New research has confirmed what many guitar buyers have likely suspected for some time: Gibsons (just about) have the edge over Fender models when it comes to holding their value on the used market.
The study, conducted by German studio Wood and Fire, takes Reverb’s list of the US’ top 40 best-selling guitars and compares the average used sale prices for each entrant to new equivalents (using benchmark prices from Sweetwater, Guitar Center and European retailer Thomann).
