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I could afford more but for what I want as a home player and my level of virtuosity that is more than enough.
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That's how much I'd spend on a guitar.
Okay, once it was 100%, but, it was totally worth it and the guitar was marked down from £2, 800.00
The most I've spent in £ is £1, 985.00 in 2011 and £3, 995.00 in 2017.
Which at the times was like 100% and 70% of what I had to my name. - That's the guitar budgets.
/facepalm
My next year's budget I think it's like £14k and could be one lump sum...
I remember now, I thought I was getting that this year and had to make do with £10k in all £6.5k already paid out.
My... next year's budget has me all...
I'm not used to what I call big money like that.
's why it all goes to guitar
"like £1, 000, 000.00 (at least) worth of fun."
But I've never had any personal budgets north of £10k to consider before, yet, so IDK how much I'd spend on a guitar.
I mean, here's to hoping the £/the currency and the economy doesn't fall.
I won't buy a guitar for guitars sake, it has to feel/sound good.
So I don't understand stories of people not loving their dream guitars or whatever, my guitars have been like love at first play and really nice and that I've coveted for years.
and all I want is https://www.ebay.com/itm/263401975696
for £392.00 before import duty.
Maybe, not sure if I want it/am going to buy, but, why not?
Could be/should be a nice guitar to have.
I guess if it was a really big bonus I would happily spend 500-1000 on a guitar/gear but no more. Probably.
If it was a Euromillions win (100M+) then it's a different story!
Sports-Guitar.
Vs.
a used mk5 VW Golf.
Gibson and Fender, well they're like Porsche and Ferrari (to me).
My budget might not be able to afford a Porsche or a Ferrari yet...
But by the time my midlife crises comes around, I'd have already have had my Gibson and Fender fill.
My Gibson R7
I dunno, I suppose ultimately I'd be limited by what I could regularly afford in insurance payments. Long before that kicked in, though, by the necessities of life. It all depends on the individual instrument. I believe firmly in the principle of "price of admission".
My first priorities are sound and ease of playability, followed by looks/cool factor.
I've been trying for years to find the right guitar for the main thing I do, and have bumped the budget up to 6k (or more, that's the price tag on the most expensive thing I've found to try in person that fit the general specs bill) but still not been able to get the feeling of "Yes! I must have this!" So I'm still looking, and making do with much lower-value instruments.
I'd happily consider more expensive guitars if I found the right one, but haven't so far!
Loved the idea of the EOB Sustainer Strat, but if I bought one it's likely fiddling with the sustainer would make me a worse guitar player.
For me any nicely-playable guitar >> Katana is what will help me progress, anything else is just spending money for the sake of it.