What's the most you've spent on a piece of gear.

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Just curious as to what's the most you've spent on one single piece of gear that you kept. You don't have to say what it is if you don't want...

I personally have a very hard time spending a lot. The most I've ever spent was $2,999 on a guitar, but I ended up returning it. My 2016 Charvel Nitro was $2,800 new out the door. That is my most expensive purchase....even all of my Mark 2C+ and Cameron amp purchases were less. :yes:
 
TA Drop Top $4k. Runner up was when I bought a 2004 XTC 101B for $3200.00. Nothing else I've ever purchased comes remotely close. The funny thing is, while I love my TA, I usually seem to bond more with guitars in the 1-2K range. Upgrade as needed. I will say that it's my first guitar with stainless frets and that's all I want now. I do have my first Warmoth body in transit so I'm really curious to see how it will turn out.
 
I don't think I've spent over 2k on any one item. I had a VHT CL 100 at one point, it was probably up there.
 
Right around $2,000 for my Sound City head


That's probably about the absolute most I'd be willing to spend on a piece of gear
 
i scored a Fully loaded, stock, white tolexed, Boogie c+ long head with a matching metal grill 4x12 that was tagged at 2499 at gc one day, in 2014... i swipped it on a credit card, and when i decided to sell it, i got 3600 for both combined, so i made almost a grand on it, but i was still dumb as fuck for selling it it. that was pure luck. i walked into gc that day to buy strings, and they just had took it in, and had it tagged as a mark III. i had swore off flipping gear, and had a kemper.... and that fucking thing just dropped into my lap. unreal. should have kept it forever, but i'm cool with my mark IV.
 
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I have 3 amps I spent between $4-5K for each. That's down from 6. lol

I have no problem dropping $ on amps...spending a lot on a guitar is tough for me. My R8 cost me about $3k and that's my most expensive guitar.
 
psychodave said:
Just curious as to what's the most you've spent on one single piece of gear that you kept. You don't have to say what it is if you don't want...

I personally have a very hard time spending a lot. The most I've ever spent was $2,999 on a guitar, but I ended up returning it. My 2016 Charvel Nitro was $2,800 new out the door. That is my most expensive purchase....even all of my Mark 2C+ and Cameron amp purchases were less. :yes:
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Don’t you have a real deal 68 plexi? A guy over on TGP sold his on reverb for $9,500 this year. I offered the dude $4750 and he turned it down with a snark remark to go along with it.
 
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Don’t you have a real deal 68 plexi? A guy over on TGP sold his on reverb for $9,500 this year. I offered the dude $4750 and he turned it down with a snark remark to go along with it.
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Yeah, I have a 67 plexi. Keep in mind I bought it in 1990. I paid a grand for it. :LOL: I'd sell it for $9,500 in a second. :hys: My serial number is a few hundred below his...

Edit. I still have an original cover for it as well as an original 60’s speaker cable. I have an original 70’s speaker cable as well. They are both pretty thin in gauge.

Just took a pic of the gauge. Notice the jack is held on with a simple screw.
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The markets hot right now so if you’re considering it by all means list it on eBay with a reserve. At least the fees total out to be less than reverb’s ?
 
My 51 Esquire was my most expensive guitar when I bought it. I've paid $3500 for it.
A few years later I bought my, by then, most expensive guitar, for $10K, and that was my 56 Strat.
My most expensive amp was my 65 JTM45, for $5k.
Then, I've got three amps modded by Dumble, these were modded for myself, that were quite expensive too. One of them, for a bit more than the JTM45, and both the two other mods for way less than the JTM45.
For all of these, most everyone told me I was either insane or stupid, for spending that much money on a piece of gear.
I still have all of these, and I guess I didn't do bad at all with buying and keeping them.
Best playing, best sounding and best investment I ever done in my life.
 
2500.00 on a 30th ann. LNG JEM. I'm not fond of spending this much dough and I usually trade up with cash if possible.
 

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a couple gibson les pauls. one is a true historic '59 and the other is a '58 true historic collectors choice. both guitars were bought brand new and definitely had to be financed because they were stupid expensive.
 
Most expensive single piece of gear was well under $3k. Lots of nice, ‘higher-end’ amps bought and sold in the $2,500.00 range: Bogners, Mesas, a Bray, etc. Nothing north of $3k though. My guitars are largely used Warmoth and Musikraft bodies and necks that I have slapped together along the way.
 
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Don’t you have a real deal 68 plexi? A guy over on TGP sold his on reverb for $9,500 this year. I offered the dude $4750 and he turned it down with a snark remark to go along with it.
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Somebody had too much money cause a 69 is not worth that. People that sell things for too much must like looking at them. like whoever had the egnator modded jcm 800 for sale at 3k WTF
 
I got 13 marshalls and cabs all 73 and down except for a 79 mv. Purchased all before 85 except 66 super pa head in 89 paid 750 for that one.all the rest $400 or less. Bought Trussart Steel Paul before gibson came down on James 2k Most Ive ever spent. Got a1973 Black custom purchased used in 80 $475.
 
$3200 for a mkII Diezel Herbert i sold a month later. Never again.
 
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