afishynado

I totally get the op. It's totally clear.

Lmao, I've been waiting for someone to say that. But you know, Cleveland to Cali ain't nothin' when you have your own Learjet...I got 20% off when I bought mine......;-) What else have you figured out???

Did you get 20% off like you've been telling us? If so, can we call Sweetwater and drop your name and get a sweet deal too???

um, here ya go: Video Yourself for Guitar Practice and Be Your Own Teacher (classicalguitarshed.com)

Where's your video????

Why not go with a J-35 Faded for 2199 at G-Center. A hair over your budget but I think has mahogany you are looking for and you get a lifetime warranty....plus maybe u can use one of those "coupons" you mention in another post to bring it into your budget....

Hey welcome. Maybe you can help break the trend here of talking about your vintage guitar(s) but not showing them...do you have any pics?

How 'bout and update? Did you have it repaired? How'd it turn out?

...Back to the original subject, people go out and earn their money and scrimp and save, and if they wanna pinch off a little of that money in order to buy something, it is their right to do so. Good guitars tend to have good resale value. Ever increasing costs of materials and labor and so on, lead to higher prices of new guitars which can, in turn, help the resale value of pre-owned instruments, which, over time, tends to diminish the cost of purchasing a new musical instrument. In some events, good guitars are eventually sold for more than their original purchase price.... I know a few people that may or may not, frequent this site, who desperately need to heed these words....

I just made another edit, to correct what I think was confusing to you...

LOL. He must be enamored with todays interest rates. They were near zero for what, 10 years...but when you factor in inflation...the savings/checking accounts aren't so lucrative. Back to guitars....

Cool. Thanks for the heads up. I really thought the limit was lower. I edited my op to reflect current limits.

Asking for a friend. A guy has 300k sitting in his checking account (which is only insured to 250k by FDIC). He wants a guitar, maybe new, maybe old. How much of the 300k should he pinch off to spend on a guitar.