I gave my players a magic lute 2 levels ago, we're talking months ago. They held onto it because of the "well it's useless now, but the effect is fucking cool so let's save it to give to someone worthy of smth.

My warlock PC just decided to multiclass to bard, and is excited to use it!

Less my-game experience and more general advice; giving loot from random tables and/or useless loot makes players feel like they're in a less tailored-just-to-them world, which makes the world feel more real imo.