Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

[That90'sGuy]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

I paid something like 2 grand for the Apogee Ensemble when it first came out and now I think they go for around less than $1000 used. I guess folks don't really care too much for Firewire anymore with USB 3 and Thunderbolt devices becoming more prevalent.

 

[Agileguy_101]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

I avoid stuff like that. Almost all of my gear is stuff that people will still want in 20 years - old Fenders, GE fuzzes... this stuff is always in demand.

 

[dystrust]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

Alesis ADAT. Awesome A/D converters, pushbutton simplicity, 8-track simultaneous 48KHz recording. Can't give it away today.

I got pretty lucky with mine. I bought a used M20 ADAT from a studio that was unloading theirs for $150 or something stupid like that in early 2007. It sounded great, and I used it to record the group I was with at the time. I ended up selling it for around $400 in the fall of 2008 after switching from PC to Mac in my studio.

On the unlucky side, I bought an 1977 LP Custom for about $1500 in the summer of 2002. I don't remember if it was that winter or into 2003, but I had to sell it to help pay for food / rent. I was a semi-broke college student and in hindsight I never should've bought it, but you know what they say about hindsight. I ended up getting $1250 for it which wasn't too bad at the time, but if I'd held onto it for another couple years, I could've had at least $2K.

Similar story I picked up a Charvel 25th Anniversary Strat for $795 in the fall of 2004. Unloaded it about a year later for $1250 and was pretty happy until I realized I could've had closer to $2K. :smack:

 

[BloodRose]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

I cant name any one thing. But nearly all of my guitars. I need to sell a bunch and the market is so bad, Im taking a bath selling them.

 

[SteveAlysis]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

Marshall cabs. Somehow I get them through trade... this is my third one within a year. There are TONS on CL right now selling for dirt cheap($2-$300), so I really dont see the point.

Decided to fix it up, take the tolex off and stain it ala Emperor and throw on the grill cloth I've had sitting here for a while. Should be a fun project

 

[King IzzO)))]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

George Lynch F baritone. I paid $800, took $350 in a trade.

Shouldn't have bought it in the first place.

 

[tone4days]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

i bought a used zendrive for $250 during the height of their booteek rush cus i didnt want to be on a waitlist for months

you can get em new now for way oless than that

but its a great pedal so it isnt going anywhere

 

[uOpt]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

NeXT. SPARCStation 2. An 8-core build in 2005.

Everything ever ordered on Stewmac, along with most bodies and necks ordered anywhere.


ETA: Anything Hamer, in particular the important stuff errr I mean the import stuff.

 

[DankStar]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

I'm beginning to think my Randall rg75. Not a bad amp but geeze people are giving these things away used. Probably going to sell mine since I picked up another Marshall, and I don't really have much bad to say about it. Tough part is I will have to price low to match other sales! Just sucks to sell a super solidly built amp (wish my valvestate had its pots) with a decent clean channel, verb, effects loop, ext cab out, and line out for the price of most decent pedals out right now.

I was all excited when I picked it up as a floor model cheap though.

 

[DesertRose]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

Any of you guys heard of ART Xtreme effects?

I still have it ... probably worth $50
Sitting in my drawer since I switched to dirt pedals

Shade

 

[timhatimay]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

My Peavey Transfex Pro 212. It was an awesome amp (crazy loud!) and does so many sounds. The effects on it are actually pretty good. I bought it probably 10+ years ago for ~1k. This was when tube emulation were just getting popular, and this was a good one (IMO). Gigged with it for a few years and it stayed super reliable, never had one problem, except now it just needs a new battery. Don't think its worth much now, so I guess I'll just keep it!

 

[That90'sGuy]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

I cant name any one thing. But nearly all of my guitars. I need to sell a bunch and the market is so bad, Im taking a bath selling them.

I hear 'ya on that. I think I got something like $1500 for my Bogner Shiva half stack that I think I probably shelled out $2500 for years ago....ouch...

 

[jmh151]

I generally don't buy new, to avoid depreciation.

 

[AlexR]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

I bought a Tascam tape based 4-track. Cost probably about 7-800 Aus$ back in the early 90's. Still have it....maybe still works, but no-one will pay anything for it.

 

[d1dsj]

Re: Bought it, but it depreciated so much I'd rather keep it.

The only thing I can think of is the Tascma GT1 CD player, paid over £100 for it and now you pick them up for pennies.