What's your rig worth?

crunchman

Mine is worth far too much.  Good news is that I can't find a current address for myself on 192.com.  When you do the electoral roll you have the option to tick a box saying that you don't want your data sold on.

It can be a bit of a pain for credit checks but at least you don't appear on sites like that.

frankus

I was a little disappointed with mine - scared but disappointed then I realised it didn't include amps...

I'm tempted to trade it in for a second hand Boxter.

LastMantra

frankus said:

I was a little disappointed with mine - scared but disappointed then I realised it didn't include amps...

I'm tempted to trade it in for a second hand Boxter.

Don't park it outside your house though or people will know you own a Boxter and rob you.

kossofffan

1 Guitar, 1 Amp & 1 Pedal Board = priceless to me !

koneguitarist

Years ago in Yeovil I was doing a gig in a rough little pub. I had a 54 tele, 72 Vibrolux and an OD pedal. Other guitarist had a 90's strat plus and a Marshall VS80. 

Mate came along and asked is that a real 50's tele I said yeah, he was appalled I would leave it on stand in the pub. 

So I explained the majority of guitarists who knows what's what, would not steal from another musician, however the average arsehole thief would look and pick the shiny strat to pinch if he had a choice! 

So I was safe.

The gear has to be used and gigged, if you are too frightened of losing it don't buy it. 

Moral, buy what you need and can use, rather than what will impress other guitarists.

viz

Reminds me of the scene in indiana jones with the grail. "You have chosen ..... poorly".

koneguitarist

Yep, he still sounded better than me as he was a better player !

monquixote

Mine doesn't really tell the story from the list prices. 

My H&K Puretone listed at about £2K and my PRS Singlecut at about £2.5K, but for both of them I paid a fraction of that. 

Danny1969

I have 2 different rigs for the various bands I play in, 

HT5 head - £150

Home made 1 x 12" £80

Custom made Superstrat £2k

Big rig

JMP-1 not sure, can't buy em new anymore
EL34 100 /100 about £900 I think

80's Les Paul, SG double neck, Superstrat all worth a fortune but not mine

hywelg

I had to do a reckon up of my pedal board for insurance purposes and it made me wince. Surprising how it all adds up.

randomhandclaps

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noisepolluter

ROOG said:

Clingy said:

Totally disproportionate to my ability!

That makes at least two of us then!

Terrible thing GAS.

Make that three. 

I try not to think about it, and just remind myself that I do very much enjoy playing what I've got - which fundamentally is the whole point of it for me. 

Lexie1

Yamaha THR10

Fretboard Collective Guitar

And that my friends is it!

@-)

ICBM

My last full-band live rig was about three and a half grand, of which the most valuable part was the pedalboard at about £1500. (Guitar a bit over a grand, amp a bit under.)

Nowadays I use an acoustic guitar worth either a couple of hundred quid or about a grand and a bit, depending which I take, or a bass worth about £1500 and a pedal worth £100.

ThePrettyDamned

I have a few guitars - perhaps adding up to a grand, 2 are home finished ones

bass - £400 used, give or take

Amp - Silverstripe Bandit, 50-60 quid used

Pedals - about £200.

That's quite a lot! I still want a chorus pedal, but I can happily route my signal through my computer for that.  

johnnyurq

When I was gigging regularly it was over £10k worth at 2nd hand prices then.

Now after not being gigging for over 2 years I have only 6 electric guitars, 1 acoustic, a bass and 2 amps so it all including PA and the like is about £5k at todays 2nd hand values.

At one point I had over 20 guitars and always about 4 amps and a few multi FX etc, but not much in the way of discrete pedals strangely.

Most likely will downsize some gear (although all guitars and 2 amp are keepers I reckon) in the near future as it is silly having all that gear doing mostly nowt.

Might actually cause me to get off the treadmill and concentrate solely on what I do have, for a change.

Ooh we are all very bad are we not?

ICBM

johnnyurq said:

only 6 electric guitars

Sorry, but that made me laugh for some reason .

I wonder why we "need" so many?

I can't moralise, I have four - although one is out on permanent loan and one on temporary, so I kind-of only have two at the moment…

And three acoustics. (6-string, 12-string and resonator.)

And a bass - that's probably my main instrument at the moment. I did have another one but I sold it.

And three electric guitar amps, one bass amp, one "multi-amp" (acoustic/vocal etc.) and a small PA amp.

.. and that's not that much stuff, compared to a lot of players I know, most of who are just amateurs even if they gig occasionally (like me).

Most professional classical musicians own one main instrument and sometimes a backup.

ThePrettyDamned

This is true @ICBM but I think it's down to just treating ourselves.  

Technically, I 'need' one guitar - I mostly play rock, groove and metal so my LTD is fine.  But I want a jazzmaster because they're great looking and sound completely different, and I want the PRS build because I like building and it'll get me something in between the pure vintage tones of the jazzmaster and the proper modern sound of the LTD.  And it has a trem, which is nice

We are victims, really :P

The acoustic folks I know basically have one, generally more expensive, guitar  that suits them well - string spacing and sound they like.

Andy Mckee last night had 2 guitars (acoustic and acoustic baritone) and both of them managed to cover so many different tunings each, it was insane.  If I put my LTD from one tuning to another that's significantly different, things would not work out well, but acoustics seem to cope.  

Plus, guitars are well pretty

johnnyurq

ICBM;199309" said:

johnnyurq said:

only 6 electric guitars










Sorry, but that made me laugh for some reason .

I wonder why we "need" so many?

I can't moralise, I have four - although one is out on permanent loan and one on temporary, so I kind-of only have two at the moment…

And three acoustics. (6-string, 12-string and resonator.)

And a bass - that's probably my main instrument at the moment. I did have another one but I sold it.

And three electric guitar amps, one bass amp, one "multi-amp" (acoustic/vocal etc.) and a small PA amp.

.. and that's not that much stuff, compared to a lot of players I know, most of who are just amateurs even if they gig occasionally (like me).



Most professional classical musicians own one main instrument and sometimes a backup.

@ICBM


Yes it was meant slightly tongue in cheek and aimed squarely/sarcastically at me and my attitude from before of having a few over 20 and still wanting more.

Far from cured but beginning to question the sanity and 6 is more than enough for now.

I tell myself I have six for the different things brought to the table by the different guitars.

So

Line 6 JTV-59 with ext GK3, well you know

Telecaster with internal GK3, ditto above

Old faithful Gibson LPR diverse basic tones

Strat that is for plyaing and pimping with lots of lovely mods

EVH Special MIJ with F/R and D Tuna for hooligan 80's days

Newly acquired Haigh SG (AKA Forum tart guitar) for mini hums tones

The problem is using the above logic it is not difficult to think well I need a Ric 6 & 12 string, Gretsch, PRS and any number of other signature tone guitars.

Mustn't though and this is heped by being skint for now.

We are all going to hell aren't we?

John_P

It does get a bit out of hand doesn't it...  I remember the old days gigging with a 1x12 combo and a couple of pedals compared to last nights monster rig  (although I've used more extravagent set ups)

Part of it is having more disposable income and spending it on toys,  part of it is being serious about peforming and wanting quality gear that will sound good and be reliable. 

I'm also all for trying to make life simple where I can so I have a rehearsal setup and a couple of gigging setups and I can grab and go whatever I need - one band uses different tunings so I have guitars ready for that and my favourites in standard.  Then of course there is the gear that has some (however tenuous and irrational) sentimental value, rarely used but they aren't going anywhere unless I really need to free up some cash.