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Old 07-11-2009, 06:31 AM
rmyAddison rmyAddison is offline
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I have a decent amount of money in high end Martins, think mid five figures, and I don't consider them investments at all. The ones I bought used are worth what I paid and will probably be worth more in 25 years, but I'll be dead and family will have inherited them.

True guitar investing is the pre-war stuff, mostly Martins and some Gibsons, and if I wanted to give that a shot I would think you would need at least $100K to get started, and that would only buy a few instruments. Plus you would be competing with people with very deep pockets and more importantly expert knowledge about pre-war guitars, they chew up and spit out novices like any of us would be.

We're fairly well invested, including some artwork, my guitars are not part of the "portfolio".

Old saying about many things but can be applied to guitars, "Want to make a million bucks investing in guitars.....start with two million!"
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