Guitar Dealers ADMIT the Market is COMPLETELY FLOODED with Gibson and Fender!

On this day of the Dallas International Guitar Festival, a dealer says "they've loaded us up" with new Gibson and Fender guitars. Claims there are too many on the market and prices are crashing. Plus, we'll check out possibly the first ever 7-string guitar ever made, and see a super rare MicroFrets guitar and Rickenbacker M-30 Ek-O-Sound Tube Amplifier.
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0:00 Intro, Martins, Mustangs, Jaguars
4:15 Gibson Pricing Crazy, Gretsch Amp Collector
8:01 Maxitone Bass, Gibson & Fender have FLOODED the market
13:35 1980s Shredder Guitars, Guthrie Govan, Parker
15:44 Small Vintage Amps, David Gilmour Strat for $9500
19:55 FREE Tunerette Guitar Tuner! www.tunerette.net/
24:05 Hagstrom, Kapa Teardrop, Les Paul Artisan, '52 Paul, 1776 Mustang
28:01 Oddball Basses, Pixie Rhythm Guitar
32:08 Rickenbacker ek-o sound M-30, Gene Parsons B-Bender
35:22 Go Pedalboards www.gopedalboards.com
38:09 Rare Microfrets Guitar
41:38 Ellis Guitars Solderless Pickup System www.ellisguitars.us/
43:52 Fender Vibrolux Reverb, Teisco Professional Amp
45:52 1967 Gretsch George Van Eps 7-String Prototype, White Penguin, Butchered Epiphone

[@jaypeterson7637]

I think your Microfrets question is called a 'Baader-Meinhof'.

[@TheGuitologist]

I would agree, except that phenomenon is explained as stemming from selective attention and confirmation bias. My experience is that it reeks of a more spiritual singularity, not unlike the feeling one gets when one experiences deja vu. Almost like God is winking from just behind the veil of an illusory world. The odds of encountering my very first Microfrets guitar in my entire 35 year guitar career and then hearing about them from a friend mere days later is a coincidence that's hard to put a statistical figure on.

[@johnsmith-bk4ps]

I used to pass them up at yard sales, thought they were pretty ugly, seemed expensive too usually a couple hundred bucks, this was early eighties i was finding different colored fender amps a hundred bucks a pop. One time 3 in a week a brown princeton a deluxe and a super.. all brown

[@MrDavidschloss]

@@TheGuitologist Synchronicity or morphic resonance

[@smokinvalves]

​@TheGuitologist Boom

[@sethdad9992]

@@TheGuitologist Its called Synchronicity great chan

[@deltawhiskey1398]

I'm still waiting for the "prices to crash"....I won't pay $1200 for a guitar that was $850 two years ago...and I won't pay $1000 for the used model with dings and scratches.

[@VilleKuitunen6]

Yeah, me neither, and the market is absolutely FULL of this stuff...

[@TheGuitologist]

Prices probably are not going back to where they were before they printed all that money. You might find the occasional deal, and prices generally will have to come down to earth, but this is going to put a lot of builders out of business. People just don't have the disposable cash on hand.

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

I was looking for an Epiphone Junior just for open G stuff. Just banging chords. Everyone thinks they have gold when it's aluminum. Let's GO Brandon...

[@lenonel3286]

amen brother

[@michaeljarvis5489]

​@@hugh-johnfleming289 go round the bowl and down the hole -- FJB!

[@funkster007]

How in the hell are people selling any gear at those prices these days? I doubt there are many "vintage" enthusiasts even alive anymore for that matter.

[@craigshewchuk9018]

That's how I am grabbing all this vintage gear for massive discounts off the prices shown here locally from older guys who want to get rid of it for whatever they got it for back then and want it to get used

[@johnsmith-bk4ps]

China is aquiring a taste for vintage guitars, its gonna get crazy, even more so than when the japanese were buying them up. Snag an old strat or tele or maybe a les paul while you still can

[@shaft9000]

They ~aren't~ selling at those prices. Those are the _asking_ prices (what's written on the tag), and they just peaked about a month ago... for WAY too many used guitars. Nobody wants most of them at even half the asking price, because most of them were never desireable even 'back in the day'. _They're just OLD GUITARS._ So in their case "Vintage' means fuck-all except to draw casuals who don't know what they want. And they sure wont want to pay $3000+ for an old guitar they've never heard of. Only the most special/unique guitars will hold or rise for the foreseeable future.

[@shawn_ten_toes]

When the boomers are gone, this stuff will lose a ton of its value. Just look at model trains, sports cards, art trends, etc. It all comes and goes in cycles with what's popular and who has the money.

[@sharplessguy]

@shaft9000 I agree. Whenever I see an ad asking for insane amounts and calling the item "super rare" it's usually because they couldn't give away the item when they originally made it. Just because it's old that doesn't mean that it's valuable.

[@PurposefulPorpoise]

Nicotine Yellow needs to be an official color

[@misterknightowlandco]

It is. We call it antique or vintage white 😂 I love the color.

[@shaft9000]

it looks more like banana pudding. a bit too pasty and opaque for a nicotine stain.

[@davidcollin1436]

Joe's lung

[@trapperjohn8481]

I should build a smoker that uses straight tobacco instead of wood chips to get that beautiful nicotine stained look everyone loves but with much less cancer

[@bobbyarthur-yf3yf]

@@shaft9000the binding on my 94 is more nicotine stain than banana pudding unless caramel was fired on the top

[@Skoora]

Gotta love a guitar show or store where what you have isn't worth shit but somehow all of their stuff is curated magic...lol

[@captainhowdy3104]

it seems like too many investors or flippers buying gibs, not actual guitar players.

[@j_freed]

As a guitar player I sure do wish I was trading ‘Bursts and such 40 years ago. I’d be happy enjoying those suckers and keeping the best playing and looking ones. Some were dogs of course.

[@deadprivacy]

Which means its a bubble, price fixing ahouldnt survive those as the businesses involved need turnover.

[@GrantSeinerOutdoors]

Fender and gibson dropped the ball too many times. Repeating the same models, same colors, no changes for 100 years. Limited edition now means thousands of runs.

[@robmcd]

There are so many colours they just won’t produce.

[@jimijam1963]

Then when they add different models, colors or variations, the same people bitch about that. If you don't want a Gibson, then you don't want a Gibson.

[@georgecaplan11]

Once you have a good LP, Strat and Tele - Do you need any more? Gibson and Fender have flooded the market and there’s no reason to pay the full retail price.

[@RPSchonherr]

Need an SG ;)

[@TheGuitologist]

@@RPSchonherr I find an SG can do the same job as an LP, or vice versa.

[@MrJones-xw8mn]

That is how I have finally settled out my collection. I have a great strat, tele, and Revstar. Really don't need anything else with modeling amps, pedals, and plug-ins that are available. I would love a LP standard but just can't justify the cost.

[@davidcollin1436]

After 60 year I learned to make a better solid body than Fender. Will never buy another.

[@cataclysmicconverter]

If all the guitar factories in the world shut down today, there would be enough guitars to last the market for at least 10 years. As in not having problems finding ANY make/model one would want.

[@tacoconch7678]

When you're finding, "reasonable" deals on Reverb, you know the market's tanked. 😅

[@StevenSimpson-it5mv]

I've been saying for a long time the guitar industry makes no sense. There is no way there are as many buyers of new guitars as there are new guitars made every day. Then, factor in all new guitars are competing against every used guitar ever made. (How many guitars are ever truly lost or thrown away?) Imagine being fender and having to reinvent the strat every couple of years without really deviating too much. Then, consider all of the parts guitars made and the "I'm a Luthier now" journey almost every guitar player goes through. Individual collections can only get so big and there are fewer new players every year. Somethings going to give sooner or later, and Boomergeddon will probably flood (every) market.

[@Lookup2Wakeup]

I've wondered how guitar manufacturers can keep producing more & more guitars. Where do they all go?

[@TheGuitologist]

@@Lookup2Wakeup When cash has reached the level of monopoly money and the government is handing it out like candy cigarettes, it has to go somewhere. So it goes into things.

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Boomergeddon!! Hahahaha luv it!

[@johnsmith-bk4ps]

Except the boomers have a lot of awesome vintage stuff.. be nice to see a bunch of that stuff surface!

[@shaft9000]

Oversupply is a fundamental dynamic and makes for a buyer's market. If it didn't, prices would always go in one direction _only_ - and that would suck for everyone. It makes total sense right now. _They built more than the market can bear, so now their short-term Incentives cannot exceed constraints(debts)._ Even if a builder or seller is currently debt-free they will need enough sales to offset operating at a loss AFTER downsizing, just to compensate enough to stay in business amidst high inflation. Prices have to come down for the foreseeable future, and some consolidation and merger/buyouts are going to hurt some folks and (potentially) help some others.

[@JackTheRabbitMusic]

After your last video, I decided that this time I was gonna play a little game, and count how many people under the age of 40 were at the show. 😂

[@fgoindarkg]

I bet you still got enough fingers left for cowboy chords.

[@JackTheRabbitMusic]

@@fgoindarkg 😂

[@victornice858]

It actually add ain't funny. It's a black pill dig..sigh

[@j_freed]

Same demographic who can't buy a house, unfortunately. If younger professional people have a house partly paid off, they feel richer and spend more.

[@mikelundquist4596]

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[@GovmntLacky]

So this isn’t so much of a “guitar expo” as it is a “collector’s expo” Based on the guitars and pricing it looks like it’s specifically catered to collectors.

[@TheGuitologist]

Correct. It's a vintage guitar show.

[@johnsmith-bk4ps]

A lot of top pros pay those high prices and play them

[@SuperOhdannyboy]

Exactly. I like the look on the woman’s face, probably the wife of the guy with the Gretch amp. I'm guessing she is thinking we need another old amp like a hole in the head.

[@cautiousoptimist1926]

Collectors Expo? Old guys selling overpriced old gear. Hard pass. I remember some of those oddball guitars from 30 years ago. Nobody wanted them then either.

[@Fin-gj2th]

​@@cautiousoptimist1926 yeah, i had no idea, but some people play guitar as a hobby, but are serious collectors. I know a guy that has like 15 guitars, all vintage. He does play, but he isn't a serious musician ,never been a in band, just an old dude with money and likes to plunk the strings for fun. Lol

[@RishPanjeetJr]

ABSOLUTELY. And that’s one of the reasons I can’t stop assembling offset partscasters!!!

[@AchillesWrath1]

Didn't look like anyone was buying anything but i haven't seen the whole video yet.

[@robbrumbarger4051]

Funny you say that , was at guitar show in Pittsburgh recently. In 2 hours I saw nobody purchasing anything.

[@RPSchonherr]

The guitar market is like the car market. few people want an American made one when the foreign competition is just as good and much cheaper. KZbin content creators have shown that the cheaper guitars play and sound just as good as Gibson and Fender. Less expensive wood works just as well and is lighter. Chinese and other Asian quality control has improved because most everything is made with robotics so they get consistant quality every time.

[@arvetemecha]

the old opposition "good american jobs" vs "cheap chinese forced labor" used to be a point. But nowadays, I'd rather spend my money at a local luthier than buy a 4/5/6k$ mass produced guitar.

[@ukguitaryogi2888]

i think the used market will fall in value as people need to sell for cost of living , then later they will appreciate for sure way higher with inflation

[@maidenthe80sla]

I am seeing the inventory of used guitars, along with amps, increase quite a bit at the Guitar Centers I look at online and believe it is all due to the sour economy continuing on with no let up.

[@ukguitaryogi2888]

I think in 2016 in UK i purchased a wine red LP studio in UK . for £375 or so including shipping. they quite alot more here now but this is a reference.

[@johnsmith-bk4ps]

Yes our country has gone down the tubes economically in the last 3 years

[@PrisonerD]

​@@maidenthe80sla I went to my local pawn shop the other day, and they were absolutely overflowing with stock. 12 months ago they had very little and it was all junk, now there's a lot of good stuff there - people are obviously struggling and having to offload gear.

[@qua7771]

The guitar market has been cyclical like every other market. I'm wondering if the incoming generation will be buying guitars as the boomer generation leaves the marketplace. That would certainly effect demand. Boomers leaving might flood the market with vintage gear.

[@SapperRJMorgan]

I will never own a new Gibson or Fender based upon all the amazing boutique guitars you could get for the same price.

[@TheGuitologist]

Agreed. I prefer something with heart and soul and someone's artistry.

[@silvestrslusis3007]

Sadly the prices there are ridiculous.

[@jjzap2935]

Thanks for taking us to the show with ya Brad!!

[@JRingo-vp5wp]

Man, this is so cool. Thanks for the tour. Very much enjoyed and your guidance was well done, amigo!

[@CarlBWood]

12:45 Your discussion with this dealer reveals that you are well in tune with economics and politics, sir. No, we certainly can't print our way out - never should have started. Read you loud and clear. subscribed.

[@user-gc8wf4tm1b]

It’s not the economy that makes guitars high priced, it’s greedy resellers and manufacturers.

[@jsphillip60]

Record profits for these corporations, and the US CEO's (etc.) make insane salaries, even if they run the company into the ground!

[@randallclemons8638]

That guy at the GO pedal board booth. He is a good guy. I was in the Kentucky flood a couple years ago. Lost everything. Family drowned. I posted a pic of the damage in a music group and he contacted me and gave me one of those. Then all kind of people messaged wanting to send pedals and stuff. But, I didn't take anything else. I didn't have anywhere to put it at the time and i was dealing with the loss of my aunt. And I didn't want to seem or feel like I was taking advantage. I debated on accepting his gift at first but he was adamant. He just said he wanted to send me something. I gave him my address and he sent me one of those boards with things to go with it and two pedals. From that one act, I'm still working til today, but I finished rebuilding about all of my guitars and most of my pedals, I fixed. Actually saved one of my amps. The crate. Say what you want about crate, they are built like tanks. The fender and the Roland fell apart. Used to have a marshall, two fender amps actually from the 60s and and old Gibson amp when I was young. Lost them in a different flood. But the last flood was more like an act of God it was so bad. Anyway. That guy, is a good guy. And his stuff is good. God bless him. Simple acts of kindness. And I'm not jumping on you or trolling, just some advice, don't get political. It's not smart in your biz. In the words of Colonel sanders when someone once asked him to run as their vice, are you f'n nuts? I'm trying to run a business here. Why would I want to piss off half of my customers. I'm just as mad as you are. Most people are. I think we all tend to blame different reasons. Looking for simple answers to complex problems. I'm not going to get into my views. Just wanted to say I'm a fan and that dude is a really good guy. Just please for the love of God, no politics. Everywhere I go I have to deal with it. Please don't take this away from me too. Hahahahaha later

[@TheGuitologist]

Pinned. God bless your family. From one Kentucky boy to another, I hope you're in a better place now. That said, I'll talk politics whenever the situation demands it.

[@gao1258]

fellow Kentuckian here Randall sorry for your losses and so happy that you are back on your feet after such devastation, God is indeed good! I will keep an eye out for the GO pedal booth watching Brad's video.Brad has a good heart but he is opinionated, most of my close friends are too haha....

[@moelarrycurly708]

If you don't deal politics it will deal with you, We're past the point of letting things slide. This election will determine the fate of our country and the world in my opinion. Election fraud got us here.

[@MaTTheWish]

You can ask an old guy what is his favorite ice cream flavor and he'll start talking politics. Can't stop it. LOL

[@michaelthomas9991]

This is an outstanding video! I live near Dallas, but the show prices are far out of my reach. Thank you for posting this video, and I look forward to the related vids that you mentioned!

[@bigmikeyz0071]

Mark Farner of Grand Funk Rail Road played a Micro Frets guitar early on. It was painted green with lightning bolts on it. It was in the rock’n roll hall of fame for a while. Eddie of Rex Lab is one rad dude.

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

What was that weird ass mirror finish Italian Guitar he played live? I do not recall...

[@rbarker1706]

@@hugh-johnfleming289 Veleno brand. They had a jewel inlaid in the head stock, I believe.

[@SixStrRzr]

Farner's guitar on first 4 albums was a Messenger. He switched to a 61 white LP Custom (SG shape) for E Pluribus Funk. He toured the Phoenix record with a Microfrets.

[@trapperjohn8481]

Really enjoying these last couple of videos. Keep up the good work Brad

[@TheGuitologist]

Glad to hear it!

[@Attercop47]

Thanks for the Guitologist Documentary , I got to enjoy the scenery and I didn't have to think too much , Job well Done !

[@JohnViguerie]

Obvious oversupply in every tier

[@stratosexual1329]

That’s good

[@floydlay9189]

Awesome video Brad,,Thanks mate!

[@alexkennedy7671]

I'm overwhelmed by the sheer variety of wares on the go here - it's mindblowing Brad

[@TheGuitologist]

That's why I prefer shows like this to stuff like NAMM.

[@unabonger777]

looks like the sellers outnumber the buyers. wait, what buyers? it's a ghost town in there.

[@TheGuitologist]

This was daytime on a Friday. People still at work.

[@UKDrew]

Awesome as Always what a really cool series of vids So much info thankyou.

[@Mambojambo157]

The lost art of cigarette packaging

[@HarrietHare]

Marlboro, Gitanes, Camel, Dunhill - Indeed a lost art😢

[@gsbguitarsgsb679]

It seems to me greed has a hold on a lot of folks especially in the vintage guitar marketplace it’s down right ridiculous and frustrating. I could definitely get off into the weeds about the way of this country right now. I’m a veteran and it infuriates me to no end…

[@benallmark9671]

Thanks Brad. Awesome stuff !

[@LifeProducersofNewJerseyLLC]

The guitar markets is like the downhill skiing market. In skiing, you have to be introduced to snow skiing. Usually your family will be into it or you school will have ski trips. Over the years, the ski market has died. Few ski stores are open, many mountains have closed due to lack of business. When I go to the ski shows it has become smaller and smaller over the years. Just like this show, people sit around and look at one another. With guitars, only the country music market is active, the rock market is dead, mostly recycled classic rock is played in most markets. so is the dance music market where you see people dancing on stage, not playing instruments mostly. Kids don't listen to music like they did in the 1970's and 1980's. No record stores now.

[@gold3nmonk3y63]

My buddy's mother in-law owned a 1956 D-28, he passed away 8 years ago, and she passed away a few years prior, so I wouldn't be able to find out, but that looks just like her guitar, makes me wonder. They lived on/near lookout mountain down in Georgia. I played it a few times, sounded beautiful.

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

Gibson downfall first was the lawsuit failures then the final blow to Gibson came in 2019/2020 that when JC Curliegh Restored Epiphone back to a premium brand.

[@qua7771]

What lawsuit? Gibson commissioned Japanese factories to build Orville's, and Epiphone's.

[@auntjenifer7774]

Gibson sued Dean. ​@@qua7771

[@Myfingersstinklikefish]

​@@auntjenifer7774it was more than just Dean and Dean only had to pay $400 also Gibson was caught in lies after lie about there so called inventions buddy

[@rocknrollresignation93]

Epiphone is not a premium brand...What are you smoking?

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

@@rocknrollresignation93 go be stupid somewhere else little man and leave this to the big boys you stuck your foot in your mouth and you Shure did oh and no one wants Gibson anymore it's all epiphone now 😁

[@davidflamee]

Can't wait to see what you bring home. Got one two ideas but i'll keep those under my hat. All very exciting.

[@collinwhitley3543]

The "two-tone" Jaguar you mentioned at 54:23 is a normal sunburst example with a "Parker body guard" attached to the back. This was an accessory sold by Fender that protected the back of the guitar from buckle rash. Ironically what it achieved instead was usually marring the finish on the sides of the guitar since the foam badly interacted with the lacquer finish.

[@soapboxearth2]

Used to buy and sell guitars up until 10 years ago. My buddy was always shocked that I could guess the asking price of any guitar he would quiz me with. Now I'm the one that's shocked when I see the asking prices..

[@hobonickel840]

Thanks for great window .. I'm kinda curious now about the Gretsch Amps now. Do you have any content or overviews about them? Why they might be special?

[@johnsmith-bk4ps]

They arent, you can find supros that sound just as good. Just get an older fender deluxe

[@hobonickel840]

@@johnsmith-bk4ps aight thanks ... trying to wrap my mind around why someone would have 70 Gretsch Amps lol and Brad wanting to know the price of that one... I do like the Supros prob top pick for me if I can get motivated and sell my DC2

[@Ca_milo_G]

The Brazilian seven-string guitar emerged in Rio de Janeiro at the beginning of the twentieth-century; photographic evidence and recordings confirm that it was included in choro ensembles as early as the 1910s.

[@nevillegoddard4966]

Cool vid Brad! I hope you ended up bringing home that old Fender pro you wanted! If you did, that should make a cool video!

[@jackmundo4043]

Good job. Enjoyed it. Thanks.

[@boomerbendingblueslawyer]

Whoa that Red Ibanez Roadstar at 1:17 was my first playable electric guitar back in High School 🤟

[@markhackett3689]

What time and day was this? Doesn't appear to be a lot of people there in attendance.

[@johnsotelo6515]

Hey Brad. It's John sotelo. Lead guy from the band Frostwood. The Artisan Les Paul your step dad had is the one I played at the Popcorn festival. I remember him having that for awhile. I was fortunate enough to play a whole show on that masterpiece. Awesome instrument. Really dig the channel .

[@TheGuitologist]

Good to see you, John! Hope you're doing ok. Yeah, that guitar of Joe Jack's was an inspiring instrument for sure! Greg Burnette let me borrow his Gibson Explorer for a while back when I was in school too. I wanted one really bad after that.

[@johnsotelo6515]

I've had a cpl explorers. My Epi explorers was actually as good of a instrument as the Gibby. Unfortunately my tummy demanded more belly cut so.....

[@AudioGuyBrian]

Considering most new music is being composed and recorded on a person's laptop using beat-box software and Auto-Tune, I fear the days of actual "Bands" are nearing an end.

[@MonstroMacabro]

Enjoying this series of videos, really curious what you dumped, uh, I mean traded, that Les Paul for.

[@dddd717]

Hey I came across two fender d130 15” speakers at an estate sale…one is in good condition and the other has a big rip…the cones are paper thin and was wondering if it’s better to repair the cones or replace it with a more stiffer cone? Ty

[@TheGuitologist]

If the rip isn't too huge, use hot glue to repair it. I have videos showing how to do it. If too big, recone with original cone type.

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Cheers Brad, wish we got shows like this in Australia. Anything 'vintage' is stupid prices, anything new the shops are asking too much.

[@TheGuitologist]

Just the shipping to get anything TO Australia is almost prohibitive.

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

@@TheGuitologist I understand if it's coming from the US, it's a fair hike... But Asian made (?).. it's next door... All inflation's done is shut down the family owned shops, now the chain stores have a monopoly mate. And they act accordingly.

[@harrisondvargo72]

Brad, I come for the guitars and the commentary, and I end up getting common sense economic advice at the same time! I love it! Thanks so much and be well!

[@TheGuitologist]

Thanks for watching. Sometimes it feels like I'm casting pearls before swine.

[@bobsanders8030]

MicroFret guitars were made in Frederick Maryland. Eddie Van Halen collected them.

[@EmbelekoBand]

Interesting, I had forgotten you’re a Strap dude. I remember the video of your collection. It’s amazing how you spotted one from your collection and when it was made. I wouldn’t know the difference between an original or a copy. That’s so cool 👍🤘

[@timmcdonald9877]

I’m sick of this sh*t too!!! Great video Brad, I live here in the DFW area. If you’re coming back for the show in the fall I’ll look you up.

[@embreesmith7613]

Thanks Bradley. 🙂

[@dave.F0X]

'Prices are crashing'? Not in the UK. Why is it that Fender and Epiphone prices have jumped, but Squier and Ibanez prices have not.

[@tdunster2011]

Same in Australia. Prices are going up and the quality is going down.

[@hosoiarchives4858]

Ibanez never positioned itself as a premium brand

[@dave.F0X]

@@hosoiarchives4858 Nor did Epiphone.

[@bw9980]

@TheGuitologist are you familiar with Burriss Amps at all? I don't believe Bob is making them anymore, but for a time he had a very cool shop in Lexington and made some killer handwired classic inspired amps. Curious if you've ever come across or dissected one. Would be curious to hear your thoughts on the circuitry and wiring and just overall design.

[@TheGuitologist]

I am familiar. They were good amps. Kentucky made.

[@jochemjonker3362]

I still own 2 Burriss Royal Bluesman's,great design and sounding amps,all hand and hardwired made amps,only point is the minimal speed of the tremelo (still too high).Here in the Netherlands, one is offered in a shop for €750(I also owned that one),but most players don't know them,so prefer to buy an amp like a Fender Princeton Reverb RI new,for €400-500 more(which they sell off within a year,with much loss). But what happened to Greg Burriss,he's nowhere to find,like disappearing into thin air.

[@bradulberg1982]

I’m ordering a Tunerette!! I dig it too !!! Thx for the heads up Bradley !!

[@aminahmed2220]

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day ❤😊

[@RPSchonherr]

Hmm I guess they need to lower the price. They won't though. What they'll do is just destroy guitars and write them off as a loss.

[@BruceLee-bf5ks]

nobody is gonna do that. You are crazy.

[@danielschear556]

💸🤣

[@cameronfarrell9076]

​@@BruceLee-bf5ks They have done that, they do do that, and they will do that. Did you ever see the footage of the destroyed firebird X's? I rest my case

[@LostPlanet2024]

OMG! I worked for Bruces father at Musician's Headquarters in Balch Springs in the 80's! I think that red 1960 ES-335 Custom might be his dads old guitar. It sounds amazing.

[@foreigncorrespondent5140]

Welcome to the 18 euro Hamburger.

[@JzuHax]

Traditional Russian guitars have 7 strings. Were they attempting to enter the Soviet market? Or the Russian community in the USA?

[@dfwlistener7593]

You're cool guy Brad. Hope to meet you in person someday. You should move to north Texas. Saw you with my nephew Bruce Lee in earlier video. We're a family of old gear heads. Love your channel man. Thank you for the content. Always something to look forward to.....cheers buddy!

[@TheChristafershawn]

Serendipity 40:00. Many are saying Synchronicity but that would mean all event are happening simultaneously opposed to an unfolding of events leading to a related moment.

[@barbaraanneneale3674]

How much were the Dan Armstrong guitars and baseball end basis?

[@Tscaperock]

Are these guys dreaming? The prices for this equipment is on the moon!

[@timlaine6268]

So many guitars out there, but prices are high...supply is way up..demand is down..disposable income is down...the solution is easy and until it happens. We already had a recession, but the numbers were fudged.....it doesn't look good.

[@TheGuitologist]

Yepperoonie

[@steven-jn3vu]

Great show

[@papotorres9064]

Great video Brad , love it , Alfred NYC /PR

[@electrolinks]

Green Screen Brad is next level

[@drnotebender6442]

Correction is coming. There’s too much out there and the economy is going the wrong way. I wonder how many actual sales were made to the general public, and by that I mean a sale to someone who doesn’t have a booth at the show. I suppose the point isn’t always to sell, but it always seemed strange to me for someone to pay the booth fee, transport and set up and then tear down their gear, take time to man the booth and be at the show, and then overprice everything and not make a sale of substance.

[@brightfalls6788]

In my opinion, the biggest problem with the current guitar market is all the light brown, grey and red fretboards. Companies have seemingly all started using the worst pieces possible for their boards. I’ve never seen it this bad. It’s like a conspiracy. Not a dark board to be seen across the entire internet for months now. All those Gibson Mod Collection guitars totally RUINED with bad fretboards. A guitar with a light fretboard is worth $0 in my book. lol

[@saltpeter7429]

Yes indeed. I have noticed this as well. I just picked up an 02 SG, and the fretboard os noticeably nicer than anything I have seen in a while.

[@TheGuitologist]

Personally, I like real maple, rosewood, or ebony for my FBs.

[@BrankoPichler]

Same Custom Shop or Murphy Lab, all are mass production

[@ZPDSurvival]

Very cool. Watched the whole Video.

[@svtbass]

I played bass at that Guitar show with Jarod James Nichols and George Lynch... I didnt have a chance to really go inside to check out the goodies. Thank you for the show

[@TheGuitologist]

How'd the gig go? I didn't get to stay to see your set. We had to leave out Sunday morning.

[@svtbass]

@@TheGuitologist It was really hot outside.. Bothe sets went well though.. Although the George Lynch set different. He sent us the material we were to play.. We did a brief soundcheck which didn't end and turned into a 80 minute non stop JAM.. That was fun to just play without a setlist and go. He had his friend Larry Mitchel on guitar sit in too.. It was great

[@ElektroHaus]

Would love to see a 2024 Dallas Guitar show compilation video of just the dealers and patrons taking about the current state of the guitar resale market…thanks!

[@williamtm1965]

there was really nice Hamer Chaparral with boomerang inlays at 13:27 for $1400 - that's actually great price for a US made guitar!

[@tdunster2011]

In Australia we don't have anywhere near the options for gear as our friends in the USA do. I'd have no problems paying those Guitar Festival prices given how ridiculously expensive prices are here in Australia. A refinished 64 Strat here is anywhere between $40k to $60k. 70's strats and Teles are well over $10k now as well - and that's for ones in poor condition.

[@TheGuitologist]

Back when I managed a music store, there was an Aussie who came in and took lessons for a while while he was here for a job. While he was stateside, he bought up all the vintage guitars he could find and took them back with him when he went home. Said the market down there could pay for his plane tickets and then some.

[@tdunster2011]

@@TheGuitologist Yes. Especially when the Australian dollar was buying $US1.10 rather than the $US0.65 or so it is buying now. Our government also made changes to taxes, customs, and excise since then as well making it very difficult to import anything without doctoring the paperwork so to speak.

[@jameshudson7053]

Beautiful guitars at this show 🤤🤤🤤 Good times thanks man 😃

[@TheNohcim]

Brad, that "two tone" look on that Jag is a very rare Fender - supplied "body protector " that leo would sell with the guitars to prevent scratching the finish

[@TheGuitologist]

Didn’t know that. Never seen one that I recall.

[@TheNohcim]

There's a real famous 57 or so gold strat played by a well known country player.. I just got to see it in person at an exhibit, had the same cream colored body protector. Definitely wacky concept considering Leo's poor modern day amalgamation of his company is now upcharging for scratches so people can feel proud about the fake story on their guitars 😂

[@cubistone]

Inflation is a killa but for very few individuals. Who would buy 2-3k guitars when a grocery cart 1/8 full cost them 200 bucks? It could be worse though when Germans were informed a loaf of bread would cost a bushell load of Deutsch marks prior to wwii. That was when they had enough.

[@TheGuitologist]

Yessiree. If these little commies studied the 1920s Weimar Republic, or 2000s Zimbabwe, or France c.1790s, they wouldn't be braindead commies. They'd be Austrian economists.

[@johnsmith-bk4ps]

Americans are fed up, just hold on, here in a few months we will get back on track

[@R1GAMBLER]

When you understand what was done to Weimar Germany, you will understand what is being done to Weimar America. 110.

[@RIPROCK54]

@@TheGuitologist Guitar Nazis huh? You guys in this thread are fucked up. Vote for Drumph again, the tax breaks he gives only to the rich will keep them in custom shop gear, won't help you. "Rock n' Roll Republican" is always an oxymoron, with emphasis on the MORON.

[@fj5144]

@@johnsmith-bk4ps LOL By that time will be a convicted felon even more than his current 34 convictions. Prison or coronary McDonald's diet is going to get the want to be king! Then we must wait until the other out of touch old man dies then finally when both are done we can move forward!

[@ZPDSurvival]

Micro Fret Manifestation. Wild.

[@wrekerds]

I think that during the pandemic and the lockdown, people bought a lot of guitars. I know I did. (I bought 20+ guitars) guitar sales went through the roof so fender and Gibson increased production to keep up with the increase in demand. Now that theres no more stimulus checks and people are out of the house, they aren't buying guitars like the word is ending. Now there's a massive surplus and they haven't slowed production. Warehouses full of brand new guitars. Increased supply and less demand should drive the prices down. my 2 cents

[@phil36135]

Thanks Brad, I enjoyed it so much I wish I were there. The Tesco bass reminded me of my first guitar a Tesco I purchase from my aunt in 1972 for $15.00 + a cheap solid state amp. And put a cherry on top by letting me take it home and make payments, which I did by mowing yards.Wish I still had it for sentimental reasons. Thanks again

[@davidcollin1436]

As a kid in the early sixties, sitting around for hours playing the new Fenders, I realized early on that some of those assembly line guitars were complete dogs with as much resonance as a wet cardboard box. I loved the look of Jaguars but they sucked as did some strats. $325-375 was a half month's pay for my dad. A few years later I got my first used SG special, white w/ vibrola for $250. 100 hours of minimum wage pay but worth it. My 58 Gretsch 6121 was beat to hell but $125, still have it 40 years later.

[@joshuab5186]

What show was this?

[@maxcarr6266]

What was the price of the Moonstone Explorer @ 33:40 ?

[@iceWaterProductions1]

What shop was that guy from around the 13 minute mark that had the red Hamer with boomerang inlays? Update I went back and tired to zoom in on their sign. It said Audio …. From what I could tell maybe Audio Center?… I’m really looking for a Hamer with ebony fretboard and those inlays.

[@superlead1002]

When I was watching your previous video working on the Les Paul deal I was talking to the screen, "no, no, no, don't do it!" 😂. Especially coming from you I really didn't see that one coming!

[@TheNohcim]

Agreed unfortunately. The '76 strat was worth way more physically and mentally if that even makes sense. Was surprised he made that move but eager to see what he did with the Paul

[@patrickmckay6621]

wait a few years until almost everyone s financial situation will has fallen into pieces. due to inflation and economics. THEN the market will be flooded with all kind of gear.

[@TheGuitologist]

I think that stage is close.

[@cantyouhearmeknocking1961]

I don't think we will have to wait a few years. It's coming now.

[@johnsmith-bk4ps]

Depends on how the election goes, whe have been suffering the last 3plus years

[@ZPDSurvival]

I had a Dan Armstrong Guitar back in 1989. It was the guitar that made me want to keep playing guitar. My Dads friend who was a studio musician loaned it to me. He was going to sell it to me for $300 but he took it to the House of Guitars for a quote on price in Rochester New York. That guitar is worth some money. Anyways it was fun to play and it had the interchangable pickups. Very awesome guitar.

[@kaiserpuppydog7174]

Are those lighter or heavier than wood construction?

[@guylester8763]

Any good deals on Gibson Es330’s??? Looking for a 59 re-issue

[@grd1966]

How could the market not be flooded. Gibson and Fender have been making hundreds of thousands of the same guitars since the Mid 50's. Nowadays there are probably 100's of guitar mnfg's So despite how many guitars many nut jobs own the market is clearly over flooded.

[@jamesmayfield6683]

That Strap at 45:00 was also used by Noddy Holder of Slade!

[@TravisBartley-uq8cb]

What is the average price for the 1980s Fender made in Japan guitars.

[@barrybmusic7742]

Getting up there, 1k USD

[@brianloy7856]

The Gretsch 7 string looks to be a George Van Epps model prototype

[@BruceLee-bf5ks]

It is