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opinion needed on pick up system installed
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Ricardo
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 RE: opinion needed on pick up system... (in reply to tk)
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ORIGINAL: tk
well the guitar comes like that. It is not my choice. It is an amazing sounding flamenco guitar. it's just that it has the pick up system in it. I am thinking should I remove it or leave it like that (for the future sale if any)
Seems like you are actually asking if a nice quality flamenco guitar is worth market value with a pick up installed? It sort of depends on the work that was done. How do you connect to the pick up? Does it have a jack? Does it have a pre amp? In either case, the wood on the sides had to be cut so, it’s not possible to restore the guitar without significant work done (a Luthier must cut a piece of wood exactly the same type, shape and color to fix the hole, then refinish the entire guitar unless it is French polish). So the value is necessarily reduced, same as any cracked or damaged guitar. As I said a pro that wanted the pick up in a nice guitar (vs the low end junk that normally comes with it) might try to cut a deal by PRETENDING they didn’t need the pickup, so basically paying less than it might be worth. The seller might be hard pressed to argue about it. (Ive been asked to sell my conde with pick up, I am like ok, $5250, normal price PLUS the pick up price LOL! Cuz I don’t really want to sell it anyway.)
However if the pick up inside requires you to reach in the sound hole and pull out a jack to plug in (ie the pick system is totally invisible) I think it should not affect the value of the instrument and should be sold as market value.
In the case of collector guitars, of course the more “as original” condition the guitar is in, the higher price the instrument can command.
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Date Oct. 10 2019 16:04:16
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tk
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RE: opinion needed on pick up system... (in reply to Ricardo)
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quote:
Seems like you are actually asking if a nice quality flamenco guitar is worth market value with a pick up installed? It sort of depends on the work that was done. How do you connect to the pick up? Does it have a jack? Does it have a pre amp? In either case, the wood on the sides had to be cut so, it’s not possible to restore the guitar without significant work done (a Luthier must cut a piece of wood exactly the same type, shape and color to fix the hole, then refinish the entire guitar unless it is French polish). So the value is necessarily reduced, same as any cracked or damaged guitar. As I said a pro that wanted the pick up in a nice guitar (vs the low end junk that normally comes with it) might try to cut a deal by PRETENDING they didn’t need the pickup, so basically paying less than it might be worth. The seller might be hard pressed to argue about it. (Ive been asked to sell my conde with pick up, I am like ok, $5250, normal price PLUS the pick up price LOL! Cuz I don’t really want to sell it anyway.)
However if the pick up inside requires you to reach in the sound hole and pull out a jack to plug in (ie the pick system is totally invisible) I think it should not affect the value of the instrument and should be sold as market value.
In the case of collector guitars, of course the more “as original” condition the guitar is in, the higher price the instrument can command.
ok thanks.
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Date Oct. 10 2019 16:47:47
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