Comments for Guitar Fact http://www.guitarfact.com Information for guitar and bass Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:32:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Jeff Becks guitar collection by Vintage Guitars http://www.guitarfact.com/jeff-becks-guitar-collection/comment-page-1#comment-12658 Vintage Guitars Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:32:17 +0000 http://www.guitarfact.com/?p=1137#comment-12658 So good to hear those stories straight from the horses mouth. Some beautiful vintage guitars too [54 Telecaster, Gibson L5CES], and seeing him play each different guitar in a different style - great clip! So good to hear those stories straight from the horses mouth. Some beautiful vintage guitars too [54 Telecaster, Gibson L5CES], and seeing him play each different guitar in a different style – great clip!

]]> Comment on Vintage Guitars as Investments by dealerdan http://www.guitarfact.com/vintage-guitars-as-investments/comment-page-1#comment-12657 dealerdan Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:38:53 +0000 http://www.guitarfact.com/?p=157#comment-12657 I am coming at this from a guitar dealer and investors point of view. Fuknut (great name dude :( ) is right in a way, but not completely. Yes, once a guitar is no longer a player because it is worth too much, it is probably past the time to buy. It might nominally go up in value, but if there is nobody to buy it.... All those investors who bought 58 Les Pauls in the last 10 years will struggle to get their money back for quite a while to come. but people who bought them 20 years ago will be laughing. SERIOUS Investing is LONG TERM - that is if you want to make a stack Whatever you buy you need to keep for the long term. Some of the guitars we begrudge paying $1000 for now will be worth $10000 in 20 years, and some will still be worth $1000. I would suggest any investor has a balanced portfolio - and if it is to include guitars, they too would perhaps be safer buying 10 $1000 guitars of different types rather than one $10000 guitar. They will be easier to sell, more fun to play, and cover more bases should certain guitars rise in value more than others. And i'd certainly avoid the current day limited editions by the likes of Gibson. I'd suggest they sell more limited editions than regular guitars! But then there is INVESTING LITE as I call it - semi-serious investing - aim to buy, have a great player and sell on for a small profit in anything from 0-5 years time. This is VERY easy to do. You won't get to leave work, but you'll have some very nice gear, that's easyish to sell. The key thing here is to buy cheap. There are some terrific vintage guitar deals to be had, and looking through the vintage guitar prices online and in books there are plenty of bargains still out there. I am coming at this from a guitar dealer and investors point of view. Fuknut (great name dude :( ) is right in a way, but not completely. Yes, once a guitar is no longer a player because it is worth too much, it is probably past the time to buy. It might nominally go up in value, but if there is nobody to buy it…. All those investors who bought 58 Les Pauls in the last 10 years will struggle to get their money back for quite a while to come. but people who bought them 20 years ago will be laughing.

SERIOUS Investing is LONG TERM – that is if you want to make a stack

Whatever you buy you need to keep for the long term. Some of the guitars we begrudge paying $1000 for now will be worth $10000 in 20 years, and some will still be worth $1000. I would suggest any investor has a balanced portfolio – and if it is to include guitars, they too would perhaps be safer buying 10 $1000 guitars of different types rather than one $10000 guitar. They will be easier to sell, more fun to play, and cover more bases should certain guitars rise in value more than others. And i’d certainly avoid the current day limited editions by the likes of Gibson. I’d suggest they sell more limited editions than regular guitars!

But then there is INVESTING LITE as I call it – semi-serious investing – aim to buy, have a great player and sell on for a small profit in anything from 0-5 years time. This is VERY easy to do. You won’t get to leave work, but you’ll have some very nice gear, that’s easyish to sell. The key thing here is to buy cheap.

There are some terrific vintage guitar deals to be had, and looking through the vintage guitar prices online and in books there are plenty of bargains still out there.

]]> Comment on Vintage Guitars as Investments by FukNut http://www.guitarfact.com/vintage-guitars-as-investments/comment-page-1#comment-12656 FukNut Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:28:17 +0000 http://www.guitarfact.com/?p=157#comment-12656 Corruption- like the journalists that hype shares only to raise the value by selling their own. Or Or countless other examples - the vintage guitar market is BENT. Values are inflated by individuals who publish books, and the crazy guitar dealers who got their fingers burnt overpaying on all those 50s strats. And then all the fools who pay the prices justify their scam. It's a lump of wood for christs sake. Once it becomes too valuable to ever take out and play you know you've lost the point. And now Gibson only seem to make guitars for people to collect. How many limited editions do we need? Seriously guys. Play the damn things. Corruption- like the journalists that hype shares only to raise the value by selling their own. Or Or countless other examples – the vintage guitar market is BENT. Values are inflated by individuals who publish books, and the crazy guitar dealers who got their fingers burnt overpaying on all those 50s strats. And then all the fools who pay the prices justify their scam. It’s a lump of wood for christs sake. Once it becomes too valuable to ever take out and play you know you’ve lost the point. And now Gibson only seem to make guitars for people to collect. How many limited editions do we need? Seriously guys. Play the damn things.

]]> Comment on Vintage Guitars as Investments by vintage guitar values http://www.guitarfact.com/vintage-guitars-as-investments/comment-page-1#comment-12655 vintage guitar values Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:19:23 +0000 http://www.guitarfact.com/?p=157#comment-12655 Absolutely they can. The very high end vintage guitars can fetch good money, but they are very difficult to sell for those prices. Prices are dropping on these now in many cases. It would be hard to make any real money on buying and selling '58 Les Pauls. Too many great guitars are out of reach for the vast majority now. But there are a lot of guitars in the $500- $1500 price range that are only now getting the attention they deserve - and prices are rising as people snap them up whilst they still can. Absolutely they can. The very high end vintage guitars can fetch good money, but they are very difficult to sell for those prices. Prices are dropping on these now in many cases. It would be hard to make any real money on buying and selling ’58 Les Pauls. Too many great guitars are out of reach for the vast majority now. But there are a lot of guitars in the $500- $1500 price range that are only now getting the attention they deserve – and prices are rising as people snap them up whilst they still can.

]]> Comment on Bass Guitar Strings by Bass Player Brighton http://www.guitarfact.com/bass-guitar-strings/comment-page-1#comment-12645 Bass Player Brighton Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:01:29 +0000 http://www.guitarfact.com/bass-guitar-strings#comment-12645 Great information on the bass keep up the good work - Jason Great information on the bass keep up the good work – Jason

]]> Comment on Guitar Picks by beammer http://www.guitarfact.com/guitar-picks-general-information/comment-page-1#comment-12577 beammer Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:48:40 +0000 http://www.guitarfact.com/?p=8#comment-12577 Don't metal picks and stone picks damage strings? Are you more likely to break a string in performance? Nylon picks are best Don’t metal picks and stone picks damage strings? Are you more likely to break a string in performance? Nylon picks are best

]]> Comment on Vintage Guitars as Investments by blues rocker http://www.guitarfact.com/vintage-guitars-as-investments/comment-page-1#comment-12567 blues rocker Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:10:45 +0000 http://www.guitarfact.com/?p=157#comment-12567 Can less-expensive guitars ever serve as investment instruments? Or is investing in guitars limited to '58 Les Paul Standards and the like? Can less-expensive guitars ever serve as investment instruments? Or is investing in guitars limited to ’58 Les Paul Standards and the like?

]]> Comment on Fender Automatic Guitar Tuner AG-6 Review by keith http://www.guitarfact.com/fender-automatic-guitar-tuner-ag-6-review/comment-page-1#comment-12519 keith Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:16:59 +0000 http://www.guitarfact.com/?p=123#comment-12519 i need instructions aswell this is not automatic or its broken i need instructions aswell this is not automatic or its broken

]]> Comment on The Fender PT-100 Guitar Stage Tuner by Tony http://www.guitarfact.com/the-fender-pt-100-guitar-stage-tuner/comment-page-1#comment-12518 Tony Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:44:57 +0000 http://www.guitarfact.com/the-fender-pt-100-guitar-stage-tuner#comment-12518 I have a GoGo clip on tuner, working good for my guitar and bass. What's everyone else using? I have a GoGo clip on tuner, working good for my guitar and bass. What’s everyone else using?

]]> Comment on Painful Guitar Calluses – Solutions and Information by jra64 http://www.guitarfact.com/painful-calluses-solutions-and-information/comment-page-1#comment-12517 jra64 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:35:31 +0000 http://www.guitarfact.com/?p=31#comment-12517 Can you play guitar long enough to where you lose the feeling in your fingertips or no? Can you play guitar long enough to where you lose the feeling in your fingertips or no?

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