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drbob1 · 15th February 2010

I think he's playing you pretty hard on the value of your stuff. You should be able to sell that for closer to $1000? If you don't really need it, selling digital gear and buying guitars is usually a good idea, since guitars hold their value and gear doesn't. Next, building a guitar is great if you're going to own it forever, but it'll cost a lot more to build than to buy used. If I were looking for a strat, I'd ask myself a couple of questions...

1. Is the 79 magic? If it's 6.5#, resonant, plays like butta, has all the original stuff and you'll keep it for the rest of your life, it'll appreciate in value and no other $2200 guitar will. If it's not all that, walk away.

2. Are you starting a collection? If so, start frequenting dealers, head to Dallas or Arlington and find the guitar that IS all that.

3. IF you just want a player, and you're going to sell, get a Fender custom shop used. I love the sound and feel of the SRV, a used one in near perfect shape should be $1k or therabouts. If you want a thinner neck, the Clapton strats sell all day long in the $800 range.

4. If you want the perfect, customized guitar, and you'll never sell it, then build up a Warmouth guitar, or get one of the luthiers on here or The Gear Page to build you one. It'll cost as much or more than the Clapton, and sell for 1/2 what you pay, but it'll be exactly what you want.

15th February 2010	#8
drbob1 Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,421 3 Reviews written	I think he's playing you pretty hard on the value of your stuff. You should be able to sell that for closer to $1000? If you don't really need it, selling digital gear and buying guitars is usually a good idea, since guitars hold their value and gear doesn't. Next, building a guitar is great if you're going to own it forever, but it'll cost a lot more to build than to buy used. If I were looking for a strat, I'd ask myself a couple of questions... 1. Is the 79 magic? If it's 6.5#, resonant, plays like butta, has all the original stuff and you'll keep it for the rest of your life, it'll appreciate in value and no other $2200 guitar will. If it's not all that, walk away. 2. Are you starting a collection? If so, start frequenting dealers, head to Dallas or Arlington and find the guitar that IS all that. 3. IF you just want a player, and you're going to sell, get a Fender custom shop used. I love the sound and feel of the SRV, a used one in near perfect shape should be $1k or therabouts. If you want a thinner neck, the Clapton strats sell all day long in the $800 range. 4. If you want the perfect, customized guitar, and you'll never sell it, then build up a Warmouth guitar, or get one of the luthiers on here or The Gear Page to build you one. It'll cost as much or more than the Clapton, and sell for 1/2 what you pay, but it'll be exactly what you want.