GuitArcher

A mid-week roundup that starts off with something that jumped on me...

Everyone goes through ebbs and flows with their guitar obsession, and I'm not different.  After acquiring the rosewood Eric Johnson, and selling the Squier 51 to Henman, I went into a holding pattern on guitars.  No desire for anything new, and no desire to sell anything I own. Also video games.  I'll admit I'm rather taken with a few video games right now (Titanfall 2 is really that good IMHO), so... A digression - While I don't intended to turn this into a video game review site, I really have to say how impressed I am with that game.  I've been a pretty solid COD guy since COD4 (and played the original COD on by first Mac), but this is another level.  No surprise that it comes from the MW2 developers.  Everyone has been chasing their success for 10 years. Blame Video Games.  Parents blame everything on them anyway. Let's get back into it. Gibson Les Paul Classic - $1900 At some point last year one of these came up and I commented on ...

Here's the problem with buying a "new" guitar, under the premise that you are going to sell others to make up the difference: You inadvertently start "guitar shopping" again, looking for trade opportunities which might yield better sales results. If you're not sure what I'm on about, think about this: If you're having trouble selling your guitar, look for a trade opportunity that might benefit both of you.  I've found that one-for-one trades, or even those involving cash going one way or the other,  can often result in better luck - certain guitars just need a change of geography to get sold... so it goes without saying that you shouldn't look to swap with someone in the same geographic area, and you should look for older postings. This is pretty much the situation I'm in.  Not sold on selling the Les Paul Studio, but not committed to keeping it either, I began looking for interesting trades.  Basically, search outside your area fo...