PSA: a couple of '79 Sunburst

[crunchee]

55 minutes ago, kizanski said:

Everyone makes duds.

...and the only way to find out for sure is to play them and/or own one.

[maxprs]

Prices are rising for those late 70s Sunbursts, we all know that, it started years ago.
That natural '79 on Reverb is 3.5 K with the "make offer" available. That means you may get it for about 3 k.
Is it too much? Well, it's more than what you paid years ago for your '79 Sunburst, but it's less than what you will pay in the years to come, so it would be a safe investment.

I have a very similar Sunburst, a natural '79 with amazing flame top.
Would I sell it for 3 K?
No way.
I could only get one of those lower budget custom shop with that money, but I would put my Sunburst against ANY custom shop ANY day.

Edited February 20 by maxprs

[ARM OF HAMER]

4 hours ago, HSB0531 said:

Did that Sunburst on the left come stock with the bridge X2N ?

                    No that pickup isn't original to the guitar................like the Kahler it was an aftermarket part. PICs from the listing before I bought it. 

Edited February 20 by ARM OF HAMER

[velorush]

On 2/19/2025 at 7:25 AM, bry4321 said:

This reminds me, isn't there some way to see what things have actually sold for on Reverb, as opposed to things that have sold accompanied by the asking price? Sales history or something like that? 

 

23 hours ago, bry4321 said:

That is great to know @velorush although in this particular case the results seem fishy! 

So yours was a rhetorical question? Didn't seem so. My bad.

[bry4321]

2 hours ago, velorush said:

 

So yours was a rhetorical question? Didn't seem so. My bad.

No it wasn't rhetorical at all and your post was very helpful. I didn't know you could do that on Reverb. I was on phone when I saw your post and didn't make out the graph with the price history. It was the Reverb "estimated price range" of $706 to $1743 that confused me!  

[Cboss]

11 minutes ago, bry4321 said:

No it wasn't rhetorical at all and your post was very helpful. I didn't know you could do that on Reverb. I was on phone when I saw your post and didn't make out the graph with the price history. It was the Reverb "estimated price range" of $706 to $1743 that confused me!  

IMO the Reverb numbers are just AI generated bullshit, I know for sure that if you're asking $2,000 for a guitar and I offer you $1,500 and you take it, 2000 is the number that will come up in the reverb  history... and of course they have a vested interest in bigger numbers because their fees are percentage based

And then they will send you a 1099, as if your sale is income

Edited February 21 by Cboss

[velorush]

1 hour ago, Cboss said:

And then they will send you a 1099, as if your sale is income

DISCLOSURE: I AM NOT AN ACCOUNTANT AND AM NOT PROVIDING TAX ADVICE. CONSULT YOUR TAX PROFESSIONAL FOR TAX ADVICE.

Um, if you sell something, your sale is income.