How much would you spend on a guitar...

[rsm]

Most of my fav guitars are in the $3K to $4K range: Ibanez PS10, EBMM Kaizen, EBMM Majesty.

The most I spent on a guitar was my Gittler Titanium, which was around $5K new; now they're $7,500

A few are around $1k to $2K, and several are under $1K (my Jackson X series)

 

[glpg80]

Spent $6500 for my wine red Norlin and that was before full restoration costs/labor. I had it professionally appraised for insurance reasons at north of $8k post restoration with the original case.

I would say that’s my upper limit for a single guitar.

 

[tallcoolone]

I worked hard to get where I am, I pay more taxes than most and if I want to spend $10k on an instrument I will and not think twice about it. What kind of cuck feels bad about enjoying the fruits of their labor?

 

[Smash]

I spent $3800 and a year and a half wait on my custom jackson and didn't feel anything but happiness. I feel that same happiness everytime i play it

 

[VonBonfire]

I spent $3800 and a year and a half wait on my custom jackson and didn't feel anything but happiness. I feel that same happiness everytime i play it

This is what it's all about.

I want to spend $10k on an instrument I will and not think twice about it. What kind of cuck feels bad about enjoying the fruits of their labor?

I don't think it's so much a feeling bad it's just when you don't make a lot of money you start analyzing how your money is best spent. I try not to keep stuff around that doesn't function as a tool because I can't afford to. If I spent 12k on that PRS orianthi lotus when I could be promoting a record or buying a shit shack over in clarksdale to stay during the blues music awards I'm probably making a bad choice. Totally get where you are coming from tho!!!

 

[klugster]

The most i have ever spent on a guitar was right around $2k taxes and all. Used my SW card with 0% interest. Its my Jeff Hanneman LTD JH600-CTM. I absolutely had to have it. I would love to have an ESP Eclipse USA, or really any USA made guitar. My wife is very understanding, and doesn't say much about what I spend, within reason. $5k would be my absolute highest on a guitar i guess.

 

[7704A]

Getting hard to tell @Smash and @klugster apart.

 

[klugster]

Getting hard to tell @Smash and @klugster apart.
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I better get an updated Pic, I sold the Jackson a few months ago!

 

[TheGreatGreen]

For most anything I'd say around $4k is about as high as I'd want to go before feeling silly. The vast majority of my small pile of guitars didn't cost anything close to that much.

However, I will say that in one instance, I had been looking for a great Les Paul Custom for the better part of a decade, hell maybe longer, but compared to what I'm used to, just about every single one of them I played had acoustic resonance with so much honk that each one sounded like a goose. I must've just been unlucky. Anyway I finally found one specific ebony LPC in a roomful of like 10 other ebony LPCs, and yeah this one had healthy Les Paul mids but minimal if any honk at all, and it also had a lot of treble snap I'm not used to hearing from them. Sounded incredible. I paid north of $6k for that one and honestly I did feel silly about it, but it also felt like a one-time unicorn thing I'd always regret not buying even though it was that expensive. It would've haunted my dreams and always been the one that got away. I don't regret it but I doubt I would pay anywhere near that much for a guitar again.

 

[Briman24]

The most i ever spent on a guitar was $2300.

 

[VonBonfire]

For most anything I'd say around $4k is about as high as I'd want to go before feeling silly. The vast majority of my small pile of guitars didn't cost anything close to that much.

However, I will say that in one instance, I been looking for a great Les Paul Custom for the better part of a decade, hell maybe longer, but compared to what I'm used to, just about every single one of them I played had acoustic resonance with so much honk that they all sounded like a goose. I must've just been unlucky. Anyway I finally found one specific ebony LPC in a roomful of like 10 other ebony LPCs, and yeah this one had healthy Les Paul mids but minimal if any honk at all, and it also had a lot of treble snap I'm not used to hearing from them. Sounded incredible. I paid north of $6k for that one and honestly I did feel silly about it, but it also felt like a one-time unicorn thing I'd always regret not buying even though it was that expensive. It would've haunted my dreams and always been the one that got away. But I doubt I would pay anywhere near that much for a guitar again.

Interesting, cause I appreciate a honky guitar but I suppose for blues the parameters are a bit different than heavy music.

 

[midnightlaundry]

I coming up on 5K for a next level Classical..
I have the money, but I'd rather make payments thru Sweetwater.. LOL
I sent my guy an email to see if he can get it, but he hasn't responded.

I don't think most Electrics are worth nearly that much. They're mostly CNC'd and bolted together.. Fuck that..

 

[VonBonfire]

I don't think most Electrics are worth nearly that much. They're mostly CNC'd and bolted together.. Fuck that..

A lot of guys say the same thing about flat tops vs hand carved arches, just sayin'.

 

[Smash]

I would definitely agree that acoustic guitars are worth more and get better with price. I could easily make a $600 electric work with $400 in parts and a little work just as well as my custom.

A well made acoustic has a different feel. I love my d18 standard. I would say it is a middle of the road acoustic. The best acoustic i have played was a 70's 12 string alvarez yairi. That thing fretted so easy, not a hint of buzz and just felt and sounded special. I will inherit that guitar someday and probably have to throw it in the trash as my dad has not taken care of it; leaving it in storage for extended periods.

I bought a real nice Taylor and sold it to him years ago. It may have to be trashed also.

Last time i was up, his 335 copy (that i felt like was the perfect blues guitar) had the binding coming off, was delaminating and has a terrible color. It is a real shame

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Interesting, cause I appreciate a honky guitar but I suppose for blues the parameters are a bit different than heavy music.

Yeah some honk can be cool for some things but for this particular guitar I kinda had a specific idea in my head. For heavier rock / metal like what I gravitate towards, I typically look for more even sounding guitars with a lot of snap and presence in the top end, tight lows, broad but not peaky mids, lot of sustain.

 

[itsgoodnow]

Most guitars are diminishing returns at a point. Import guitars can be very very good and you can get a lot of monster guitars under 2500 all day. Particularly used. I have spent a lot more on guitars and it's not because they are higher quality (or drastically higher), but because I just like the look of them or certain minor specs more. It's superfluous from a player standpoint, but I am overpaying for aesthetic enjoyability haha. Once I get over 3k I know I am pretty much doing it for masturbatory reasons.

 

[Smash]

Most guitars are diminishing returns at a point. Import guitars can be very very good and you can get a lot of monster guitars under 2500 all day. Particularly used. I have spent a lot more on guitars and it's not because they are higher quality (or drastically higher), but because I just like the look of them or certain minor specs more. It's superfluous from a player standpoint, but I am overpaying for aesthetic enjoyability haha. Once I get over 3k I know I am pretty much doing it for masturbatory reasons.

I agree completely. But i like to masturbate

 

[BABMusic]

I felt a bit guilty for spending 4K on an amp, so I know that's where my limit is.

For guitars, I just couldn't spend more than $1500, unless it was something very special. The guitar I've been searching for (for a long time) is in my avatar, and there was one available last year on Reverb, but the listing was removed before I even was aware of it. It was slightly over 2K and I would made an exception for that. But it's gone now, so ----.

 

[Smash]

I felt a bit guilty for spending 4K on an amp, so I know that's where my limit is.

I got drunk one night on reverb (used to be a thing) and ordered a SLO and a diezel vh2. That was a $6100 18 pack of shiner

 

[SI]

....before you felt like a selfish jerk?

No judgements tho, everyone has different income levels and different motivations for buying a given axe. I was telling the wife after ten years of building a house and improving the property if I sold it I wouldn't take any crap for spending 10k on a guitar, which basically amounts to 1k per year of hustle. She completely agreed. I wouldn't do it just cause 10k is basically a year I could scrape by just playing guitar instead of working but 5-6k, yeah MAYBE. Thought it might be a fun discussion.

You’re a terrific guitar player and a good dude. You deserve the axe of your dreams.

As someone who has owned every goddamn brand from the lowest quality to the highest, in my opinion nothing over the $3k to $4k mark (used market) is worth it unless you care about aesthetics.

I think you’re talented and knowledgeable enough to only pay the $10k of it plays like a dream. You don’t seem like the kind of guy who would pay $10k just based on a picture on a website so I feel like you’re gonna be fine.