Selling my San Dimas Charvel vs. parting it out

[rlord1974]

In the future I will try and restrict my comments to gear that I have some history with and am familiar with.

22 original Charvels the idiot owned at one point.

Just the 22, Curt?

Clearly, you are not qualified to be sharing your thoughts on this topic.

 

[rupe]

I'm sorry, but I was just trying to help and made a couple little jokes in the process. In the future I will try and restrict my comments to gear that I have some history with and am familiar with.

22 original Charvels the idiot owned at one point.

No Kahlers in that pic...you're clearly not qualified. Go troll another thread.

 

[TrueTone500]

I'm sorry, but I was just trying to help and made a couple little jokes in the process. In the future I will try and restrict my comments to gear that I have some history with and am familiar with.

22 original Charvels the idiot owned at one point.

Let's put some faces to this picture, shall we...

 

[AndyK]

Here's what I would do:

Clean up the guitar, oil the fretboard, polish the paint, clean up the hardware. Then, take good photos of the guitar, the semi-rare flip locking nuts, the headstock, the back. Post it in the for sale section on TGP, and JCF Online. Say "$1300 or best offer", and see what happens.

That way, you may get a fan of the guitar to make you an offer.

 

[Shawn Lutz]

I'm sorry, but I get pissed when people low-ball my gear! When I see Fender made Charvel's selling for $2000.00+, I'm absolutely baffled. I've played over a dozen USA Fenvel's, and none of them played or sounded like a real San Dimas... None of them! As far as the Kahler is concerned, I've always loved the Kahler tremolo because it stays in-tune. What a concept! Try playing an E pedal tone, and a unison bend on the 12th/14th fret high E and B strings with a floating Floyd Rose... The pedal tone will drop flat every time. Sure, you can block-off the trem block, but then it's a one-way system. I changed my '86 Jackson San Dimas to a FR body/tremolo, and it ruined the sound of the guitar. The Kahler routed bodies obviously sound better due to the additional mass. If there's anything about my guitar that I don't like, it's the goofy pointed headstock. It's a cool headstock for the RR, Kelly, and Star... On Strat body it looks ridiculous. My plan was to swap necks with a Strat head Star, but the seller sold the neck separately.

This is the disconnect here that you are not getting fully. No one is low-balling you...you are high balling your price and have unrealistic market price. No need to be offended by current market prices. A gs station can try to get 4 bucks a gallon but not sell much gas when its $3.50 all over town. I'll say it again, you are not going to get what you want outta this whether you part it out or sell it outright. Accept it, take $800-900 for it or keep it until the market changes. I'd just keep it myself and hope they go up in price in the future but the market today is what it is. There are several folks on this board who know the market for these guitars. If you don't want to believe us on market price then scour eBay for past auctions that sold for similar guitars.

 

[Chubtone]

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Let's put some faces to this picture, shall we...

I'll put one face to that picture. The guy in the middle in the very back that you can barely see with the black hair. He has his hand over the headstock. That is Dave Anderson and he played in local Chicago rockers The Eric Steel Band. He's the one that walked over and took a Kramer out of my hands at GC Chicago when I was 17. I'd been saving for the Kramer for months and was getting close. He said, "why don't you try this?" and put a 1984 Charvel San Dimas in my hands. This was a big problem for me. The Kramer was $600. The Charvel was $1200. Let's put it this way. I never owned a Kramer in my entire life, but have owned over 50 original Charvels.

Damn you Dave Anderson!

 

[rlord1974]

^ name dropper.

 

[rupe]

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Let's put some faces to this picture, shall we...

I'll put one face to that picture. The guy in the middle in the very back that you can barely see with the black hair. He has his hand over the headstock. That is Dave Anderson and he played in local Chicago rockers The Eric Steel Band. He's the one that walked over and took a Kramer out of my hands at GC Chicago when I was 17. I'd been saving for the Kramer for months and was getting close. He said, "why don't you try this?" and put a 1984 Charvel San Dimas in my hands. This was a big problem for me. The Kramer was $600. The Charvel was $1200. Let's put it this way. I never owned a Kramer in my entire life, but have owned over 50 original Charvels.

Damn you Dave Anderson!

Good story! Here's another...

Marc Ferrari from Keel is second from the right (between Vai and Amir) holding the camo guitar. A good friend and former band mate of mine bought it at some point in the 2000's, and if I recall correctly received two necks...the original Charvel neck (which had been removed due to warpage I believe) and a Performance neck that was on the guitar. He tried a few other necks and ended up disassembling the entire guitar and storing it. Fast forward a few years and he asked me if I could reassemble it and set it up for him since I used to do that sort of thing for a living.

I got the box of parts and the first thing I noticed is that the body wasn't even a Charvel...it was a very old Warmoth (still had the old logo in the neck pocket). It also had been converted at some point from a Kahler to a Floyd and then back to a Kahler. The paint job looked to be a rattle-can job with a clear coat...definitely had a cool DIY vibe. At some point Marc had swapped the pickups out for a pair of Bill Lawrence L-500s which are what was in the box. After slapping it back together and lots of tweaking and dialing it in, it was an absolutely fantastic guitar. Super light weight (less than 7 pounds) and resonant, it absolutely screamed at gig volumes...a very "alive" guitar.

Here it is when I was finished:




And on stage at our next gig:

 

[Chubtone]

^ name dropper.

By far the least known guy in that pic.

Just trying to restore my RT standing and I think that should do it. I personally know the guitar player from The Eric Steel band AND that band was so huge and successful that he supplemented his immense royalties by working as a sales guy at Guitar Center.

That's one thing you guys keep forgetting here is that I'm kind of a big deal. You want me to drop some more names? I can do it..... though none as big as Dave Anderson. Like you even have a celebrity of that stature in Canada. Pffffffffffttttttt

 

[TrueTone500]

There aren't many guitars I feel I have to own, but I absolutely love this one!



I look at this in comparison it to my white HSS, and I wonder how the retail value of this guitar is $2499.99 - yet mine is only $900.00? It's also advertised as a "San Dimas", yet it is not a San Dimas made Charvel. Does Charvel build these in the old factory?

I'd love to get a RR Tribute, but IMO the body doesn't look right. Randy's prototype looks like it has a smaller body.

 

[Anonymous]

There aren't many guitars I feel I have to own, but I absolutely love this one!



I look at this in comparison it to my white HSS, and I wonder how the retail value of this guitar is $2499.99 - yet mine is only $900.00? It's also advertised as a "San Dimas", yet it is not a San Dimas made Charvel. Does Charvel build these in the old factory?

There is also an eBay ad that features two beat to shit Charvel pre pros with spider web paint jobs that the seller has listed for $150,000.00. Just because he's put that price on it does not mean he's going to get it, does it?

There is a difference between fantasy and reality in pricing...

The guitar you posted would still fetch far more than yours. It is a recent Charvel Custom Shop guitar that was probably custom ordered for ~ $2800 new. It is also a strat head, which most prefer and more importantly, it doesn't have a Kahler. It has some fucked up features most Charvel buyers don't dig (like the three hums and separate switches) which is why it won't fetch the $1600-1800 he'd get if it was a 1 or two hum guitar.

Will he get $2599? Will you get $1300 for yours? Anything is possible if you wait long enough and someone falls in love with it because they are looking for exactly what you have. Unlikely... But anything is possible... Make sense?

Steve

 

[Shawn Lutz]

That is a Custom Shop Chavel and a sweet one too, I love the color. It is also way cooler with 3 hums, no fretboard inlay and a nicely figured birds-eye premium neck. One just isn't going to pay custom shop prices for a basically an off the shelve production guitar. I know you don't want to believe anyone here and that is fine but everyone is telling you you are asking too much, you are asking too much. You have a couple options, keep it and hope the market comes up to what you thing the guitar is worth or sell if for what it is worth today and that isn't the same as what you asking for it. If it was priced accordingly it would have sold and you wouldn't be considering parting it out. It is a sweet guitar, you like kahlers so why not keep it?

 

[Chris O]

The dick-waving is strong in this thread. World class.

The simple fact is that while the white Charvel is great - if I had room and funds if be making an offer - it's a supply/demand thing. The market pays what it pays, and it isn't always what you hope. Pretty simple really. There was a time your guitar would've grabbed big $$$, but there are a lot of nice Charvels out there now, regardless of who made them, or what YOU think of them.

The shit-slinging in this thread isn't helping you out at this point. GLWTS, but do what you gotta do - part it out if that's what you need to do. Not sure it's going to help much at this point though. This is what happens -- ask a question, don't like the answer, get butt-hurt about it, hurl insults back & forth, and a week later, you're in no different position than you were a week ago.

 

[TrueTone500]

There aren't many guitars I feel I have to own, but I absolutely love this one!



I look at this in comparison it to my white HSS, and I wonder how the retail value of this guitar is $2499.99 - yet mine is only $900.00? It's also advertised as a "San Dimas", yet it is not a San Dimas made Charvel. Does Charvel build these in the old factory?

There is also an eBay ad that features two beat to shit Charvel pre pros with spider web paint jobs that the seller has listed for $150,000.00. Just because he's put that price on it does not mean he's going to get it, does it?

There is a difference between fantasy and reality in pricing...

The guitar you posted would still fetch far more than yours. It is a recent Charvel Custom Shop guitar that was probably custom ordered for ~ $2800 new. It is also a strat head, which most prefer and more importantly, it doesn't have a Kahler. It has some fucked up features most Charvel buyers don't dig (like the three hums and separate switches) which is why it won't fetch the $1600-1800 he'd get if it was a 1 or two hum guitar.

Will he get $2599? Will you get $1300 for yours? Anything is possible if you wait long enough and someone falls in love with it because they are looking for exactly what you have. Unlikely... But anything is possible... Make sense?

Steve

Makes sense, but a my HSS San Dimas is not a production guitar. I spoke with Thoroughbred in Tampa about this particular HSS before purchasing a Jackson San Dimas single humbucker model. Thoroughbred requested the configuration, and that's what Charvel built. I had an offer in '11 for $1650.00, and didn't sell it. Offers have ranged from $1650.00 down to $1100.00 USD. I don't care what anyone else thinks it is or isn't worth. The fact that I've had a $1650.00 offer on means that someone out there thinks it's worth $1650.00 USD. For you, or anyone else to say anything is worth a specified amount of money is completely narcissistic. I get what you're saying, but the evidence indicates you are incorrect.

 

[TrueTone500]

That is a Custom Shop Chavel and a sweet one too, I love the color. It is also way cooler with 3 hums, no fretboard inlay and a nicely figured birds-eye premium neck. One just isn't going to pay custom shop prices for a basically an off the shelve production guitar. I know you don't want to believe anyone here and that is fine but everyone is telling you you are asking too much, you are asking too much. You have a couple options, keep it and hope the market comes up to what you thing the guitar is worth or sell if for what it is worth today and that isn't the same as what you asking for it. If it was priced accordingly it would have sold and you wouldn't be considering parting it out. It is a sweet guitar, you like kahlers so why not keep it?

Keeping it is best I think. I really wanted to put a color matched strat head neck on it, but there's the 'no longer stock' issue to consider... It's an awesome sounding guitar, but after playing a EBMM EVH, I'm hooked on the EVH neck profile! If Musikcraft can make me a strat head neck with the EBMM EVH neck profile to fit the Charvel, I'll definitely keep it. I have a USA Charvel logo that I can put on the headstock, and maybe get a set of pearl tuners.

 

[Anonymous]

There aren't many guitars I feel I have to own, but I absolutely love this one!



I look at this in comparison it to my white HSS, and I wonder how the retail value of this guitar is $2499.99 - yet mine is only $900.00? It's also advertised as a "San Dimas", yet it is not a San Dimas made Charvel. Does Charvel build these in the old factory?

There is also an eBay ad that features two beat to shit Charvel pre pros with spider web paint jobs that the seller has listed for $150,000.00. Just because he's put that price on it does not mean he's going to get it, does it?

There is a difference between fantasy and reality in pricing...

The guitar you posted would still fetch far more than yours. It is a recent Charvel Custom Shop guitar that was probably custom ordered for ~ $2800 new. It is also a strat head, which most prefer and more importantly, it doesn't have a Kahler. It has some fucked up features most Charvel buyers don't dig (like the three hums and separate switches) which is why it won't fetch the $1600-1800 he'd get if it was a 1 or two hum guitar.

Will he get $2599? Will you get $1300 for yours? Anything is possible if you wait long enough and someone falls in love with it because they are looking for exactly what you have. Unlikely... But anything is possible... Make sense?

Steve

Makes sense, but a my HSS San Dimas is not a production guitar. I spoke with Thoroughbred in Tampa about this particular HSS before purchasing a Jackson San Dimas single humbucker model. Thoroughbred requested the configuration, and that's what Charvel built. I had an offer in '11 for $1650.00, and didn't sell it. Offers have ranged from $1650.00 down to $1100.00 USD. I don't care what anyone else thinks it is or isn't worth. The fact that I've had a $1650.00 offer on means that someone out there thinks it's worth $1650.00 USD. For you, or anyone else to say anything is worth a specified amount of money is completely narcissistic. I get what you're saying, but the evidence indicates you are incorrect.

1.) When did I say it was a production guitar. Oh yeah… I didn't… All original Charvel's were custom built…
2.) The '11 offer makes my point. Anything is possible as I said and you ignored. Someone, somewhere wanted that exact guitar three years ago and was willing to pay you way over market for it. IMO, you should have taken the offer - you may not see it again for many years to come. Of course, SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE may SOMEDAY pay you $150,000.00 for that guitar, so why don't you put it on eBay for that? By the way I offered you $900, so the offers have ranged from $1650 down to $900.
3.) I don't and didn't decide your guitar's worth. I am simply giving you information about what the market in general will bear for your guitar now if you want to sell it anytime soon. It's just silly to call me (and everyone else in this thread) narcissistic for telling you about the current state of the market - this isn't about you or me, it is about market value right now.
4.) All the evidence actually proves that I'm correct. It is just impossible for you to understand because you are analyzing the data being put in front of you in a very strange way...

Steve

 

[TrueTone500]

There aren't many guitars I feel I have to own, but I absolutely love this one!



I look at this in comparison it to my white HSS, and I wonder how the retail value of this guitar is $2499.99 - yet mine is only $900.00? It's also advertised as a "San Dimas", yet it is not a San Dimas made Charvel. Does Charvel build these in the old factory?

There is also an eBay ad that features two beat to shit Charvel pre pros with spider web paint jobs that the seller has listed for $150,000.00. Just because he's put that price on it does not mean he's going to get it, does it?

There is a difference between fantasy and reality in pricing...

The guitar you posted would still fetch far more than yours. It is a recent Charvel Custom Shop guitar that was probably custom ordered for ~ $2800 new. It is also a strat head, which most prefer and more importantly, it doesn't have a Kahler. It has some fucked up features most Charvel buyers don't dig (like the three hums and separate switches) which is why it won't fetch the $1600-1800 he'd get if it was a 1 or two hum guitar.

Will he get $2599? Will you get $1300 for yours? Anything is possible if you wait long enough and someone falls in love with it because they are looking for exactly what you have. Unlikely... But anything is possible... Make sense?

Steve

Makes sense, but a my HSS San Dimas is not a production guitar. I spoke with Thoroughbred in Tampa about this particular HSS before purchasing a Jackson San Dimas single humbucker model. Thoroughbred requested the configuration, and that's what Charvel built. I had an offer in '11 for $1650.00, and didn't sell it. Offers have ranged from $1650.00 down to $1100.00 USD. I don't care what anyone else thinks it is or isn't worth. The fact that I've had a $1650.00 offer on means that someone out there thinks it's worth $1650.00 USD. For you, or anyone else to say anything is worth a specified amount of money is completely narcissistic. I get what you're saying, but the evidence indicates you are incorrect.

1.) When did I say it was a production guitar. Oh yeah… I didn't… All original Charvel's were custom built…
2.) The '11 offer makes my point. Anything is possible as I said and you ignored. Someone, somewhere wanted that exact guitar three years ago and was willing to pay you way over market for it. IMO, you should have taken the offer - you may not see it again for many years to come. Of course, SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE may SOMEDAY pay you $150,000.00 for that guitar, so why don't you put it on eBay for that? By the way I offered you $900, so the offers have ranged from $1650 down to $900.
3.) I don't and didn't decide your guitar's worth. I am simply giving you information about what the market in general will bear for your guitar now if you want to sell it anytime soon. It's just silly to call me (and everyone else in this thread) narcissistic for telling you about the current state of the market - this isn't about you or me, it is about market value right now.
4.) All the evidence actually proves that I'm correct. It is just impossible for you to understand because you are analyzing the data being put in front of you in a very strange way...

Steve

So what you're basically saying is that the market is fickle, and I'm being stubborn... I can accept that. It still doesn't mean my guitar is only worth $900.00 USD.

 

[Anonymous]

There aren't many guitars I feel I have to own, but I absolutely love this one!



I look at this in comparison it to my white HSS, and I wonder how the retail value of this guitar is $2499.99 - yet mine is only $900.00? It's also advertised as a "San Dimas", yet it is not a San Dimas made Charvel. Does Charvel build these in the old factory?

There is also an eBay ad that features two beat to shit Charvel pre pros with spider web paint jobs that the seller has listed for $150,000.00. Just because he's put that price on it does not mean he's going to get it, does it?

There is a difference between fantasy and reality in pricing...

The guitar you posted would still fetch far more than yours. It is a recent Charvel Custom Shop guitar that was probably custom ordered for ~ $2800 new. It is also a strat head, which most prefer and more importantly, it doesn't have a Kahler. It has some fucked up features most Charvel buyers don't dig (like the three hums and separate switches) which is why it won't fetch the $1600-1800 he'd get if it was a 1 or two hum guitar.

Will he get $2599? Will you get $1300 for yours? Anything is possible if you wait long enough and someone falls in love with it because they are looking for exactly what you have. Unlikely... But anything is possible... Make sense?

Steve

Makes sense, but a my HSS San Dimas is not a production guitar. I spoke with Thoroughbred in Tampa about this particular HSS before purchasing a Jackson San Dimas single humbucker model. Thoroughbred requested the configuration, and that's what Charvel built. I had an offer in '11 for $1650.00, and didn't sell it. Offers have ranged from $1650.00 down to $1100.00 USD. I don't care what anyone else thinks it is or isn't worth. The fact that I've had a $1650.00 offer on means that someone out there thinks it's worth $1650.00 USD. For you, or anyone else to say anything is worth a specified amount of money is completely narcissistic. I get what you're saying, but the evidence indicates you are incorrect.

1.) When did I say it was a production guitar. Oh yeah… I didn't… All original Charvel's were custom built…
2.) The '11 offer makes my point. Anything is possible as I said and you ignored. Someone, somewhere wanted that exact guitar three years ago and was willing to pay you way over market for it. IMO, you should have taken the offer - you may not see it again for many years to come. Of course, SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE may SOMEDAY pay you $150,000.00 for that guitar, so why don't you put it on eBay for that? By the way I offered you $900, so the offers have ranged from $1650 down to $900.
3.) I don't and didn't decide your guitar's worth. I am simply giving you information about what the market in general will bear for your guitar now if you want to sell it anytime soon. It's just silly to call me (and everyone else in this thread) narcissistic for telling you about the current state of the market - this isn't about you or me, it is about market value right now.
4.) All the evidence actually proves that I'm correct. It is just impossible for you to understand because you are analyzing the data being put in front of you in a very strange way...

Steve

So what you're basically saying is that the market is fickle, and I'm being stubborn... I can accept that. It still doesn't mean my guitar is only worth $900.00 USD.

I'm saying that the fair market value is $800-900, but depending on how long you are willing to wait, you may get way more from someone willing to pay because they just HAVE to have your particular guitar…

Steve

 

[TrueTone500]

There aren't many guitars I feel I have to own, but I absolutely love this one!



I look at this in comparison it to my white HSS, and I wonder how the retail value of this guitar is $2499.99 - yet mine is only $900.00? It's also advertised as a "San Dimas", yet it is not a San Dimas made Charvel. Does Charvel build these in the old factory?

There is also an eBay ad that features two beat to shit Charvel pre pros with spider web paint jobs that the seller has listed for $150,000.00. Just because he's put that price on it does not mean he's going to get it, does it?

There is a difference between fantasy and reality in pricing...

The guitar you posted would still fetch far more than yours. It is a recent Charvel Custom Shop guitar that was probably custom ordered for ~ $2800 new. It is also a strat head, which most prefer and more importantly, it doesn't have a Kahler. It has some fucked up features most Charvel buyers don't dig (like the three hums and separate switches) which is why it won't fetch the $1600-1800 he'd get if it was a 1 or two hum guitar.

Will he get $2599? Will you get $1300 for yours? Anything is possible if you wait long enough and someone falls in love with it because they are looking for exactly what you have. Unlikely... But anything is possible... Make sense?

Steve

Makes sense, but a my HSS San Dimas is not a production guitar. I spoke with Thoroughbred in Tampa about this particular HSS before purchasing a Jackson San Dimas single humbucker model. Thoroughbred requested the configuration, and that's what Charvel built. I had an offer in '11 for $1650.00, and didn't sell it. Offers have ranged from $1650.00 down to $1100.00 USD. I don't care what anyone else thinks it is or isn't worth. The fact that I've had a $1650.00 offer on means that someone out there thinks it's worth $1650.00 USD. For you, or anyone else to say anything is worth a specified amount of money is completely narcissistic. I get what you're saying, but the evidence indicates you are incorrect.

1.) When did I say it was a production guitar. Oh yeah… I didn't… All original Charvel's were custom built…
2.) The '11 offer makes my point. Anything is possible as I said and you ignored. Someone, somewhere wanted that exact guitar three years ago and was willing to pay you way over market for it. IMO, you should have taken the offer - you may not see it again for many years to come. Of course, SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE may SOMEDAY pay you $150,000.00 for that guitar, so why don't you put it on eBay for that? By the way I offered you $900, so the offers have ranged from $1650 down to $900.
3.) I don't and didn't decide your guitar's worth. I am simply giving you information about what the market in general will bear for your guitar now if you want to sell it anytime soon. It's just silly to call me (and everyone else in this thread) narcissistic for telling you about the current state of the market - this isn't about you or me, it is about market value right now.
4.) All the evidence actually proves that I'm correct. It is just impossible for you to understand because you are analyzing the data being put in front of you in a very strange way...

Steve

So what you're basically saying is that the market is fickle, and I'm being stubborn... I can accept that. It still doesn't mean my guitar is only worth $900.00 USD.

I'm saying that the fair market value is $800-900, but depending on how long you are willing to wait, you may get way more from someone willing to pay because they just HAVE to have your particular guitar…

Steve

I spoke with a vintage dealer, and he said that the fair market value for a last year authentic San Dimas Charvel HSS with a Kahler Pro (if the guitar is as clean as the pictures indicate) is between $1800.00 to $2200.00 USD! He also said; "Do yourself a favor, and stay off the internet..."

TrueTone500 signing off!

 

[Anonymous]

There aren't many guitars I feel I have to own, but I absolutely love this one!



I look at this in comparison it to my white HSS, and I wonder how the retail value of this guitar is $2499.99 - yet mine is only $900.00? It's also advertised as a "San Dimas", yet it is not a San Dimas made Charvel. Does Charvel build these in the old factory?

There is also an eBay ad that features two beat to shit Charvel pre pros with spider web paint jobs that the seller has listed for $150,000.00. Just because he's put that price on it does not mean he's going to get it, does it?

There is a difference between fantasy and reality in pricing...

The guitar you posted would still fetch far more than yours. It is a recent Charvel Custom Shop guitar that was probably custom ordered for ~ $2800 new. It is also a strat head, which most prefer and more importantly, it doesn't have a Kahler. It has some fucked up features most Charvel buyers don't dig (like the three hums and separate switches) which is why it won't fetch the $1600-1800 he'd get if it was a 1 or two hum guitar.

Will he get $2599? Will you get $1300 for yours? Anything is possible if you wait long enough and someone falls in love with it because they are looking for exactly what you have. Unlikely... But anything is possible... Make sense?

Steve

Makes sense, but a my HSS San Dimas is not a production guitar. I spoke with Thoroughbred in Tampa about this particular HSS before purchasing a Jackson San Dimas single humbucker model. Thoroughbred requested the configuration, and that's what Charvel built. I had an offer in '11 for $1650.00, and didn't sell it. Offers have ranged from $1650.00 down to $1100.00 USD. I don't care what anyone else thinks it is or isn't worth. The fact that I've had a $1650.00 offer on means that someone out there thinks it's worth $1650.00 USD. For you, or anyone else to say anything is worth a specified amount of money is completely narcissistic. I get what you're saying, but the evidence indicates you are incorrect.

1.) When did I say it was a production guitar. Oh yeah… I didn't… All original Charvel's were custom built…
2.) The '11 offer makes my point. Anything is possible as I said and you ignored. Someone, somewhere wanted that exact guitar three years ago and was willing to pay you way over market for it. IMO, you should have taken the offer - you may not see it again for many years to come. Of course, SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE may SOMEDAY pay you $150,000.00 for that guitar, so why don't you put it on eBay for that? By the way I offered you $900, so the offers have ranged from $1650 down to $900.
3.) I don't and didn't decide your guitar's worth. I am simply giving you information about what the market in general will bear for your guitar now if you want to sell it anytime soon. It's just silly to call me (and everyone else in this thread) narcissistic for telling you about the current state of the market - this isn't about you or me, it is about market value right now.
4.) All the evidence actually proves that I'm correct. It is just impossible for you to understand because you are analyzing the data being put in front of you in a very strange way...

Steve

So what you're basically saying is that the market is fickle, and I'm being stubborn... I can accept that. It still doesn't mean my guitar is only worth $900.00 USD.

I'm saying that the fair market value is $800-900, but depending on how long you are willing to wait, you may get way more from someone willing to pay because they just HAVE to have your particular guitar…

Steve

I spoke with a vintage dealer, and he said that the fair market value for a last year authentic San Dimas Charvel HSS with a Kahler Pro (if the guitar is as clean as the pictures indicate) is between $1800.00 to $2200.00 USD! He also said; "Do yourself a favor, and stay off the internet..."

TrueTone500 signing off!

He's delusional.

Steve