When will I stop wanting to upgrade my guitar?

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Re: When will I stop wanting to upgrade my guitar?

Post by Larry Mal » Fri May 02, 2025 5:26 am

thevolumecontrol wrote:
Thu May 01, 2025 4:53 pm

Yeah! Making it yours makes it less appealing to sell
Yeah, in both ways, you know? I look at them and think, well, it's really customized to me, do I really want to let it go at this point?

And then I think about how little of this will mean anything to anyone else and it'll just be money lost.

Tends to keep you in your place.
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Re: When will I stop wanting to upgrade my guitar?

Post by thevolumecontrol » Fri May 02, 2025 8:41 am

Larry Mal wrote:
Fri May 02, 2025 5:26 am
thevolumecontrol wrote:
Thu May 01, 2025 4:53 pm

Yeah! Making it yours makes it less appealing to sell
Yeah, in both ways, you know? I look at them and think, well, it's really customized to me, do I really want to let it go at this point?

And then I think about how little of this will mean anything to anyone else and it'll just be money lost.

Tends to keep you in your place.
Right. If you customize it to the point that no one else would want it but you love it, then you’re forced to keep it, in a good way

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Re: When will I stop wanting to upgrade my guitar?

Post by vpich » Mon May 05, 2025 4:24 am

Also the more money pit the guitar is the harder it is to justify the money you’ll get back. It kinda helps the trade mentality i ised to have, guitars coming in and out all the time. My jm has been super modded and there have been times i have been into other guitars types at the moment and briefly thought about selling but it would be a huge money loss. And i have done that too much by now.

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Re: When will I stop wanting to upgrade my guitar?

Post by B.T. » Mon May 05, 2025 6:01 am

terminalvertigo wrote:
Thu May 01, 2025 5:36 am
it ends when you purchase a vintage guitar
All bets are off if you’re Kirk Hammett though :P

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