Guitar values can range from practically nothing to an astronomical sum for the right guitar and to an untrained eye, guitars at either end of the spectrum can look very similar. The blue book of acoustic guitars and blue book of electric guitars are the two leading reference and value guides in the guitar industry, along with the blue. When playing an electric guitar, especially as a performer, an amp is not optional. The blue book of electric guitars features comprehensive information and. If you can not grade your guitar or amplifier please submit some close up pictures for my assessment top. Looking for guitar amplifier values and information. Get 4 blue book of guitar values coupon codes and promo codes at couponbirds. Over 5,850 new and vintage individual models are identified in detail with current new or used market retail values, and many are included. However, check out the third edition of the blue book of guitar amplifiers for some additional information and current values. Multivox premier was a guitar and amplifier brand of new yorkbased retailerwholesaler, peter sorkin music company sorkin music and its manufacturing subsidiary multivox founded in the mid1940s. Jul 17, 2007 is your guitar worth 44 cents or 44 thousand.
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Warren, whose price guide books have been the authority on collectibles values since 1985. Diy vibrato shorting plug for blackfacesilverface amps. Reverb transactions to estimate the current value of items in used but original. Compared to brass, woodwind or the finer stringed instruments, the production and marketing of guitars are much more like consumer goods. Covering both vintage and modern guitars, acoustic flattops and archtops. Dans book talks about different capacitor, resister values and some schematic reading. The new 4th edition blue book of guitar amplifiers is now over 750 pages, identifies nearly 500 guitar amplifier manufacturers, trademarks, and boutique builders, and features over a thousand images. Buy blue book of guitar values by s p fjestad editor online at alibris. A lot of us turn to blue book price guides for instrument valuation. Blue book of guitar values used guitar, amp, amplifier, values. Blue book publications presents the paul reed smith pocket. The blue book of guitars of course compiles data from sales to determine values, as they do for cars. Used equipment blue book values and online fair market value.
Of course, finding a price on an old guitar or amp is one thing. Another great resource is vintage guitar magazines price guide, which is regularly updated and available at amazon. You can also consult the blue book of guitar values to see what it is worth. I would be more than happy to look them up for you and value them from mint 98% condition to good 60% condition and amp s from excellent condition or average condition. Find great deals on ebay for blue book guitar amps. Carolyn manis background includes twenty years of experience in both live and online auctions, as well as an extensive background in appraising and vetting furniture and decorative arts, fine art, collectibles, musical instruments and entertainment memorabilia. Recently weve received a number of questions from amp owners asking for help in determining the value of their fender amplifier. There are three main ways to get a vintage guitar valuation. A guitar amplifier is an electronic sound amplifier designed to amplify the electrical signal from an acoustic or electric guitar in order to play it through a speaker.
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Vintage guitar is marking 25 years of publication with a year full of features. The blue book of electric guitars, 11th edition is now expanded to 1,168 pages including the 16page color photo grading system. Nov 08, 2007 looking for guitar values and information. The guitar blue book is popular for its easy to understand layout as well as its accurate values. Its been so successful that its spawned a whole series of more specialist books, such as the paul reed smith pocket guide, and a special edition book on marshalls legendary bluesbreaker amp. The book offers guitar reference information and values on more than 400 guitar amplifier manufacturers and distributors including fender, marshall, ampeg, vox, peavey, mesaboogie, laney, kustom, harmony, kay, epiphone. Dedicated to only prs guitars and amps, the paul reed smith pocket guide contains detailed specifications for everything paul reed smith as well as used values. The amp guide receives questions everyday from folks wondering how much their amp is worth, and this new tool will help the vintage music community in determining fair market value and create a well informed industry. These price ranges utilize a combination of expert research, external market data, and realtime reverb transactions to estimate the current value of items in used but original condition. Blue book releases 14th edition electric and acoustic guitar. The drawback to this approach is the annual nature of the publication means that it is potentially out of date especially if the market is moving up or down quickly. The specific ones that well be dealing with are situated between the phase inverter plates and the powertube grids. Save money on used bass amplifiers at guitar center. Lyxpro electric guitar with 20w amp package and accessories.
I didnt want to deal with it so i researched and felt it was the best way for me to go. This is very important as the blue book provides values based upon the guitars condition as indicated above. This is very important as the blue book provides values based upon the guitar s condition as indicated above. Use this site for a pricing guide and source of information on all guitars.
Fjestads blue book of electric guitars 11th edition to give away to three lucky readers on june 6, 2008. Kbb is a list of different cars and what theyre worth under different conditio. I got interested in amps not knowing a resister from a capacitor or any idea how to read a schmatic. We are the trusted guitar price guide for providing guitar blue book values. Ill probably get flamed for saying this but i liked the dan torris book when i started out. The book offers guitar reference information and values on more than 400 guitar amplifier manufacturers and distributors including fender, marshall, ampeg, vox, peavey, mesaboogie, laney, kustom the blue book of guitar amplifiers, 3rd edition is now expanded to 608 pages including the 16page color photo grading system. My advice would be to go to the blue book of guitar values. While fret not does not offer written appraisals i do have some pointers for those who are trying to find out what their instrument is worth. Chances are its not even worth 44 cents or his signature, but rather a good sign the foundations of your house are about to cave in.