Worst Guitars to Resell

HarrySeven

Aidanspaghetti said:

HarrySeven said:

Most of my weird shite.  

You have weird shite?

One or two bits and bobs...

Cols

Anyone mentioned 2015 Les Pauls yet?

Wazmeister

HarrySeven said:

Most of my weird shite.  

To be fair, this is the winner...

gringopig

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SlopeSoarer

World wide how many guitars are produced on a daily basis?

I wonder how many guitars are scrapped on a daily basis? I bet it is a lot less than produced.

No wonder guitars can be hard to shift.

No wonder I don't buy new:-)

dangriffiths

Anything not Gibson, Fender or Martin.

Substantially more loss on custom orders and smaller brands of course.

Lefty stuff also....sadly for me

Majorscale

A Fender with genuine relicing...

Adey

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guitargeek62

SlopeSoarer said:

World wide how many guitars are produced on a daily basis?

I wonder how many guitars are scrapped on a daily basis? I bet it is a lot less than produced.

No wonder guitars can be hard to shift.

No wonder I don't buy new:-)

a) More than two
b) Less than a million

pmbomb

Barnezy said:

What are the worst guitars to sell on once bought new, in terms of time to shift and depreciation in value? 

Took a bath on a new PRS, wouldn't buy new again.

I believe PRS (the bloke) said the biggest competitor to PRS (the brand) is PRS (the guitars they already sold).

Adey

I would imagine that good quality guitars don't get thrown away often, but they might get sold on ebay below market value when someone has to sell their dad's old guitar collection as part of winding up someone's estate.

On the flip side, with fewer people being interested in playing guitar (I guess), there becomes an over supply of quality guitars on the market, and their value drops along with the price of every other guitar.

I probably need to thin the herd, whilst there is still some value to be had....

Barnezy

Would be interesting if someone recorded it to work out which brand had the worst percentage lose. My guess is PRS and Chapman.

I'm completely bought in to relic guitars now. Ding a shiny PRS and good luck selling it. Ding a relic strat to your heart content and it adds value! 

Ben_McCarthy

robmac5150 said:

matdotcodot said:

G&L make lovely guitars IMHO but can be a bit tricky to sell on sometimes. 

great guitars - i feel the headstock kills them but just mho. 

Absolutely, I never consider them for this exact reason 

SlopeSoarer

Ben_McCarthy said:

robmac5150 said:

matdotcodot said:

G&L make lovely guitars IMHO but can be a bit tricky to sell on sometimes. 

great guitars - i feel the headstock kills them but just mho. 

Absolutely, I never consider them for this exact reason 

I'm stating to fall in to the trap but it does make me laugh that a fantastic guitar, built with all the right materials and components can depreciate faster (than the big name brands) because of the shape (and name on it) of the headstock!

Horses for courses and for those who don't care they can probably do very well out of the situation: )

mark123

Jetsam1 said:

It is a natural finish with Dot inlays and UES138 if I remember correctly. I thought and assumed it would be an easy sell. But hey ho.

stick it on here? how much were you after?

Philtre

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Chapman 

Well, one could always donate them to an "orphanage".

martin8708

ten77guitar said:

ICBM said:

Any high-end classical guitar.

Yes, with the exception of a handful of top makers who have long waiting lists. If one of their guitars becomes available on the second-hand market they will usually sell very quickly (and for a higher price than the new cost).

Care to divulge any names of these makers ? 
High end steel string acoustics take a massive hit as well , even the boutique American builders are not exempt from poor re-sale prices .

mikeyrob73

Worst guitars to sell are always the ones I have decided are surplus to requirements. 

Best guitars to sell are always the ones I am GASing for. 

mbe

ten77guitar said:

ICBM said:

Any high-end classical guitar.

Yes, with the exception of a handful of top makers who have long waiting lists. If one of their guitars becomes available on the second-hand market they will usually sell very quickly (and for a higher price than the new cost).

Vintage classIcal guitars are let down by cedar tops that tend to lose their vim and vigour with time.

57Deluxe

documenting these makes me feel - why bother buying anything ever again...