degenaro":2vgqdcbt said:
kannibul":2vgqdcbt said:
degenaro":2vgqdcbt said:
No opinion on this other than the "in 10 years" concept around here is freakin' hilarious.
How many folks have their amps past 6 month?
Even then, what's the resale value on the AxeFX compared to an Amp?
This is especially true when in "6 months", after the hype dies out.
I wasn't arguing the amp vs. AxeFx point, I was merely saying the idea of worrying about 10 years around here when the average life span before selling and buying something else is what about 3-9 month around here.
As for any perceived hyp, I've seen the "when the hype dies down" comment since before I got mine and I had for a year.
On the hype thing - I mentioned 6 months only because you mentioned that some don't keep their amps 6 months (no offense intended, just a reference point). While true, it plays into the whole deal.
When the hype dies down, which could be in 6 months, or a year, or 2 years - it will eventually die down, because something bigger/better will come out....the AxeFX will have lost at least 50% of it's value.
Meanwhile the Bogner (or other high-dollar amp) will stay to the same general value as they are today. The SLO is a great example. Still going for about 50-66% retail price, depending on condition/age (50% being more towards a road-beaten, spray-painted late 80's model)
At the end of hte day, most people will look at hte AxeFX as a piece of software running on some cheap hardware, and as the software becomes more "aged" relevant to newer, better software, running on newer, better hardware - it's value will plummet.
Example, how much is an original POD going for these days compared to a POD 3.0?
Anyhow, yeah, 10-year retention is a bit long for this forum
