Think your guitar was expensive?

[mattsmusiccenter]

I've been meaning to post these for a while, but here are some pics from the Boston guitar show held in September. The first picture is our booth, the 2nd and 3rd are of a collectors booth from VT who was there. He literally had 100 guitars on display, all of which were $20K and up.

[CharvelRocker]

have you ever been to Bee 3 Vintage's Great American Guitar show? Those prices are nothing compared to what you see at those shows.

[thetroy]

I'll take the black LPC it's a hidden bargain at 9.5k

[jacksoncsplayer]

Very nice gear there Matt, I'll be looking you up soon.

[cdwillis]

The vintage guitar market is just fucking retarded...

[skorb]

LP's had trapezoid inlays in 1952??

[sonicsamurai]

some of those strats ate realllly niice

[shobet]

I've made a mess in my pants...

[SEEGERMANY]

The vintage guitar market is just fucking retarded...

Versus the vintage car market, sports memorabilia market, etc?

[Tashtego]

I think when the baby boomers stop buying this stuff because they are mostly dead or too old to give a shit anymore they won't be worth as much. There is no way I'd pay 55K for a piece of junk strat and many of my peers feel the same way. Plus there are far less of us to compete for the guitars. I love Jimi Hendrix as much as the next guy but forget it.

[thetroy]

Versus the vintage car market, sports memorabilia market, etc?

Yes. In a car, a "relic" is worth less than something perfectly restored to look new again. A bent baseball card is worth less than a mint one. An unopened action figure is worth more than a beat up version.

[i8guitar]

Yes. In a car, a "relic" is worth less than something perfectly restored to look new again. A bent baseball card is worth less than a mint one. An unopened action figure is worth more than a beat up version.

The vintage guitar market is the same: clean, original examples fetch much higher prices than heavily used, modified examples. We're talking vintage guitars here, not new guitars "relic'ed" to look vintage.

[shredmonster]

Oh please .... I would much rather have a Custom Shop guitar by a reputable manufacturer built to my specs for $3K than any one of those things.

[SEEGERMANY]

Yea, where did "relic" come into play.

[Shawn Lutz]

that's what FMIC uses as reasoning for jacking up prices on plain jane models