Hi All,
I'm new on here and am after some advice please. I used to play in a few bands around Birmingham years ago but I can't see me getting back into it and I spend my spare time making acoustic guitars now.
I'd like to sell some gear off and buy a nice used acoustic, Martin OM28V or Collings OM2.
Could anyone give me a realistic idea of what price any of the following is likely to fetch so I can see what is worth selling.
2012 Gibson 335 dot - antique natural- very good condition
2015 Carr Skylark Combo - black - very good condition- not moved out of the bedroom since i bought it from Coda
1978 Ibanez MC200NT - quite a few dings and dents but plays well
1988 PRS studio - Dark blue but looks almost black- a few dents but quite good condition
1989 Les Paul Custom - Arctic White gone yellow - a few dents and wear marks and fag burn in the headstock - no breaks. I bought this new from Musical exchanges in 1989 so is probably last on my list to sell (sentimental value and all that).
Apologies for the crap photos (if they work at all). I'll get some better ones when I know what is going.
Many Thanks,
Dave
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For used prices Ebay is your friend.
Put in what you're selling, select "auction" and "sold items" in the side bar, there you go. Instant estimates of current market value.
Obviously you're entitled to charge what you see fit.
for example:
2012 Gibson 335 dot - antique natural- very good condition- £1345
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_nkw=2012+Gibson+335+dot&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1
Good luck.
reverb price guide is also worth a look
https://reverb.com/price-guide
A couple from your list - if you sign up you can compare the condition of ones that sold to yours.
https://reverb.com/uk/price-guide/guide/18520-carr-skylark-1x12-combo
https://reverb.com/uk/price-guide/guide/5191-gibson-les-paul-custom-1989-alpine-white
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Superb guitars, but not to everyone's taste.
Are you sure it's a 200? Only asking because the 200's had selector on the upper bout. 100's had it next to the pots. Both had silver hardware so difficult to tell without more pictures. 100's were bolt on though so if it's neck through then deffo a 200.
http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1978/p11.jpg
There's a 100DS in my local guitar shop priced at around £650 on commission sale and it's been there a while now. Which is nuts because it's easily the best 2nd hand guitar in the shop and a steal for the money.
Maybe worth asking on ICW in case it's one of the transition models? Which may add more value to a collector? NT's can be more desirable. http://www.ibanezcollectors.com/forum/
I've seen some 200's listed around the £700 mark, to give you a rough idea. But the market is fickle and you just need the right buyer to come along. Either way fantastic guitars for the money.
Nick...
There is a better method for viewing completed listings on reverb.com, if you add "&showsold=true" to the URL it will show all the sold items in your search as well. If you are in UK, dont forget to change the 'ships to' location to 'anywhere', the default is UK only and the results will be very minimal.
I suspect you will have a reasonable chance of selling most of those in the classifieds here. You might even find someone prepared to do a trade for a nice acoustic on some of those...
Blobb - the Ibanez is neck through so I think it is an MC200. Another early '90s buy from Musical Exchange in Birmingham. I bought it to play slide on but never got round to it so 25 years later probably never will.
have you a price in mind ?
Too true - on both counts!
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^This is true.
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Lol...what's this, school?
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Loads of money.