Is color choice that big a deal when it comes to resale?

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 8 Jun 2002 6:15 pm

If you can't play, the color doesn't make any difference, and if you can play well, it won't make any difference either. I'm not particular about the color...it's how the thing sounds and plays that matters to me.

But I'm willing to help you guys out...if you can't find anyone who will take that yellow, purple, or pink steel off your hands...just give it to me.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 8 Jun 2002 6:32 pm

(I guess my little survey wasn't too popular, eh? Y'all jus' wanna jabber on, s'okay with me.)

Scott Howard · Post by **Scott Howard** » 8 Jun 2002 6:43 pm

I think it matters more than it should.I passed on a Mullen SD-10 it was teal green, because of the color.
Ended up with it anyway about a year later.The color grew on me and my son loved the color.When I sold it a few months later it moved quick.
Is it that black sells better or that there are just more black ones out there? Did Manufacturers make more black Steels because they knew people would always settle for black? Most are probably sold at the time they are ordered,but how many of the others are black?
I currently have a red Mullen U-12 but sold the teal Mullen because I am waiting on a Black D-10 Mullen for my son.Color did not come into play on the purchase of the D-10
price and availability sold me on it.
I think Blue or red in mica would move if you needed to sell it.[This message was edited by Scott Howard on 08 June 2002 at 07:47 PM.]

Mike Weirauch · Post by **Mike Weirauch** » 8 Jun 2002 7:29 pm

I have a new JCH coming very soon. It will be Tomato puke abstract aprons with an anthrasite top. Don't ask me to describe it, you just have to see it!

Richard Plummer · Post by **Richard Plummer** » 9 Jun 2002 4:51 am

Thanks Jim for the post and yes I agree with it.I think I am going to stick with the midnite blue because I like it not because it is what others like.I guess I have to learn to to depend so much what every one else wants but what I like.I am sure the guitar will sell when the time comes.I guess also another way,when it comes the day to sell it,as not to be in the desperation mode is to have another spare Emmons or 2<Yea right>This way I could sit on it and wait.Oh well we shall see.Thanks all for the answers to my posting.

Gil Berry · Post by **Gil Berry** » 9 Jun 2002 7:38 am

You know, in this thread about appearance of the guitar, I gotta mention how much I detest advertising (yup, that's what it is) on the front of the guitar - especially if it's a painted-on or decal. I think every (am I wrong here?) manufacturer of steel guitars has gotta put his logo across the front of the guitar - making, for the most part, a beautiful instrument ugly. The only logo I thought that ever added to the appearance of the instrument was those little "diamonds" Fender used to put on the front of their non-pedal axes. They were both eye-appealing and instantly recognizable. Why can't they leave the front of the guitar pristeen, do their advertising on the pedal bar where it doesn't detract so much from the beauty of the instrument?????

Jim West · Post by **Jim West** » 9 Jun 2002 7:47 am

This is kind of like a prenuptial agreement; planning your divorce before you get married. If your thinkin' 'bout sellin' the guitar before you buy it, maybe you shouldn't buy it in the first place. Ya think?

Ben Jack · Post by **Ben Jack** » 9 Jun 2002 7:58 am

AMEN to what Jim West said .

Ben Jack

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 9 Jun 2002 7:59 am

Now I can see why steelers have such a hard time with their instruments when playing out doors, if black is such a popular color. Black absorbs sunlight and heats up the guitar, making the tuning drift. The solution? Reflective polished chrome guitars!

Timmy Witt · Post by **Timmy Witt** » 9 Jun 2002 9:38 am

My Emmons is a dark blue, and I love the color. I personally would not want a black guitar. If you can't sell it, I'm sure someone would take it on trade and give you a fair trade.

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Tim
1990 Lashley Legrande D10 8 & 4. Profex II, Blue Tube II, Nashville 400

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 9 Jun 2002 12:23 pm

Moved to "Pedal Steel" section.