Back in '89 or '90, I spent $1000.00 on a brand new Charvel. Spending a grand on a guitar now is almost a normal price tag for something decent. I'd love to have a new Gibson Les Paul, but can't seem to part with $2000.00 or $3000.00 to purchase one. Lately, I've been looking for good used vintage guitars and would rather part with that kind of money for a playable investment. Obviously with an acoustic, depending on level of experience, you don't want crap. I have a Dean Artist, that I spent a grand on and am very happy with it.

Yea...when I started out my parents got me a cheap yahoo strat rip off that came with a small practice amp for about 100 dollars. 3 years later I decided I had earned a new guitar haha...I got a JS1000 and yea...it was about $1200 so you do have to be willing to spend a few bucks to get a decent guitar.

man...who buys a 10k guitar off the internet without playing it?

ppl with more money than sense i guess.

any person that is serious about guitar and willing to spend 10k should know how it plays and sounds can't come from a description.

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What would I spend? I don't know, it would depend on a lot of things. The main one being, what can I spend and that ain't much. But I feel pretty good about what I have spent, I have managed to get a Gretch Dreadnought and an Epiphone Sheraton and a couple of other things and while some may raise their nose, I like my arsenal and haven't broke the bank yet.
There is however a Martin that may cause me to part with about a thousand bucks if I can get that much together at one time.

Hmmm... Good question! SInce I've spent about $80,000 on recording gear over the past 6 years, you would think that I'd spend thousands on guitars too. Not so. Though I do have a number of guitars that are worth well over $1000 and one worth more than 10k with original the case, (it's a 1928 Stella Blues 12 string that I bought in a pawn shop in Texas for $35 in 1970,) I didn't spend nearly that much on any of them. Most I've spent is $1000 on a guitar.

I was in the market for an American Strat over the spring and I wasn't sure I could justify the grand for new one. I got a good deal on a used one trading an Epiphone Dot as a partial trade. I spent $400 out of pocket. I think if push came to shove I'd have spent the $1k and I probably would again. In fact I could probably talk myself in to $1,500 if I had to. I'm hoping that won't be the case. I'd probably do my homework, play a lot of instruments, know what I want and go back to the used market.

Actually we're in the accoustic forum aren't we.... Sorry. I play an old Washburn D-10 that is 20 years old. I usually go right for the accoustics when I got to a guitar shop. What a difference between the Martin/Gibson accoustics (or any solid top vs. laminated). I'm more of an electric guy but I really like changing speeds w/ an accoustic. With a Strat in hand my next guitar purchase will likely be to upgrade the accoustic. Would I spend a $1k to $1500 on an accoustic? To be honest I'm just not sure.

That's what I love about Ibanez. Their mid-range guitars are great, and don't usually cost more than 600. Of course, I do my own set-ups and various other guitar work, so to me it's not such a huge deal if I get one that's not set up EXACTLY right (I'm yet to find any off-the-shelf guitar that is!)

They may not be made with AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-top extinct koashmapleogany trees from the petrified rainforests under Antarctica, but they do the trick, and they do it extremely well. I actually would rather just have the cheaper instruments anyway. Nobody likes to break a $3k guitar onstage!

you know, i LOVE guitars. and after doing some research i have found that in many cases, they are EXCELLENT long term investments, some even short term. for instance, the new eddie van halen frankenstein replica. there are only 300 or so being made and they are going for $25,000 each. which seems rediculous. BUT, immediately after they are all sold, look for that price to jump above 30. and year to year, in good condition they will continue to gain value. basically, if you are wealthy enough to buy them, you can, and enjoy them, and never lose a penny in the process because you can sell them any time and make a profit.granted, there is some risk involved, but if you do your research, i think it is a good investment. i personally would have bought one if i had the 25,000... hell, it would probably return me more than i would get for 25 grand in my 401k! but i would buy many older, more rare guitars. sadly, i think the most i would be able to part with at this point in my life is about 10 grand. /9and chances are, that is all money that WOULD have been going into my 401k! so i may never own a 1954 strat (worth aproximately $100,000) but i love my guitar collection, and if i can have something i can enjoy for a long time to come, and perhaps hand over to my children, it is worth the money to me. but i can say, if i am going to be playing it a lot, i wont go over $3,000 in most cases.... and that would be a nice martin acoustic.