Post by Tony Ravenscroft on Mar 7, 2024 2:08:40 GMT -6
According to the (occasionally dubious) wisdom of Fjestad's Blue Book of Guitar Values - maybe I'll actually have to dust it off and find a quotation 
- a custom order Fender is actually worth LESS than standard options, and I'm moderately certain that "Custom Colors" aren't valuated quite as much as the most common.
I guess that makes sense if you have old guys who are looking to buy a guitar "just like I had when I was 18" and therefore most of the demand would be for the common colors, the standard configurations because that's what they most likely had.
But then you've got ancient spoilsports like me who couldn't afford any darn Fender at all back in the '70s and NOW I want to stand out a teensy bit from the herd.
While Fender / Squier thrash around from time to time, chasing some whim or other, I've almost bought a few Affinity JUST FOR THE LOOKS - generally, for actual brokers (as opposed to every idiot "collector"), that is a sign of declining trade standards and often signals a need to burn the credit cards.
However, I like the idea of finding a good Affinity neck, swapping it to an appropriately more-flash body, and selling the leftovers for what I paid (if not more).
Elsewhere, I've celebrated my Bullet Special in Lake Placid blue / ice blue.
Here's an intriguing metallic lavender "big head" Affinity (MIC 2013) that wandered past last week. It's a gold-logo, too, though branded "STRAT" (which I still find somewhat derogatory). The comfort cuts look interestingly severe, but that can also be illusion.
An actual Dakota red (MIC, 2011?) with nice yellow neck, notable here for the intriguing headstock decals I've not yet decoded.
- a custom order Fender is actually worth LESS than standard options, and I'm moderately certain that "Custom Colors" aren't valuated quite as much as the most common. I guess that makes sense if you have old guys who are looking to buy a guitar "just like I had when I was 18" and therefore most of the demand would be for the common colors, the standard configurations because that's what they most likely had.
But then you've got ancient spoilsports like me who couldn't afford any darn Fender at all back in the '70s and NOW I want to stand out a teensy bit from the herd.
While Fender / Squier thrash around from time to time, chasing some whim or other, I've almost bought a few Affinity JUST FOR THE LOOKS - generally, for actual brokers (as opposed to every idiot "collector"), that is a sign of declining trade standards and often signals a need to burn the credit cards.
However, I like the idea of finding a good Affinity neck, swapping it to an appropriately more-flash body, and selling the leftovers for what I paid (if not more).Elsewhere, I've celebrated my Bullet Special in Lake Placid blue / ice blue.
Here's an intriguing metallic lavender "big head" Affinity (MIC 2013) that wandered past last week. It's a gold-logo, too, though branded "STRAT" (which I still find somewhat derogatory). The comfort cuts look interestingly severe, but that can also be illusion.
An actual Dakota red (MIC, 2011?) with nice yellow neck, notable here for the intriguing headstock decals I've not yet decoded.