Music Man Resale Value

[Gromit22]

Just got my first EBMM, an sillhouette, wonderfull guitar, just as good as my 6400$ list price Les Paul Custom Class 5. I find the sillhouette faster to play & better for heavy gain modern stuff. Ofcourse nothing compares to the Les Paul when it comes to certain stuff.

The only thing In terms of playability is that I Find the Les Paul easier to do vibrato on, but that's propably due to me having played Gibson for the last 3 years and gotten used to their necks. But I really like how the MM neck feels solid and not to thin like some strats, it's more like a faster Les Paul & got a funkier and less "surf" tone than the strats wich i really like.

I had not really played MM guitars b4 except one time many years ago in a store, so I just had a slight idea how it would be, But listening to youtube videos I knew it had a great sound. And now to my point of this post, I got it for almost 1/3 of what they cost new in perfect condition. At this price tag the EBMM guitars are almost to good to be true. Cause their certainly worth their list prices, what are the causes for the low resale value?

 

[R and R]

If you scored a EBMM in prestine condition at 1/3 the price, congrats! That is truly a score and not normal.

 

[Jack FFR1846]

There's list price, street price and used price. You sort of have to figure out street price before you figure out how much % of original value it's lost. The economy has depressed prices as well.

 

[DaPatrooch]

Are you weren't looking at the list price? If you're talking 1/3 of the street price, that's a hell of a deal! As previously said, the economy has a lot do with it. A couple years ago I would see EBMM guitars used for slightly less than their original price, but now many are being sold for considerably less.

 

[threeminutesboy]

whatever the price you pay for an EBMM it's always a good deal people

 

[Jamie M]

When I got my ASS 4 months ago it cost me £800 second hand. I challenge anyone find a better guitar for that price. Great guitars great prices even new are a steal

 

[Spudmurphy]

Welcome to the forum from an Ex Les Paul player.
Had my Les Paul from new in '73 but don't use it since I discovered EB guitars.

Personally I find vibrato a lot easier on the MM guitars than on my Gibby.

seems like you got the Silo at a great price.

 

[straycat113]

Gromit I think you just happened to catch a great deal and things like this happen with every top shelf guitar- right place at the right time, desperate circumstances or whatever the case.On a whole I find EBMM guitars to hold one of the best resale value on the used market for a new guitar. You speak of your Gibson Les Paul Custom 5 which I find to be one wicked looking Lester and a very pricey one to boot, but if you go on Ebay now you will find 4 or 5 Dead Mint or NOS with a starting price of $2,500 or a Buy it Now of $3,995 like this one here that the buyer bought for $6,700 -http://cgi.ebay.com/GIBSON-LES-PAUL-CUSTOM-SHOP-CLASS-5-RARE-AAAAA-FLAMETOP-/300584745687?pt=Guitar&hash

If you look at all the EB guitar listings on the bay they hold up very well which I would contribute to the quality of the guitar and the fact the market is not flooded with them. On the other hand I keep things real and was a Fender die hard for over 20 years before getting into EB guitars heavily the last 5 years, but in all honesty Fender has one of the worst resale values of any company on their production guitars due to the fact the market is flooded with them. So you couple that with a bad economy and look at all the befuddled young guys on the GP wondering why they cant flip their two month old production line Strat or Tele without taking a 40% loss. This is no knock on Fender as a company -just reality.

 

[Gromit22]

I'm really liking this guitar, it came with other pickups than the original. Dimarzio Tone Zone in bridge and Virtual Vintage Pro 54 in neck. Combining the bridge/middle I get the best "glassy" clean tone I've ever heard. The neck/middle didn't work so well thought but still an interesting sound, almost sounded a bit out of phase.

The gun oil neck gotta be the most comfortable finnish around. No more putting the guitar down when i get sweaty.

I'm wondering the axis and SS guitars are they more like Les Pauls than the sillhouette.?

 

[straycat113]

Well that will explain one good reason why you scored the guitar at such a low price. No matter the guitar or even if someone feels the pups they put in are an improvement, any guitar you swipe the stock pups from is going to lose a big chunk of value.

 

[ZeRaskolnikoff]

you got a good deal! The prices are relatively high on the used stuff and silo's are hard to find on used market. I bought mine brand new just becajse nothing was availabale used at the time... People tend to keep them. Even on ebay there's not too many of em

 

[zyx345]

As long as they stay in good condition, the resale value is decent on EBMMs. I've been lucky and the ones I have sold were not at a huge loss, give or take a few hundred USD. I did choose harder to find colors. I'm shopping around now for a new one only because, yet again, the colors I want are hard to find on the used market.