these were crap...

eSGEe

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Back in "the day" you could score them used (early 90's) for like 80.00 or less---no one wanted those "bullet" guitars from Japan that is JAP CRAP man----now they are "coveted Japanese classics" -- getting 400-500.00
1984- Squier by Fender Bullet Bass 1 (Made in Japan)


SO I guess if I wait long enough my 50.00 pawn shop SQUIRE "P" bass will be worth 1000.00?!?!?!
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I guess by then the Epiphone Thunderbird will be worth a damn FORTUNE!
 
It's funny how that works. Any thing old gets the label vintage and the price goes up. It seems artificial. I understand demand should drive price. The vintage market has fallen a bit over the past few years. When I go to the Philly guitar show this summer, I'll see that the vintage dealers are in denial. Sorry, I'm in a lousy mood and needed to rant. Whew.
 
JUst think its funny the same people that POOPOOED them in the 80's now asking top dollar for them

not "hating" really --- wish I had thought of it--- 40.00 BULLET squires were all over in the 90's pawn shops and yard sales --- now they are 400.00 thats a better return than the banks offering on a savings account!
 
Never know eESGe - but, as we have discussed between the two of us - I doubt we'll be the fools, I mean, person who pays it - lol...
 
Tony M. said:
A long time ago I had a '58 Stratocaster.
I bought it used for $400.00.
I played it for 3-4 years.
I resold it for $500.00.
3 + years of playing.
25% profit on it.
I was happy.
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Right. I remember when my local music shop had one rack of used Fenders...anything in it was $350. They also had a rack of used Gibsons...anything in it was $500.
They were old, used guitars. You bought them when you couldn't afford a new guitar, not as some "investment" or in a bizarre belief that a factory-made, mass-produced item from one era was somehow magically superior to a new one from the current era. The silliness of the "vintage" craziness has now filtered all the way to student-grade instruments. Someone slap me.
 
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gball said:
Right. I remember when my local music shop had one rack of used Fenders...anything in it was $350. They also had a rack of used Gibsons...anything in it was $500.
They were old, used guitars. You bought them when you couldn't afford a new guitar, not as some "investment" or in a bizarre belief that a factory-made, mass-produced item from one era was somehow magically superior to a new one from the current era. The silliness of the "vintage" craziness has now filtered all the way to student-grade instruments. Someone slap me.
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When I picked up my, I believe 68 sg, the Music Work Shop had bunch of sg's and said my choice 250 bucks.
 
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