Do you think the price of PRS guitars will go up in 2025?

[Peacemaker]

I am wondering if the prices for their guitars will go up (Core line especially) in 2025. Any idea if the NF 53 for instance will go up in price next year? Wondering if I should get one before the end of the year.

As others noted, getting your axe now seems better than 'later' and a used one in excellent condition can be a great value

 

[Bogner]

There's a small but significant problem with the price of everything coming down: the structural adjustment that would trigger this could also quite possibly throw millions out of work as a consequence, while prices fall to their new "clearing" levels. Wages would inevitably follow, and massive defaults - by both commercial entities and huge numbers of private individuals - would be triggered in every economy on the planet.




Guitars would get cheaper, so there's that.

That Which You Mention Is One Piece Of A Far Larger Pie. All Aspects Of The Pie Needs Addressing. Wait And See...

 

[SinSir]

Other manufacturers have adjusted pricing post covid boom. Stock is replenished, materials are in supply, labor is available, and guitarists are back to a small percentage of people that stick with it.. All those lockdown rockstar dreamers gear is collecting dust in the closet and under the bed to be sold.

It would be a shame to see MSRP increase to further burden the dealers for bigger discounts than they're already doing. I like the small and independent shops and don't wanna see a big box guitar world.

If anything the PRS backed sales the past two years for se indicates a slowing of the market to me. Will prices lower? Idk? Raise? Who knows but it's clear we've already passed a price ceiling for many guitarists.

 

[archtop]

Yeah, deflation should be kicking in any day now and all prices will be plummeting.

Are dealers discounting these days? I’ve made a couple offers on new guitars and dealers aren’t even responding.

 

[Wyzard]

Yeah, deflation should be kicking in any day now and all prices will be plummeting.

I'm strangely uncertain if folk are being serious or ironic. Help me out here guys


Like I said, the potential consequences of "clearing" in a falling market are..... well, actually quite mind-bending to contemplate. Relishing the idea of one solitary desired outcome from a huge basket of truly dire consequences seems a tad jejune - if not outright f'd up.

 

[shinksma]

So What Is Your Point?

My point is that your "prognostication" is no more accurate than his was at the time.

Eventually, there will come some sort of massive economic crash / adjustment of seismic proportions. It happens in all human societies so far on this planet. And when it does, the last group to say "it's coming soon!" will be right - by pure chance. Until then, they'll be wrong. Like Roger. If it doesn't happen in the next 20 years, are you likely to come back her and say "oh yeah, my bad, I read the tea leaves wrong!"?

Anyway, I suspect PRS will not be discounting their pricing any time soon, and we should expect to see prices increase in line with inflation. i.e. of a Core Model today is at a MAP of $5000, then next year it will be $5120-ish, assuming 2.4% inflation.

 

[shinksma]

I'm strangely uncertain if folk are being serious or ironic. Help me out here guys


Like I said, the potential consequences of "clearing" in a falling market are..... well, actually quite mind-bending to contemplate. Relishing the idea of one solitary desired outcome from a huge basket of truly dire consequences seems a tad jejune - if not outright f'd up.

Both, I think.

 

[Bogner]

My point is that your "prognostication" is no more accurate than his was at the time.

Eventually, there will come some sort of massive economic crash / adjustment of seismic proportions. It happens in all human societies so far on this planet. And when it does, the last group to say "it's coming soon!" will be right - by pure chance. Until then, they'll be wrong. Like Roger. If it doesn't happen in the next 20 years, are you likely to come back her and say "oh yeah, my bad, I read the tea leaves wrong!"?

And You Know All Of This How? "My Prognostication"? The Tea Leave And Much More Tell Me What I Am Saying Is Right. You Can Disagree Or Agree, I Don't Care Which Way You Decide. You Have Said Nothing In "Your Prognostications" To Make A Point Other Than Something Rogers Waters Might Have Said In The 70's. Where We Are Today Vs, Then Is Massively Different But Somehow Your "Prognostication" Is Better Than Mine? Like I Said...Wait And See.

Side Note For Kicks And Giggles...I Am Willing To Put My Money Where My Mouth Is And Wager With You That What I Am Saying Is Right. Do You Want To Bet A Guitar? A Guitar Collection? An Amp? An Amp Collection? Your Whole Gear Collection? Cash? Watch? Property? Your Least Expensive Pedal? Whatever Level You Are Willing To Stand Behind Your "Prognostication" I Will Kindly Match And We Can See What Comes To Pass. Fair Enough?

 

[RC Mike]

I’ll bet that in the long-run, we’ll all be dead.

It’s super easy to make predictions of awful things happening. Human history shows that they occasionally do happen. The better bet, though, is that life will continue to improve. That’s one constant throughout human history.

 

[Wyzard]

Side Note For Kicks And Giggles...I Am Willing To Put My Money Where My Mouth Is And Wager With You That What I Am Saying Is Right. Do You Want To Bet A Guitar? A Guitar Collection? An Amp? An Amp Collection? Your Whole Gear Collection? Cash? Watch? Property? Your Least Expensive Pedal? Whatever Level You Are Willing To Stand Behind Your "Prognostication" I Will Kindly Match And We Can See What Comes To Pass. Fair Enough?

What's your time frame? Serious question.

 

[Juan Luis Vidal]

It's not just PRS, in very broad terms all the major american manufacturers' prices have gotten out of hand. A S2 is an incredible guitar, but going beyond 2K is, on my mind, nuts.

 

[Prina]

To the degree that guitars are assets, in the medium to long term they'll be going up in nominal dollars.

This morning both (most) assets and interest rates jumped higher, but generally those two are inversely correlated. Even if nominal interest rates rise they're still low by historic standards so far. But the bond market is a powerful beast. And fiscal policy is poised to get historically looser.

Aside from the macroeconomics, guitar prices will depend on supply and demand. COVID goosed demand and restrained supply but those are coming more into balance, hence the sales on some of the SE models. Longer term there are probably lots of us with collections but without heirs that want them as there aren't as many guitar players as decades ago.

 

[Bogner]

What's your time frame? Serious question.

Serious Answer...If Not This Year I Don't See It Not Happening In 2025.

 

[RC Mike]

Serious Answer...If Not This Year I Don't See It Not Happening In 2025.

Has it been predicted to happen within the next year or so for at least a decade or two?

 

[markd21]

Yes.

 

[Rod/]

@Revelation …..I couldn’t agree more. My 2021 Wood Library DGT was $4795.00 new back then. The same guitar now is way over $6000, which I find to be to be very high priced. And so are Gibson R9’s that start at $6800 for a mediocre one….
So many products from food to automobiles are overpriced . The musical instrument industry is part of the problem …..
The most reasonably priced models with USA high quality build and woods from PRS are the S2 line.
They are great workhorse guitars. If I had my choice, I’d still buy a core…… FWIW, the prices of used Core models are finally coming down to reasonable levels. Great to see some $1600- $2000 CE’s & core McCartys, Singlcuts, Stripped ‘58’s, Custom 24’s ect..
But to answer your question, I do think all USA PRS guitar prices will rise. They can only produce so many guitars in their factory in Maryland. If the demand is still greater than the supply in the terms of pure capitalism, the prices will keep rising as long as customers are willing to pay the high prices. I think this is one reason why they have expanded so much on their imported line…. In that scenario, they have a far greater supply of those guitars, and they don’t even have to build them here and expand a very costly addition to the Maryland facility

 

[Abe]

I'm never gonna be mad at anyone for not giving me the entirety of everything I want in exchange for a minimal amount of my time, energy, effort or even money. We need people to be creative. But that is not to say that I don't want everything I want.

 

[Mike Duncan]

PRS has priced me out of the game. I couldn’t afford to buy the models I have now if I needed to directly replace them.

Ç’est la vie.

 

[TheCraftsman]

I’m in the same boat, technically and financially I can afford a core but given what I actually do with my guitars and that they don’t earn me money, I’ve decided to upgrade my SE CU24-08 as I can’t envisage me willingly paying 3,5-6K for a guitar I’d want.
I’ve a family and other places that money would get better use

 

[Wyzard]

Surely you know the economy is flat and that, if you spend too much, you'll fall off the edge?