Wood Choice = Increased Value?

[Strings4Him]

Any thoughts about whether certain Larrivee's will increase in value due to wood choice?

For example, it seems Larrivee has just made several guitars made of Brazilian Rosewood.  I also read that genuine South American Mahogany is becoming more scarce.

Will these woods equal increased value compared to other woods?

[Danny]

  They should always be worth more than EIR and Sapele respectively as they are right now when you buy a Brazilian RW or a S. American Mahogany guitar.
 The economy in N.America is driving all guitar prices down in the resale market though. There are always exceptions to the trends though.

[LoMa]

Right now I think Larrivee's are very underpriced in the resale market, especially when compared to Martin's and Taylor's. It seems if you are concerned about holding value, you might want to go that way.

Me, I'm bucking the trend and going towards the lower end Larrivee's these days, sellling off my mid- and higher end Martins...

[cke]

When I see posts like this I think people wonder which guitar they can but today that will be a 1937 D-45 in the future (can you say 'KaChing!?)

I think there may be some even many present day guitars that will substantially increase in value, especially those with name and quality associated with them, but I guess that those "Golden Age" Depression era guitar appreciation will never be equaled. The reason: Rarity. There just weren't very many of those.  And now there are 10,000's of really excellent guitars being put in circulation, year after year, decade after decade. Running out of good classic woods will drive up desirability and prices, but ...

[unclrob]

With the exception of brazillian rosewood I don't think that wood choice=increased value.I remember when there was a hefty upcharge for brazillian rw Larrivee's.Now no one care's one way or another when it come's to Larrivee's.I mean $2200 for a brazillian Larrivee LS come on.Its up to the seller to stand firm.I got $1600 for my J05 when everone said I'dbe lucky if I got $700 but I held firm got a great trade and cash.I've had my Gretsch White Falcon up for $2400 and I had offers for $1500.It sold on ebay for $2500 because I held out.You want the value to be real don't dump it for stupid money.