A question to you all - when selling a guitar that has been electronically modded, would the potential buyers always prefer the electronics to be restored to original or would they possibly prefer keeping the mod?
For example, I've changed the switching to add more choices with a 5-way switch rather than 3-way - should I restore it to the original way before trying to sell it?
What about if the schematic was exactly the same but I'd, for example, swapped the cheaper Alpha pots for higher grade CTS pots, would anyone still prefer the original pots to better quality ones doing the same function?
Thanks.
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On eBay, people tend to prefer bone stock guitars. This is possibly because people that only sell on eBay do things like “convert” a 7 string to a 6 string by just swapping the nut, or replacing the middle pickup on a guitar with a sausage and other such idiocies.
Golden rules:
Keep any parts you remove.
Don’t fuck about with vintage guitars unless a part is so old it needs replacing. If so, see rule above.
Final word from someone that has bought and sold too many guitars, and I know it’s not relevant to what you’ve asked, but in my experience the biggest barrier to a potential buyer is to flat-out refuse to ship the guitar.
Not vintage, it's recent so no worries with that.
Full disclosure - all my guitars are modified in some way. It’s a matter of personal taste.
Upgraded pots are a selling point, don’t put lower-quality ones back in - especially as you will presumably have enlarged the holes to fit CTS ones.
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