I Just Sold All 6 Of My Guitars AND A Mandolin

[SoFlaJet]

on E-Bay and guess who I'm sending the $2275 to? That's right Barack Obama and you know what else? IT FEELS GOOD!!!!

[alfredo]

1. Damn! Should have kept the Mandolin and a couple guitars for the GE.

[SoFlaJet]

2. I still have my harmonicas

and a jaws harp "boing boing boing she'll be comin' around the mountain when she comes (when she comes)" yee HAWWWWWWWWW

[rodeodance]

4. "when she " becomes Madam President. --you got that right

[HCE SuiGeneris]

32. looks like the music summoned rodeodunce...

[alfredo]

31. I didn't know there was a market for used spit sorters.

[roguevalley]

50. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA! That is so funny. Keep a few in change.

Both you and the OP are my new heroes. :) Thank you for the good deed and the damned fine laugh.

[JackORoses]

3. I hope you aren't giving up on the guitar completely.

but good on ya for giving it to the worthiest of causes.

[SoFlaJet]

9. if I give up the guitar completely

I wouldn't have any way to make a living Jack and that would prolly get me finally kicked out of the house

[shadowknows69]

23. When are we all getting tix to your next show??

[SoFlaJet]

30. I play in a bar

no cover charge-3 nights a week...just bring your requests and a few bux for the tip jar

[immoderate]

41. I wanna go.

See my PM.

--IMM

[Saturday]

5. A fool and his money are soon parted. nt

[roguevalley]

51. and a bone head will always kick dirt on someone.

[AlCzervik]

6. i sold my comb and wax paper on ebay and donated the money to my local liquor store.

and they gave me some mad dog 20/20. Pretty sweet.

[SoFlaJet]

12. damn

we could have been a kick ass duo hangin' in front of the liquor store chimp-one of us could have even pretended to be blind...we would have cleaned up man...BTW you know anybody who owns a monkey with a cup and a little hat we can borrow?

[AlCzervik]

15. no but i do know someone who owns a warsh board playing yak, you want i should

make the call?

[SoFlaJet]

17. even better

hang on to that comb and wax paper-we split the dough two ways-we'll pay the yak in 10 lb bags of hay-out of YOUR end though...deal?

[AlCzervik]

19. sounds fair to me. Wait, what?

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Laura Bush has a monkey she might part with, but he pees in the cup

[rateyes]

37. DUzy.

:rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

39. I sold my spoons to my neighbor and he gave me Boone's Farm.

I. Rock.

[AlCzervik]

43. right on, wanna share? you bring yours, i'll bring mine and we'll make some wicked punch.

:7

[quantass]

7. .

[msmcghee]

8. Man, I heard of selling one's soul to the devil before . . n/t

[DemVet]

10. What kind of guitars and mandolin are you selling?

[SoFlaJet]

14. I ain't selling my axes DV

I DO actually have one for sale an Ibanez acoustic/electric with a hard shell case for 250-good guitar...paid 350 for it 3 years ago

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. If you needed to sell stuff to send money to obama, it sounds

like you needed the money more than he did.

[Midlodemocrat]

40. My thoughts as well.

[Cant trust em]

13. Clearly you have good taste in music and politics.

Thanks for this post.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

18. I'm sure

there is a song in there someplace...

If only I knew someone with a guitar... Or even a mandolin....????? :shrug:

The lyrics:

Oh, I sold six guitars today
And I sold them all on ebay
And if that wasn't enough of a sin
I threw in my best mandolin
all because I want the the best one to win


dooo-dee-doooo.....

good for you
and thanks for being so selfless :toast:

[SoFlaJet]

20. let's see G followed by Am

over to an Em then a D...I'll send you a check Gilligan

[LWolf]

21. If I had anything to sell on ebay,

(do I? I'll have to look)

I'd be spending the money on new tires, on fuel for next winter, on fixing the wiring problems in this old place.

I scraped together a whopping $100, $25 each quarter, for a worthy candidate in '07.

If I had anything left to send in '08, it would go to whoever ends up challenging my R senator in November. There are no worthy recipients at the presidential level to fund.

:shrug:

[SoFlaJet]

26. yea any actual extra money we have these days

ends up either buying food for my kids and grandkids or help with their bills. It's a lot harder for them than it was for us 20 years ago down here

PS; I was joking I didn't really sell my instruments

[LWolf]

33. My son sold some of his instruments last year

when things got tight for him. :(

He's pared his collection down to 3 guitars, 2 trumpets, and some recording equipment.

My other son is currently selling some of his hobby collections on ebay, for the same reasons.

The only extras I've got to offer are some clothes that don't fit and books.

Lots of books.

[buff2]

22. That's about the dumbest thing I've seen yet.

If I had $2275 to blow I certainly wouldn't give it to a millionaire. That could have bought food and gas for a couple of weeks. :crazy:

[RememberWellstone]

24. What guitars?

Out of curiosity what kind of guitars were they? Acoustic? What were they? I love my Taylors and Martins.

[SoFlaJet]

29. I have

2 Takemines a 6 and a 12 string an Ibanez (all acoustic electrics) a Fender Tele and a Johnson mandolin...I want to get a Gibson SJ200-but they are $3300

[RememberWellstone]

42. Takis are good gig guits

I love the twelve strings too..you sold them just to give money to Obama? Could'nt you have borrowed some money? I don't sell guitars unless it's for a desperate situation.

[SoFlaJet]

44. nah I would never

I was just messing around RW

[Hepburn]

25. I have a Martin 12 string I have not played since I got my last...

...Judy Collins song book back in the days when NO ONE carried a book bag!

Great idea! Maybe I will do the same!

[TahitiNut]

28. Cleo Kottke, is that you?

:silly:

[Hepburn]

46. Nope....

...just a Joan Baez wanna-be! :hi:

[flpoljunkie]

27. Wow! That is mighty impressive, SoFlaJet!

[rucky]

34. Awesome! But you could've played a fundraising concert.

Just hate to see people parting with their instruments

:shrug:

[1776Forever]

35. Wow - Great post! Thanks!

:hi: :hi: :hi: :hi:

From my kids, and their kids and the future! Thanks!

[NashVegas]

36. Wouldn't It Have Been Wiser To Get Out There And Play / Busk?

That way you could raise money for Obama and keep the instruments, or continue using them to raise funds for Dems.

[Triana]

38. THANK YOU SoFlaJet. I hope you're not giving up music though....

..you'll need some of that for the HUGE President Obama party after he wins the election!

[ShaneGR]

45. I appreciate your intensity, BUT, you just sold your own stuff to buy maybe 1 sec of airtime....

And that's a big maybe, maybe .5 seconds. And don't forget the consultant who booked the ad keeps 15-20% for himself.

[AZBlue]

47. You ROCK!!!!!

:toast:

[Auntie Bush]

48. That gives me an excellent idea!

I'll sell my son's 3 guitars and mandolin..case and all...and donate it to Hillary.

[whistler162]

49. So that leaves you with.....

cadillacs and wild wild <women/men>!