Selling Guitars And Amps, is the market hard to sell just now |
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Selling Guitars And Amps, is the market hard to sell just now |
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Jun 27 2022, 05:11 PM |
I'm always selling gear (and buying too) and what I've noticed lately is that I get a lot of really "low-ball" offers ... and then the prospective buyer gets offended and even belligerent when I refuse the offer. I even had to block someone on Reverb.
My very unscientific hypothesis is that folks are assuming that since the economy is stagnant we should be dropping our prices. The fallacy in that line of thinking is 1) not realizing that prices in general are not falling (they're rising) and 2) the musical instrument market is very niche. At least 50% of the sellers are trying to 'sell' because they want to offload one piece of gear in order to buy another one. Not necessarily because they need the money. Unless you need the money, patience is a virtue. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Jun 28 2022, 02:26 PM |
For £400 that's a steal
What pickups are in it? This post has been edited by PosterBoy: Jun 28 2022, 02:28 PM -------------------- My SoundCloud
Gear Tyler Burning Water 2K Burny RLG90 with BK Emeralds Fender US Tele with BK Piledrivers Epiphone 335 with Suhr Thornbuckers PRS SE Custom 24-08 Ax8 Fessenden SD10 PSG Quilter TT15 |
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Jun 28 2022, 02:43 PM |
I still buy occasionally on EBAY but I don't sell there - the fees are way too high.
Reverb.com is much better, plus the audience is generally musicians. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Aug 8 2022, 02:44 PM |
Bumping this.
In the last couple of weeks or so I have noticed that prices are dropping a little bit. At least on the stuff I'm looking at, which admittedly is not 'mainstream' gear. This post has been edited by klasaine: Aug 8 2022, 02:44 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Aug 10 2022, 05:07 PM |
One cool thing about reverb.com is that you can see a transaction history for a given guitar model with a handy chart showing price momentum over time. You can pull up your guitar and see what sort of price action is happening. I used to use ebay as well. It's gotten really lame in recent years though.
*This is the graph for a jcustom listing https://reverb.com/p/ibanez-rg8520-j-custom quote name='liveOASISforever' date='Jun 29 2022, 02:19 PM' post='799634'] They are just stock Ibanez pickups. Yeah a thought it was priced more than fair. Hi Todd It's a Ibanez RG Genesis collection. A recently bought a Gibson SG and a Ibanez RG565 prestige. A have being playing the RG565 more often hence reason for sale. A did get quite offended when someone offered me £300😂. A see Indonesian made Ibanez guitars going for more than £300 [/quote] This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Aug 10 2022, 05:08 PM |
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Aug 13 2022, 05:17 PM |
I'm noticing big drops on the (oddball) stuff I'm looking at.
Up until a week ago, these little Recording King 'Parlour' guitars with the goldfoil pickup were at least $250.00 and the black ones were always harder to find. One listed yesterday for $159.00 with free shipping. The price was reduced twice from it's initial offering. I jumped on it. Let's see if it shows up in one piece -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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