieth Campbell (of Blackmarket Baby fame) by any chance?

Absolutely! Saw BMB many times, and our band even shared a stage with them at a benefit show for the "Salad Days" movie, at the Black Cat in DC a few years ago. I was the bass player in a band called King Face.

[Kingface66]

Originally Posted by vintagehartmann

1680 and 16800.

Wear the 5512 and 5513 like there's no tomorrow.

Hard to argue with that!!