Mexican Martins...........

[larry50]

 

No worries, mate. The way my muscles interacted with the guitar influenced the way it sounded. I had a better "groove" going on with the CX than with the 2k. I think most people would agree that it sounded better in my hands. As for the re-sale.. Again, I'm not sure.. If you buy a 2k Martin, you would sell it for 1.7k or less, even if it's mint. So you'd lose 300. You could probably sell a mint 700 lam for 500, and lose only 200. The percentage loss would be greater with the 700, but the actual monetary loss would be greater with the 2k.

 

 

A point well taken, although I'm not convinced you could get that much for a used lam. I am still of the opinion that an all wood guitar will retain more of its value than a lam guitar and will retain that value longer, but I am sure there are numerous scenarios where you would probably be right.

[spruce goose]

 

A point well taken, although I'm not convinced you could get that much for a used lam. I am still of the opinion that an all wood guitar will retain more of its value than a lam guitar and will retain that value longer, but I am sure there are numerous scenarios where you would probably be right.

 

Yeah, actually 1.7 is too high for a used 2k. What was I thinking? You'd be lucky to get 1.6, and will probably only get 1.5. The lam might get you 400. Heck, I'd pay 400 for a lam if the sound was good. And if I ever wanted to sell it later on, it'd go for 380. Hence I prefer used ones....

[dwerlin]

Just to put in my 2 cents on the resale thing...when I sold my DX-1, I sold it for $400. I bought it for $450. Granted, the "retail" price on the DX-1 had gone up to $550 when I sold it.