Mr. B
New member
Just saw this from Casino Guitars.
As a school teacher, I am about priced out of the guitar market at this point. Over the years I have really enjoyed buying and selling different guitars to try out. Close to a thousand now for a Made-in-Mexico Fender, 500+ for a Squier or Epiphone, a thousand for a made in Indonesia PRS, anything made in America completely out of reach for an average working person...
I used to buy and give away 3 or 4 guitars and basses a year to students who needed an instrument, but that was when I could find good used instruments for 75-100 dollars. It is hard to find anything even playable for under 200 now, and my salary hasn't gone up a dime.
Used guitar prices may be coming down a little, but the good guitars on offer are few and far between, and a lot of sellers are still convinced that they can charge new prices for worn out garbage. Myself, I can play the guitars I have from now on and be OK, but my guess is that a lot of working people are going to end up unable to play the guitar buying/trading game any more. I hope there are enough Blues Lawyers to keep the instrument corporations in business....
As a school teacher, I am about priced out of the guitar market at this point. Over the years I have really enjoyed buying and selling different guitars to try out. Close to a thousand now for a Made-in-Mexico Fender, 500+ for a Squier or Epiphone, a thousand for a made in Indonesia PRS, anything made in America completely out of reach for an average working person...
I used to buy and give away 3 or 4 guitars and basses a year to students who needed an instrument, but that was when I could find good used instruments for 75-100 dollars. It is hard to find anything even playable for under 200 now, and my salary hasn't gone up a dime.
Used guitar prices may be coming down a little, but the good guitars on offer are few and far between, and a lot of sellers are still convinced that they can charge new prices for worn out garbage. Myself, I can play the guitars I have from now on and be OK, but my guess is that a lot of working people are going to end up unable to play the guitar buying/trading game any more. I hope there are enough Blues Lawyers to keep the instrument corporations in business....
