Thank you
@crawdaddy @Thrup'ny Bit and
@Guitarmageddon for the insights, I really appreciate it!
I'm trying to get my head around the used prices of MIJ/CIJ Strats... I actually haven't bought a used guitar for years and coming back to the fold, the second hand market seems
nuts at present. The prices asked are just laughably high, but there also seems to be a supply/demand bottleneck, particularly in the lefty market where we're always used to slim pickings anyway. Any guitars I've been eyeing on Ebay go for way more than I would pay. People on furlough, cooped up in the pandemic, bored and looking for that adrenaline hit of grabbing a new axe maybe? I'd have expected a slew of people unloading gear to pay their bills etc, but if anything it seems to be the opposite.
For context I bought my main squeeze MIA Fenders back in the day for bargain prices - all imported from the States in the hallowed era of 2 dollars to the pound. My second hand American Standard Teles (of which I had 4 at one stage) only cost me about £500 each, AFTER shipping and customs, from the US! The cheapest I got on Ebay in poor cosmetic condition for £150... now obviously inflation happens and the pound now sucks, but it seems unbelievable to me that new Chinese instruments in 2020 are going for more than I ever paid for MIA stuff.
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