Pro's & con's of getting out of guitar playing / music gear.

[shar-vell Dan]

Go -

 

[Findthetone1]

More money for hand trucks?

 

[c+addict]

That's an awesome pic of Joe and his collection.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Pro : valet parking @ the gun club -

 

[SonVolt]

I showed this to my 16 year-old son and he said "what a dork". I said "no, you don't understand. He's an upper-class white kid that got famous playing blues guitar...". He said "how famous?" I said "extremely famous on guitar forums".

 

[shar-vell Dan]

I showed this to my 16 year-old son and he said "what a dork".

JB is da shit

 

[Music&Chaos]

I could not "Get out" of playing guitar/music - it's a part of who I am.

As far as the gear hustle - that stuff can all fall by the wayside - not what is important to me.

 

[SonVolt]

Im 50+ yrs older than your offspring like who da Fuck cares.
Tell him to go back to finger-bangin his sister.

I don't have a 16 year old son. Aren't there some dirty dishes you need to attend to?

 

[SonVolt]

JB is da shit

I wish it was a little tighter in the low end.

 

[griff10672]

I could not "Get out" of playing guitar/music - it's a part of who I am.

As far as the gear hustle - that stuff can all fall by the wayside - not what is important to me.

please send back all your Griffin Analog pedals please .....

 

[shar-vell Dan]

I don't have a 16 year old son. Aren't there some dirty dishes you need to attend to?

always but only if we eat which and in the current economy is less & less.

 

[DanTravis62]

LOL lame

 

[nightlight]

I think the amount of gear many members, including myself, have acquired over the years is a liability, because we should have been putting downpayments on houses and other assets that appreciate in value.

And the relationship is directly proportional, by which I mean the more the years you've been playing, the more gear you acquire, trade, pawn off, etc. This is one of the biggest cons about being a musician, especially in an internet age where everyone is showing off their cool gear on social media and forums like this and you just want to fit in.

At the same time, if you are extremely picky about the gear you choose (analog trumps digital in most cases, for example), you could make a few pennies when you decide to move some items. So that is a benefit of having good gear and good taste in gear.

But the number of people who actually see a windfall thanks to their gear collection, especially if they're not famous, is probably very limited.

So if you get out of guitar or just reduce your music collection early, before you hit that death spiral of hoarding gear, you win.

If you think about it, a career in music totally depends whether you strike it rich by the time you are 15-25. After that, the odds of becoming a musician that can earn a livelihood as a musician falls dramatically.

Apparently, this is because all the record labels are full of pedos that like to prey on young, dumb girls and guys (yes, those f*ggoty ann mofos like boys too, on account of having insatiable "appetites". This is a jibe about pedos and not sexual preference, don't know why, but I feel I have to say that everytime I reference someone who's homosexual).

So if you don't make as a musician, you lose. And if you make it as a musician, you also lose.

In that sense, I'll regurgitate what my dad told me when I was much younger and thinking I could be a good musician: "Forget it, son. Learn a trade and you'll be happier in life."

 

[shar-vell Dan]

We have almost as high a credit rating there is but "owning" a home" isn't our idea of "the American dream".
3 million folks in my Metro area and prolly 2/3rds homes are underwater and stuck in their homes.
Who da Fuck needs that and with assholes like the current admin in charge GTFO folks are losing everything.

 

[Music&Chaos]

please send back all your Griffin Analog pedals please .....

Just because I am not a gear hoarder doesn't mean I don't appreciate nice things!

 

[311boogieman]

I knew this would go political.

 

[BABMusic]

Better to buy a new amp than to give your money to some Onlyfans person.

 

[rsm]

That's an awesome pic of Joe and his collection.

probably 1/3 of his collection; he's got at least three gear vaults / houses: Nashville, somewhere in Cali, and another on the east coast IIRC, that he mentioned so there could be others?

 

[rsm]

We have almost as high a credit rating there is but "owning" a home" isn't our idea of "the American dream".
3 million folks in my Metro area and prolly 2/3rds homes are underwater and stuck in their homes.
Who da Fuck needs that and with assholes like the current admin in charge GTFO folks are losing everything.

well if you buy middle class real estate in a high tax, high crime, low trust dystopian demoncrat city, you'll probably lose money vs it's in one of the safer wealthy areas with a price tag over a few million $, though electing muslim communist mayor who wants to raise taxes on wealthy white people could negatively impact that too.

no plans to sell my house, but going on 11 years, my house' market value is 3X what I paid, and has been as high as 4x or more (I forget) than I paid.

I also have a good mortgage rate, so no need to pay it off, as I make better returns in the market, and get a tax credit for having a mortgage. I plan some major repairs, remodels, etc., too, so when my kid inherits it, it will be close to new. (and paid off before I die, or after as I'll allocate funds to pay it off in my will)

As far as gear goes, I'm still buying and selling, but slower on the buying. I plan to sell most of it in the next 5-10 years, only keeping what I like best, so my heirs aren't burdened with it when I die.

 

[DanTravis62]

well if you buy middle class real estate in a high tax, high crime, low trust dystopian demoncrat city, you'll probably lose money vs it's in one of the safer wealthy areas with a price tag over a few million $, though electing muslim communist mayor who wants to raise taxes on wealthy white people could negatively impact that too.

no plans to sell my house, but going on 11 years, my house' market value is 3X what I paid, and has been as high as 4x or more (I forget) than I paid.

I also have a good mortgage rate, so no need to pay it off, as I make better returns in the market, and get a tax credit for having a mortgage. I plan some major repairs, remodels, etc., too, so when my kid inherits it, it will be close to new. (and paid off before I die, or after as I'll allocate funds to pay it off in my will)

It's so hilarious and ironic, literally the ONLY POWER in the universe caustic and destructive enough, that could possibly ruin the investment potential of the only "sure thing" in the universe...... extreme urban left wing politics.