Arrived - taking it tomorrow to have sticker removed!
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An oké song but for some reason, I watched it to the end … 
Yeah she’ll kickstart it all right
So I had sticker removed and frets sorted as some were sharp. Got it home…hated it.
So I sold it for a tidy profit
Bought for £680 + £50 for sticker off and fret = £730
Sold for £900.00
£170 profit not bad at all.
I have a new guitar tutor who has about 30 guitars and wants to sell a load off so I am interested of course.
I played his 32 year old PRS (2 only ever been in the country) and his range of Hamers - lovely guitars.
Good thing is I can go round his and play them to decide which one to purchase.
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nutter
But it happens
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I take it maths isn’t your strong point. 
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haha i was typing that when i was meant to be working
Why? What was wrong with it?
I get having multiple guitars as they all have different distinct tonal qualities plus alternate tunings for different songs, fixed bridge/floating bridge, different pickups etc.
Even then 30 is a bit much.
Never got the big deal with PRSs…and just can’t jive with their looks.
Hamers are pretty sweet. Judas Priest boys (Tipton and Downing) used to use them a lot.
I had a cheap knock-off Strat which I picked up for $150 when I got my son’s acoustic from a friend. it was too big and heavy for the young lad, and I really didn’t have an interest. so I put it up for sale on FB Marketplace for $250
some young lady showed up at my door the next day with her dad, was interested in looking at it. I had it set up in my basement, default tuning and plugged in. Ready to play. She sat down, played for 30sec and looking at her dad with complete joy on her face.
She got up, packed it up carefully and pulled a stack of $5 and $10 bills out of her pocket and started to count, could just tell that she had saved up for it. Stopped her when she got to $200, told her it was fine and to save the rest for a set of new strings if they wear out (they were like new).
so, no more crazy noisemaker in the basement… But some young lady has a new toy she’s happy with.
Side note, our Friend’s son played their first gig at 10yo in a pub as part of a band. Super cool!
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Just felt too big for my hands.
Since I have been learning guitar in April 2020 I wrote down all the guitars I have owned and sold with the exception of the ones marked * which means I still have them…
Yamaha – borrowed off a mate during lockdown to get me kickstarted.
Black LTD ESP
White Charvel
Multi coloured Jackson Dinky
Black PRS Tremonti
White Kramer
Epiphone Les Paul
Sunburst Fender Strat *
Blue Cort
Orangy ESP Ltd
Green Ibanez
Harley Benton*
Plum Ibanez
The strat to me just feels great over all the others. I like the Harley Benton but I prefer the neck of a start. I really think a guitar picks you rather than the other way round and my list proves that (to me anyway!).
I took my strat to my guitar tutor last week and he said he was a more a Les Paul (shape) player. But he picked mine up, had a strum, raised pick ups, adjusted strings and then played it. He said it was the most comfortable Fender he has played and he started leaning in 1959.
So I think I have a pretty special Fender - but someone else may pick it up and thinks its horrible.
I wonder if in a few years when I get even better how those guitars I got rid of will feel. Ive only been to this tutor 3 times and he has already noticed a few things I need to tweak when playing and just these little things have improved my playing already.
As previously mentioned he is selling a few off but unlike 80% of the guitars above the difference is I can go to his and play them to get a feel. Its taken me 12 guitars but ill not be buying one blind anymore as I really do think every guitar feels different. I used to think that was bollocks when people said that and a fender was a fender…but not now. They all feel different.
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Gotta show this list to my wife, I’m sure she’ll be full of understanding! 
I forgot, which exact LTD models did you try during that period?
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tbh cant remember - the black one was lower end and £300 - the other one which is in this thread many posts back was £800 second hand but over £1k new - it had the binding round the edges.
Blimey! That is some list for three years!! At least you’ve sold on the ones that you didn’t favour. Like most I expect, I have just slowly accumulated guitars over the years without ever getting rid of any.
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I dont have the room for 12 guitars so had to sell them really.
Ive made a small loss on some and good profit on others but the plum ibanez was my best profit.
Your list is way beyond all the guitars I’ve owned in my entire life, not 3 years!
My brother, a far better player than I’ll ever be, said the same about strats. He basically hates them, necks not right etc. but there was one he happened upon. Absolutely bang on but it wasn’t for sale etc. He’s now trying to build his own guitar with that exact feel, down to making his own neck. I had similar with a Tele many moons ago.
I’m personally hoping a strat falls into my lap at the moment. Right of passage kind of thing.
According to my wife, neither do we.
Not sure why this guy even bothers… :0)
Maybe he was just putting himself under pressure practising for this gig eh -
Never gave this much thought… Until now :0)