More Nostalgia - The Guitar Magazine - Wheel & Deal Classified

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Found a few copies of the Wheel and Deal Classified section from The Guitar Magazine - A Loot or Yellow Pages style pull out within the magazine and full of ads

So a copy from Vol 3 - July 1993

A few stores that I believe are no longer with us

SWAG Music from Plymouth - Tune Inn from London SE13 - Rikkis Music Shop in Edinburgh - Abbey Road Music from Torquay - John Clover Music from Sutton Coldfield - Cash Guitars from Bournemouth - Sounds Great - John Savage's Music Centre from Kings Lynn - Makin Music from Ramsgate - Hertford Music Centre - The Rock Shop from Burgess Hill - Unplugged from Hanwell - Tim Gentle from Southend on Sea (still in business but not operating from somewhere in the North )

Interesting observations :-  

D'addario XL Sets - £3.99 - ditto £3.99 for Ernie Ball - so prices have not shifted that much especially when you take bulk details into account

Schaller Strap locks - £9.25 a pair 

Rickenbacker 4001 - used/1980 - £519
Used but Clean Fender Clapton Strat - £699
Fender 1979 Silver Anniv Strat - £525 - Now crazy crazy money
New Ricky 330 - £599
New Ricky 360/12  - £899
New Gibson LP Standard - £779
Used 1964 Gibson ES330 - £749
Used Jem 777 floral - £799
Musicman EVH Axis - Used - £899
New Boss ME6 - £239
Used Gibson Maurader - £279
New Fender AM Strat or Tele Std - £570 inc case
New Gibson LP Studio - £579
Used/1991 Gibson J45 - £725

via Fat Ricks
1965 Firebird 111 - non reverse - £595
1953 Gold Top LP - with humbucker conversion - £2500
1964 SG Junior inc tags - £895
1974 LP Custom - white/ivory - £995
1965 ES125 - £650
1965 Jazzmaster + matching headstock - £1450
Selmer Truvoice 20 watt combo - snakeskin - £475

Tempo - No prices on any item - All listed at monthly finance price
ie £27.55 for a new AM Strat Std

Voxman

Looking at the Boss ME6, that was 'state of the art' back then and £239 was a lot of money in 1993 - even at only 3% annual inflation (and it's been a lot more!) that's at least £550 today - which will get you a  flagship Mooer GE300.  Look at how the tech has gone up exponentially and the prices have come down - consider that today, over 27 years later, a Boss ME80 is c£200, a Zoom G5n £225, Mooer GE200 £223 etc.  

gazrichards

When I was working in guitar shops (late 90s early 00s) Ernie ball and daddario strings were £5.95 a set. Same shop sells them at £6.25 now

jeztone2

My Digitech RP-1 was £500 in May 1992. Which is about £1050 today. I used to get weird looks at gigs as most other players I saw at gigs just had Boss pedals and the odd Rat. 

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gazrichards said:

When I was working in guitar shops (late 90s early 00s) Ernie ball and daddario strings were £5.95 a set. Same shop sells them at £6.25 now

Difference then was you could make a profit selling strings - Now it is like Bake Bean margins at Sainsbury's

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Voxman said:

Looking at the Boss ME6, that was 'state of the art' back then and £239 was a lot of money in 1993 - even at only 3% annual inflation (and it's been a lot more!) that's at least £550 today - which will get you a  flagship Mooer GE300.  Look at how the tech has gone up exponentially and the prices have come down - consider that today, over 27 years later, a Boss ME80 is c£200, a Zoom G5n £225, Mooer GE200 £223 etc.  

agree that hard to compare hi-tech related prices - As spec, features, tonal quality have all moved up a gear

MattNovak

I'll take the Firebird please.