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I hear you Robert - I am quite debt averse myself. Last car payment I made was in 1979. The only debt I have is a mortgage, and that will be paid in two years. I don't make new debts, or purchase anything on credit.

But, things that are expensive are still just things. I've known Colt collectors who kept never fired revolvers in boxes, to be occasionally removed and oh so gently revered. I always had a tendency to shock those people - if that revolver was mine, I'd fire it fairly regularly. I have never paid the price such a revolver commands, since I have zero motivation to do so. My Taylor isn't a $5000 guitar, and if I buy another Taylor I doubt it will be either, but if I did pay that much for a guitar I would have high expectations of it. I would hang it  and play it, and play it hard. More than other guitars.

 And the reason why is because there ARE attributes of the guitar that DO exceed the less expensive guitars that I have. Those attributes have a tendency to inspire me to put more into music, and make me a better musician. Sometimes this results in improvements in my playing that bring greater appreciation for the other guitars that I have. I very much enjoy all the guitars I have, and most all of them get play time. When I add another guitar to them, I am always trying to add something not already represented - a different voice due to a new tonewood combination, a different body shape, or something along those lines. Incidentally, tonewoods can drive the price of a guitar as well as bling.

All humans have some capacity for self delusion, so it's quite possible that I simply have convinced myself of these things...... but people I play regularly for and with make observations that validate my delusion, so I'm not giving it up.....😊😊

sure you do
 
i hang my guitars, i don't box them, and a 1000+ guitar will get boxed.



Ok RANT Mode on: Expensive Things

I don't lease BMWs like so many posers, I buy an Elantra. cash..and It IS MY car, not some finance company's. I'm not afraid to drive My car in traffic, I don't stop at driveway entrances, i don't drive around bumps in the road. (Apparently the more expensive the car, the poorer the suspension). I park it anywhere! Owning a car makes it not financially fragile for me. I don't have to treat it as fragile becasue of someone else.
 
 A $5000 guitar is financially fragile and $500 one is not, yet aside from adolescent bling, they look the same, sound the same and play the same. People who say a $+K guitar plays better are brainwashed to believe that.  Guitar made of paper-mache, if set up properly can out play an ASW, Martin has proved that. If you are trained to expect better quality for a higher price you will perceive what is expected of you.

Rant OFF

 I am always bumping my guitars and my cars and I don't tear my hair out over it. I have a full head of hair, I don't want to change that.

The only guitar I usually keep in the case is my old Aria. If a guitar is more expensive, there should be a reason for it. That reason has got the be looks, playability, and sound, in that order. None of those attributes can be appreciated in a guitar in a box. Get your guitars out. Hang them, use your guitar stands. Look at them. Play them. The more they cost, the more you need to do this. Otherwise you only wasted your money. My philosophy on all that, anyhow......

I assumed they meant the case. I will often ask someone carrying a guitar case on a ferry or train, "Whatcha got in the box?"  Started a few memorable jams that way.