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But it can’t be done
i hate it when people steal my ideas
You buy one guitar and send it back after 14 or 30 days for another one and keep doing it till the end of time
I'd trust a lot of people on here (and have) but it's like lending money to family, not a great idea IMO
And would people really pay it just to try them out, it’s different the if you need to rent for a gig or studio use.
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And, for what it's worth, I find it hard to believe that any insurer would cover such things. Not only have you got the problem of - y'know - people, you've also got repeated trips through the courier system, which isn't known for treating guitars particularly well.
It's a good idea, and I'd love it if such things were possible, but I don't personally think such an ideal world exists.
Incidentally, insurers will insure anything for an appropriate premium. You just need to speak to the right people.
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I was thinking more mainstream custom shop stuff. Buy VAT free, depreciate them over 5 years off the tax bill and then sell them on. A £4k CS Strat would only end up costing a few hundred quid, if anything at all once it's sold secondhand.
Shipping could all be standardised, with courier proof cases, no boxes needed.
It's obviously not easy to workout, as it doesn't seem to have been done before. If there is a market though, it can be done. But that's the question, would people sign up for something like this?
In general, I think the idea is sound but setting up such a business (or club) would require a fair chunk of capital investment. Leaving aside the overheads (insurance, storage, staff, etc.), the basic requirement is that the club would need to have at least one guitar for each member. Even just a 100 member club would need £250k plus of guitars. With current low interest rates it might be a winner but my back of the envelope calculations are that the monthly membership fee would have to be significantly in excess of £50 for it to work. £50pm = £42 net = £500pa = £2000 over 4 years per member.