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barthoque
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juststartingout said:
Hmmmm.....beautifull guitar named after a girl..... makes me want to touch it in indecent ways.
I've paid just $400 for my Fender steel string. It's named Fred. That's not sexy at all.
Hmmmm.....beautifull guitar named after a girl..... makes me want to touch it in indecent ways.
I've paid just $400 for my Fender steel string. It's named Fred. That's not sexy at all.
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238839
New member
Lado Solo 1
$700.00 for my 1981 Lado Solo 1...serial number 178
$700.00 for my 1981 Lado Solo 1...serial number 178
Light
New member
The most expensive guitar I've ever BOUGHT would be the Heritage Golden Eagle for about $2,000 when I got a small trust fund from my grandma at 18 (just about exactly enough for that guitar, actually). I miss that guitar, but I just never used it, so I sold it.
But I've got several guitars which sell for much more, when I to sell them.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
But I've got several guitars which sell for much more, when I to sell them.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
legionserial
New member
£700 (about $1,200) for my limited edition US strat back in '95. I'd be interested to know how much it's worth now. Not that I'd ever even consider selling it.
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MK-Ultra
New member
€1,450.00, for a Lakewood M-18. Beautiful guitar, beautiful tone, worth every Pfennig. I have a Taylor 310 and a Martin D-15, and they're great, but not in the same league.
Milnoque
Resident Curmudgeon
$4.2K for a '43 Gibson SJ
gcapel
boom box recordings
I have spent around $1900.00 on a new Gary Moore Sig. Les Paul when they came out. I will most likely never get rid of it. I don't give a shit for Gary Moore, but out of all the les pauls in the shop less than 2 g's it was my favorite in look and sound. It has the burst bucker. I have always wanted to put a 500T in the bridge but didn't want to blemish the electronics. I like its tone.
The least expensive guitar was my first electric. A no name headstock pawn shop special my mom bought for me. I think it cost 60-80 bucks. 8th grade was a turning point.
The least expensive guitar was my first electric. A no name headstock pawn shop special my mom bought for me. I think it cost 60-80 bucks. 8th grade was a turning point.
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
$3,250 for a Gibbie Custom Shop R4 reissue. Expensive but a very impressive player.
I also paid normal street price for a 2007 Gibbie LP Classic Antique - around $1,900 if I recall.
Like Light, I have a couple of others that I paid very little for (or was given) that will bring a nice price if / when they are sold.
I also paid normal street price for a 2007 Gibbie LP Classic Antique - around $1,900 if I recall.
Like Light, I have a couple of others that I paid very little for (or was given) that will bring a nice price if / when they are sold.
Tadpui
Well-known member
$3500 for my Martin D-41
$1750 for my Gibson Les Paul Classic
$1000 for my Takamine EC-132C nylon string
$850 for a Charvel 475 Flamed Maple that I traded in towards the Les Paul.
And the rest of my guitars were all entry-level instruments that all cost less than $400 or so.
Now that I put that in print, I can see that I need to take up a cheaper hobby! This doesn't even include the money sunk into amps, my attenuator, pedals, rack FX, tuners, picks, straps, strings, cables...
Oh hell and that doesn't include recording gear like my interface, computer, software, VST plugins, microphones, stands...
And I'm not even a collector or an obsessive enthusiast like some of the people I've seen around here!
$1750 for my Gibson Les Paul Classic
$1000 for my Takamine EC-132C nylon string
$850 for a Charvel 475 Flamed Maple that I traded in towards the Les Paul.
And the rest of my guitars were all entry-level instruments that all cost less than $400 or so.
Now that I put that in print, I can see that I need to take up a cheaper hobby! This doesn't even include the money sunk into amps, my attenuator, pedals, rack FX, tuners, picks, straps, strings, cables...
Oh hell and that doesn't include recording gear like my interface, computer, software, VST plugins, microphones, stands...
And I'm not even a collector or an obsessive enthusiast like some of the people I've seen around here!
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
No, no, you're doing just fine.
You could be obsessed with motorcycles or cars, or be an "early adopter" of every new electronic gadget that comes along - in other words, sinking all your money into stuff that, in a few years, won't be worth a third of what you paid.
At least your gear can be worth what you paid, or else have a very gentle depreciation. At least that's what I keep telling my wife.
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YeshuasFan
Guest
$700 for my Breedlove AD20/SR+. I love this guitar. It gives me that nice percussive sound (think Neil Young on "Heart Of Gold." The dealer actually knocked a few hundred $$$ of his price, which was appreciably less than the MSRP.
Too bad Breedlove doesn't make this model anymore.
Too bad Breedlove doesn't make this model anymore.
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lpdeluxe
The Precision Bass Guy
How did this get resurrected?
I already voted, maybe back before the Civil War, but here goes:
1986 Bull Frog Mountain Custom Jumbo, $1300 (back in 1986); '63 Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gent, $425 (1982); 2000 Gibson blonde ES-335, $1750 a year ago this month; 1970 Les Paul Deluxe, $750 (1997); Fender American Vintage '57 Precision, $1500 + tax (last month).
My conclusion? Price has only a tenuous relationship to value.
I already voted, maybe back before the Civil War, but here goes:
1986 Bull Frog Mountain Custom Jumbo, $1300 (back in 1986); '63 Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gent, $425 (1982); 2000 Gibson blonde ES-335, $1750 a year ago this month; 1970 Les Paul Deluxe, $750 (1997); Fender American Vintage '57 Precision, $1500 + tax (last month).
My conclusion? Price has only a tenuous relationship to value.
pohaku
New member
$3200 for a 1965 Martin D-28 in really great condition
Victory Pete
Banned
http://www.guitarsalon.com/product.php?productid=143
$2500 from Guitar Center. Although I traded $500 for some work I had done for one of the managers. Next was $2000 for an ES-335 from Guitar center. I think I am all set for a while. I think I have every kind of guitar I might need.
VP
$2500 from Guitar Center. Although I traded $500 for some work I had done for one of the managers. Next was $2000 for an ES-335 from Guitar center. I think I am all set for a while. I think I have every kind of guitar I might need.
VP
Victory Pete
Banned
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Fuzzhead
New member
I paid $510 for my Epiphone Casino off Musician's Friend (it was a 'blem' product, it's usually $600), and it's not really my kind of guitar. Now that I'm done with Jazz classes, I may sell it sometime.
Maybe some people will hate me for this, but with how good foreign-made guitars can be and how easily an electric guitar can be modified, I personally don't see the reason to spend more than a grand on a new guitar. Buy second-hand, try before you buy, and learn to mod and you can save a bundle of money.
Maybe some people will hate me for this, but with how good foreign-made guitars can be and how easily an electric guitar can be modified, I personally don't see the reason to spend more than a grand on a new guitar. Buy second-hand, try before you buy, and learn to mod and you can save a bundle of money.
Erockrazor
I mix in (2x) real-time
The most I've spent on a guitar is 199 for my first squier 9 years ago.
Now I play a no name guitar that was about 100 bucks. I try to live within my means. I actually put a lot more money into recording. I'm more of a recording gear slut than any sort of guitar slut.
Now I play a no name guitar that was about 100 bucks. I try to live within my means. I actually put a lot more money into recording. I'm more of a recording gear slut than any sort of guitar slut.
WhiteStrat
Don't stare at the eye.
Wazzup St. Louis! Where are ya?
I know what you're saying about the foreign stuff. I sometimes go for quantity over quality--cause I love to mod and add some quality of my own. I've got 9 guits that were $500 or less. (Thought some of those went over that after new pickups and other mods.) I've got 3 or 4 in the 500 - 1000 range, and one that was just over $1000.
I've got two build projects on the bench right now, a Frankenstrat with mostly foreign parts--but I expect it'll keep up with my American Strat, and a completely custom job--based on the Music Man Axis. Funny thing is that while they say it's cheaper to do it yourself, when I'm done with the custom job, it'll end up being the most expensive guitar I own. And that's not counting tons of hours.
Oh yeah--and I'm jonesing for a 70's Cherry Sunburst LP Deluxe--if that day ever comes, that'll be the most expensive one.
And then I'll stop. I promise. (That's in case my wife reads this.)
Tadpui
Well-known member
Personally, I love them. I've read so many put-downs about those pickups, but I think that they were all by people who would prefer EMGs or something like that. These are very midrange-focused pickups, but I have a very midrange-focused Mick Ronson kind of tone that I'm going for so these pickups are perfect for me. Through a TS9 into a Traynor YCV80/HotPlate with the channel volume and master cranked, it's a midrange monster!
The pickups are just so touch-sensitive. I can cover an impressive range of sounds for a HH setup.