January 2016 Roundup: (Archive)
Couple of things I've noticed lately: The Canadian dollar going down is driving used prices up. $1200 average for Fender American Standard? Insane. Bar level wattage isn't cool. I'm still seeing Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 1x12s for less than Blues Juniors. Maybe folks are waking up to the realization that 40 tube watts is a bit of overkill for the basement. The neck IS the guitar. Don't take an American Standard (for example), put a Squier neck on, and expect to sell it for 80% of the Standard. It's now a Squier. Deal with it. Here's what caught my eye recently. PRS CE22 - $1400 Originally, the posted listed this as a Standard, and was asking $1800. Whoops. The giveaway here is the bolt-in maple neck as opposed to the set-neck of the Standard. someone must have sent him a friendly (or otherwise) note about correctly identifying the product you're trying to sell. Now, at $1200 this would be a steal based on color and conditi...