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My feedback thread is here.
if it’s a high end guitar like custom shop or PRS is want it stock. On a cheaper guitar I don’t mind if the parts changed are good and well known parts. Like putting in a Callaghan block in a cheap Strat is okay by me.
It's a long while since I modified anything or sold anything, but when I did I always put them back to stock (if I'd kept the parts).
My "upgrades" may be "downgrades" to someone else, and they certainly don't add any value.
You can always sell the returned-to-stock guitar and the replacement parts/pickups separately and get more money than you would for the modded guitar.
I've grown quite addicted to changing hardware and electronics on cheaper guitars to make them sound better. Usually they'll be guitars I won't be selling on so free to mess around with it if I want.
That doesn't stop people trying to sell their upgraded guitars for the cost of the guitar plus the cost of the replacement parts, but I'd be a bit surprised if even one has ever sold for that.
The only exception would be something like a Harley Benton upgraded with Bareknuckle pickups. The chances are someone will buy that for more than the guitar would normally worth... probably so they can take out the expensive pickups, fit some cheap ones, and sell the guitar on thus getting a cheap set of Bareknuckles .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Ok - are the original parts that would also cost £200 as an after market purchase included in the sale?
No.
GTFO then.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303562037019
In all seriousness I bought a second hand j mascis jazzmaster, with upgraded p'ups (Seymour duncan's), trem (fender rather than squier), tuners (locking gotoh's), vintage wiring, cts pots, switchcraft switch and jack, and a tort scratchplate.
The premium I paid for that little lot was very small and it makes it a much better instrument. Although I do like that gold scratchplate....
I’m always on the lookout for stuff , but the aftermarket extras put me off straight away . Sometimes they ruin the guitar when there was nowt wrong with it in the 1st place !!
i can see why people would be more interested in buying a cheap guitar that has been upgraded , but I don’t tend to look at guitars like that 2nd hand .
The difficult bit is getting seller and buyer to agree what figure is reasonable.
Occasionally, you chance upon a guitar that manages to be far more than the sum of its parts. It has to be acquired as is to be worth acquiring at all. Time for some good, old-fashioned haggling.