Ever sold gear to a famous rocker?

[cosmic_rust]

Just had my first confirmed famous musician order a fuzz from me on Reverb. Soooo tempting to talk gear aimlessly!

Anyone else? Do you feel comfortable sharing who? Should this be an unspoken cool thing that happens occasionally?

 

[dwoverdrive]

Bought. not sold.

 

[SubApathy]

I almost bought a DS-1 from a famous person.

But not sold.

 

[Magnets And Melodies]

Nope but that would be cool! Especially if it was someone I dug.

 

[natmiss]

As a music store employee I sold a Modulus Flea bass to Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith. He loved it but his band mates wouldn't let him use it because it was a Flea bass.

 

[chankgeez]

Does it count if I bought a pedal from a music store and peeled back the label on the box only to find Reeves Gabrels' address?

 

[Thombalabomba]

Indeed, bought.

I dont have the level of gear that famous people buy used.

 

[ForTheLoveOfIvy]

Not directly but Charlie Burchill from Simple Minds bought my '67 Gretsch White Falcon which was on consignment in a Denmark st shop in London.

 

[dudewheresmy182]

Here's my time to shine - About 10 years ago I lived in central Illinois and posted a natural Fender MIM jazz bass on Craigslist for a reasonable price. Got a couple cash offers but one other offer stuck out. I received an email from the then-drummer (not original member) of Molly Hatchet looking to trade some signed merch and VIP passes to their upcoming show. I politely declined.

 

[Coheed]

Just had my first confirmed famous musician order a fuzz from me on Reverb. Soooo tempting to talk gear aimlessly!

Anyone else? Do you feel comfortable sharing who? Should this be an unspoken cool thing that happens occasionally?

Well, you can’t leave us hanging like that Rust! Even just a few hints ?!?

 

[cosmic_rust]

Well, you can’t leave us hanging like that Rust! Even just a few hints ?!?

If I say Jazzmaster and fuzz, you oughta know who if you know what's up

 

[weedzzz]

I sold a Vox Big Ben overdrive pedal to Richard Hawley.

 

[slicepaperdavid]

Sold my Boogie Mark III purple strip short head to the guitar player from Agent Orange 15 or so years ago. Miss that amp so much!!

 

[CaptainGoodnight]

Quite a few. I respect the artists privacy but enjoy watching my former guitars or pedals on instagram, or some cool concert footage. Sometimes I wish I never sold them.

I also rented guitar and bass stacks to big tours. Often just for show.

 

[koiling_around]

If I say Jazzmaster and fuzz, you oughta know who if you know what's up

If a dinosaur has a son....

 

[El Fenix]

If I say Jazzmaster and fuzz, you oughta know who if you know what's up

Josh Scott?

 

[CRWolf]

I got low-balled by someone we've all heard of, but he was really nice about it. Does that count for anything?

 

[JumpinBradFlash]

No but Jerry Cantrell asked me where he could buy a bag of weed years ago in Australia. Unfortunately I wasnt able to help him out

 

[ericb]

Yepper, many years ago Al Schnier from Moe. bought my original Fulldrive 2 pedal.. .They were on tour and he had me to send it right to the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco. . Thought that was pretty cool (He used to be a member here)

Eric

Late EDIT: I just watched this video from 2015 where around 9:08 he starts talking about the Fulldrive2 .. I sold him an Orange one way before that and that'd be wild if that was still the same one in 2015. ha. .

 

[Sloppyfingers]

This thread is timely to pop up, because I literally just sold my tube pre-amp pedal to Frank Marino's musician brother Vince who answered my local ad from his home in Montreal..He seems happy with it. Montreal is only a hop and a skip from here,,Really nice guy, and we shot the sauce twice on the phone..He's into amps, and the technical side of things. He works as an amp tech and sound engineer, but he did tour with his brother for 16 years as his rhythm guitarist. I got a few good tips from him.