Midnight Toker
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I think sales may be slow due to increased inventory in the used market. Remember during covid's first year, guitar sales spiked. Some 250% compared to the previous years. My hunch is, all the people working from home, saving loads of money from not having to commute, buying starbucks every morning, lunch, plus all the covid checks....bought nice shiney expensive guitars w/ the best intentions of learning a new skill w/ all the downtime. Instead, they binged TV series like everyone else, and their still "new" guitars are now flooding the used markets. Personally, I can't remember ever seeing so many 2-3 year old guitars in "barely touched" condition on the used market. It sure did me a favor, as the 60's Standard Les Paul I'd wanted was suddenly $1k less than retail price in brand new condition. Not a ding, scratch or even a finish swirl on the back to be found. If anything, I'd say it's a buyers market as the longer items sit, the lower prices will drop.