Fun Thread of Guitar Dollar Investment

[leehop71]

Originally Posted by Ted @ LA Guitar Sales

Cool thread but there is no way you will get an accurate count because guys with large collections who could account for 90% of the total are not likely to post the number.

Spot on Ted, but it will be interesting to see what number we do hit in spite of.

[rmyAddison]

I think any lifetime player who also performed has had some serious money invested over the years, I mostly owned all the PA equipment for a 6 piece band too before I moved, lots of money in music, throw in a home theater too..........love the arts, love music, zero regrets about the money............

[BobbyBadd]

Approx $4000. in guitars, Goes up to 10K if you add my Mandolin.

[JLed79]

Originally Posted by rmyAddison

I think any lifetime player who also performed has had some serious money invested over the years, I mostly owned all the PA equipment for a 6 piece band too before I moved, lots of money in music, throw in a home theater too..........love the arts, love music, zero regrets about the money............

+1 here. I'd rather play great guitars than have a gold coffin.

[MisterZeus]

Current (six) guitars I own were purchased for $10, 074...some new, some used and some offset by trade-in value
of another guitar (that value not included in the figure in red).

[MrBJones]

$1,624

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[leehop71]

So far with 20 members weighing in we have a total of $138, 292.43.

[Diamond Dave]

Originally Posted by jackajesusfreak

So far with 20 members weighing in we have a total of $138, 292.43.

Wait--I also have a $55 ukulele.

[Cobby]

Approximately $18500

[Quake17]

Rounded off right at $10K for acoustic guitars.

[kydave]

Around $15K for the instruments I currently own...

[fatt-dad]

I got 11K in guitar value and 14K in mandolin value.

I paid $5.5K in guitar purchases and $10.2K in mandolin purchases.

f-d

[Montie]

If we are strictly talking about acoustics, I have about 1800 invested across 3 guitars. If electrics are thrown into the equation, I am at 26,200 total. This doesn't include amps, or pedals.

[dmbandnick]

Current inventory investment amount = $5400

[billder99]

This is a fun idea, but your guess of $500k is going to be way, WAY low... there are many individual forum members who have well over $100k invested in guitars alone. For me:

Guitars and integral pickups that I currently own: $5,350

Amp & Accessories (cords, guitar stands, capos, straps, picks, tuners, metronome, cleaner, mics & mic stands, music stand, etc): $1,850

more Guitars None of this includes the many guitars I have bought and sold along the way... net negative cost (Cost - Sale) was approx. $1,500

... So, true total invested in Guitars $8,700