About Guitar Value

Guitar Value helps you work out what a used guitar is really worth, and find a genuine one on eBay at a fair price, without trawling through thousands of listings full of parts, copies and amp bundles.

How it works

1. We search eBay every day for 331 guitar and bass models from 12 brands, using eBay's official Browse API, in the guitar and bass categories only. The UK is checked daily; the US, Germany, Australia and Canada when you ask for them.
2. We keep complete, genuine guitars only. Parts, cases, copies, "style" guitars, kits, guitars for spares or repair and amp bundles are filtered out.
3. We read each listing for the case, year, where it was made, finish, pickups, left-handed, set-up and modifications.
4. We work out a typical price for each model in each condition (new, and used with a hard case, a gig bag, no case, or case not stated) and score every Buy It Now listing against it.
5. We record prices daily to build a price history for each model.

The full method is on how we price.

What our prices are, and aren't

Our figures are asking prices from live listings, not sold prices, so a guitar can sell for less. The case, year and spec are read from listings automatically, and sellers don't always mention them. Always read the listing, look at the photos and ask the seller before you buy.

Where the data comes from

• Listings, prices and photos: eBay Browse API, refreshed every 24 hours.
• Models, where they're made and the years they were made: our own catalogue, built from the makers' published model ranges.
• Currency conversion: European Central Bank daily rates.

How we make money

We're an eBay Partner Network affiliate. If you click through to eBay and buy something, eBay may pay us a small commission. It costs you nothing extra and never changes which listings we show or how we score them.

Fender, Gibson, Martin, PRS and every other brand and model name belong to their owners. We're independent and not connected to, authorised by or endorsed by any guitar maker or retailer.

Contact

Spotted a wrong listing, or a model we should add? Email [email protected].