Burlap and Blues, The Blues Blog

The Craigslist manifesto, selling guitars.

Your guitar is not going to be worth more than you paid for it, that’s just the way it is.

Your first act guitar, maestro guitar or other guitar that you purchased at Wally World, or other big box store is probably not worth anything even if you put new strings on it, that’s just the way it is.

New strings do not make a guitar worth more, that’s just the way it is.

Do not even try and say that dings in your guitar make it worth more because it is road worn, that’s just the way it is.

Selling an extra set of strings also does not make your guitar worth more, that’s just the way it is.

If you put in your ad that the guitar has only been played three times, please be prepared to give out the dates and times that it was played when asked or people will think you are full of it, that’s just the way it is.

A Squire guitar is not a Fender guitar, an Epiphone guitar is not a Gibson, that’s just the way it is. If you do not want to believe that then buy my Yugo by Cadilac.

A guitar set up by a professional luthier is standard guitar maintenance and does not make your guitar worth more, that’s just the way it is.

The MSRP of a guitar is not what a guitar is worth. The only company that sells things at MSRP is Apple, that’s just the way it is.

Take some time to check to see how much your guitar is worth. If you post something ridiculous in price be prepared for retaliatory comments about your stupid post, that’s just the way it is.