[SmoothD]

I know that I'll not be the highest but I just got back from a new guitar store near Pittsburgh. I played a Martin that sells for $2495.00 US. I have to admit that it sounded pretty good but not $2300.00 more than I paid for my Ibanez.

Who else wants to go?

[mrbreeze]

some $3000 ramirez classical guitar at guitar center. didn't even realize it was that much until i was done playing it.

[CRG1400]

My guitar Teacher has an Olson Guitar, made by some guy in wisconsin or minnesota, I can't remember. Well, he paid $12,000 about 15 years ago for it. It is even more expensive today.

Also, he has a Bashkin guitar, made by a guy in colorado. Those start at $3500 and I believe his ended up being about $5500. He got nice myrtle wood, cutaway, and fanned frets(which is very cool), as well as quite a bit of detailing. I plan on getting one of these guitars for fingerpicking in the near future, but I don't plan on paying quite $5500.

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[evileye]

Martin Eric Clapton signature... I didn't like it a whole pile. Second place was an overpriced Lowden, which was an absolute beauty.

[jtown]

I have played a few taylors and martins, a 69 gibson hummingbird, and the only on I liked more than my Dean was the hummingbird

[Will_Wood]

my $3,500.00 Breedlove custom

[billy16]

A Taylor of sorts. It was a lefty model.

[improviduto]

the most expensive acoustic guitar I've ever played is my buddy's Fender DG-22CE. Lists at about $750, but bought for just over $400. I have a thing about playing expensive guitars that aren't mine. I can't stand to touch expensive guitars at the store.

[Jonny Slingblade]

I tried a Martin here in SK, went for 10,000,000 won, which is roughly $9,000. I mean, good lord, thats a decent used car.

[dadfad]

I've played a few worth in excess of $50,000.

[gazhowell]

I've played a few worth in excess of $50,000.

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Wow

What types?

[randomorwhat]

A £2000 Martin's the most expensive I've played

[dadfad]

I've played a few worth in excess of $50,000.

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What types?

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They were all pre-war Martins (pre-war Martins are rare because not many were sold during the Great Depression. While excellent guitars, their value is due mostly to their rarity as opposed to their sound quality.) I have a guitar for which I turned down a serious offer of $25,000 that formerly belonged to an old bluesman of the late-20s/early-30s. I only paid $650 for it, with the story that it had belonged to him (with no documentation of that fact at all). A little leg-work tracking down the old bluesman's illegitimate daughter (his only next-of-kin, a very old lady when I found her), having her authenticate it with a written statement, photos of her with it, and secret initials put inside the guitar by her father that she showed me increased its value very dramatically. And while it's a decent-sounding guitar, it's worth nowhere near that kind of money.

(It's that guitar standing up in my little avatar pic)

[nightnday]

a few 1,000 $'s

I played a few of the ones kept behind glass cases.

[Gfly]

I haven't had the priviledge of touching any guitar of any particular value.

The most expensive I've played was some $800 Takamine at House of Guitars.

[SmoothD]

I've played a few worth in excess of $50,000.

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Somehow I knew that Dadfad was going to be the winner although it ain't over to the fat ex-wife sings.! And she isn't warnin up just yet!

Who else??

[gazhowell]

I've played a few worth in excess of $50,000.

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Somehow I knew that Dadfad was going to be the winner although it ain't over to the fat ex-wife sings.! And she isn't warnin up just yet!

Who else??

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Well, my financee's best mate is a McCartney (of the McCartneys obviously) - so with a well timed "visit" one day I might be able to wangle a go of one of Pauls.

Doubt it though.

[evildude]

my $3,500.00 Breedlove custom 

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[dadfad]

I've played a few worth in excess of $50,000.

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Somehow I knew that Dadfad was going to be the winner although it ain't over to the fat ex-wife sings.! And she isn't warnin up just yet!

Who else??

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The most valuable guitar I've ever played was actually an electric. The original proto-type Gibson Flying-V designed and owned by Ted McCarty who was president of Gibson Stringed Instruments from the late forties to the mid-sixties. It was the original proto made in '57 prior to actual V production which started in '58. They were asking $75,000 for it (I think it finally sold for just over fifty though). A lot of these rare guitars never get the original "asking price" (unless it's some two thousand-dollar guitar except that it formerly owned by some giant-of-rock and somebody like Hard Rock Cafe wants to buy it for eleventy-zillion or something!)

[goldrush]

Oh well, I wasn't going to reply to this thread, but I'm desperate to reply to something so here goes..... I can't beat DADFAD's $50,000 guitar, but I have played a few $20,000+ pre-war Martins (a 00-21 and a D28). Like DADFAD said their tone is very nice (but not worth the 20 grand), it's just their rarity that makes them valuable.