Guitar Scalping SUCKS! (Dave Mustaine's Guitars)

[@KDH]

Just a reminder to not contact anyone featured in this video. Doing so reflects badly on me so please don’t. I understand your frustration, but please keep that frustration here. Thanks.

[@gregmerritt9366]

This particular video is a public service. Thank you.

[@russellzauner]

I am sure anyone you're hating is already used to the hate, judging by the comments below. You can't hide on the internet, either, so you may as well just up and confront them. That's what you do.

[@ryanx7170]

@Mr Bones sad act

[@ryanx7170]

Seriously such a wet wipe 🤣

[@davidwalker7383]

Do you make any videos where you are not crying about someone else's actions?

[@FujiBou]

Imagine thinking "I must have this 21k Dave mustaine banjo"

[@jonathanrossmusic2509]

I tried, and I just can't. :/

[@dr.hawkraps8457]

No banjo is worth 20 grand. I don't care if it's the banjo from the movie deliverance that Burt Reynolds actually used to beat John Voight to death!

[@thecopenhagengod3174]

Why the hell dose he have a banjo signature in the first place

[@Josh-by8er]

@@thecopenhagengod3174 i would if i could

[@kuikoman]

@@thecopenhagengod3174 why not

[@sinnersdwarf7138]

Yep all Mustaine fans hate the guys at Essex Recording Studios and rightly so

[@stingingroger7576]

As a massive Megadeth/Mustaine fan I hate them

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Burn it down, preferably with them inside? ;)

[@RP-dy5mu]

Reminds me of this PS5 fiasco. People who buy scalped items are the biggest cuckolds. I have no respect for people who so badly need to consume, that they're willing to pay like 3x the price knowing they're getting screwed. It's a matter of principle, i'm not giving some greasy fuck money thinking he's being clever.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

The answer is very simple. Don't buy the darn things. People have to stop with this annoying practice of whining about stuff and still giving the offender money. If someone wants to upsell a piece of gear by that much, than that person better keep it forever because you shouldn't even complain about the price. The market regulates itself quite well if people do this.

[@svart42]

Dave was basically selling USA Deans (used by him) at the price of Korean new ones. We can all agree they were cheap. Probably a USA Dean used by a random guy would cost more.

[@DerWaldhans]

I love how the Essex Studios guy also put the condition of every instrument at ''excellent'' when Dave himself put them at ''Very Good'' at the best :D

[@Sir-Thrash]

The dumbass would probably sell a chair used by James Hatfield for $90,000 because James used it

[@garycrant4511]

Remember, he started off as a used car salesman...

[@KingBlackened]

And a James Hetfield "I am the table!" Table $200,000

[@Sir-Thrash]

@@garycrant4511 really his ego and greed are precious to him

[@JustAdude291]

@@Sir-Thrash he'd probably sell his own mother if he could.

[@jonroberts986]

How Keith/Essex have managed to get away with this for SO long genuinely baffles me. He bought a guitar from me a few years ago, through his wife’s account and trying to pretend it was someone else, lied to me about knowing the previous owner of the guitar (which he couldn’t, since I’d owned it from new), and initially sent me an offer so low it was actually insulting. I know this is minor, but he also never left feedback from the purchase. He sold a guitar to a friend of mine and had managed to conveniently hide that the clear coat lacquer was peeling from the guitar in all of his photos. When my friend asked about it he got a dismissive answer back that it wasn’t a big deal when, to my friend, it very much was. I also, through a friend of a friend, know that Andy Sneap recently sold him a bunch of gear, which Essex has now put up at significantly higher than what he paid for them. He bought the drum kit used on one of the recent Megadeth albums (I forget if it was 13 or Dystopia but don’t worry, I’m sure his listing will tell you in all caps) for about £6000. It’s now up for sale at £35,000 last time I looked. He also relentlessly flexes on his Instagram about how much he loves his Bentleys and other way-too-expensive luxury items. Don’t let this scalper buy another Bentley. Support the decent sellers on Reverb/eBay instead.

[@jonroberts986]

@@EssexRecordingStudios hi Keith! Good to know you were definitely not mad at all and that’s why you replied at 2:33am. I also note that you don’t deny anything from what I said.

[@EssexRecordingStudios]

@@jonroberts986 looks like I'm living rent free in Jon's head

[@wadefaulkner73]

@@EssexRecordingStudios wow dude, I was kinda on the fence until now. you really are a dick.

[@d4rkhound388]

@@EssexRecordingStudios Bit cringe dude literally scoping out people who dare talk about you aha...

[@EssexRecordingStudios]

@@d4rkhound388 I think it's hilarious, and a bit cringe you're fishing for some attention and a response

[@MetallicA29]

"People only scalp because people pay these prices." You said it yourself.

[@molochsorcery4357]

Some folks have far more $$$$ than common sense.

[@russelblacker2562]

well it's gonna be some rich collectors who probably don't even play guitar who buy them at the prices. Which musician in his right mind would pay that much for a guitar if he could get custom made for less.

[@MetallicA29]

@@russelblacker2562 welcome to capitalism.

[@naegleriafowleri2230]

rich people only but there is always some broke retard who spends all his money on gear lmao who loses only him, the rich guy and scalpers win

[@beefnacos6258]

​@@molochsorcery4357 and skill.

[@CharlieMayMusic]

Unfortunately, there are people who make enough that $25,000 is not a lot of money to them and this guy knows it. What makes it unfortunate is that Dave was being really cool and tried to give the average fan a chance to buy a part of his story and this dude went out of his way to take it out of their reach to cash in.

[@JM00237]

Nothing we can do about it now it just sucks

[@auntjenifer7774]

No one's goin to buy it so the jokes on Essex.

[@juvedoo99]

@@auntjenifer7774 People will though. That’s why people buy 59’ gibsons for stupid prices. It’s all hype more than anything. And there’s always an idiot willing to shell out thousands for it.

[@herrcobra4144]

​@@JM00237 nothing legal 😏

[@ValSchnitzel]

This type of inflation is about to happen on Alexi Laiho RR Jackson’s.

[@nissenilsson9158]

Probably his ESPs as well

[@BloodyVulnona]

@@nissenilsson9158 Well those are still in prouction, we will see what will happen to those. Maybe his family is gonna keep continue working with esp, the same way dean still sells dimebag signatures

[@hollow3122]

can i have an f for all the yellow striped jackson rhoads' gentlemen

[@BloodyVulnona]

@@hollow3122 Well jackson still sells yellow striped rhoads models so one could mod them

[@Cycopace]

Its already happening by the way...

[@Rowe4900candymachine]

Gonna shit on a hm-2 and put it on reverb claiming it was on tour with gg allin.

[@CarpeDiem23]

LOL

[@ronniefnd]

I won't buy it unless it's at least $2400.

[@thesept4057]

There's a HardTimes headline in there somewhere

[@amirrezarezaie]

Also Essex Recording Studios falsely advertise most of their guitars as "Rare"

[@barra6709]

I bought a red MIJ Charvel 291 for €300, he has an identical guitar for sale for €1,230. 🤣

[@joepope5793]

This reeks hard of a possible essex guitar studios audio audit.

[@aureliusthegunsmith7203]

PLS MAKE THIS HAPPEN

[@skillzwitpillz1259]

I've noticed that, recently, scalpers have been rebranded as 'resellers'. These people suck no matter what you call them. They deprive legitimate people from purchasing items at a normal price. I'm sure Dave would be extremely pissed off to see this.

[@WearyKirin]

@@user-rc4re5fo2f just because the guys at Essex could choose to be assholes doesn't mean they had to this isnt Dave's fault

[@alexmurphy5289]

The cheapest double necks POSSIBLE are like $400, that was an amazing price by Dave for those

[@arthostheheretic]

tbh: you actually never NEED "this" guitar, its just your GAS ( gear aquire syndrome ) after beeing really dissappointed with high price guitars that ive bought, i switched to buying cheap guitars and modding them ... much fun and i can have whatever i want and its waaay cheaper

[@juanvaldez5422]

That's my experience to

[@craigshewchuk9018]

I got a nice mid line fender for a grand and am doing the same, have spent 3000 on Gibson's before

[@BOBANDVEG]

Yea, it gets to a point where you're just paying for paint jobs and prestige. Pickups can be bought and rated by "k" and magnet type. Outside of minor differences, it's just a bobbin of copper. I used to buy locking tuners for all my guitars until I found out how to wrap lock my strings. Now any tuners will do. When converting a trem to a hardtail, it isnt neccessary to buy a hardtail, or block it. It literally only adds like 1/4 second of sustain. Just tighten the 6 bridge screws and adjust springs to level. Theres nothing wrong with small pots. Potentiometer tech is from the 50s. They were used in old radio , sonar, and everything else. 5$ strings are fine. If you dont live nextdoor to the guitar factory, frett work is a gamble. Where you live has different humidity and temperature than the factory. If the guitar was made in Florida, and you live in Minnesota, there is definitely going to be frett sprout. Buy a $1 metal nail file and fix it. I could go on, but the point is , if the neck and body are sound, there isnt a whole lot more to hope for. You can buy $100 guitar, get a $100 in upgrades and have something more than stage worthy. Is it nice to hold a pristine $4000 work of art?.....yep.....is it worth $4000....nope

[@arthostheheretic]

@@craigshewchuk9018 i do own 2 guitars that were a grand, one another for 800 ... and ive touched/played many other expensive guitars from friends/stores ... i did mean with that, that i usually buy 100 - 200 euro guitars like harley bentons/g4m and mod them :D my band guitar is a 99 harley benton with EMGs, 150€ total, some hours setup and it plays like a dream ( because i know how to setup my guitars for me :D )

[@arthostheheretic]

@@BOBANDVEG i completely agree except strings i usually put elixir strings on all guitars cuz they last years. 5 years ago i prepared a guitar for a good friend cuz he wanted to start... well he never did but the elixir strings still look and sound NEW O_o but im a guy with damn acid sweat, guitar strings just melt/instarust without coating ;/

[@jonathanrossmusic2509]

That's just insane. Immoral, actually. Very generous of Dave to ask for such low prices for his instruments as well. Great video as usual!

[@LordStompyHarpLoonyTunes]

Dave's cool. He put out an autographed limited edition 4 record compilation album: clear vinyl with a super high quality hard back comic book called "Death By Design". I was on the Megadeth mailing list and he dropped the price of last few to $100...I couldn't believe my luck. Thanks Dave

[@GhostDragon1182]

Just wait until people start selling "Pre-Gibson Mesa/Boogie" amps.

[@richardharrold9736]

Eh, Gibson owned Orange for a while and it's completely forgotten now.

[@GhostDragon1182]

@@richardharrold9736 eh, I would argue though that from '93 to '97 when that that happened, Orange wasn't as well know as it is today. They were big don't get me wrong, but not Marshall or Mesa big.

[@richardharrold9736]

@@GhostDragon1182 true, it's only been since they regained independence that they have become a big thing. Gibson clearly didn't know what to do with the brand, Matamp had been run off...

[@performancetesting1]

I find it distasteful to try to sell something at far above market price because it makes the seller look like a fool. But if someone is willing and able to pay for something, then therein is proof it was the market price. There has to be some way to divvy up scarce instruments if so many people want them. If you offered below market price, it would merely give you something else to complain about: that the first person to click “buy” (via lucky timing to be aware, best Internet speed, or other factors) got the prize, not necessarily who wanted it more. My own solution was to quit pining over rare gear as a musician. Instead, I take the middle path of using gear that resonates culturally with myself and others so I can build musical connections with it. Some of my best musical experiences happened playing on my first practice 10 Watt amp and knock-off Strat with my friends in 7th grade. Gear is merely a platform, but will NEVER be the music. Ever.

[@kampfkustomer2343]

I can't wait to hear how Gibson 'ruined Mesa', lol like go watch a Guitologist repair video on one & get back to me on that.

[@MCBEEFALICIOUS]

The crazy thing is, the studio that bought the DM guitars then BROUGHT them to a concert at Wembley to have Mustaine sign every single one

[@CarpeDiem23]

Really?

[@MCBEEFALICIOUS]

@@CarpeDiem23 Yeah. There's a little video he includes for the buyer showing him and mustaine at the signing

[@caretheis6779]

If only Dave knew at the time he probably would've punched him in the mouth

[@Livelaughlimpbizkit]

@@caretheis6779 Dave knew, he just didn't care

[@auntjenifer7774]

@@Livelaughlimpbizkit he kinda looks like he cares, like WTF he wanted to just get it over and get that guy away from him. Can I get another picture Dave !? While trying to drive a sharpie into Dave's hand.

[@putridabomination]

I remember waiting to buy a Mustaine guitar but that scalper bought them all! That Essex Guitar Guy is a such a prick.

[@ironblast5]

Bought a ton of of the ellefson basses too and jacked the price on those too

[@putridabomination]

Damn

[@beefnacos6258]

It's greed. Everybody should stop buying from people like Essex and trogly

[@Jopeymessmusic]

I'm embarrassed everytime one of his listings pops up in my reverb feed. The prices are fucking astronomically higher than Dave himself priced them.

[@beefnacos6258]

Clownery

[@him050]

That guy with all of Mustaine’s gear is just crossing his fingers and hopes some drunk millionaire Megadeth fan who money is no object to sees the ad and buys it.

[@olivier42100]

true of all scalpers

[@mallninja9805]

That's his entire business model. At one point he was selling planks of wood at a ridiculous price, claiming they were the floorboards from Abbey Road Studios & the Beatles had walked on them or some shit. Dude runs scams that would make PT Barnum blush.

[@noobasaurusrex9608]

Damn man... Would love to hear Dave's thoughts on this..

[@josephhutchins8]

I’m sure Dave would fucking hate it

[@JosephArata]

Dave's a lot of things, but he'd be furious if he found out someone was doing shady business with his name attached to it.

[@thatscottishdude2058]

I hope someone asks him in an interview

[@WalkenDead]

Being that the prices he listed the gear at were in the realm of possibility it's obvious that he wanted these to go to his fans and the fans of the band. I wouldn't be surprised that if there were other artists in the future that did a similar selloff, that they would include a thing that only one item per buyer and address. You get a piece of history and a keepsake to hold on to, but you leave some for everyone else too. What this guy did, detestable and anyone who pays these prices are fools. I love Megadeth and Dave seems like a cool guy, but these aren't Dime's "Dean From Hell" or Stevie Ray Vaughan's #1. The true Mustaine collectibles are gonna be those early Jacksons

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

who cares,buy low,sell high american fucking way.it will never stop

[@frankieg3409]

Did anyone else think the title of the video was misspelled and it was gonna be about KDH not liking scalloped fretboards?

[@moominosaurus]

Uh-huh....

[@MattFromWiiSportsResort]

Most people when a legendary guitarist dies: OMG wow gone too soon they were such an inspiration to me and so many others RIP Scalpers when a legendary guitarist dies: YES!! WOO HOO I FINALLY GET TO SELL THEIR SIGNATURE PEDAL FOR 700x THE ORIGINAL PRICE GET IN

[@notthebannerboys]

It can't be both? Same when someone like Picasso died. It was sad that a great artist had passed, but if you owned a Picasso I can see feeling zero guilt in feeling good that its value rose.

[@StallionStudios1234]

@@notthebannerboys Actually most Picasso's are worth shit. You can get some originals for under 1000 bucks. Some a few years ago were going under 200 bucks.

[@mikeimmonen6619]

Same thing's bound to happen to discontinued Alexi guitars and old Jackson RRs now that Alexi's gone. Scalping is fucking disrespectful and disgusting.

[@nckhed]

Your last statement really applies to the entire world. Humans are naturally extremely selfish and it's only getting worse in these times because iniquity, selfishness, self-love, etc., are being fully embraced. If you thought humans were shitty already, you've seen nothing yet.

[@mikeimmonen6619]

@@nckhed I think I've seen my fair share. I know how it is. People=shit

[@alecmullaney7957]

I find it hard to blame scalpers, though. Working any job is just as disrespectful and disgusting to my humanity.

[@mikeimmonen6619]

@@alecmullaney7957 u wot

[@alecmullaney7957]

@@mikeimmonen6619 working for a soulless corporation that grinds my will to live is just as gross as someone scalping gear to rich blues lawyers, if not more so. So I don't hate on the scalpers. If I didn't have to work and had a way to make cash with super little effort, I'd do it. I am sitting in front of my work computer trying to justify not kissing a speeding train.

[@TheGreatBaronOBeefDip]

Good ol Essex Guitar Studios, a yankee in the UK.

[@TheJammaHaanes]

It's co-run by an Essex lad but unfortunately the American is the main face. He's a wanker

[@TheGreatBaronOBeefDip]

@@TheJammaHaanes The guitars he would post were awesome, but I cannot stand him, and I'm American, it just sounds so wrong to hear this asshole go on about more shit he is going to inflate.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@TheJammaHaanes Cor blimey Guv'nah!

[@jochen970]

Jew york?

[@Livelaughlimpbizkit]

@@TheJammaHaanes oh really? That dude talks like he owns the studio

[@arealbigchungus]

The same thing is going on with a lot of BC Rich guitars, especially ironbirds...my god, a cheap, bolt on ironbird is going for the price of a professional-made jackson

[@gruffydddavies7464]

Essex guitar studio's prices are mental. They have a jackson KE3 for 500 quid, I got mine for 315 from a local shop

[@dalocknessroxter2027]

5 years ago, here in the states, you couldnt sell one of those for over 200 bucks (148 gbp). Same goes for all of those Japanese Professional Series guitars. Now they're all double that, or more.

[@Masterfighterx]

I've gotten all my ESP 4 knob Eclipses for around $800-1200, he's selling his at retail or above and is calling them rare... THEY'RE ALL OVER EU lol.. He's a liar, fraud and a scammer. He even expects you to be your very own pro guitar tech as they come as is, meaning, if they're unplayable when they get it, you get an unplayable guitar. LOL!

[@aaronthearcticcat8548]

Man I'm glad someone else is addressing this. I see this stuff on a lot of just normal discontinued gear. I remember the rick and Morty pocket operators being sold for twice the price. The special anniversary boss ds1 pedals as well. But I always find it absurd. It's not just high end gear. I remember a while back there were about 4 or 5 Tom Delonge fender strats on ebay. They were all under $1000 or so. They all sold the same day. Next day a new listing for one for $2200. And someone actually bought it. The most nauseating disgusting part of it is. I payed 600 for mine. And thought i overpaid at the time. It was in worse shape than mine as well. Good video though man. Take care!

[@StallionStudios1234]

Those guitars are going over 2K now. The Squires are hitting 1K. I dont get it...

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Thing is, if everyone refuses the scalpers prices, they are out of pocket, and then they have to sell for a reasonable price. Really Dave Mustaine should have put a one item per customer limit on it if he wanted to be fair. Because ultimately what this scalper has done is rob Dave Mustaine of money he could have earned for them, and made it unlikely that any artists will be sell for their fans ever again.

[@From_A_Diverging_Timeline]

noticed something similar. I don't follow new guitar releases too much, But a few months ago Fender Japan released a signature Evangelion Asuka telecaster. they were around 2400 if i recall and then with import maybe 3000. Only a small amount were made and after they sold out I was seeing them sell for 6000, 7000 dollars. Not as extreme as the musician owned gear, but still more than twice the amount Fender Japan sold them for. I actually saw a youtuber who bought 4 or 5 of Asuka signature tele's and he said " So fans could get them" He didn't say how much he resold them for , but I'm assuming a profit. You know, instead of buying 5 and "helping the fans get them" The fans could have just bought those 5 guitars from Fender Japan without making him some money. The thing that bothered me the most was he didn't even know what Evangelion was. He just bought them because of the hype and he knew he could resell them.

[@JohnDoeWasntTaken]

Wow, I like Evangelion so that is actually a little infuriating. It's funny how people will go nuts over a guitar with 3000 produced just because it is attached to an iconic franchise trying to sell it as rarer than rocking horse shit. I know of a few ESP Japan models that have less than 200 produced but thankfully since the Americans haven't heard of these signature and more unique models they can still be had for VERY reasonable prices from Japanese music stores. I am jealous of the Japanese for how great it must be to be a guitarist there compared to elsewhere.

[@seymorebutts5771]

1800s American settler listening first 10 seconds: "Oh me too I hate- oh he is talking about music"

[@nathanwiginton2464]

Underrated commentttttt

[@onnomon]

reverse scalping: I sold a piece of my legacy gear to a known artist, at a reasonable price.

[@yoboisteven1741]

I was looking at Dave Mustaine's guitars on Reverb the other day and I came across one of these posts and I thought, "Wow the person selling this must have really paid out the nose when they bought this from Dave" but this is really sad to see, that they would just mark the prices up so damned high.

[@smirgyjoker2484]

It's literally cheaper to hire a thief then pay the prices. Sad.

[@stingingroger7576]

All of us hate ESR with a passion

[@EssexRecordingStudios]

All 3 of you 🤣🤣🤣

[@guycorbin9209]

@@EssexRecordingStudios it’s definitely more than 3 Keith, I know at least a dozen people who think you’re a piece of shit, remember the Jackson WR1 absinthe frost you sold, the Purple Les Paul Reissue, The Graffiti Yellow B7 you bought how many people you do you think were happy after doing business, I’ve met no one. It’s a shame because the SMP you have from Joss looks great but I’m worried you’ll be hiding other shit like you did from last time.

[@retekretekretek]

I work for a fashion brand's IT department, and boy do I hate scalpers. Any time something limited edition is released in the web store, it's sold out within seconds. There are so many countermeasures built in to prevent it yet they keep doing it. The biggest scalper rented several AWS clusters and keeps rotating between IP addresses every few seconds. Fortunately the guitar market is not that bad, as a hobby guitarist I never saw something I wanted on re-sale for crazy prices.

[@mikeygabbard9268]

Supreme?

[@synco1732]

@@mikeygabbard9268 Nah Supreme fell off in hype, it's probably another brand

[@richardharrold9736]

It's also a major thing (I hesitate to use the word 'problem') in the exotic car world. Shortage of supply means that lightly used C8 Corvettes are currently trading well above list price. Porsche GT cars are particularly common targets for profiteering flippers too.

[@op-z]

I'll have to respectfully disagree: ▩ The only problem here is that Dave meant it as a chance for fans to get hands on his gear, and instead it got bought by an a-hole dealer who chose to brag about it too instead of just keeping his lid shut. Dave should have anticipated that all this will be bought for profit - and should have set up a raffle sale instead, choosing the buyers randomly. ▩ As sad as it is, it's obvious that dude is not just reselling the gear, but also the name behind the gear and a piece of history, complete with COA and signature. And as long as somebody is willing to pay the price, it's worth it. That's what dealers and auction houses do. ▩ As for the items that are mass produced, you can still get them at "regular" value, for example MXR Super Comp is widely available for $80, and you can get Dave's signature guitars for anywhere between 700-1500, so it's not exactly "scalping" - as his prices will not affect the market price for this gear.

[@comment.highlighted]

“Piece sells, but who’s buying.” I blame the buyers 😕

[@julianwalter7493]

I wanted one, but i dont pay this price

[@nathaniellarson8]

You blame people who value something more than you for paying more than you would? lol

[@julianwalter7493]

I mean the 51 grants

[@comment.highlighted]

@@nathaniellarson8 You don’t get it... 🤷‍♂️

[@nathaniellarson8]

@@comment.highlighted enlighten me.

[@LucasLeCompteMusic]

I think its just a sign of the times in general. It is so insane with computer GPUs right now. Last gen stuff is going for almost the same as current gen.

[@nckhed]

Ever heard "Sign of the Times" by Bob James? Great smooth jazz kind of track.

[@---HADES---]

discovered you recently and now easily my favorite channel to watch at the end of my work day, absolute champion! i love your absolute honesty, it's very refreshing.

[@Kwert]

This also happened with the Chase Bliss Ayahuasca. It’s unfortunate that it prompted the guy behind the pedals to say he would never do limited runs again, but these gougers are just the worst.

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Trogly is charging 7k for the Fender Evangelion guitar that originally cost $1500. Come on bro. Shameless

[@richardharrold9736]

He probably starts high and negotiates downward. I guess it's a "make me an offer and we'll talk" situation.

[@From_A_Diverging_Timeline]

I remember seeing a youtuber who bought 4 or 5 of them. Was it this guy? i just posted about that. His excuse was "he bought them so the fans could get them" the fans could have bought them straight from Fender Japan asshole. Guy didn't even know what evangelion was either.

[@Trog]

Just to clear up some confusion here... My reviewed 420 69 Evangelion was never even listed for public sale. My video just links to one that may still be available. I ordered about 4 of these specifically for people who asked me to do so for them since they weren't familiar with importing guitars from other countries

[@From_A_Diverging_Timeline]

@@Trog but they were comfortable wiring or sending you money. How hard is it to order something?

[@Trog]

@@From_A_Diverging_Timeline There can be many pitfalls to ordering online from other countries outside of your own - outside of just language barriers. Import duties + taxes, sellers who choose to defraud you, undisclosed issues on the guitar - finding it in stock for hot items such as the Asuka - shipping damage - having to return defective units (customs forms needing to be filled out for returns.) I act as a broker to ensure that they will get a guitar or a refund without any hassle. To some, that is worth paying a premium for. It isn't quite just as easy as submitting an order when it comes to multi-thousand dollar guitars. Also, some shops refuse to ship outside of the country due to manufacturer rules - or because they just don't want to. Having an online presence helps. For the Asuka's - I had to go through 20 shops, just to find 3 that could supply the orders! My service isn't for everyone... but it is there for those who need it

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Blame Reverb for not having a system in place that prevents one person from buying up all limited edition merch like that. This is as much a publicity stunt for reverb as anything

[@philcross5861]

I remember his wholehearted interview with Levi. So “I’m doing this for the fans”. What a clown he is.

[@blaines8832]

I had a George Lynch owned JMP-1 with his presets still on it, bought directly from george. Was actually cheaper than most listed JMP1s. Artist linkage has almost nothing to do with price of an item.

[@auntjenifer7774]

I got a bunch of 412 cabinets from queensryche and they were free ! I had the truck to go pick em up so I got like 8 or 10 of them ! It was all of them they were giving away free .

[@keefjunior5886]

Scalpers are even hitting brands like Strandberg, who have relatively low production as is. I don't mind hitting up the secondary market, but companies should do more to ensure end users and reliable dealers get gear first. Also: if that rack mount gear was owned by Revves Gabrels, it's definitely valuable to some fan.

[@nethbt]

Dave should've made a clause from those sales...or a limit of 2 maximum per customer...it's a shame ESSEX got it, what's worse he had Dave's signature on all of those guitars to further increase value. It's probably a conspiracy theory but, Dave probably conniving with Essex is highly possible.

[@liamMaru]

I have a speaker that I bought from some guy in Genesis. Sounds the same as the other ones which, as far as I'm aware, were never owned by anyone in Genesis.

[@aprilkurtz1589]

A similar thing happened with the Adam Jones 1979(?)silverburst LP re-issue, only Gibson started them at around $13K. They hadn't even been played by him! They quickly went up to ridiculous prices on Reverb.

[@ryanmbisson]

7:12 - 28.5276 times Dave’s asking price of $75. Just so we all know.

[@benhanson6720]

like trying to buy a gpu atm

[@jochen970]

I feel ya dude. I hope it settles down by march cause i think its worsened due to ppl having extra end of year money. Im not paying 800 for my 3070

[@tim8767]

PC parts industry is a bit of a mess at the moment. I've been researching and pondering if NOW is the right time to build a PC, WELL NO IT IS NOT. LOL.

[@lokarrsboots9337]

@@jochen970 Yeah, it's not worth it. Covid and the resulting shortage of stock just drives the prices up like crazy. Just wait a few months.

[@McOuroborosBurger]

or a gun

[@thedboi1911]

i found a 1070 for a decent ass price i was shocked i could even find it

[@PsychoKiller24601]

Agreed on the point about the Bowie tour piece. I had a pickguard hand wired by Kent Armstrong. After many years playing things needed replacing and I neglected the instrument because I thought it had an added value attached. The instrument eventually did the opposite of what it was meant to do and made me sad. This year I brought it to a luthier in Cork, and completely rewired it and he actually put in more suitable pots and it plays better. More "valuable" to me now.

[@nathanchalcraft6919]

I KNEW IT! THE STRIPES ARE BASED ON EVH! You have very good taste, my man! love your videos by the way! keep at it!

[@tuhitukare8672]

It's already happening with the Laiho ESP/LTD guitars. Anything for a buck.

[@koheikashiwagi9019]

My favorite KZbin channel, loves from Japan!

[@EssexRecordingStudios]

It's rather crap. I've had a look

[@guycorbin9209]

@@EssexRecordingStudios really classy dude, are you so insecure about how you’ve ripped off and lied to your customers that you have to be here at 2am in the morning?

[@smirgyjoker2484]

@@EssexRecordingStudios Tell that to Dave Mustaine's prices lol.

[@alexinhell_]

I liked that after purchasing and putting them back up in his description is like (Paraphrasing) "Yeah the pandemic hit so I need to sell them off to fund my recording studio." Cool dude, Good luck.

[@benjohnson3144]

i remember when behringer discontinued their super fuzz clone for a very short time and that was being sold on reverb for over £100 i remember seeing...for a £20 plastic pedal...behringer soon put it back into production to stop this

[@ToxicTerrance]

It's downright anti-consumer.

[@thecosmicyak1370]

What about Fedora scalping?

[@shield400]

As a super fan of anything and everything FUZZ, all I wanted was a Boss Wazacraft Tone Bender. Not to resell or profit but to enjoy, play and love. Well.....at the current price of 1K average it doesn't seem this pedal will ever be in my collection.

[@Badboy6]

Not sure what’s worse, Essex Recording studios taking the time to go through the comments and reply to loads of them, or me going through loads of comments out of morbid curiosity to see how many they’ve replied to...

[@latebloommusicians]

The bigger the lie the more it seems plausible. This is the concept scalpers apply along with their belief there is a "sucker born every minute". Good on you for exposing these gear scalpers.

[@iforgotmyname2739]

What’s really stupid about the EVH things when Eddie died, you could still buy some of them new.... for less

[@rogerfelez7478]

Completely true, I work at a guitar store and we had a new old stock EVH limited edition wah (1000 units) and we sold it a month after Eddie's passing for 199€, less than the street price

[@kennethh2430]

I was lucky a few years ago and picked up a used (new condition) USA Peavey EVH Wolfgang, red Flame top, birds eye neck and fretboard, original case too. Absolutely gorgeous and I think I could profit at least $1000 USD. To sell it is knowing I'll never get my hands on something like this ever. It stays safe in its case in my climate controlled room. I will say it's probably the nicest guitar I own, rarest for sure, given the condition.

[@NunYa953]

I bought 2 of Dave's personally owned Jacksons. One I bought from the original sale of them and the other from a fellow collector who was about to lose his house and needed to sell it. I have no intentions of ever selling them.

[@adrianadrian255]

This seems to be a problem across the board. A few years ago a pedal manufacture pointed out that a circuit in a $50 pedal that was currently on the market, was identical to a much sought after discontinued pedal that sells for $500+. Not only did the few stores that carry such a 'lowly' brand sell out immediately, but a wait list developed and people started selling them on line for four times the retail price. For many people the internet has become to get between manufacturer and customer and demand a ransom

[@RequiemDead]

Damn, and I just subscribed to the Essex youtube channel thinking "hmm, this is a lot of really cool gear"...whoops!

[@EssexRecordingStudios]

Don't you worry, weird KZbinrs with fake accents love to stir the pot. You're more than welcome to come over and play any of them after kockdown 🤘

[@RequiemDead]

@@EssexRecordingStudios No thanks!

[@EssexRecordingStudios]

@@RequiemDead cool we'll play them instead. Adios!

[@kazabubu10]

in other words "legal doesn't mean ethical" I guess....on the other hand though, thats a brilliant move if there are people willing to pay that kind of money....although I highly doubt that there are that many, so wealthy megadeth fans out there so eventually prices will come down to more reasonable levels....

[@jeremybeals5134]

Haha, love the Trogly s/o. Great video!

[@roytofilovski9530]

If someone is prepared to grossly overpay for a guitar, why should I be angry about that?

[@danielmccarten4357]

Dave Mustaine played it really well with pricing. Slash and Gibson on the other hand...

[@gergoretvari6373]

Ironic the Dave joined Gibson, so..

[@McOuroborosBurger]

People are scalping anything desirable. Guns, Guitars, Computer Components, etc.

[@TheLonsfella]

yeah man nothing new, its being going on for years!! anything that's desirable and in short supply is gonna succumb to this behaviour.... in some cases the manufacturers don't help because they under produce such items to make the demand for items which they supply... guitar hero is another one, the game and the guitars haven't been made since around 2007, but now all of a sudden its popular again for some reason and the packages ( game guitar and dongle ) are going for silly money right now on ebay and amazon..... where there is a demand some unscrupulous greedy lil mofo is gonna fill it....

[@McOuroborosBurger]

@@TheLonsfella Clone Hero and youtubers like Acai or what ot helped that happen. Nothing against Acai, but his content does kinda hype up the Wii and other controller types to retarded prices. surprised you mentioned the gh controllers lol.

[@McOuroborosBurger]

@@TheLonsfella Its just a time where the scalping of those things had converged in when they occur. Thankfully guns are only a but above market and not too much lol. but instruments are a bit more up, and consoles and pc components are retarded rn. Its all of it at once that really sucks.

[@poodle559]

Same stuff went on when Neil Peart sadly passed.

[@iain2080]

4:46 given you're Irish I wonder if the guitar player was Gerry Leonard. Hope to see you playing in Dublin post covid man.

[@floridianthrasher5426]

Imagine what's gonna happen to the explorer when james hetfield passes on

[@jongbong1912]

He's not allowed to die

[@floridianthrasher5426]

Esp would lose their income

[@jokezspeedruns9679]

Adam Jones' guitars got me like:

[@evitative462]

Exactly this. And despite what KDH might have to say about it, Trogly doesn't get a pass. There were 245 that hit the market. At least 4 of them went through his hands. He's currently listing one of them for about twice what they retailed for and his own listing describes it as looking like it was gouged with a metal pick.

[@johnsacco2430]

With things like this there has to be a quantifiable amount in which it turns into scalping. What's that amount? And who defines it? Can't use a "feeling" as feelings are not quantifiable. Thanks

[@Dano6sic69]

cool, you have a lawsuit model Ibanezx. Havent seen one of those in ages. Really good guitars.

[@ValSchnitzel]

I see a new KDH video- I watch!

[@KDH]

❤️

[@davekearney3566]

You should try send this video to Dave. I say he would be pissed if he saw what being done with his legacy.

[@DoktrDub]

Scalping in most cases is shameful, it’s understandable occasionally, but some people just take the piss

[@d4rkhound388]

Edit: would love to see if anyone who's been to essex recording studios actually got to play the guitars or if the "it's to help musicians" thing was just bullshit... Like prices increasing because a guitar was PLAYED by an actual celebrity or whatever fair enough, but if you have something tons of wires are going into that isn't unique to the celebrity you can't expect to sell it for more than it's worth... like i compare things to cars because it makes it easier... buying the car that someone has drove would probably have increased value over lets say "Oh this here tyre was used on a celebrities car" Like the way i see it Amps and stuff like that even though they aren't consumables often get replaced every so often that it wouldn't have any special value other than a cool conversation piece. Like when you buy memorabilia it's expensive but it's not outlandishly expensive and 9/10 the memoribilia is unusable in normal life however an amp you would expect to want to use unlike lets say the glass mel gibson drank out of in the original mad max lol!

[@WalmartTom]

I just discovered your channel. Your videos are awesome! Subscribed.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

I'm quite surprised, maybe even impressed, by Mustaine's prices.

[@ryangoodrow8829]

One of my dream basses is a David ellefson signature Jackson CBXM-V. The five string with maple neck, the one that looks more like a fender than a Jackson. I went onto reverb hoping to find it used for maybe $600-750USD. I saw someone sell a stage played model for $5,500USD. That’s a little more than 6 times it’s original value of $850USD. I get that it’s stage played and signed, but I would expect it to be double or even triple the value. The price it was being sold was the same as his USA custom shop basses, for one made in Indonesia.

[@victorkoropeckyj2771]

I’d expect prices like that for ‘Deth stuff from the 80’s and 90’s. This is just ridiculous

[@AkosKovacs.Author.Musician]

Man, didn't knew Lana Del Rey was rocking an yngwie sig marshall, but can she play I'll see the Light Tonight tho?

[@karolybendeguzbok4119]

I don’t think so!😂 Amúgy üdv:)

[@BaBaBaBenny]

Trogly’s definitely been guilty of scalping in the past 👀 But he’s mostly okay.

[@Owtyg23]

Meh he's not too bad I'd say 99% of the time. Especially bearing in mind he has to make a profit as its his main job I assume

[@HellcatCustoms]

How many times has he said "I'm just going to throw this up on Reverb for a ridiculous price and if someone wants to buy it, blah blah blah". It's happened more than a few times

[@gunkyzip]

seems like he puts a bit unreasonable premium on his listings, but not truly egregious. More like the "high end of acceptable". then again, he puts in all the work and promotion by producing a video which piques your interest.

[@haydenkayne]

how many vintage silverburst and adam jones signature guitars do you think he has he scalped recently?

[@Owtyg23]

@@HellcatCustoms OK but he's not buying out every single guitar in a line and selling them for an unbelievable amount. He's doing a premium based off who he is etc and he drops prices if they don't sell. He isn't buying all of them so it doesn't matter if he charges higher

[@plamenmilanov3009]

KDH you channel is awesome. Can you explain to an idiot like myself - what stops the manufacturers from being the scalpers themselves?

[@Grindgodgrind]

I thought the bit towards was going to be 'scalpers only scalp when it's raining'. What brand is that Les Paul in the background?

[@WillyKidd]

Looks like a '70s Ibanez LP copy.

[@JesseLeeKing]

Dave should not of sold them all to that guy ... he should of spread the love and made sure they was going to different people.

[@totaltonality8046]

it was reverb he cannot control it like that

[@fortyseven1832]

Hey if they can sell them at that price good for them.

[@smirgyjoker2484]

No that's bad, scalping is terrible especially in the case of Dave

[@fortyseven1832]

@@smirgyjoker2484 Why is it bad? Because you can't afford it? If you had that guitar and someone offered you that money for it you wouldn't turn it down.

[@smirgyjoker2484]

@@fortyseven1832 the issue is that how high they are selling compared to what Dave put up, and why they brought it. Even if I had the money, it is still a rip off because Dave was sell one of his guitars for $1,700 and the reseller upped the price by well over 100%. That is just complete ripoff and you should not be ok with it.

[@fortyseven1832]

@@smirgyjoker2484 It's not a rip off and I'm 100% good with it. I can't afford it either but I'm not going to get upset about it.

[@smirgyjoker2484]

@@fortyseven1832 If you can't see how that's a ripoff then you may need a class in economics.

[@nickbrowne3286]

Did the math real quick, if I’m correct (I’m kinda bad at math and might have done it wrong). That banjo is being sold for about 53 times the original price, that is disgusting.

[@gooberthoreau]

The cycle of reselling on Reverb is terrible right now. I check Reverb for various items several times a day (you have to if you want a good deal) and over the past 2 years I have seen more and more of items with a good price being sold within a hour of being listed and then being relisted within days (or sometimes relisted with the original seller's pictures) for a big mark up. There is a well known KZbin guy who does this and sometimes will buy brand new instruments and then re-sell them after doing his video (where he takes them apart, etc.) for a couple hundred more than they are new. Some instruments you can follow bouncing from reseller to reseller and going up in price each time, never reaching the hands of a musician.

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

As grim as this is, the moment a celebrity dies, scalpers will always jump on anything related to that celebrity. BUT, that is not the worst problem. The worst problem is how when a celebrity dies, overnight, we will have loads of obvious fakes looking to scam fans who want to snatch up anything related to their idol. Case in point, a month after EVH died, I found a counterfeit "EVH-owned Marshall" on Reverb. I doubt many would know what to look for, but, thankfully, I know. 1: Those memorial plaques were obviously glued on. Those inscriptions were NOT engraved onto the actual amp itself. 2: Those memorial plaques say they were presented to EHV in 1985. The serial number starts with Y, which means the amp was made in 1990. 3: The serial number also says S/A, which means it is a 50W, while the product ID sticker says 100W. So, the name plate does not match the serial number, and the amp itself was built 5 YEARS AFTER THEY CLAIM IT WAS PRESENTED TO EVH, not to mention the plaques are GLUED-ON. This thing is an obvious fake, and not even a GOOD fake. And this fake was made entirely to take advantage of grieving EVH fans. There are two lessons to be learned here. The first lesson learned is education will go a long way. If you do know what to look for, you can avoid getting scammed by fakes. The second lesson learned here is those of us who do know what to look for need to be active, maybe even proactive in finding fakes, so we can protect those who DON'T know what to look for, so we can prevent them from getting scammed by fakes.

[@barrygoins6900]

Dave is great player but didn't listen to his music. I think that was cool of him

[@cyber-brain]

Just don't think of it as guitar gear. It's a celebrity owned item, which makes it a rare collectible for fans. People pay for autographs! Of course they are going to pay for a guitar used on tour, a lot.

[@davidtomkins4242]

meh. it's business. all power to him if he takes the initiative. everything else is sour grapes on everyone else's part. it's different if tragedy or death is involved, that shouldn't be profited on.

[@EssexRecordingStudios]

Yup

[@kainagami]

Same thing happened for the first release of the PS5. For scalping I have two main concerns, wth is wrong with the people overinflating the price and what is wrong with the people who think it's ok to spend the money on scalped items. Another thing I find kinda unreasonable, imo, is the +pricing on gear that has been owned by someone famous and the obsession for vintage gear as well. I will never understand these people

[@matteoziegler7632]

Bro you dont get it if i get mustaines guitar i can clone him and finally get good guitar lessons

[@kainagami]

@@matteoziegler7632 XD Oh yeah, I forgot about that, my bad. The talent transfers from Mustaine to the guitar and then to the new owner through osmosis :p Just how, how could I have not thought about that. Thank you very much for opening my mind

[@JosephArata]

It's like 200 year old firearms owners and "patina" it's rust and you just paid x amount of money for an unusable firearm corroding away to dust.

[@JohnDoeWasntTaken]

Vintage gear snobs are the worst. Fluff once did a video showing some jackass on reverb trying to sell some old box for a chunk of change because a vintage amplifier or something came out of it.

[@ivankrushensky]

Simple economics. For as long as there has been a limited supply of something, there has always been some rich person willing to shell out more than the next person, simply to say they have it and you don't. It's unfortunate. But it's always been a thing.

[@barryscott4385]

Bro, 2 years later and I still see them for sale on reverb

[@kuga6566]

I'm absolutely in love with your Ibanez on the wall. That thing is fucking beautiful.