Why Kiki Wong Chose Resyn Marketplace to Sell Her Most Sentimental Guitar

Kiki Wong has played with Taylor Swift, Usher, and Bret Michaels. She's toured through Asia and South America with Nylon Pink. In 2024, she was chosen from 10,000 people to be the new touring guitarist for The Smashing Pumpkins.

So when she decides to sell one of her personal guitars? That matters to a certain kind of musician.

A Guitar That Was Actually Played on Tour

Wong recently put her guitar up for sale on Resyn Marketplace, a new site where musicians can buy, sell, and trade gear with each other.

The listing isn’t just a random instrument from her closet. It’s the one she brought on international tours with Nylon Pink. Specifically across Asia and South America. It was played live. It has wear. It was part of a touring rig.

This isn’t a museum piece or a resale flip. It’s a guitar with a resume.

Why She’s Selling It

According to Wong’s Instagram post, she’s never sold a guitar before. She usually holds onto them. Each one carries memories. But this one, she says, deserves to be played. It’s been with her through different eras of her career, and she wants it to continue being used by someone else.

She wrote:

"Every guitar I own carries memories, sweat, soul, and stories. But this one...THIS guitar...holds a special place in my heart."

And now she’s letting it go.

The Platform She Chose: Resyn Marketplace

Resyn Marketplace is relatively new. It launched to give musicians a different kind of buying and selling experience. No transaction fees. No middlemen. It’s structured more like a trading post or community swap meet than an e-commerce store.

Anyone can make a free profile. Listings include electric guitars, drum kits, synths, studio monitors, and pedals. But the big difference is that many listings come directly from artists, producers, and working musicians. It’s not flooded with corporate resellers or AI-written descriptions.

Wong mentioned Resyn specifically in her post, saying:

"You can find it on @thisisresyn, an online music gear marketplace for buying, selling and trading that’s truly built for musicians."

She emphasized that there are no fees and that the platform supports community.

About the Guitar

The guitar Wong listed is a Schecter Blackjack SLS SOLO FR Active in Satin Black.

Some quick facts:

• Neck: 3-piece maple with a thin satin finish. Measures 19mm at the first fret and 20mm at the twelfth. Built for speed and long-term stability.
• Body: Mahogany body topped with flamed maple. Solid, resonant, and looks great under stage lights.
• Pickups: Comes loaded with active Seymour Duncan Blackouts in both the bridge and neck. Tons of output, tight low end, and super quiet.
• Tremolo: Floyd Rose 1000 Series, so you can dive-bomb and stay in tune.
• Tuners: Schecter locking machines
• Inlay: A skull made of mother-of-pearl at Hell's Gate
• Frets: 24 extra large ones on an ebony fretboard

These specs make it built for speed and sustain. It's designed for heavy rock or metal, with tight low end, pronounced mids, and clean highs.

The Blackouts are known for their high output with less noise than typical active pickups. The Floyd Rose allows for divebombs and flutters without going out of tune. And the locking tuners help keep everything in place.

Condition and Use

This isn’t a factory-sealed guitar. It’s used. It’s been toured. That’s part of what gives it value.

For collectors, that might matter. But even more so for players who want a guitar that has actually lived through road use and stage volume. Most listings online are stock photos and guesswork. This one’s different.

About Kiki Wong?

Kiki Wong has been a working guitarist for over ten years. She first got noticed playing in Nylon Pink, an all-female Asian-American band that mixed K-pop covers with original songs.

She also:

• Played drums for Taylor Swift at the 2014 MTV VMAs
• Performed with Usher at CBS's Fashion Rocks
• Appeared in a Nissan ad with Bret Michaels as lead guitarist
• Co-wrote a book on travel after launching a blog with bandmate Kaila Yu
• Built an online audience of over a million TikTok followers

In 2024, she was chosen to join The Smashing Pumpkins after a global casting call. She was one of nine finalists selected from 10,000 applicants. Billy Corgan said he was already a fan.

Wong's guitar playing is rooted in metal but has expanded into alternative rock, acoustic, and ambient textures due to her role in the Pumpkins. She’s known for precision, tone control, and adaptability.

Why This Listing Matters

This is not about hype or celebrity worship. It’s a test case for something new.

A musician listing a real, used touring instrument on a no-fee, community-first platform. It’s a tangible example of how gear culture can shift from flip-eBay resales to something with more transparency and artist involvement.

If more artists follow suit, gear resale could start to look more like record collecting. Where provenance, context, and story matter.

Where to Find It

The guitar is listed on Resyn Marketplace. You can browse as a guest, but you’ll need a free account to message sellers or make offers.

Kiki Wong’s listing is under the guitar category. As of this writing, it’s still available.

A Guitar with History, Ready for Its Next Chapter

Most guitars on the market don’t come with backstory. Even fewer have played international tours and been handled by musicians with real experience in heavy music, pop production, and live performance.

This listing shows what gear platforms like Resyn can do differently.

If you're a fan, a collector, or just a player who wants something with history, this one checks all those boxes.

No middleman. No inflated shipping. Just a guitar that got played. And now it’s up for someone else to play it next.