What happened to all the 80s and 90s metal guitars with graphics paint jobs?

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One my bro in law painted.

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Not sure if this counts, not painted, it's fabric that I decopauged.

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I often wonder where all the 80's shredder guitars went to! Not just the ones with prints on them, but all of them. I mean the odd time I will see one pop out for sale somewhere, but not that often for how many of them have got out be out there somewhere. Maybe i should of stock piled them when everyone and everywhere was blowing them out for nothing when they were no longer the thing! I have got to think that alot of them have got to be laying in closets or under beds somewhere collecting dust? Maybe some people that bought them for to much at the time do not want to let them go for the little amount some of them would get on the used market? I would not be shocked if at some point some of these guitars will increase in value and demand.
 
thecornman said:
I often wonder where all the 80's shredder guitars went to! Not just the ones with prints on them, but all of them. I mean the odd time I will see one pop out for sale somewhere, but not that often for how many of them have got out be out there somewhere. Maybe i should of stock piled them when everyone and everywhere was blowing them out for nothing when they were no longer the thing! I have got to think that alot of them have got to be laying in closets or under beds somewhere collecting dust? Maybe some people that bought them for to much at the time do not want to let them go for the little amount some of them would get on the used market? I would not be shocked if at some point some of these guitars will increase in value and demand.
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the 80s and 90s super-strats are all over eBay, and prices are pretty high given where they seemed to have been even a year or two ago. i very rarely see one with the graphics though. i'm sure they are bait for certain collectors.
 
GreatDane said:
the 80s and 90s super-strats are all over eBay, and prices are pretty high given where they seemed to have been even a year or two ago. i very rarely see one with the graphics though. i'm sure they are bait for certain collectors.
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I guess I never look on ebay for guitars, but that would make sense! I only look for parts on there for builds. Once in a while I will see bodies or necks for the older shredders there though, but not alot of the graphic ones.
 
thecornman said:
I guess I never look on ebay for guitars, but that would make sense! I only look for parts on there for builds. Once in a while I will see bodies or necks for the older shredders there though, but not alot of the graphic ones.
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i confess to "window-shopping" a fair amount on eBay. used to even do some buying, but not lately as the prices seem out of touch with the current market on anything that interests me. i rarely look at super-strats, but when i do, i don't think i've seen more than two graphics types on there and the sellers were asking a hefty sum. neither one sold, from what i can recall.
 
they're actually coming back in fashion for hipsters, like the ones in Brooklyn. part of the whole ironic chic thing.
 
so when i was playing at Trash Bar and Galapagos in '05 (or so) and brought my Ibanez RG, i was just ahead of the curve, as usual. :embarrassed:
 
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