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So. Decision time.
This Collings is pretty much what I was after, a quality LP-ish guitar, only better. A lot of money by my standards, but used, so significantly less than most Collings, and local, so I can actually play and hear it.
What's left to decide?
First, am I ok spending that much? TBD.
Second, which I didn't know I might care about until I realized I was thinking about it, am I a "nice guitar", "classy guitar" guy? Mostly my guitars have been sort of funky, not fancy. This one isn't super ostentatious or it'd be a hard pass, but it is a couple levels up from anything I've owned, in quality and appearance.
That's also connected to the money -- am I comfortable being a guy who owns a guitar that costs that much? I work at a non-profit. I'm not gigging any more, haven't for as long time. I can do this in the sense that I can pay for it, but it's not like we're super well off, and I'll be 70 this week. The Ritz this is not.
I don't know how to think about this, except to wait until I think I'm sure, one way it the other.
Thoughts? Given the all the shiny PRS sightings around here, I'm guessing most folks in this neighborhood don't have my downscale instincts.
I've had exactly the same thoughts many times, as I am also too old to keep gigging and I am not a proficient player. But I've pulled the trigger on expensive guitars several times. Unfortunately, some of them were expensive lemons that I had to sell, but I'm finally happy with the J.Custom.
Make a simile with modelers: if you had none right now, would you doubt that you deserve Fractal Audio or would you get a cheaper option?