Originally Posted by
6STRINGS 9LIVES
...today even the 70's fenders which were basically terrible guitars have become desirable and have seen increased prices . its become a bit of a feeding frenzy and prices are not going anywhere but up .6S9L
That is the part that I really laugh about. I can understand the big bucks that a truely great, old guitar is pulling on the market, even if it gets in my craw that folks are buying them to store in a vault like Bearer Bonds, but when I see the garbage that was coming out of Fender and Gibson during the Seventies going for major coin, all I can think is how many folks have more money than brains.
My ultimate chuckle is that some brain-dead day trader may have possibly forked out more for my old '74 Wineberry Les Paul Custom than I have invested in my entire guitar/bass collection today. I want to just roll on the floor over that! It was a true boat anchor, all 13 and change pounds of it.
Rob Smith
I AM the bass player!
GUITARS: '93 ZON Sonus 4, '85 G&L L-2000 (Mahogany), '05 Schecter Stiletto Custom 4, '06 SX SJB-62MG (Fretless), '07 Squier Bronco (project), '06 Ibanez AEB10E-BK acoustic bass, '70s Epiphone OO-sized acoustic, '94 Peavey Reactor (extreme makeover edition)
AMPS: '03 Ampeg BA115 bass combo, '86 Peavey MkIV Series 400 bass head, SWR Workingman's cabs, 2x10" & 1x15", '00 Peavey Micro Bass