Dent?

[pdolan5]

Hi all,

 

I'm new to this forum, and I figured a few people around here would be able to answer a question I have concerning my SG. I have a 2006 Gibson SG Standard. I'm wondering how much my guitar is devalued now that there are two small dents on the front side of the body. A friend of mine accidentally knocked it over while I had it on a stand, and here was the result:

 

 

Any ideas? Thanks a lot!

 

PD

[lpkthree]

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[Tim Plains]

All depends on the buyer. One buyer may use that to his advantage, claim it's damaged and give you a low-ball offer.

Used SG Standards sell between $1,000 to $1,200 usually. If you ask me, I'd say your guitar is devalued by between $0 and $50 for those two dents. It's a guitar, people play guitars, a certain degree of wear is expected.

[jameswithesg]

if your planning on babying the guitar forever just for resale value, i suggest you have that guitar live in its case

[yoda]

if your planning on babying the guitar forever just for resale value' date=' i suggest you have that guitar live in its case[/quote']

 

+1

 

I agree!!!!

[jimmiJAMM]

Let's put it this way, it aint gonna help with the resale value of your guitar.

[hellion102792]

If your friend knocked it off a stand, you're LUCKY that's the only damage.

 

Sometimes, this is what happens

[Bruno690]

With everyone selling "reliced" guitars, I think you may have added value.

[NeoConMan]

It will lessen the chance of a sale at all for top used prices more than actually driving the price down.

 

If the guitar is otherwise perfect, some people simply will not want to buy it because of the obvious damage.

Why?

 

Because everybody they show their new guitar to will point and ask "What happened here?"

 

People who aren't bothered by a few dings will buy it if they like it, but will still try to drive your price down.

In no way should it take $100 off.

[The Fool on The Hill]

Dents and scratches make the guitar look nice.

[cat&mouse]

if your planning on babying the guitar forever just for resale value' date=' i suggest you have that guitar live in its case[/quote']

 

Amen.

[Sin]

my guitar looks like she's been thru a wood chipper, last time she went to a luthier for a tune up, the guy asked me ,you want me to do so cosmetic work on her? I said 'no I like the battle scars"

[jimmiJAMM]

In all fairness to pdolan5's concern, not everyone thinks it's cool that their guitar is riddled with battle scars. Would it be cool if your '67 Corvette Stingray got dented at the grocery store parking lot? I think not. Sure, there's the usual wear & tear that comes with playing it, gigging it, etc. but it still sucks when something you cherish gets damaged.

[Geff]

Gibsons recent price drop on new Standards will have had far more effect on your resale values! You can now get a brand new Standard for under $1200 online.

[LT ED]

I feel your pain .I would just play it to distruction.

[EVOL!]

my guitar looks like she's been thru a wood chipper' date=' last time she went to a luthier for a tune up, the guy asked me ,you want me to do so cosmetic work on her? I said 'no I like the battle scars" [/quote']

 

+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

 

Guitars are meant to be played. All of my guitars have some level of wear and tear from belt rash to scratches. I always laugh at these relic guitars. F that noise. Give me a new guitar and in a year I'll have it relic'd for you from just gigging out.

[Geff]

Im not an experienced guitarist but I share that opinion. Give me a new looking guitar any day. Why pay someone extra to wear it out (unless it is a genuine and therefore collectable, valuable, or in someway better old guitar). Even if i wanted a brand new guitar with the paint all f'd up for some bizzarre reason, Id still not pay someone else to do it, Id get out some sand paper or maybe some abrasive cleaner and go for it!

[NeoConMan]

Give me a new guitar and in a year I'll have it relic'd for you from just gigging out.

I have guitars made in the 90's' date=' 80's, 70's, 60's and [b']50's[/b].

NONE of them have been "relic'd" or any crap like that - you'd be hard pressed to guess the age of any of them.

 

If you ever swing by my place in Arizona, you can look but don't touch.

Save that macho rock star wannabe baloney for the gear you paid for yourself.

 

I understand wear and tear happens, but I do my best to mitigate the effects.

To purposely inflict damage on a guitar and then give a cavalier "What the fxxk...." attitude about it isn't very impressive.

I will admit, my pristine guitars rise in value every time one more perfectly good used guitar gets f-ed up.

Thanks for that!

:-)

 

Of course, I'm the guy who thinks a guitar being destroyed in the hands of Pete Townsend, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Stanley, Kurt Cobain or Lenny Kravitz is fxcking stupid, no matter how "rock and roll" it is perceived to be.

 

$.02 from some guy on the internet.