How can I afford a new guitar?

sell stuff on ebay.
With the new economy, instant gratification is a thing of the past dude.

You’re in college. You’re an adult now. Why shouldn’t you be allowed to get a job while you’re in school?

Does it have to be a 700 dollar guitar? You can probably get a decent one for less and then when you do have a good job you can buy your 700 dollar guitar.

well they are paying for my college and they want me to study and not have work as a distraction or to take up too much time.

Well I am a guitar enthusiast who has been playing for 6 years and I want this specific guitar. I have other guitars but I like to collect them. I have some money for it already but not enough.

Get a weekend job for a couple months. One that won’t take up too much of your time.

Well ok, maybe then you don’t get a $700 guitar right now. If you have guitars already play on those for a while. Maybe you have to put off the Les Paul model for a bit but you can still do great things on a stratocaster.

The problem is my dad really doesn’t want me to. He was going to give me some money for it but instead I told him I needed it for pledge fees which I do

A Fender Strat was my first in 8th grade and I love it. And how did you know a Les Paul is what I wanted? The Epiphone les paul custom silverburst.

I think you’re going to have to wait my friend.

Yeah, me too. I thought about selling my Epiphone Dot, but I don’t want to part with it. I have a guitar on order actually, but I ordered it over a year and a half ago, and the money for that is already put aside.

Do you have a birthday coming up? If you do, you should tell people to give you cash instead of gifts. If not, you should put that guitar on your Christmas wish list and give it to your parents ;-)

My birthday was actually just on the 28th of October, but my present from my parents was help for my pledge fees. And as for Christmas…I’m Jewish so that’s a no go.

Thanks for all the help btw.

hhmmmm.. sorry buddy, I’m out of ideas. Happy birthday btw :-)

thanks. Sorry if im being difficult but ive exausted every option i know of. lol

nah, you’re just trying to solve a problem.. that’s what this site is for.. too bad we can’t be of much help though

well I do appreciate it.

If you mean, “I want this guitar RIGHT NOW!” You’re SOL. It’s all in priorities, and being patient. Delayed gratification is a good thing to learn.

Ask for money for the holidays, and bank it. If you get a tax refund check for working over the summer, bank it. Act as a designated driver at campus parties and charge for a ride, then bank it. Sell off stuff you don’t need.

Everything is about choices. You own the choice and the responsibility that goes with choosing. Every time you go to spend cash, think about whether or not you need to make the expenditure and bank the money. It’s amazing how fast it adds up, and how good the exercise of savings is for you.

If you cancel your order for the Rickenbacker, is there deposit money that you can get back?

You could also find a coffee shop to play at with your current guitar, and bank the tip money.

Panhandle, dawg. How much do you want that shit?

En serio, sell tamales.

Honestly buddy, wait until you get a job and get a real Les Paul. You really don’t want that epiphone crap it’ll break down in less than a year.

@JONESGH Not true.

@jfos true. if youre paying $700, you might as well save an extra 200 and get a gibson.

@JONESGH The Epiphones aren’t prone to “break down in less than a year.” And if you’re saving up $900 for a Gibson, why not save up $3000 and buy one from the 70s? And if you’re saving up $3000 and buying one from the 70s, why not save up an extra $1000 on top of that and get a custom one made with built-in internet? Ad infinitum.

@jfos go into a guitar store. play an epiphone and the play a gibson. there’s a difference that cant be matched. it’s also a known fact that epiphone uses cheaper materials in producing their guitars, hence the cheaper price. I’m just saying, if you’re paying 700, why not go with 900 and get quality.

I have an Epiphone and I’ve played Gibsons before. Gibsons are obviously nicer, but the Epiphones are not as bad as you’re making them out to be. The OP has no job, so even the extra $200 would be a lot.

@jfos point taken. but he also said that he has many guitars, i was just thinking maybe wait a little longer and get something with a better quality.

I will eventually get a Gibson, but I want this specific Epiphone. My epiphone Dot is great though. I’ve had it for years and didnt have problems till recently when I dropped it and the neck snapped. I got it fixed though. But now the bridge pickup wont work. Well, it could be the pot, idk. Point is i cant use it so only the neck works. And I think I might switch out the pickups since it needs repair anyway. But the problem with that is it also costs money. It will be nice when I get rich and I can afford all of these things. haha. And you guys give some good advice, thanks. But to the guy who suggested getting deposite money from the rick back. i can but thats like my dream guitar. And ive already waited most of the time. It is an exact replica of George Harrison’s 12 string Rickenbacker.

What you want 700$ guitar , what you need = cheaper . The dearer the instrument doesn’t make it better , stay within your budget lots of savings will help .

My first guitar was $450 then the next one was $400. My acoustic was somewhere around $360. The dearer it is…it does make it better, but its a bunch of little things that add together. better care in making it, better pickups, better wood/materials, better appearence, and better feel.

Thats your own preference ’ the more it costs the better it is ’ i had a guitar that cost £800 it is / was better than a guitar i bought for £1200 the sound the feel the attack .
Both guitars where based on the same design , yet one had a slightly shallower neck profile . It ever has cheaper pickups EMG passives , floyd rose copy bridge yet it is way better than the more expensive model . So the more expensive a guitar doesn’t make it better :)