I'm fast approaching the mid-life crisis/trying to chase the dreams of my youth stage :-)
About 10 years ago I was in a store that had a mid-70's strat going for about £500 - nice condition, pretty much all original. They were a tough sell back then and I didn't give it a second look. Likewise, they had a 80's JEM in pink going pretty cheap too. The fickle finger of fashion was not pointing kindly on these 80's rock guitars or 70's strats back then. Then last year someone tried to sell me a god-awful mid 70's strat for £3,500 as it would 'pay-off my mortgage in a few years' (yeah, right). With second-hand Jackson values depressed at the moment the plus side is that you can pick up a great player for reasonable dough - and then if it goes up, it's just a nice bonus.
As more of the 80's Jackson models get lost/customised a clean original model could end up being desirable as time passes, especially as the new models are becoming more and more expensive.
About 10 years ago I was in a store that had a mid-70's strat going for about £500 - nice condition, pretty much all original. They were a tough sell back then and I didn't give it a second look. Likewise, they had a 80's JEM in pink going pretty cheap too. The fickle finger of fashion was not pointing kindly on these 80's rock guitars or 70's strats back then. Then last year someone tried to sell me a god-awful mid 70's strat for £3,500 as it would 'pay-off my mortgage in a few years' (yeah, right). With second-hand Jackson values depressed at the moment the plus side is that you can pick up a great player for reasonable dough - and then if it goes up, it's just a nice bonus.
As more of the 80's Jackson models get lost/customised a clean original model could end up being desirable as time passes, especially as the new models are becoming more and more expensive.
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