A couple stunning guitars in the Classifieds

[Slothead56]

There are a couple of absolutely stunning guitars for sale in the classifieds. You can find them by looking...the prices match their beauty!

I can’t help thinking...at some of those prices, the first ding in it would reduce the value of that guitar the entire value of all my guitars combined!

[Deliberate1]

Originally Posted by Slothead56

I can’t help thinking...at some of those prices, the first ding in it would reduce the value of that guitar the entire value of all my guitars combined!

Got me to thinking that I got more dings, divots and scars than any of my boxes. And some consider me priceless.
Not many. But some.
David

[RussL30]

Always some great guitars in the classifieds. There’s one guitar on there who’s price isn’t far off what my first starter home cost after I got married back in 2013.

The whole thing is just unfathomable to me.

[TBman]

Originally Posted by RussL30

Always some great guitars on the classifieds. There’s one guitar on there who’s price isn’t far off what my first starter home cost after I got married back in 2013.

The whole thing is just unfathomable to me.

I saw one that you might be talking about.

I'd still sound like me playing it

[buddyhu]

Originally Posted by Deliberate1

Got me to thinking that I got more dings, divots and scars than any of my boxes. And some consider me priceless.
Not many. But some.
David

Isn’t it great that ANYONE considers you to be priceless?

[mercy]

guitars arent worth what theyre worth but worth what people will pay for them. If youve priced your guitar at $50,000 youre going to sit on it for awhile and maybe forever. But if it is $1000 itll likely sell easily. theres no gutar really worth $50,000 regardless what its priced at. This model applies to guitars priced less than 50M but still at more than the materials and time it took to build at a reasonable wage.

[100LL]

Well, i think I read here or maybe over on UMGF of a famous guitar selling at auction for well over that...something like $200k - I’ll see if I can find that.

But the thread does bring up a conversation that I’ve been wanting to ask about; that is, the world of vintage guitar collecting. It’s something I know absolutely nothing about and am curious if someone here could give a newbie a primer on it.

What are the most collectible guitars and what makes them so?

Do guitars really get better with age, or is it not very black/white?

Are vintage guitars expensive because guys like to play them, or hang them up on display?

Are there good periods in the history of guitar making? Bad periods?

The idea of buying a guitar not previously owned by a famous musician for more than about $7 grand is pretty far out there for my mind, but I’m not a wealthy guy and I’m a newbie to all this, so please help me understand the basics.

[Dotneck]

Originally Posted by 100LL

The idea of buying a guitar not previously owned by a famous musician for more than about $7 grand is pretty far out there for my mind, but I’m not a wealthy guy and I’m a newbie to all this, so please help me understand the basics.

This makes me chuckle...I'm not that enamored by famous musicians to pay an upcharge because they owned an instrument. I'd rather pay less for one they didn't own...its not like its going to make me play better.

[Rosewood99]

Originally Posted by Slothead56

There are a couple of absolutely stunning guitars for sale in the classifieds. You can find them by looking...the prices match their beauty!

I can’t help thinking...at some of those prices, the first ding in it would reduce the value of that guitar the entire value of all my guitars combined!

So I have to search every city's CL to find them?

[brandall10]

Originally Posted by 100LL

Well, i think I read here or maybe over on UMGF of a famous guitar selling at auction for well over that...something like $200k - I’ll see if I can find that.

Looks like Norman Blake's D-28 recently sold, listed @ $400k

https://cartervintage.com/collection...rtin-d-28-1934

There's been notable electric guitars that have sold north of a million. Clapton's Blackie sold for around that back in 2004, or about $1.3M adjusted for inflation.

[Kerbie]

Originally Posted by paulzoom

So I have to search every city's CL to find them?

Yeah, let's not make the General section another version of the Classifieds.

If you're interested, please check them out.

[Deliberate1]

Originally Posted by buddyhu

Isn’t it great that ANYONE considers you to be priceless?

Just posed that question to my wife to confirm.
She just snickered.
Dang....
Never mind.

David