Guitar Prices Rolling Back?

Some companies are starting to roll back prices on guitars and amps. Is this just a spring fling or are we going to return to pre pandemic prices now that everyone isn't gear crazy.

[@kravitz1999]

Sam Ash sale, Gibson Les Paul 50's, was $2999, now $2799. Same guitar from Gibson, Sweetwater $2799. So they "slashed" prices to the normal price, No wonder they are going out of business

[@jessefillmore]

Sad thing is Sam Ash has to price these at that cause Gibson gives no room for profit . Gibson and Fender are cruel to retailers . I did get a Marshall Studio Vintage 20 watt for cost . GC priced match Sam Ash a month ago . The GC rep said "WOW , they must be going out of business , thats what we pay for them " . $999 for the Amp and $699 for the cab .

[@blues62751]

Fender needs to slash prices on their gear, too. Fender 65 Deluxe tube amp is $1700. That’s insane! We all need to stand together and boycott these price hikes. 🎸🎹🥁

[@honkytonkinson9787]

I was able to get a tweed vibrolux built by a local shop for less than that, all hand wired point to point with some high end caps and tubes The Fender custom shop amps are overpriced too!

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Adjusted for inflation Gibson and Fender guitars and amps in 2024 only cost a few dollars more than they did in the 50s/60s. An average working stiff's monthly income. Focus ya rage on the socialists/communists destroying our economy and not the manufacturers of products.

[@TVsBen]

I got a used 65 Deluxe Reverb for $950 about 3 months ago, I just refuse to buy new. You're absolutely right, we need to boycott.

[@ScottsGuitar]

@@honkytonkinson9787I bought a hardwired boutique build for a good price too. I would have bought fender but too expensive and therefore under built for what they’re selling. For $1700 there shouldn’t be any compromises in schematic

[@erickmo1188]

If fender decreased their crazy amount product sku they could consolidate production, focus on the best product for money and drop prices. I’m a fender fan and I don’t need 4 or 5 different levels of American production strat. Just to the American vintage (and actually do QC) and do the ultra (for the modern folks)

[@LaneyGriffith]

Business 101...Consumer conditioning. Raise to a shock, lower to a medium, consumers think they are getting a deal.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Stop focusing on the "evil" manufacturers. The blame lays at the feet of the scuzzy communist demoncrats tanking the US economy.

[@manofthepeople2165]

And if you raise to a shock and consumer are still buying, you can raise even more!

[@wikolib6821]

Many more shocks coming shortly.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

There is a catch, Many of the Gibson LP standards are 2022 stock. I bought a heritage cherry sunburst 50s and the guitar is incredible. The guitar looks beautiful and the tones are sweet. Also, the guitar came perfectly set up from Gibson! Intonation spot on and the tuning stability is insane. I was amazed the strings on a 2 year old guitar sounded so crisp, brite and still held perfect tune. I did some research and found Gibsons are shipped with Gibson Brite Wire strings. I just ordered some.

[@eoinjennings519]

Who makes them - they are hard to get but I do like them

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

@@eoinjennings519 Looks like dadarrio

[@MrJones-xw8mn]

I haven't bought or sold anything in over 2 years. Hard to sell on reverb with them snatching 8% and ridiculous shipping costs.

[@jameswhite1450]

200 bucks off a Fender or Gibson is a drop in the bucket. imho 200 bucks isn't a deal breaker for me. It might be nice on the cheaper guitars eg Epiphone or Squier

[@umrmech84]

I just bought a new Les Paul Standard '60s this morning because of the $200 price cut. It was cheaper than the used ones that I had been considering.

[@ScottsGuitar]

Nice, congrats!

[@manofthepeople2165]

If you are a leftie, you can get another 20% off.

[@wikolib6821]

@@manofthepeople2165 I'm a leftie but play rightie. That' qualifies me for being at least a little ambie.

[@jeffhosscartwright77]

Thanks for spending the time with me Baxter on Saturday. Looking forward to seeing my custom shop tele next year. As for prices, I feel like used instruments are coming down even faster at this point. I’ve had several people that thought they would sell their guitars quickly and would not negotiate only to come back literally two weeks later and be willing to take what I offered. That was not happening a year ago. And on a happy note, I picked up a peerless Epiphone casino in Black for $400.- Hoss

[@rustyshackleford288]

Dealers can't constantly be sending offers on reverb with huge discounts without the manufacturers having to lower prices. It's supply and demand too. When I bought a Les Paul in 2022 it was the only 50s neck standard on the wall at GC. Today they have a dozen LPs plus custom shop models and none of them are selling. They have a Slash LP marked down 30% just because it's been there a year

[@Barbarapape]

I wonder if Fender will do the same, they need to. I paid less for my Custom Shop ones than they are asking for todays USA samples. All guitar prices need to drop, used prices are falling fast, the boom days are over.

[@TVsBen]

When PRS ran a 6-month 20% off sale on SE guitars, that was the beginning of the end of guitar price inflation. At least, that's my hope 🤞

[@jaybone8119]

Meantime at Epiphone “let’s sell made in china Les Paul’s for $1,400” 😂😂😂

[@jordanpitruzzello1249]

I know right that’s so sad

[@politicalEconomist]

Increasing prices increases revenue when demand is price-inelastic (less sensitive to price). Lowering prices increases revenue when demand is price-elastic (more sensitive). So companies are trying to maximize profits either way. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. ;)

[@tonepilot]

When I first started playing guitar and was learning chords, I thought when they said slash chords they meant chords that Slash played lol.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

haha

[@alangreenway6695]

My Gibson LP’s cost: A Sunburst Standard for £1200 in 2001, A Custom Shop 57 Goldtop in 2003 for £2200, and a Blackburst Standard T for £1400 in 2013. Standards are now around £2400 and Custom Shops are about £4900. If I was buying my first Les Paul now I wouldn’t dream of paying that much. Good job my collection is finished!

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

That was 20 and 30 years ago. ha The price of a new LP is roughly the same price as it was in the 50s. A month's pay for the average working slub. I just bought the 50s heritage LP standard and I dont fell one bit ripped off. Its worth every penny. Its a beautiful instrument and nothing else sounds like a LP. In 1990 I bought a brand new Gibson Les Paul antique ivory Custom. I special ordered it from my buddy guitar shop owner from his dealer book. A few months later it showed up for a whopping 1,200 bucks haha

[@brentg80]

Fender needs to slash their prices, theyre ridiculous

[@MessyLaboratory]

I just bought an LP Trad Pro V for $2499 at GC, plus $150 cash back using the gear card, down from the list price of $3199. The price was the former less than 5 years ago for the same guitar. I'm glad to have such a beautiful and functional guitar, though. I did stop in at Casino Guitars today and am thinking about picking up a PRS CE 24 since they have such great variety and prices!

[@mjwaldrep]

I bought my first electric guitar in ‘19. It was a used 2016 Studio Les Paul for $850. I think they were going for $1,700 at the time. I’ve been pricing acoustic and electric guitars this year for the first time since then and I have total sticker shock! The Chinese built Guild & Eastman acoustic guitars seem like the best way to go for the bang for your buck. I just got a Guild D-120ce and it is awesome. I’m thinking about getting an Eastman 6 or 8OM next to learn some finger style on.

[@wikolib6821]

Sticker shock is right. Replacement cost for my small USA acoustic collection would probably be around 40k. The acoustic imports have improved quite a bit.They used to be pretty poor.

[@devinmoreno9823]

I’ve been playing for a long time and this is one of the most helpful things I’ve ever heard

[@cageliner]

In Canada, L&M has reduced the prices on some models, some Fender models are on sale, and Marshall amps have dropped quite a bit. A DSLR1C was $700, now it's $500 so I might order one. The prices are more in line with inflation rather than boosted profits due to massive sales during and after Covid.

[@metalfatigue]

I'd like to know if Gibson and Fender price protect. If the time comes to really slash prices, what happens to the dealer who paid 20% more, just a few months ago, for the same item? Also not mentioned here is failure to maintain product desirability. Not long ago I would have paid $1400 for a USA Strat that weighed 7.5 pounds (and I did). Now, I'm asked to pay $2000 for a 9.5 pound guitar. It's like manufacturers think we don't notice the laurelwood, the poplar, the pine, the Richlite, the matte finish. All this stuff's ok, but should result in lower prices, not higher.

[@JaySmith-ex7xm]

Gibson raised the price on the Custom Shop Firebird $1,000.00 a few years ago-jumping to $5,499.00 from $6,499.00, which I thought was INSANE, and I actually own one of the guitars. So glad I got mine before the ridiculous price hike. Firebirds are not big sellers regardless, so I doubt they will drop the price on them.

[@castnoshadow82lr48]

Is it wrong that I’ve never brought a new guitar? I own 8 probably owned about 15 in total. I’ve never been disappointed with any and never lost money reselling. Doesn’t mean I’ve earned anything substantial it’s just given me the opportunity to play and own different guitars at little to no cost

[@BubbaN-JolenesLifeintheOzarks]

Inflation? Normal people can barely afford groceries much less a $2500 Les Paul.

[@wikolib6821]

Right. (that's a quote from Alien).

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

If you cant afford 150 bucks for 18 months you have issues.

[@BubbaN-JolenesLifeintheOzarks]

@@johnsmith-ug5tp if you finance something you cannot pay cash for you have debt that you paid interest on. $150 x 18 = $2700 for the $2500 guitar using your logic why not just go all in for the 25k model...it's only $1500 per month

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

@@BubbaN-JolenesLifeintheOzarks THERE IS NO INTEREST! The guitar cost 2,800. 2,800 divided by 18 = 155.55! 155.55 x 18 = 2,800. Where is the interest? 25k? Now you are just being childish and ridiculous. My point is, All these broke communists are whining gibsons and too expensive. I pointed out the 18 month/no interest payment plan makes it so that even crybabies can afford a Gibson at just 155.55 per month! These same clowns have no problem spending 200.00 per month for their stupid phone and internet. But that is fine, so they can sext and watch/whack off to porn. But 155.55 for 18 months for a beautiful quality instrument that will last a lifetime is a rip off? haha

[@wikolib6821]

I'm looking at a Buttercream Strat. Gotta see if the Tidepool Tele I've got on order is good to go. Colors.

[@archer4556]

Fried bologna is also called Newfe steak

[@friedrudibega6384]

Indeed.

[@PhilDietz]

hope so. Aerodynes rolling back $400 earlier this year and the Players rolling back to $675 are more sane prices. The new Squier Sonics at $199 is a good price too.

[@jonbuckley]

Definitely. I am seeing Fender Custom Shop Guitars second hand for half the price on some websites.

[@willvernon]

I use to work for a world wide corporation that is on decline. Which I left by my own choice. A lot of things have led to its decline because of technology, but I believe the number one reason is mid to upper level management. They produced nothing and I know their salaries are insane. A complete clearing of the fat cats, and then put more power at the local shops and I believe you'd see a turn around. I think this is happening at every large corporation. Maybe it's a true return to the mom and pops!

[@andywhite3777]

People are back to going out, to playing sport, to seeing friends, going bowling, cinema, gigs, shopping etc etc. covid was an anomaly and you have to think back really hard to when we could do nothing, not work, not go out, not see family so guitars, other instruments, home tech etc took off. Now it is an adjustment, people are offloading some of the guitars they bought and the prices of Gibsons, Fenders and PRS in particular have gone crazy. I have seen a huge downturn in secondhand, I recently bought a mystic red metallic fender strat standard with custom shop fats 50s in A1 condition for £850, a year ago they were trading £1200 to £1400. I think some sage people are offloading their inventory where they loaded up 10 or more guitars and are now looking at it in terms of mortgage payments or family vacations, this is bound to have a knock on effect to new guitar sales especially when you see them at $3000, $4000, 5000 and higher.

[@ChristopherOrth]

The fender American ultra Stratocaster are going for great prices right now. I just picked up a brand new one for 1500.

[@jimjim7008]

Gibson Les Paul custom from $5500 to $5000.. I tried one the other day sounded much better than the my norlin '78... No QC issues selling my '78 to get that exact guitar (2023 model) hope it'll still be there

[@nellayema2455]

The prices seem ridiculous to me--even with the "slash". I bought a new Gibson Les Paul Deluxe in March of 2021 for $2k after a discount. It's beautiful and well made, but honestly, I would not pay a penny more. My latest purchase was a new 2022 model Heritage Artisan Aged H-150 Plain Top. I found a deal and paid $3230. This was just last week. There are high quality alternatives to the big G out there for less than the cost of a Gibby.

[@Mr.Owl9]

I don't think so...2018 a Les Paul standard was 1999.00...

[@wikolib6821]

It's the economy. It's not like the economy is booming with lots of high paying job openings. Interest rates are up, prices on essentials is up and discretionary consumer spending is down. Fender also cut their Player prices and GC offers and additional 10% off. Just ordered a Tele and might get a colorful Strat if that works out. As the saying goes, the difference between an American and a MIM is 100 miles. We'll see. Maybe they'll cut their AP II prices by 200 bucks.

[@csnide6702]

American economy is larger and stronger RIGHT NOW than any time in history.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Some of the new LP custom colors are marked down to 2500.

[@sirbaronvoncount4147]

I don’t know why anyone would pay custom shop prices when a real 50s Gibson or Fender can often be had for a similar price. No I am not talking about bursts but there are many other Gibson’s and Fenders made in the 50s that are selling for under 10K.

[@davidgreenwood6029]

PRS has said they're going to start putting their high end pickups in the foreign made SE series guitars, which will shake the price up on existing stock of new and used PRS SEs and even US made models with lesser pickups.

[@ronsta]

They seem to be reverting back to the 2020 prices?

[@MrSkyfish7]

I used to watch all those Andertons videos and in them the Marshall kept being called "bang for the buck" or they'd be like "this amp is good for the Marshall sound, but you could just get a Marshall for cheaper" and it confused the hell out of me. Then I did a straight pound to dollar conversion on their UK prices and found we were having over $1000 in mark up. Their studio 20 heads were under $1000 equivalent. From then on, I couldn't bring myself to buying a Marshall. Scalpers have ruined just about every one of my hobbies already and paying this crazy mark up made it feel so much like buying from scalpers.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Maybe its because Marshall is based in Britain? I recently snagged up the newly marked down Marshall DSL 40CR for 730. When they first came out they were 700. No doubt, they are dumping them because they are going to be releasing updated or new models. In any event, $730 for a DSL 40 CR is a bargain and the clean and crunch tones are awesome. No pedals needed with this amp.

[@ScottsGuitar]

If you’re in that price segment, you should look at the Friedman JEL 20. Got for under 1600 from SW, has a plexi and a JCM 800 under one 2 channel roof. Better value and better built.

[@MrSkyfish7]

@@ScottsGuitar Friedman Little Sister is what I went with. It was too late for Marshall and they allowed other companies to do better for less.

[@ScottsGuitar]

@@MrSkyfish7 my thoughts exactly. I love my Friedman. Cheers

[@gibsondcxpl85]

Simple supply and demand, when those Gibson Modern Lites came out priced at $1499, I thought no way is anyone going to pay that for a thin LP with a cheap finish. Now I see them for $799 new at GC. Same with Les Paul Stnd, market can accept 2200-2500, but when they are topping 3k, nobody is biting

[@jjerkamillo]

$200 off a $2999 guitar isn't much to get excited about when a trip for necessities at grocery store now costs $400 😅 Been keeping an eye on the aftermarket for killer deals on COVID boredom buys, mostly just entry level stuff to mod and tinker with, but the prices seem stagnant. People still asking well over $200 for used Harley Bentons and Squires.

[@jordanpratt3821]

They are on backorder but I couldn't resist the marshall sv20. $1299 down from $1750

[@buddylobos5277]

When Gibson & Fender were having financial problems in the '80's, the common saying was, 'NEW' product was going to be so low priced that the Used market was going to collapse. That nobody would want used because New was going to be cheaper. Well. Almost.

[@carpathus]

Sweetwater dropped some Player series prices 15 percent. They sold out quickly now on back order.

[@noeticflatulence]

I've noticed that the used market has cooled down a bit. Snatching up a used Tele or Strat has gotten more affordable. For a while it was crazy.

[@TimTrutone]

You guys need to hire me to wear a yellow Walmart rollback smiley face costume (remember those old commercials) and jump around in the background. "workin' on a rollback, prices goin' down, down...." (I didn't knock those guitars down, i relic'd them more.)

[@ernieb3626]

I actually went to the Tomahawk scene and came back to the video lol coolest dad in town lol man that’s awesome

[@scottyjordan3036]

The guys who make tele bodies on their CNC machines are the way to go. Nice Flame body for $175 you tung oil and you buy a WARMOTH neck, the whole thing cost 500 w a FLAME neck and body. Build 5 of them, and leave them laying around.

[@wikolib6821]

Right, that and a soldering iron and do Partscasters.

[@mofomartianp]

Good idea, I'll just get a wood CNC mill, set it up, learn to program it and get working. I might have to rent some workshop space to make place for it. Then I'll need to buy some milling tools, and of course the raw materials. But yea what a great deal, only 500$.

[@scottyjordan3036]

@@mofomartianp Wait, you think i ment BUY a CNC machine. NO Unless you want to sell.

[@cortmiller]

yet fender custom shop still seems to be going strong with the extreme prices thing

[@wikolib6821]

Just heard a story about a Fender custom shop 6 month twisted neck. Hopefully it was covered by warranty. Unless it fell off the boat into the water of course.

[@FecklessCowboy]

Yup, Got a 52 Tele for 20k last year.

[@wikolib6821]

Cool. From what I've seen that's a deal.

[@schwenke069]

Increased food prices trump Increased guitar/amp prices. Always financing ... that's where you go. Only $17/month for the rest of your natural life.

[@chrismiller3112]

I payed the full 3 k plus for a 60s standard in recent times. Now I could part with it and score a mid level Murphy lab. Hmmm

[@misternobody4786]

Prices were stupid - if nobody can afford to buy, nobody can afford to play.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

If you can't afford a $2000 to 3000 for a quality instrument with up to 18 months to pay, no money down, interest free, you are the problem.

[@jasondorsey7110]

​@@johnsmith-ug5tpAre you affiliated with Syncrony Bank in any way? =P

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

@@TheDredConspiracy First of all, the moment you drive something off the lot or walk out the door with it, you lose 20 to 50%. HA! Reality check! 1955 a Gibson LP was 250! In today's dollars that is 2,900 bucks! Nobody is getting gouged! If you cant afford 2800 bucks at 18 months/no interest at $150 per month, you are the issue! If you are a bleep buying a guitar to turn around and flip it, you are, a bleep! Purchasing a quality musical instrument for the love of playing and creating music, you will NEVER lose money selling a Gibson down the road. I am so sick of the whining anti capitalist, marxist/communists. You have ZERO problem spending 1000's upon 1000's on electronics made in SLAVE labor communist hell holes where they work their people to the bone, 20 hours 7 days per week for pennies! Why aren't you whining, it only cost them 200 bucks and they are charging you $2000 for something that will be obsolete within 2 years. ha So, do you work for nothing? What do you produce? Using your logic, you are gouging! You aren't worth that much. people can't afford to pay you that much. ha So, how about you sit down and calculate how much you will charge for YOUR guitar you make in America! Starting with paying for sourcing the timber and getting it delivered to your manufacturing facility, every manufacturing step, electricity, water, maintenance, heat, AC, parts, labor, insurance, TAXES and paying FED EX to ship it. So, much will you charge....500 bucks? Grow up! and get lost!

[@electrosaurus]

Gibson going the same way as Harley Davidson. Dying brand replying on old money and the older people that have it. They’ll be a sub brand of some VC backed distribution company soon enough.

[@vaportrails7943]

Aside from Gibson and Fender being the biggest selling guitars, yeah, they’re totally going out of business.

[@bks252]

I grew up on fried Spam and Fried bologna. Still love both. I know, I’m not right in the head.

[@wikolib6821]

Hey, that's survival food.

[@tidepoolbay]

The First Fender Custom Shop I purchased was the Danny Gatton Telecaster. $2,200.00 WooF!!🐶🐶

[@joelstephen3542]

Sweetwater just blew a bunch of fender customs shops out at ~ 2800-3200….. some less desirable specs arguably

[@kylemoran4343]

When everyone is "buying" they can raise (gouge) their prices. When everyone slows down on "buying" they need to lower their price to attract the purchasing-public, in order to "sell" and stay in business . 100% they're not doing it FOR the customer. They are doing it for the sales.

[@jonmurphy776]

Have these guys been working out?🏋️‍♀️

[@JimBischoff1184]

I’ve been priced out of the music market completely . I’m strongly considering just quitting music altogether .

[@wikolib6821]

You can always bang on pots and pans.

[@andywhite3777]

I think that we will see layoffs in the factories or reduced shifts

[@Euthymia2020]

I bought a Orangewood Dana Spruce Mini Acoustic Guitar for 135$ and that’s taxes and shipping included with a soft case gig bag and it was the most reasonable affordable piece of entertainment item I’ve ever bought since I’ve been alive. I’ve been alive for almost 250,000 hours 💀

[@joeporter4616]

Guitars, Gasoline or Gorgonzala Cheese, the market finds it's level and the market pressures set the prices. 30,000,000 people sitting at home alone during COVID, yeah you'll sell a lot of guitars, prices go up. Everyone out and about now, no one has time for guitar, prices go down.

[@phillippitts6294]

They will make up the difference on those 1200-1500 Epiphone signatures

[@donkeyboy585]

You mean maybe they’ve been gouging? (Gasp)

[@raoul_duke7253]

The Ricky Bobby… Dickel and Dew + a splash of the Powerade of your choice. 6lb 8 oz baby Jesus approves.

[@martinclayton7260]

I want a Gibson Firebird for about £1000, or less!

[@phillippitts6294]

Heck they can make up the difference with those overpriced Epiphone’s

[@oregbeer]

5 figures for a Castedosa is a natural thing now .... ... wtf dude ...

[@Vermonster23]

I like slashing prices! That said I did give the government a raise this year… Because none of it showed up on my paycheck! By the way, Timothy, you have a doppelgänger in Vermont at my work👀🐻

[@eazycheetah]

First of many industries that will begin to cut prices or go out of business. People are strapped with credit card debt to keep up with inflation since the last election. No longer able to just load up on a credit card, people have slowed down discriminate purchases.

[@johnbriggs3916]

Picture looks washed out. Overexposed? Out of focus?

[@carlthomas99]

Shocked the investment banker in charge of Gibson rolled back prices, Government bailout?

[@jameshughes9706]

I’m seeing things dip a bit. Good for the consumer, bad for collectors/dealers

[@HeathWatts]

I hope that Magnatone will drop their prices. Their prices skyrocketed during the pandemic.

[@jcout25]

Lol noooooooooo they're not rolling back prices. They're still outrageous. If you could still get a brand new Fender MIM Tele for $499, yeah, that's rolling back prices.

[@wikolib6821]

You might start getting sharp fret ends again for that price, hehe.

[@simonbeckford]

J&D guitars, Chinese brand and manufacture. Great price great quality

[@JustinWoo]

Gibson has gotten a pretty bad reputation for tuning instability and headstock breaks. Whether they deserve that or not is still an open question. But with so many folks making similar-shaped guitars with modern features many of us want (contoured heel joint, neck volute) for 10-20% of what Gibson is asking, there needs to be some price response.

[@vaportrails7943]

I have 36 year old Les Paul that has been abused in every conceivable drunken dive bar scenario you can imagine, and somehow the headstock has never broken off. 🤷‍♂️ Internet memes are not the truth.

[@TimTrutone]

2:17 007 Goldeneye 64 Fender Frigate best level ever

[@daviddennstedt9191]

I think the whole Musical Instrument business will slow down into non existence. Fender Guitars will be referred to as the new Beanie Babies. If you’re a collector thinking your exotic Guitar Collection is going to be your retirement fund, guess again. For a decade I sold Electric Guitars on eBay. The last one took me a year and a half to sell. I had to sell the Neck and the Body separately, because shipping went way up.

[@dcamnc1]

Spam is mostly just pork shoulder, not many mystery ingredients like most people think.

[@DannyDKNYC]

Spot on

[@MatthewBaron]

Your close on the economy but not quite there. The dollar is strong, meaning that American goods cost more overseas. And as bad as you might think our inflation is, it's worse overseas. So it's a double whammy.

[@mikec8815]

Better buy now. Once they print 61 billion for the new Ukraine bill inflation will raise the prices back up.

[@VidMashUp]

$61 billion is nothing

[@andreborges2881]

They’re selling equipment. This will actually make you richer. What are you yapping about?

[@mikec8815]

@@andreborges2881 im talking about inflation.

[@scottyjordan3036]

10,000 lps on ebay ALONE. There's NO REASON to make anymore. SORRY, I own 3 RIs and an AXCESS But its OVER. let it ALL BURN down so the speculators will GO AWAY. Unless its Dirt cheap don't fall for it. Theres probably 20,000 lps alone between SWater Guita Center, Reverb , Ebay?????? the Sig models are all they have.

[@wikolib6821]

That's a lot of LPs.

[@drewgraysonxoxopanda]

Two dudes over 45 with ADD talk summarize two articles they read this morning.

[@randaldavis8976]

The sales have only just begun. Luxury items will be killed

[@Irkennalpha]

Fender prices are ridiculous now

[@johnbriggs3916]

Marshall prices: these were massively artificially inflated by the US importer. This may just be a correction.

[@jjulch]

I first got back into playing guitar about 2008. Gibson Les Paul Standards were $1499. Les Paul Customs were $2499. Fender American Standard Strats were $999. Fender MIM standards were $399. Prices have steadily risen over the last 16 years much faster than my income. It’s crazy. It’s not surprising people can’t afford today’s prices. Used gear markets have reverted back to 1/2 the cost of new as demand has lessened. Market is flooded. Why buy new when a lightly played guitar with a couple beauty marks can save you a ton of cash. Another thought…. Epiphones now have the open book headstock. All those older clipped ear Epiphones are dropping in value fast because no one wants one when the new ones look like a Gibson until you get close.

[@mlynxguitar]

At this point, just buy a squier and mod as you go

[@wikolib6821]

The Mod Squad!

[@TimTrutone]

7:37 remember the cini-minis from Burger King?

[@donbellot4214]

Fried spam is awesome.

[@wikolib6821]

My Hawaii bride agrees with you.

[@Nblades78]

People need to "Vote with their wallets", so maybe this is a sign that's finally happening. Prices skyrocketed during Covid and afterwards... and people just kept on buying. A false sense of scarcity made it feel like everyone thought Everything became collectible, "Get it before it's gone forever!!!" These companies don't want to stop making gear. They produce more instruments now than ever before in their history. There is no actual scarcity. If people stop buying, prices will fall.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

The prices are high because of the govt! They caused all of this!

[@scottyjordan3036]

Holy Grail Guitar Company EBAY Tele bodies $175

[@jgeraci1]

The cost of food and gas has increased so much in the past few years that most working people can’t justify 3grand on a guitar

[@nickparas7170]

Love the asylum hairdo.

[@Sams911]

I can't see pricing going down much if at all with inflation still out of control...

[@powbobs]

Inflation is at a twenty year low except in Florida. Where do you get your data?

[@Sams911]

@@powbobs the federal reserve who refuse to lower rates due to it.. silly.

[@powbobs]

@@Sams911 What has that got to do with my question? The Fed doesn’t want low inflation, that’s why they won’t lower rates. The Fed is against low inflation rates because it thinks low inflation is bad for business owners.

[@wikolib6821]

@@Sams911 Silly is right. None of their monetary policy makes any sense.

[@vaportrails7943]

The amount of people complaining about prices who don’t understand what inflation is, is crazy. Did you not notice that prices have gone up on everything, not just guitars? It’s because your dollar is worth less, because of the government printing money.

[@johnstillwell4353]

Thanks!

[@csnide6702]

hopefully Baxter can buy a razor now