A word of caution. Reverb, an excellent site for selling guitars, basses and related gear started issuing a 1099 this year to sellers. That means capital gains tax will be owed to the IRS from now on.

(DOUBLE-OUCH)!


Russ

Last year, to raise funds for a great cause, I sold off some of my guitars(more than 90 to date), basses and related equipment. I used Reverb. Most are older Gibsons, Fenders, Guilds and the like.

For years, I have gravitated to "BEATERS"; foreign made (usually Asia) instruments I use as daily players, often constructed from tooling from the original company.

The finishes are more "car-like) and they will never gain in value like the originals, but playing them will avoid a drunk from kicking a $5,000.00 piece into a stone fence on a horse farm (happened to me....TWICE!).

Budget lines of D'Angelico, Guild, Gretsch and others are available, at really descent prices.

My "go-to"guitar right now is a semi0hollow Peerless Bird of Prey. Peerless is a Korean company. They began manufacturing Epiphone guitars for Gibson years ago, but were so good they they now manufacture and market under their own name.This instrument plays much better than the 335 I sold last week.


Check them out!

R.