Guitars if taken care of are great investments. I have several guitars I bought through the years and found that if you take good care of the guitar and keep paper work, hang tags etc. you will get your money back plus. I don't buy them for investments as I am a player. But if you decide you want to thin out some of your gear, I don't have problems finding any buyers. Its sort of like buying guns. You can keep them, for awhile and sell them for a profit, if taken care of!!!. My advice is go to the different music stores and try out different models. For me its all about the neck of the guitar. I had a Fender twin reverb for 30 years, played every where with this amp, loading it and it was getting banged up etc. etc. I decided last year to sell the amp as its too heavy for me to lift now. I sold the amp for what I paid for plus. So if you are thinking on these terms, A name might be more money but you can always get your money back. This has been my experience. Good Luck