These 3 Guitars are INSANELY Undervalued!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.พ. 2024
- In this video, I discuss three guitars that as of Spring 2024, are incredibly undervalued. There's three guitars I cover:
1. Gibson Les Paul Classics from the mid-90s to the mid-2000's (Grab the Premium Plus for the nice top and gold hardware)
2. Fender American Strats from the late 90s to the mid-2000's (HH/HSS/SSS - Many choices)
3. PRS Standard 22s, Standard 24s, and Swamp Ash Specials from the late 90s through the mid-2000's (anything made from one type of wood only, no maple tops IMO)
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Don’t say they’re undervalued. That just gives sellers the incentive to charge more. They are “properly priced,” compared to the overvalued, overpriced ones.
“These 3 Guitars are PROPERLY PRICED!” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it 😂 Also, it’s sweet that you think my little channel can impact the market. But I get what you’re saying ✌️
I like all three of the guitars. Thanks for the tips!
Good video; thanks for the tips!
I have a 2006 PRS Corvette Standard 22 that I got new. It was my only guitar for many years. Probably a thousand sessions with that guitar. I still have the Dragon II pickups in it with the 5-way rotary switch. You have me itching to throw a set of Lollar Imperials in there.
Great points about amazing guitars that have already been produced!
Get you some Gotoh 21:1 ratio keys for those hard tail PRS’s. INDESTRUCTIBLE tuning stability.
Thanks for the tips!
Good video. I will though disagree about the PRS. I had a standard 22 a few years ago and it was a very dark sounding guitar. The maple tops opens up the sound so much. The newer core McCarty 594 sounds and plays so much better, with a nitro finish. Crazy expensive but fantastic. For a bargain PRS I would suggest an old McCarty from ‘94 on. I’ve had a bunch and they were all great. A thicker mahogany body and maple top make these so sweet.
The crimson Standard 22 is beautiful, for sure! Every single PRS I've picked up has been well-made and played very well. Agree that I've never liked the sound of ANY stock PRS with PRS pickups, though, which is probably the only reason I own a modified Fender Custom Shop 52RI Thin Skin Telecaster, a truly wonderful '63 Strat copy (Danocaster), 2 LP style Epiphones (one humbucker, one P90) and a Harley Benton LP Jr P90 type-thing but no PRS. I was fine with having to replace the pickups, ALL of the electronics and the tuners on a $182 Harley Benton, and it turned out incredibly well for ~ $400 total. Not sure I would be as enthusiastic about buying a > $1500 guitar with pickups I don't like and modifying it. At least now I know more about the potential of a good PRS - thanks.
Tone is in the ear of the beer holder …😊
Love the video and that Les Paul in the beginning is gorgeous. Fyi, I hate to be that guy but I'm just saying this to help you out. Your video is great but you need to stop saying okay or right all the time. That along with saying the word insane about 20 times can drive somebody crazy😂
Early 2000's American Deluxe Stratocasters are great guitars.
I have three one from 1994, one fro 2000 and one from 2007 all USA strats
Have a 2006 core single-Cut. It's a bit heavier and the sound reflects that. One piece of Mahogany. Rosewood fretboard. I kinda agree. Most of the pickups I can do without. But I have touched on a few that I really like as stock. My 2006 I spoke of has PRS 6's in both neck & bridge and they are very good. Versatile with the coil splitter. The 85/15 is a great PRS pick-up also. But I hear ya. Seymour is a specialist at pickups. Tough to beat that. 4000-5000 for cust 22 or 24 or 24-08.
But thinking of grabbing a strat to go along with that great advice man thx. Been dying for a Floyd rose guitar. Maybe I'll try for one of those Strats you mentioned and try a Floyd on it. Since they are solid. I was around back then. You are correct. Nice work thank you!
Great video. thank you for the dive into value guitars.
Those Big Apple strats are great, even came in hardtail versions.
Yeah I love the hardtails! I've owned a few, they're great.
I see a lot of the Gibson Les Paul Studio. Are they a good value for a LP?
Some of them are. Snag one from the early 90s with the ebony fretboard!
Im Glad ☺️ you found some Nice Guitars . One of my favorites is a Shine guitar from china100 Bucks that I modified. I put in a Dark Star Entwistle pickup for about 25 Bucks. Don't know how many pieces the body has perhaps 3 or more. It plays like a 😈 Devil. It just needed a bit of TLC. Have fun. John.
did fender do teles well during that period too? ive a 98 us standard tele 🤞
own a 98 custom 24 thats on par as well, it has a STD neck profile n is just UNblvble, im VERY fortunate ta own it, n the bk story iz so crazy i wil spare you the details! fire mist red BEST abalone birds ever!
Good recommendations! I love my R8 but I bought it used for way less than current pricing. The Gibson ‘Classic’ models… yes!!! I got a 2003 SG Classic for $750 and it has a killer ‘59 neck carve. Just a badass axe and insane value.
I took a shot every time he said "undervalued" and now I'm in lever failure.
LOL !
That PRS is killer.
I had that exact PRS Standard, same colour even. I regret selling it so badly. In Australia they are really hard to find.
Murphy lab treatment looks kinda cool but does what for tone and playability… ??
Nothing, it's just a slightly different nitro finish that's easier to age
It was a rhetorical question
Funny…I love PRS pickups. There’s a reason the sell for so much on the secondary market.
These guitars are nice (I even have a 97 strat and mid 2000 LP) and no offense, but you obviously have not seen the latest Firefly strats that came out in 2023.
Now that is real value.
The specs are just insane for the money i.e... locking tuners, bone nut, roasted Canadian maple neck, stainless steel frets, alnico five pups, and Roasted Ash Bodies all in many different colors or even in a relic white, black or red color. All for just $159.00 to $179.00 (I got mine for $139.00 each plus shipping during Xmas).
I don't mean to gush but I am in awe of these guitars...I have been a professional guitar player for over forty years and I have many, many Fender strats as well as quite a few Gibson LP's and although I don't care much for the C necks on these Stratocaster Fireflys (I like soft V, Oval C or medium C) for the most part (except for the C neck) they look good, feel good and sound good and IMO, they stand up against any and all of my guitars including my expensive sig. strats. I would go as far to say that they are 85% better than most name brands I have played recently. That's just sad.
Currently I have six Firefly guitars (2-strats, 2- LP's, 1-SG and 1- ES-335 style) and their combined cost is less than a brand new made in Mexico Fender Player Plus Stratocaster at $999.00. YIKES!!! I still Love Fender and Gibson guitars but c'mon, in todays market the price of guitars from both of these manufacturers (IMO) is way, way out of line compared with many of the other off brands that are available from Mexico or China.
If you haven't played one of these guitars you are missing out on the absolute best value out their! Just my 2 cents worth. Peace.
I'll throw out the early 2000's Gibson Faded series. In general I have played a lot of killer Gibson guitars from 02-07ish and the faded series in particular tend to weigh nothing, be super cheap, and feel good if they're properly set up. HUGE necks though if that isn't your thing.
There were also a bunch of limited runs of Gibson with unusual specs in the mid 2000's. They're not cheap cheap, but but they're sometimes cheaper alternatives to custom shop models if you're looking for something specific.
The faded series are also a GREAT deal. They are a little more than the Classics... maybe mid $2000's? But still a great deal. I used to own one, they punch way above their weight class.
Great recommendations. Love it. I'm a PRS fanboy.... A blues lawyer but I am not smart enough to be a lawyer...
Insanely insane
I will say the earlier R9s (I have a 2007) hold their value in tone, AAA+ wood, specs, and playability (if set up properly). No idea what has happened at Gibson when they flipped to Richlite fretboards on LPCs abt 2010?
I’ve owned some R9’s and they’re great guitars. They were much more reasonably priced at that time. The prices now are nuts.
I do
Like richlite stays in tune doesn’t crack yeah not to old spec but plays great and last forever I have about 20 Gibson pauls
I would take Heritage over Gibson for any les Paul type guitar
Insanely undervalued, insanely undervalued, insanely undervalued....time to change the record!
Good info for those that already have one. 1.01K your subs will be driving those Reverb prices way up on these now! 😂
Gibson Les Paul Specials both P90 and Humbuckers are the best guitars Gibson has ever made and can be had used for well under $1000 bucks
Yes I agree, PRS pickups.... ehhhhhh. Changing them kind of moves the guitar into "not" undervalued imo. I guess that's the way Paul intended them to sound.
You should try the old Kramer assault 220 i got a copper one $400 awesome better than my 92 Gibson les paul and the new assault 220 Floyd roses are very good the new plus i didn't like because the frets were very ridgy but i'm telling you man these old Kramers you have to try one
Right
Although I do agree that prices on R9's are too high, they are a BETTER instrument than a USA model. I sold Gibson in the late 90's early 2000s. I owned a premium plus Classic that had a better top than several of the 10 or so Custom Shop models I have owned. Sometimes you have to pay for better quality. Murphy Labs are WAY over priced. But my two R9's are off the charts the best Les Pauls I have owned and I have owned probably close to 30 plus Gibsons going back to the early 80's. Plus you usually get most of your investment back when you sell them. Much more than a Fender or PRS
Crazy Pants???
Have #1 and #3. but both limited runs. original owner.
Don't hold that 2000 les Paul upside down, the position markers will fall out, mine did, haven't played it for months now,, playing my Tanglewood copy that sounds better and doesn't fall to bits, oh yes i forgot to mention i got it for free!
They’re properly priced. They’re guitars.
You are still talking multi thousand dollar guitars.
I can outplay many players on my $100 Epiphone (used, of course!) made in chine LP standard, and it doesn't kill my back anymore than my pocketbook.
Carpenters have a saying, and it true for musicians, too. "A bad carpenter...blames his tools."
Besides, Mr. Dorado? We love Marshalls. But no one who is anyone lacks a Fender blackface in the screen-shot somewhere! ;-)
I have an Epiphone I bought in a pawn shop for $50.00 that looks as good as that and I guarantee sounds better, given the $400+ in mods I did to it, meaning I have a badass guitar that cost less than $500.00, and you say $2000 is a bargain?
les Paul classics were all over the place for 1200-1400 pre-pandemic. not sure how 2000 would be considered a good deal, even with inflation. I wouldn't pay more than 1400 for one even now.
The early Classics were great once you got rid of the awful ceramic headbanger pickups.
I 100% shit you not - my 2013 PRS DGT is ten thousand times better than my Bartlett Retrospec Mk2. No comparison.
I was a Les Paul aficionado and a Fender fan up until I started playing Shechters and PRS. No comparison! The Gibson is a solid guitar, but priced badly. Strats, well, they are expensive kindling wood out of the box. Takes some $ to make a real guitar out of a Strat.
I disagree with your Gibson statement. They are all overvalued. Unethical company, poor quality control/consistency, cash-grabbing every single place you look with them.
Fender continues to be fantastic and far more versatile and affordable than a Gibson. Easier to play too. I just got my dad's (rest in peace) 2007 American Ultra and it is FANTASTIC to me. The Atomic humbucker and their single-coil noiseless paired with it. I love it so much.
I second the PRS guitar comment too, however I believe this applies to all of their guitars minus the Private Stock (beautiful but just overpriced just because of "fancy woods") and the S2 line - SE spec'd all the way around, just double the price because made in USA). The SE line BLOWS virtually any other competitors out of the park at their respective price points. From the SE CE24 (I love them) to the SE Custom 24/24-08, to the SE DGT, and Holcomb signatures (I own 3 Holcomb sigs haha)).
No USA-made guitars are "undervalued".
keep dreaming if you think you can get a prs standard for 1500 bucks lol
PLEASE say INSANE less!!! Thank you 😊
Right?😂
Drove me up a fricken wall !!!
The number of times you use that word is just insane! 🤣
We see you sold your shoes to buy Gibson lol 😂
You seems so unhappy with those three models. Best is the Les Paul obviously, but... For U$7.000 maybe you have better option and a different sound and construction, just Buy a ES Gibson model, semi-hollow body, P90 dogear or other humbucker type. Good luck. Bye.
Those guitars are insanely overpriced.
Only idiot fanboys waste money on overpriced guitars.
I'm sorry, but I have to take the word "Undervalued" with a grain of salt when i is coming from a guy who can clearly afford a collection of Marshall tube amps. I don't believe there is a such thing as a Gibson that is undervalued AT ALL. EVERY Gibson is OVERpriced by MILES. You literally used the three most overpriced brands on the market...lol Gibson makes more money suing other guitar companies than they do selling quality instruments.
Yeah, Tim shaw knows nothing about pickups.
Never said that 🤷♂
@eldoradoguitars6456 no you said about tim shaw pickups being in that guitar and then what do fender know about pickups. Don't sweat it 🤘
My plan was to pull the Shaw hss setup on my 2000 deluxe for fralins.......never did that and never needed to, excellent pickups
@@eldoradoguitars6456
Yes you said it and you're right.
Undervalued and over priced. I am a dealer with stores in five states and the crap I see everyday from Gibson and Fender is mind blowing. $6K for a les Paul custom now days???? You can purchased a used one from a year where they were known for quality for 3k. Fender has zero customer service skills. PRS is not a Fender and not a Gibson and they cost a ton for a good model and then they sell for nothing used. Welcome to 2024 where there is more used gear on the market than ever before .
I have 4 PRS guitars, and at least 11 amp heads, and probably several more guitars, but let me tell you what is "under-valued" LMAO You sir are suffering from WAY too much money...Anyone who spends 7k on a guitar has no business telling us what "value" is.
He said a 7,000 guitarist is over valued. Your rant is over valued value as that’s not what he said.
You’ve conflated overpriced with over valued. Very different. Underpriced is a good value. Overpriced is poor value. Your audience is consumers. Your language should reflect that. Your comment about depleted wood is absurd. Damn bro. WTF
You need to relax my man. This is supposed to be fun. If you’re not having a good time, then you’re doing it wrong.
Also, my comment about the wood is real. Ebony is in crisis and so is swamp ash. Bob Taylor, CEO of Taylor Guitars did a video on it 11 years ago and our environment has just gotten worse. You can learn more about it here:
th-cam.com/video/anCGvfsBoFY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=gO3b8mXijyYNQE7D
@@eldoradoguitars6456 the only thing I “need” to do in respect to this page is IGNORE it. Good luck.
He clearly said in that video that through their management of 75% of the market that they’ve increased usable ebony by ten fold of their available stock due to utilizing ebony with color variation in addition to more uniformly black ebony. That’s a global increase of available ebony of 750%. They have so much of it that they now supply other builders in the market due to their rigorous management and harvesting practices. They’re aggressively managing stocks to preserve future availability. Your understanding appears superficial and dated.
I totally disagree with what you're saying what you're saying if I think is rub you can find just as good guitars for a hell of a lot less gretch are much better value for money than Gibson's ferrozine concern Gibson you're paying for the name and that's all you're paying for the name you look at a lot of groups these days they're not using Gibson's most people won't pay stupid money buy yourself a gretch ask for defenders are now made in foreign countries the quality is absolutely garbage firstly myself I've got 18 guitars which I have quite a variation of one of the oldest guitars I have is an Yamaha FG 140 I do have some vendors but the best Fender copy I have is made by Yamaha just as good as a Strat 1/4 of the price stop listening to all these pros that took out the ass try the guitar play it see that gives you what you need is the action good is a sustained good because believe it or not I have picked up a Gibson that sounds bloody terrible that are definitely not worth the money I used to work in Liverpool the main two music shops in Liverpool was Rushworth I'm Frank Hesse are you suspend most of my dinner hours in Frank Hess the engineer told me many years ago and this is what he said there is four telecasters there the role the same model but different colours but they're not all equal and that goes for Gibson Ibanez almost other brands I was told you need to pick it up and play it people I've got this idea if you've got a Gibson or something similar all of a sudden you're gonna have success you're buying into a dream that doesn't exist so don't be fooled if you got a Gibson you're going to play better it's simple it doesn't work like that I've been playing since the late 60s I still like half an hour practice per day on the odd occasion I have filled in for a musician but I don't like doing it it's very very hard copy somebody else's Style most of the time you reaching for something which is an impossibility if somebody gave me a Gibson guitar let's just say a Gibson Hummingbird I would sell it and buy 3 to 4 decent guitars that I know I'd get a lot of fun am pleasure from just very recently I have changed my style slightly I've gone to parlour style guitars I'm still enjoy playing every day
Could you edit this & add punctuation? You make some interesting points but it’s headache inducing to read it as a stream of consciousness.
I agree with what I think you’re trying to say here, but have you ever heard of the ‘period?’ It’s a punctuation mark they usually teach you about in grade school that’s used to separate sentences - though your wording has additional issues that even proper period use wouldn’t correct.
Lol, another typical response from someone who can’t afford or won’t commit to a “real” guitar. I wonder why BB King didn’t play an Epiphone 😂
I liked the information given in this video. Right now, due to having so many guitars for sale there are some good deals being offered. Gibson, American Strats and PRS hold their value. If you buy these guitars on sale , you have a good chance of getting your money back if you want to sell. Yamaha makes Revstar and the new Professional that are very nice . If you are a collector , you probably want to collect Gibsons …but I wouldn’t take a $6700 guitar to a gig where someone might take it. Heck, I might mod my Harley Benton and bang around with that to have fun . I’d like to see a video on guitars between $600-$1000. ❤
America overvalues all its guitars.
Great vid! I agree with you on all three. I have an '07 (ebony) and '08 (gold) LP classic. They are both chambered and play amazing. Mine don't have the ABR-1 bridges, but I'm not a stickler about that. I wasn't a huge fan of the stock pickups, so I ended up swapping them out for something closer to a PAF in both guitars. IMO, pickups aren't a reason not to buy a guitar. Easy fix.
Slightly disagree about the Shawbucker...I really liked the 2nd gen!
Haha sorry about bashing the Shawbuckers! They aren't THAT bad.