i'm the said poor chap clearing his collection. was directed here by gavin. had a good chuckle too so thanks for that gents.
no need for that rescue team... yet - i'm keeping a lucky number of 7 guitars. don't think i'd able to live with myself if i let some of those go.
back to the topic, i had this very nice terada custom shop 335 copy (which came for perth) which i traded to my guitar tech for work credit (he's mainly a bassist so the fact he made an offer on it tells you something!). i regret it often but at least it's still in reach!