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Summary: Go play at a nursing home. Discussion: One of the few useful things I do these days is volunteer at a local nursing home. If you don't already know, the most bored people around live in those places. It is really sad, but the residents make the best of it, as do the all the people who help run the place. Over the last year or so I've seen that there are 2 for-sure ways to make those people happy. The first is my big goofy dog, he was born to get petted. And he second is music. Regarding music....the residents LOVE music. I think it would be very cool for rockers to thump out a few long mellow tunes in a cafeteria full of folks who arrive on walkers or in wheelchairs. A sure bet on a way to spend some quality time cause everybody walks, hobbles or rolls away happy. So, if you have time time and motivation, go play for the old folks. They certainly have the time you will make their day/week/month much brighter. Thanks for your consideration!

Most expensive was the Hamer Korina Standard that I bought new. I'll loose money when I sell that one, but It's so great I'll only sell if if I'll stop playing completely. Then I bought a used 4-digit and a Sunburst that I'll probably be able to sell for more than what I paid for them. It will probably even itself out in the end. If I don't take them all with me to the grave. Then my sons will have to deal with trying to figure out what this bloody crap pile of guitars are, and move them if they want, or keep them if they want.

Most expensive wasn't all that much. Most valuable was a mid 50s Les Paul that I traded 2 Pioneer speakers for in 1972. Then sold for WAY TOO CHEAP! But those were good days when guits were plentiful & I was mostly incoherent.

I have a buddy, he's about 55, who makes $50-$100 cash a night playing acoustic guitar at retirement homes (not nursing homes). He just plays olds songs and tells corny jokes... "My family is from Hamilton, and old iron and steel town... my mom irons and my dad steals!"

^^^ Hold on a second, there. That's like placing a bet on the Super Bowl halfway through the second quarter.

I'm including basses in my poll answer. I'm less of a tightwad with basses since I actually play a bass in my band. My most expensive guitar cost me about half what I spent on my most expensive bass. The most popular price range for all of my guitars and basses is right around the iconic tree-fiddy mark.

What I like to play doesn't have much to do with cost, and I get nervous sinking a lot of money into something that'll depreciate like mad if i scratch it. So my guitars are beaters or weirdos that are worth no more than $700 tops with one exception. I have a Veillete Citron fretless bass that might be worth a lot ($1500 or more) since Harvey Citron and Joe Veillete actually restored it from the carcass i shipped to them (I paid $575 for it.) I got it 'cos a long time ago I saw one and thought it was a work of art, so when one popped up, even as a wreck, I had to have it.