Br1ck
Senior Member
Weird? Is this tongue in cheek?
As for prices, I could have bought a D 18 for $275, $400, $750, $1000, $1400, $1800, $2200, and $2895. I could buy a comic book and a 16oz soda for a quarter, but I'd need to return an empty.
I think a Guild D 40 is a better value than a D 19 or a J 45. Martin and Gibson are in the envious position to tack on money for their name alone. It's just good business. I bought my Guild D 35 at a time you could get a good player for $800-900, and a decent Westerly D 25 for $600-800. It was unplayable due to neck and bridge issues. I paid $250 for it, then ten years later I paid a luthier $1100. When I got it back I was underwater about $300. This was of no consequence because it wasn't a consideration. A 70 Guild lives to play another day. Today I'm probably ahead of the game and my D 35 is a close second to my Santa Cruz. If you pay $1000 for a D 25 when you remember them being $600, it's just that you are getting older. Get used to it. I had to bite the bullet and pay $413,000 for my hundred year old house twenty years ago. Not so nice neighborhood, but I wanted control of my life. Am I crying that I don't think my house is worth the $1.2M current valuation? No, but since I'm not moving, the value is meaningless except as a safety blanket should I have to sell.
When D 18s were $275, people bought D 28s for $350. They all probably think today's value is not worth it. It is what it is.
As for prices, I could have bought a D 18 for $275, $400, $750, $1000, $1400, $1800, $2200, and $2895. I could buy a comic book and a 16oz soda for a quarter, but I'd need to return an empty.
I think a Guild D 40 is a better value than a D 19 or a J 45. Martin and Gibson are in the envious position to tack on money for their name alone. It's just good business. I bought my Guild D 35 at a time you could get a good player for $800-900, and a decent Westerly D 25 for $600-800. It was unplayable due to neck and bridge issues. I paid $250 for it, then ten years later I paid a luthier $1100. When I got it back I was underwater about $300. This was of no consequence because it wasn't a consideration. A 70 Guild lives to play another day. Today I'm probably ahead of the game and my D 35 is a close second to my Santa Cruz. If you pay $1000 for a D 25 when you remember them being $600, it's just that you are getting older. Get used to it. I had to bite the bullet and pay $413,000 for my hundred year old house twenty years ago. Not so nice neighborhood, but I wanted control of my life. Am I crying that I don't think my house is worth the $1.2M current valuation? No, but since I'm not moving, the value is meaningless except as a safety blanket should I have to sell.
When D 18s were $275, people bought D 28s for $350. They all probably think today's value is not worth it. It is what it is.