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In 1982 my Santa Cruz Dread Cutaway cost about $1,950. The Brazilian was a $450 upcharge along with the Cutaway and Brazilian binding. Replacement value is $19,000.
The Merrill OM 28 Brazilian/Adirondack was about $4,750 in 2003. $13,000 to get a new one.
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I am used to get pre-owned nice guitars (usually under 2k$) that would sell some 3-4k$ brand new.
I paid in the 3k$ only twice : Brand new Taylor 510 in 2006 (my 50th birthday !) and used Gibson L-OO TV.
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As guitars are just discretionary for me, I have to have the money "in hand" and any purchases are compared to what I WON'T be doing with that money. (The opportunity cost.) Is this guitar worth not going on vacation this year? Maybe. Is it worth not going on vacation for two years? Maybe not.
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I buy far less often than I'm tempted to and spend less than I can reasonably afford when I do.
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Obviously, the poster meant "grouse".
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Wow.
I just bought a CEO-7 today for $2,200 and I have been playing a year. I assume I need to leave it in the case for 16 more years before I am allowed to play it? Just kidding - I think your formula makes a LOT of sense - in a pragmatic way - but, emotion is a powerful force. I have been considering the CEO-7 as a next guitar for several months , but watching the movie "Yesterday" this week-end pushed me over the top when he opened that case. What a beautiful instrument. |
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For me $2,500 would be a current day soft ceiling. I don't need to spend more to get what I like. In fact, I've always spent considerably less and still have what I consider four fine guitars.
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a Grouse paint job compared to a Goose paint job.
Goose paint job cost so much more. Need more paint. MGF |
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Interesting question in that my answer has generally evolved over time. I had bought a $12,000 cello for my daughter before I had my first Martin, so buying instruments was no problem, but I always came last.
Now I'm retired and am looking at four extra stereo vintage tube amplifiers and a couple of nice extra turntables, two extra mandolins I don't need, and two guitars I wouldn't miss, maybe three. My late uncle left me a boat load of silver quarters that is costing me a bunch of safe deposit box space. Selling all this stuff would buy me anything I would likely want. Pretty much all I do is play music and garden. We rescued some dogs from last years' fires, so thinking of going to Paris again, well it ain't gonna happen. So what I can afford has really never been better. It's just the stuff I've got is good. That said, I'm facing 70, and isn't that a date to splurge if ever there was one? The other aspect to this is priorities. What do I really want? Well, to play better. Money can only help with that if you can find a talented teacher.
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I currently have no affordability index. I'm in a weird spot in my life that I could afford a nicer guitar than the ones I have. But I'm satisfied with what I have and they perform nicely and have my particular playing styles covered.
I do admit that I have drooled over some of the guitars in the Custom Shop area mainly because of the artistic beauty of those guitars. I could make acquiring one happen but it wold be rather extravagant of me as the funds I have would be better suited to go towards my retirement.
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Aside from my MIM '93 Strat, which set me back around $700 at the time, my $1700 Martin is the most I ever spent on a guitar. I am a couch player and jam now and then, and far from being a pro. Truth be told, for what I do, $1700 is way more than I needed to spend, especially with what I could have gotten with another brand at this price point.
That being said, if I could swing a deal to buy a Boucher SG-21 Bubinga for around $4500, I would do it in a heartbeat. It's a sickness |
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It’s a simple formula.
((Sum of kids’ education fund) + (Sum of retirement plan) - (taxes on retirement plan and penalties) + (credit remaining on all credit cards) + (cost for nutritious food) - (cost of ramen) - (divorce attorney costs)) / (number of guitars I want to own) Always rounded up, of course.
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In 2018 I bought a used Epiphone EJ-200 and a used Huss & Dalton MJ Custom.
The H&D cost me exactly 10x more than the EJ. I have a new SJ-200 coming - it cost me 30x more than the EJ.
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