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Granted and thankfully most of the guitar industry is financed by GAS and the perpetual hunt for the be all and end all guitar that suddenly transforms us into something special
Yet equally a used R9, or similar, should not offer to much depreciation in the short term - Long term and prices have slowly risen over the past 10-20 years
And Brize is bang on with the comment on the shoulder.
To add some context on price I sold my 2017 R8 for 2200 cash, three weeks ago.
There are loads around, meaning choice, supply and demand and people are trying to get more than original retail on ebay, which I find odd. The majority of people know what they were sold for last year.
Lovely VOS Royal Teaburst top and the neck carve feels very similar to the 59 rounded I like. There may be subtle differences but I couldn't tell. The flame is nice but I've had a few Standards that were better. I think he said it weighed about 8.5 lbs and it certainly felt like it. The setup is exactly how I'd expect of a guitar costing that much. Perfect all the way up the neck. The fretboard was a bit light in colour for my taste but nothing a little lemon oil wouldn't fix and it is a brand spanker. The odd thing is, to play it felt very similar to my old 2005 Standard Faded which, when you consider I picked that up for a £1000 a couple of years ago, makes me want to buy that bugger again. The main difference as far as fit and finish was the treatment of the fret edge binding. Perfectly cut, none of those little nicks and flat spots you sometimes get on Standards which makes it look like they've attacked it with a scalpel. There was also a lot less of the binding over the fret edges and a very neat job. I never got to play it through his amp as he's practising tonight so I can't say how it sounds. However.... I don't think I could even pay a used price of £3500 which is still 3 times the price of a bloody good Standard. It was a lovely thing but when I opened the case it wasn't like a Holy Grail moment. It was just a lovely guitar and although you can easily see the extra work gone into it, I know now I definitely don't need that level of authenticity to enjoy playing a Gibson. I'll be happy with a good Standard. I must have the chav gene