Are Guitars Worth Investing In? | Walt Grace PT III ( feat Kevin O'Leary )

[Jabberwocky]

I had some money left over from horse-trading and thankfully, my mate forced me to put it in the stock market or she would leave me. I put it in NIO and TSLA and made about 6X average in 12 months. Of course, it is the stock market and everybody says there is too much retail money and the Big Correction could come anyday. Oh well, I guess I still have my guitars.

I apologise for my impudence and lack of good manners and breeding talking about money. But the thread is about investing in guitars. By way of illustration and using myself as a cautionary tale my answer is a big, fat NO. In fact, I should have foregone college, put my tuition money in MSFT in 1986 and gone delivering boats. I would have $50m today, ruddy cheeks and a sunkissed tan. All I got for my college degree was a series of layoffs...Thank goodness for being skilled with my hands!

[Gitfiddler]

To me guitars are definitely not an investment. We only rent them for a while, then pass them along to others to rent. We're temporary custodians of beautiful, playable art. It brings us great pleasure while we own guitars. That's a return on investment I can live with.

Only music stores truly invest in guitars, and you see what a beating mom and pop guitar shops have taken in the last 25 years.

Invest in people and dabble in the stock market if able.