amp against guitar-trade: good idea, or bad idea?

[Cagey]

I wouldn't do it. At one time, a Gibson was The Guitar to Have. Only the best of the best played them, and it wasn't easy to get a better or even equal guitar for the money. That's changed dramatically, to where these days it's difficult to find guitars that aren't as good or better than Gibsons, and most of them cost substantially less. So, demand is going down. I expect that trend to continue, until only the historical museum pieces command the ridiculous prices we're seeing on the things. If somebody gave me a Gibson today, I'd have it on the auction block immediately before it lost any value. There are literally millions of them out there, so supply is already high. The law of supply and demand says generous supply+reduced demand=low price. So, Gibson prices are headed for the toilet. I'd wager in 10 years Les Pauls will be a dime a dozen, figuratively speaking.

 

[nathan a]

Keep the amps. The geetars are nice, but there's plenty of those models circulating around. As you said yourself, you might never really replace those amps.

 

[AprioriMark]

Yeah, keep the amps, man.  You will regret it in the long run.  They're better than money, and certainly better than that custom and a guitar you like next to nothing about.

-Mark

 

[bpmorton777]

keep the amps...you'll regret the trade later on...

Brian

 

[Orpheo]

Just to prove some guys here wrong: I'm going to keep the amps!


meaning that some guys say 'whenever we say A, orpheo always does B", which is now clearly not the case I already felt something was off with the deal, and you guys made sure I wouldn't do something stupid. thanks

 

[kboman]

Good man! :icon_thumright:

 

[m4rk0]

Just to prove some guys here wrong: I'm going to keep the amps!
meaning that some guys say 'whenever we say A, orpheo always does B", which is now clearly not the case I already felt something was off with the deal, and you guys made sure I wouldn't do something stupid. thanks

you are thinking about the other forum!  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Orpheo]

Just to prove some guys here wrong: I'm going to keep the amps!
meaning that some guys say 'whenever we say A, orpheo always does B", which is now clearly not the case I already felt something was off with the deal, and you guys made sure I wouldn't do something stupid. thanks

you are thinking about the other forum!  :icon_biggrin:

whoops  :laughing7:

 

[GoDrex]

meaning that some guys say 'whenever we say A, orpheo always does B", which is now clearly not the case

no no - the correct equation is "Orpheo asks about A and B. People reply A or B  = Orpheo does whatever the hell he was going to do in the first place anyway."  :laughing7:

 

[Orpheo]

meaning that some guys say 'whenever we say A, orpheo always does B", which is now clearly not the case

no no - the correct equation is "Orpheo asks about A and B. People reply A or B  = Orpheo does whatever the hell he was going to do in the first place anyway."  :laughing7:

haha, sure, thats valid for most isues, but here, I really wanted to get opinions