Commission selling high end stuff

MSedg

I’ve managed to get myself a pretty high-end (£5-10k) finger style guitar… and not bonded with it. Tinkering with selling but to be honest I’d rather someone else handle it. Any recommendations? Looking around seems like Maks do some of this stuff, Six String Collective, The Guitar Showroom. Any experience/recommendations for commission or direct sales appreciated!

Gandalph

I nearly sold through Six String Collective but it sold privately just before I was going to send it off. Excellent communication and I thought their fees were reasonable.
Wouldn't hesitate to try them again if needed. 

Sell Us Your Guitar also offer commission only sale so might be worth contacting them. 

Out if interest what guitar is it? 

Tannin

Lot of money to spend to wind up not getting a result. Ouch!

SlopeSoarer

£5-10k that's quite a wide ranging valuation! 

sld5150

Definitely worth talking to Sell Us Your Guitar, their fees are transparent, and getting guitars to them (if not dropping off in person) is very straightforward. 

MSedg

It’s not that I didn’t get a result - it’s a great guitar, technically the best I’ve ever owned. Awesome neck on it, plays beautifully, great sustain. I can’t really put a finger on why I’m not bonding with it to be honest, and I keep going back and forth about whether to sell. I think it’s probably just a little too good for the basic fingerpicking standard I aspire to. 

The valuation range is very much the range of what my wife thinks I paid v what it could be worth 

ICBM

MSedg said:

I think it’s probably just a little too good for the basic fingerpicking standard I aspire to.

Absolute nonsense. There's no such thing as a guitar that's too good for you.

I bought a Martin 12-string when I could barely play properly. 37 years later, I’ve still got it and I still can’t really play properly! It does sound quite good with my hamfisted efforts though - purely down to the tone of the guitar.

Ricjo

I’d consider The Fret Collective. I’ve never consigned a guitar to them, but I know they take consignments. I almost bought from them a few months ago. And I’ve dealt with most, if not all, of the high-end retailers of acoustic guitars in the UK. Some fantastic options out there, some of which mentioned in the OP. But of all those I dealt with, Graeme at The Fret Collective was - by far - the most cognisant and understanding of the high-end acoustic world. And a very nice guy. 

TheMadMick

ICBM said:

MSedg said:

I think it’s probably just a little too good for the basic fingerpicking standard I aspire to.

Absolute nonsense. There's no such thing as a guitar that's too good for you.

I bought a Martin 12-string when I could barely play properly. 37 years later, I’ve still got it and I still can’t really play properly! It does sound quite good with my hamfisted efforts though - purely down to the tone of the guitar.

I've discovered that there is no such thing as a bad guitar - only poor technique. Each of my 7 guitars needs a different (sometimes drastically different) technique to get the sound I want out of it.

You might also like to consider changing strings. That makes an amazing difference sometimes. 

MSedg

I think I could’ve phrased my concerns better - I tend to verge on self-deprecation. I don’t mean necessarily that it’s “too good” for me - but the sheer amount of sustain, overtones etc which come out of it don’t suit the more straightforward stuff I’m likely to be playing on it. I’m not a fingerstyle specialist and although I could get around it with string dampening, changes in technique, actually practicing properly - life’s too short and I’d rather it was with a player who could make proper use of it.

ICBM

MSedg said:

I think I could’ve phrased my concerns better - I tend to verge on self-deprecation. I don’t mean necessarily that it’s “too good” for me - but the sheer amount of sustain, overtones etc which come out of it don’t suit the more straightforward stuff I’m likely to be playing on it. I’m not a fingerstyle specialist and although I could get around it with string dampening, changes in technique, actually practicing properly - life’s too short and I’d rather it was with a player who could make proper use of it.

Ah - that's a much fairer analysis. Yes, if it's the wrong guitar for you - rather than 'too good' - then you should sell it. I had a Lowden once - beautifully made, great-sounding, and in the hands of someone who could play like Richard Thompson, magical. I hated it .

guitarjack66

TheMadMick said:

ICBM said:

MSedg said:

I think it’s probably just a little too good for the basic fingerpicking standard I aspire to.

Absolute nonsense. There's no such thing as a guitar that's too good for you.

I bought a Martin 12-string when I could barely play properly. 37 years later, I’ve still got it and I still can’t really play properly! It does sound quite good with my hamfisted efforts though - purely down to the tone of the guitar.

I've discovered that there is no such thing as a bad guitar - only poor technique. Each of my 7 guitars needs a different (sometimes drastically different) technique to get the sound I want out of it.

You might also like to consider changing strings. That makes an amazing difference sometimes. 

Yes. And acoustics are particularly prone to differing effects from only the tiniest changes. 
I have about five budget acoustics and I need to play barre chords slightly differently,in relation to the fret itself, on most of them. The set up could be a big part of the problem but its a small example of the small differences of acoustic guitars.