TrueTone500":3u0ps9h1 said:
sah5150":3u0ps9h1 said:
TrueTone500":3u0ps9h1 said:
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
