I Bought 47 Guitars! and More...
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Some of the hate comments in this thread illustrate what’s wrong with the music industry particularly the guitar community. I grew up in a relatively working class suburb in the 1970’s. There was not a lot of money around and good guitars,any guitars( which I was and still am obsessed with) we’re not easy to acquire. The comments that say there’s nothing special there in that collection reflect a jaded arrogance. If you don’t think they are special go off and watch Trogly’s videos where you can get all the hard-ons you want.
Thank you
well said
Don't scratch yourself with stupid comments. It's the bad part of social media. The only thing that makes me curious is to understand why someone with a collection like this and who talks about it with so much passion and knowledge, decides to sell it. But I know the answer is none of my business.
There are real gems there. For me, every guitar is. Even the cheapest and broken one if you allow me to fix it. I don't want to be unfair to girls. But somehow a guitar is like a woman. You have to get to know her, treat her well and maybe you can get her to trust you with her secrets and stay by your side... Best regards !
@@evilempire1808 Thanks brother.
Im telling you. Some of these Jay Turser, Fire Fly guitars we are all buying today, are going to end up being pretty collectible in the future. They are very well made guitars for the money
The man selling his guitars is obviously a guitar aficionado. His knowledge was outstanding which in turn made this an interesting & entertaining video. I was almost overwhelmed with his enthusiasm.
Support your local guitar shop! I bought the red epi lp special with the cream P90's. My 4th guitar from Zimm. I am a family man and Zimm has made guitars affordable for me and my daughter. My 8 year old saw the new guitar and loved it. It is also becoming one of my favorite guitars to play.
Awesome! Thank you!
What a neat collection!!! You can tell he had lots of hours of fun and love put into that collection. Hope it inspires the next owner into playing and tinkering!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Maybe the (ex-) missus could have used a little more of that fun 'n love...
Hey the dude from Colorado was a neat guy was definitely obsessed 😊
Its wild they are all epiphone, Squier, or off brands.
I was out of breath just listening
Big amphetamine energy from that fella.
Alot of hate in the comment section
He obviously very knowledgeable and had a passion for his collection.
Nothing wrong with buying less expensive guitars and modding them.
Yeah but that guy has to turn around and sell all that second rate stuff.
Modding guitars for personalization, like paint job, specific colored hardware, adding kill switch, removing tone knobs, only having a single volume or going apeshit like bc rich is reasonable modding. But pickups do jack shit for your guitars. Upgrade those shitty Amp speakers first. Makes a huge difference.
@@danielsguitaranddemos You're talking to me like I've never modded a guitar before. From my own personal experience, I hear the difference ever so slightly. You're telling me for a "Slight" difference it's worth $200-$400? Don't think so pal. But if it makes you happy, the scheme will be your dream.
@@dethangel88 In my own personal opinion changing from $200 guitar pickups to a Gibson pup is a BIG change. Even if it's only 490r and 490t. Those are way better than a firefly or other what's a name guitar. Now your point of changing from the 490's to a S D or EMG set ya I definitely agree not worth it. As a matter of fact I bought my L P studio with 496/500 pups in it. I wanted those pups w/o daily use and had to mod my playing to daily use them. Not change them. That's what I wanted and not that hard to live with since it's my hard rock guitar compared to my all around guitar a 3 color L Sensors equipped Strat. That can rock but not as easily as the Paul.
@@sparkyguitar0058 I suppose you make a decent point on that. I don't really like buying the off brand. I guess for me it's Jackson, LTD/ESP, or Ibanez. They all make good products, even on their lower models. So I can't speak from that perspective. I used to be a huge "Tone Chaser" but found out I was looking in the wrong places. Learning is living though.
When I see guitars laid out on the floor I remember the Gibson FirebirdX tragedy.
RIP 🙏
😂😂😂me too brih
I like the Strats. However much he got for all that gear the sentimental value is greater. Gotta be tough to walk away from all that. Divorce sucks especially when you don't want one.I wish him well. ✌️
Unfortunately I've been in his exact same situation. Had to get rid of EVERYTHING. Took a huge hit on it all too and it was a bunch of good gear. To say it sucked is a huge understatement. I dig this guy's enthusiasm and you could tell he had fun with all of this stuff. Wish him all the best.
I like budget guitars 🎸 too, I just play at home 🏠 for fun, I like finding previously modded guitars and I can tweak the mods or I built a partscaster from a premier stratocaster copy with a ebony neck.
Good on this man ..he's got a passion in life ..love his excitement and good nature ..
Perfect time to line the shelves of the store with lotsa cool, weird and interesting gear. Happy Holidays Dane and friends!
Nice to see someone who isn't blinded by brand names and has a very eclectic collection like myself. I buy mostly preowned instruments and because I stopped shopping because of the brand or high priced options I have a big collection of some great guitars people would thumb their nose at. I have bought inexpensive guitar that have expensive pick ups where just one of the pick ups cost more that the guitar cost me. I saw a few Fierflys in the mix and the two I bought were pretty bad. I can see why he would modify and tweak those. They look pretty good but the pick ups and electronics are really poor. If you were local to me i would be stopping by to get a look at these in person. My local shops usually call me to let me know they bought a certain guitar or collection. I have done well with a lot of off brand guitars and plenty of inexpensive big brand names.
Exactly my friend! I absolutely agree. I think people forget that the greatest guitarist of all time Eddie Van Halen’s whole guitar was made for abt 200$.
Skill makes the guitarist, not the equipment.
“This is very rare!” Maybe the rare Jay Turser boom is coming and he’s ahead of the curve.
I like that natural wood Squire zebra,
I would buy that.
Ive been working my butt off lately and every time I drive by the shop im either on the way to work or its too late, so I hope a couple of these are still around next time I come by!
damn, thats passion bro
Those are all nice guitars I feel kind of bad that the guy had to sell his collection but at least those guitars will all get new homes and hopefully get played a lot. Some of those Squires are pretty collectable guitars specially the one that looks like it has a figured sapele bodying the 2 Fenser anniversary models. I dig that Epiphone amp too that thing is badass!
But who knows how many guitars are still back home in CO that he didn't want to part with!
Awesome collection. A lot of it was described as "nothing special". But let's face it, any of us that buy a guitar, if the bond happens, it becomes special. Regardless of whether it's a FireFly, a Squier Bullet, Epiphone, Jay Turser or that guitar that was screwed together with deck screws. Of course that last deck screw instrument is pretty much worthless as a resale, perhaps even the parts to someone unless they know how well the parts sound or work to hold tune. I have nothing special Chinese sealed tuners that to some, are nothing but junk. But I string up the guitar, tune it and they stay tuned for days & weeks even. If the strings detune, it's generally because a weather front changed & the wood reacted to a humidity & temperature change that was drastic enough. My favorite save is a $ 25 2005 Squier Bullet SSS HT that has a couple of small dents near the skunk stripe. That Strat stays in tune as well as any Telecaster I've ever owned, Teles are legendary for being in tune long after their last session. he Bullet being a HT doesn't drift out of tune by much, just like the Teles. That Bullet was shimmed, toothpicked & glued together. It's as solid as a new one would be made of fresh lumber, screws won't loosen, which I couldn't say was the case when I bought it in a parking lot for a few days/meals worth of groceries for the seller.
"Bond" is the key word - no matter how cheap or dinged up it is, if it sits and plays well and sounds good, well it's like, Love don't care what you look like.
Who knows if the pickups are what he says they are, without taking them out first.
Why in the heck does one need that many firefly guitars
Recently I bought a Schecter Hellraiser FR from a guy that has at least 60 Ibanez electric guitars, lining the walls of his man cave. Every single one of them is cleaned regularly, they're all set up ready to go with new strings, intonation done, necks adjusted, actions perfect, all done by this guy who loves Ibanez guitars, but doesn't play. At all. He just collects guitars, sets them up, sells a few every now and then so he can add more Ibanez's to his collection. The set up on the Schecter was perfect, and it plays awesomely. 13:21
I appreciate the guy is passionate and knows his pickups. There is a temptation out there to buy inexpensive guitars as there are so many around it can be fun to have some projects. But also there is no question the market is flooded with cheap stuff (not just guitars) but also headphones\interfaces\microphones. USB microphones lol. So many its a bit sad.
I never thought of that, but you are definitely right.
It always was and the only way to change it now is to either lower American wages, improve the quality of the instruments and sell more in countries with a higher average wage, or campaign to get the Koreans/Chinese/Indonesians etc to pay their workers more.
I only wish I could have been able to buy one of today's so called low end but inexpensive guitars back in the 70's. What a score it would have been to play a Harley Benton quality guitar back in them days. It's all relevant and man they are light years ahead of where we used to be. This is what competition in the industry does.....it makes manufacturers work harder and keep prices low so even when we were kids we could afford to get in the game and get better.
Junk the negativity .... I like the enthusiasm. Many have no big brand guitars in collections. And despite the snobs, they can be great value. Thanks for posting
Well that was super interesting! Enjoyed every minute. Such a decent guy and super in tune with his hobby!
He didnt make that neck its a prs style kit
Loved the blue 7 string and the ibanez w the flat black headstock
oh man. nice video, gotta say that my favorite is the tele partscaster with the flip off plate!
You can collect expensive guitars. This guy had fun collecting inexpensive guitars. That's cool too. They all work.
Very true!
do you still have the storage locker? might have to store them somewhere!
Kudos to him for selling them and able to move on from a hobby. I somehow couldn't sell mine because it's sort of one of those sentimental pieces and moments where most of the time I tear them apart and then put them back again with modding the pickups, putting on a neck, upgrading to locking tuners. With all the time I consumed on modding and sacrificing parts, I don't see myself selling them so soon. Hopefully I can pass my guitars to my kids in the future.
😅 That's one helluva collection! Oh my word !!! I happened to come across ratt something or other guitar channel who did a video of your store and saw some of these guitars and amps you just took in.. great vid Zimm!
Really cool to see a store that buys all the modded interesting stuff . If I’m ever near your shop I’m definitely hitting it up 😊
That’s a very good haul, there are so many young kids playing music out there, any of these guitars make great starters, especially in this economy, a single mother in your area has options at your shop!
This makes me sad.
This guy is so proud of his collection. He's going to feel sad for a long time missing his guitars.
These are the ones he decided to sell.
I bet he has more. Yes, he's going to be sad about these ones.
He’s gonna be buying guitar’s tomorrow lol. He just sold 47 wholesale to make room… there’s no way he’s scratched the itch even remotely.
@@wuldntuliktonoptb6861And he's probably given up on women altogether..."My guitars understand me...).
@@SuperKazmierskiYeah I still think about the inexpensive dreadnaught I finally pawned after playing the frets flat over 10 years.
I still wonder if it still exists somewhere, ANYwhere.
I love my lizard 335 firefly great color with a great setup it plays good ,nice and snappy
I love the way that guy does the devils horns so naturally when pointing to the pickups
That's quite a haul. Just in time for Christmas.👍
The volume and fast pace of cool gear presented in this vid is awesome
I'm beginning to see why he's divorced. My deal was fishing gear. Same outcome.
Some interesting stuff, everybody likes a bargain guitar once in a while.
Say no to drugs kids
thats what i was thinking 3min into the video.
@@ImAGoodBoy88rumor has it that the penalty is now death for those still typing those stupid fvcking "rumor has it" comments...
Rumor has it that was just a rumor
zimms shop is like 30minutes from my house my grand son and i will be out there next week one day to shop around so glad there is a store out here that loves this stuff as much as my grandson and i do
Sounds great!
I'm a retired pro blues guitarist in the L.A. area of Southern California. I've run into cats like this seller a number of times over the years. All of these inexpensive instruments were guitar PROJECTS for the dude. Never a mind as to whether or not he'd recoup his money as that was never the goal. Many of the collection are way cool looking and that amused him. So be it... everyone should have a hobby. Modifying these instruments was his hobby.
As many others have asked, are the pickups "really" what he says they are? Only way to tell is to pull them out and validate what they are. I saw no write-ups, no notes on his phone, just the guy's memory for each instrument. All of these are, more or less, worth very little. I wouldn't give you .02 for any of the amps... but he sure knows how to talk them up. What a salesman he'd make! 👍
I'm surprised you bought all this stuff. If you made him a lo-ball offer and he went for it, then you may make some dough on this stuff. It will likely take you a year or two to recoup your investment unless you have other means of selling them off. I'm sure you're a savvy businessman so I'll leave it at that.
I not only play but appreciate fine instruments and invest in them. I recently bought a used Gibson ES-175 (I do some jazz material, too) and a new Les Paul Custom. I'm thinking of picking up a Gibson L-5. These are instruments that are like putting money in the bank. Different goals for different souls.... Too bad the seller didn't have another "hobby" and could have got himself some worthy, time-worn instruments. Again, that was never his goal, now was it?? Peace, Love, and Bobby Sherman. 😉🙂
Thank for watching
Peace and love ,the way you are going on should be signed ASS and HOLE.
@@ZIMMSGUITARS Great Post. Shows that there are thinking people around still. One tends to forget that there are people in cyberspace who make intelligent comments
Love to have em, good find and video
@13:55 when he said "this is thy rarest squier" blah blah blah 😂 I have the exact same one with matching headstock, it's called Trans fat series but I think he means the grain of the wood which is awesome, mine is not flaming grain like his !
Yeah, I like that natural wood flamed Squire, I would buy that for the right price
They all have special woods when your selling
I dig fixing up guitars for sure
I wish I could find more Tursers in my neck of the woods. I’ve loved all the ones that have come through my shop. Even online I don’t find many, I think the reason it’s so hard to find them online is because people have a hard time deciphering the name.
WOW!!! I really like that Ibanez RGT42 with the gun gold metal headstock with the neck thru! That guitar fits me. 😮
The 50'th Anniversary Fender , Squire Strat's have the same body dimensions as a Standard Fender Strat. Lot's of the Squires, their bodies are thinner, but not with the NC's.
wrong NC's tho, they made 2 styles, ones that had 60's style necks on them make up 5% of the production and ones that have the truss rod adjust at the headstock that make up 95%.. neither of those are the collectable NC's . . . they will make an OK strat platform depending on the tone of the wood and you can always toss a 60's neck on them or whatever neck you prefer, you can buy roasted stat necks for like $200 today, even vintage style.. couple humbuckers, upgrade the hardware so forth and have a less expensive Charvel San Dimas like axe, as with any production made guitar they're made by grabbing whatever body and neck is next in line, generally you will get a junk body and a junk neck, occasionally a good body junk neck or a junk body and good neck, its when you get the good body and good neck together is when the music starts...
Many guitarists who have that many guitars sell them because they take up a lot of space and they're not being played !
well great deal for you im sure of nice affordable guitars with alot of upgrades that make them good guitars at a good price point. id have bought them all too!! great pickup buddy, youtube does work. theres a few id like to buy but if i remember correctly you do not ship guitars. thanks for the video. Larry
Im a squier aficionado as well! Love em!
Awesome! Nice guitars!
Always a great video 🔥🔥🤘
I own a Jay Turser LP, it's one of my favorite guitars. They play excellent
the Korean Squire bass is nice. You can get at least 400-500 on that.
Is there a price on that squier tele for a local guy?
The upgrades are interesting but how long will it take the shop to unload them? The market is flooded with this stuff and now he’s got to store it all. I don’t see the logic unless he got a killer deal
Bet he paid average of $50 per guitar. Average resale $150 conservatively, about $7000 gross. Who knows how long it’ll take to make it though
I want half that stuff and Mr Denver was cool. Especially because he could do all that techie crud.
Collecting and modifying all these would leave me no time to play. Super cool and I wish I had the passion this dude has. 🤙🤙
You and me both!
I hope you got these for cheap. There isn’t anything remarkable here and even though he did a bunch of mods to them must customers wouldn’t care. I hope you make money on this deal. Be safe,stay cool. Thanks for your videos.
There are a lot of guitar stuff!! Only a couple caught my eye though. But, he already did the stuff I wanted to do to them...😊
Can you imagine if the dude drove all that way from CO and Zimm sez, I'll give you X for this one and that one and the other over there, the rest I can't sell...
Years ago we maybe thought some of the brands were pretty bad. Sanox, TCM, Vantage to name a few. Even some known brands like BC Rich imports Platinum series had 'plywood' bodies. Until The Japanese Charvels and Ibanez RGs began showing up. Then suddenly everyone started improving while expensive brands started failing. There seems to be better inexpensive stuff today than before but there is also just way more cheap (and pretty bad) average stuff showing up. Maybe because of online shopping? My local used shop wont take anything valued less than $400 CAD.
Very cool jam on
that one black broken guitar with screws is a cool idea for a relic lol. thats the only relic i really like lol
Yep a lot of hate from kids who will never be able to afford a collection like that. It's funny how many people who don't know much have so much to say. He probably got what he paid for all the upgrades and nothing for all his work.
Nice collection
I thought i upgraded lots of cheaper guitars, its fun playing with them though. Learning to do repairs/re-finishing. My max collection was 14 at one time plus a couple bass guitars. If i never sold any i may have reached 47 lol.
Now it's one expensive guitar, one cheap project/test bed guitar and one mid range modded guitar.
Lol Oogaloo ogalula. Dude’s a character. He took well care of his collection to his credit. I’d take the flip off guitar and pearl with the screws.
I couldn't stop staring at the shoes!
Did he make them? Are the laces original? Did he make them?
The shoes, man... The shoes.
🤣
👌👞😂
while i’m an ibanez guy i do own a strat and a schecter also loved the schecter but play mostly the ibanez nowadays. i watched this video then went into my studio and played for 2 hours till the wife begged me to stop lol
What guitar is that at 2:40?
These are perfect for under the Christmas tree guitars,
I get this collection. It’s so much fun to fix up budget guitars. I just know if you could ever get your money out of them.
You don't lol
It's guys like this (and I'm guilty too) that keep the after market pickup company's in business 😅!
seriously.. I already know
Looks like every music go round in America
Give him $500 for the lot and wish him well. Obsessively buying budget instruments has its drawbacks.
Only way to do it look that’s all I can do. Let him talk you up to $600 or say no thanks. It’s business lot of work there.
Jay Turser so some very good guitars. Usually require a setup, but they are bang for buck guitars if you you want a stage player
There was a JT Les Paul copy at my local thrift store with a $60 price tag on it. I'm a lefty so, not for me. It sold in a week.
Guys like this will willingly spend over ten grand on $200 guitars looking for “the one” but they never find it when they could had just spent a few grand on their dream guitar. It baffles me
Yes, these are all junk. You can mod epiphones all day long, but its never a Gibson when you're done.
My wife and ibwere sitting here doing the math. With just quick math, $300 in each guitar x 50 is $15000. That could have been 15 good guitars.
I do understand him though. I do similar things with fixing up vintage audio gear. Could have bought a nice set of Focal speakers by now but I'd rather have a room full of what I call blue collar audio gear like Adcom, polk, Schitt etc.
If they play, they are fine. Some may even be great. What would you think about a guitar with a Fender body, Kramer neck, Gibson bridge pickup, misssing middle pickup, wonkey electronics, no working neck pickup, custom home done shoddy paint job, etc. Seemed to work just fine for Eddie Van Halen. 🤗😘😁
Me and my wife Argue about my guitar habit to.
Those are pretty much the kind of guitars I usually buy; mod platforms. They're usually cheap to intermediate models that have potential to be great with the right mods/upgrades. I'm a lot like that guy, I'm always looking for a new project to occupy myself with.
Right on!
No wonder his wife left him 😂😂😂
Idk what to feel about this but you for me laughing like a mother
He's better off! 😂
@@58BURSTnot sure that’s true bc his guitars left him to.
Hah! That does it.
I’m ordering forty Fireflies TODAY. 😂
I love to meet a man that would bring home 47 guitars or more lol. I would bring home another 47 lol. Hell, add some drum sets to that and I’m in heaven 😂😂😂!!
Hmm.. Have my eye on a few of them. I hope those RAY BAN Sunglasses Are still working for you!? Didn't lose them did ya!? Lol! Thanks Dane!
I want that stagg guitar I loved the one I had
Squier normally have fender headstocks lol
Together they make one great guitar 😂
Still Chinese at the end of the day 😂 400 bucks for the lot and you may break even after a year
BOOM! There it is.
@@TylerJohnstonGuitarThere was a Chinese hollowbody electric at my local shop, already discounted, that I was ambivalent about buying, and it hung there on the wall for at least a year; in the meantime I bought a used Ibanez (also Chinese) acoustic. Eventually
the electric sold and I kinda regretted my decision.
Wow! The dude is zooming!😮
Dean, you must be paying top cost for him to be driving all the way down to Arizona from Denver !
I was hanging out with Albert Lee (for real at a rehearsal) yesterday and would love to be able to afford his model guitar
I'd rather have his Teles.. No offence to Albert but I've never liked his tone on those Music Man guitars and they look crap. I know they're not but... I'd rather just play a CS Strat, for what they cost.
By the way putting in high end pick ups in a cheap guitar is the same as putting expensive wheels on a cheap car and expecting the value will increase.
It's amazing how many people throw their old pickups out, then expect a $100 premium for their Dimarzio replacements, when all anyone looking at the ad is thinking "I could probably get $50 for the pickups on eBay and flip the guitar locally on Facebook with the originals."
Great collection! I got a Ibanez rtg 42 also, its a high-end jam'n machine! ( Now if I could only get parts for it) the thrill of being a audio equipment collecter!
There are some great guitars.
Cool guy, cool collection.
beginner's paradise.🥍🥍🥍🥍
😂
Hi Dane, I am a 72 year old guy from the UK learning to play, I have a very cheap guitar from Amazon, constantly loosing tune, but I am still learning, and won’t give up, when I can afford to upgrade I will ( probably be in a coffin by then ) but if you have a surplus, or anything you want to get rid of, I will pay for the postage,
That's a nice Collection!!! Think the early days of electric GUITARS! USE TO MAKE MUSIC! ROck On!!! 🎸 🎶
I want that green Firefly 338
Relic'd guitars hurt my soul. I always imagine what it would have looked like if it had been looked after properly.
I’d grab those 335 copy guitars and maybe that telecaster 🤔