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Tell me about a time that you had an instrument, sold it, and bought it back at some point later... And it worked out as well as you would hoped

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 8:21 pm Tell me about a time that you had an instrument, sold it, and bought it back at some point later... And it worked out as well as you would hoped

To date (and with a BUNCH of past dates), I have NEVER revisited an instrument that I formerly owned (as a personal instrument), and then regretted having sold it. Several of them were similar to several that you've owned (possibly a piston version of one that you owned with another type of valves), with a couple of them having been the very same models.

Not particularly surprisingly, you've never taken my advice when (on rare occasions) I've told you, "If you buy this - or one like it - you might actually stop looking for something better."

I'm not even sure that I would buy the Buescher helicon back (unless for a price that made flipping easily possible) ...It's a tremendously fine C instrument, but I'm so pitifully B-flat broken in that (as I've confessed) C instruments now feel "funny" to me.

Thinking of buying back the Alex?

Should I dangle an ‘80s 188?

Heavy_Metal wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:00 pm Thinking of buying back the Alex?

Zero desire and zero chance of it. Mutually beneficial

jtm wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 11:27 pm Should I dangle an ‘80s 188?

You wouldn't...

BTW, I had a chance to buy back my old 188 a year or two ago. Thought about it... Too 'spensive...

bloke wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 8:26 pm words...

All true.

There are some tubas that I sold, which had no real reason to be sold except for funding the purchase of the next thing.

Others I sold because I needed the $, and the money went 100% towards non tuba stuff. The PT-6 was definitely one of these, and I'd welcome that one back at any time. There are others as well that were sold just for bucks.

Not like I'm playing right now anyway. I think I've had a tuba out once since TubaChristmas, and even then it was to appease my son's curiosity. I've barely even posted here for the past few months...!

Just a phase, but still.

Do you have the opportunity to buy one of your old tubas back?

There are only a handful of tubas I'd care to seriously revisit that I previously owned -- my PT-6, which was a gem, and my Vienna style Alex F. But I've never had the opportunity. I guess that's what happens when you move 900 miles away from the place where you sold most of your tubas! (KY --> CT)

I sold the NStar when I had a physical downfall that to me looked permanent, and I thought it should be played rather than just sit there making me feel sad I couldn't play it. So I sold it, but four years later bought it back. Only because I could not find a new one for sale ANYWHERE and so I paid way too much (and knew it) but did it anyway. Just one week later Matt from Dillon called me and said he had one, but it was too late. I play it all the time though.

Same model or same exact instrument?

I did the former. Mostly serendipity since I wanted to downsize from my BMB (which was also a serendipitous find since I just happened to be looking for a CC when someone a couple hours away was selling it) and Dillon had one used they were selling.

If you have a tuba, you will play it.
If you have a good tuba, you will play it more.
If you have a great or superb tuba, you will play it a lot.

Not yet. Everything I’ve sold, I’ve sold for a reason.

I’d really only consider my old Thor, but know I’d still want the bigger bell on it.

The closest would a be PT6P I sold to Morris Kainuma who then sold it to Kyle Turner. It was a very good example. It took the typical adjusting that that model requires, but I played some great jobs with it. Maybe just for nostalgia, I’d buy it back. It was replaced with a 5450 that I sold and shipped it to a really nice young guy in Australia. I almost sold by current larger tuba about a year ago, but I aborted mission in the nick of time. (I’ve since learned that there were only two others built like it.) I think I’d miss that one a bit too much.

I've owned 2 188's (one mentioned in this thread) and I didn't really like the feel/sound of the almost-all gold brass construction. I did sound good on that horn the times I was able to perform and hear the recordings but I don't regret selling it, right move at the right time. There is ONE 188 I am trying to get in line for but I doubt I will ever get it.

I've owned 2 CB-50's and both were outstanding. I sold the first one because I was only in a position to own one horn and frankly needed a little more weight than it offered. Tried to buy it back but the buyer had passed and the horn was nowhere to be found. The second one has been a project to get in good shape but I'm glad I did. I'm hoping to keep this a very long time but I've moved off the idea of a forever tuba, sometimes things just don't fit the way they used to for a number of reasons. I'd buy another Getzen for sure - much heavier gauge metal than the comparable Eastman instruments and once modified is point-and-shoot (for me).

I'd buy another Eastman 836 without thinking if I needed a 6/4 CC tuba.

bloke wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:00 am If you have a tuba, you will play it.
If you have a good tuba, you will play it more.
If you have a great or superb tuba, you will play it a lot.

I don't think that's true at all.

If you don't have time to play, it doesn't matter what you have. Rudy 5/4 or Martin Eb... Collects the same dust

Everyone prioritizes, and everyone (whether they admit it or not, and no matter how busy they claim to be) has down time - if not today nor next week - EVENTUALLY.
An amazing instrument (particularly if left OUT of its case and next to a chair) BECKONS.

bloke "It's true - at all."

Yes, of course we all work by priorities. We just don't always get to set our own priorities.

For me... The amazing instrument got sold because it did not get used (and the money was helpful for other things -- priorities I guess ) But free will and doing what you want because you want to do it... Not a reality over here.

This is a years-long pattern. There is no time for tuba, and that's just the reality for now. My kids definitely notice, and ask why I don't have concerts anymore. I have to bite my lip and just say something like, it didn't work out. In reality, it's too painful to even go to concerts. I basically had to be dragged to a community orchestra concert last month, it was the group I used to play in. Initially I refused to go, but eventually got coaxed into going for the second half. And even then, the whole time I thought about how much it sucks to be on this side of the stage.

"Downtime" here is basically doing things with/for my kids, my wife, etc. Recently, splitting firewood has been a selfish pleasure and "downtime." Walking the dog is also a guilty pleasure/escape, but without the dog, it's not like I would do this for myself. And really, I'm expected to be thinking and planning other things while walking the dog, chopping, etc. It's not a free pass to turn the brain off.

Stuff just for myself is exclusively reserved for after midnight (when everyone is finally asleep) or before 8am (before anyone wakes up). Not particularly helpful for tuba playing

Anyway, I love my family and I have a great life. I just wish I could play the tuba a few hours per week. That was quite simply too much to ask.

What does any of that have to do with buying an actually really great and easy to play tuba versus weird and crappy ones over and over again?

...and most everyone sets their own priorities.
"I'm setting my priorities based on what someone's else priorities are for me" is setting one's own priorities.