The Only Guitar EVERYONE Should Have (the couch guitar)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Its a rare thing when you can make a statement like "everyone NEEDS a guitar like this" but I think this holds true, the "Couch Guitar" is something everyone needs. Its more of an idea than a specific guitar or brand, its the idea of a guitar that isn't expensive or precious that stays out and ready to play around the house for everyone. If you have a couch guitar you'll end up playing more, and getting better without realizing it, and you probably already have one laying around.
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Yamaha CG172SF Classical
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A couch guitar is one of the best things out there. I work at a music shop and I always get 2 groups of people. Either parents asking how to get their kids to practice more, or Adult students who are struggling to find time to play. The number 1 thing I recommend is a floor stand to keep their guitar where they relax the most. A computer desk, a couch, by the back porch. Keeping your guitar accessible makes finding time to play SO much easier.
I have all my basses and my acoustic guitar on floorstands close to my desk. If I need a break from work I can quickly pick it up play for a couple of minutes and get back to work without having to leave the desk. It's just so nice to not have to take an effort to get a guitar off a wall, plug it in to an amp/sim and then be ready to play and hopefully have the right tone settings set for what you want to play there and then. Acoustics are great for this.
Personal opinion here: Yamaha makes some of, if not THE, best entry-level guitars. My office Guitar is a Yamaha FS800. I have Taylor and Larivee at home.
@@JS-hu7pv Without a doubt. Yamaha's beginner line of acoustic really put a lot of other brands to shame in terms of quality and price.
Yep! I can literally sit for hours watching tv or RUclips and just work on building my wide vibrato and it doesn't even bother anyone else in the room. The kids kind of like it now.
I just keep it in my hands at all times.
Same for me, I always have my old acoustic laying around and play it more than my others combined.
One thing I differ with is on playing a classical guitar - I can't get used to the huge nut width!
My couch guitar is an epiphone aj220. That thing has been everywhere.Iraq, Afghanistan, egypt, kuwait, and countless other places, and now its on a stand by the couch and it gets picked up probably 30 times a day. Even if its to strum 2 chords and put back down. I learn everything on it.
My couch guitar is the Yamaha C-40
very similar!
What I learned on one, 50 yrs ago. Borrowed from a friend who played Sax. I kept it a Year. Broke my Heart to return it. Gotta a book of Claptons greatest hits. Had Tab but, like Fractions. Learned Sunshine of your Love, Ullyse, etc. Then bought Led Zeppelin Complete. Still have it. With notes from Jimmy Page. That fractional is Great. Anyway, my Grandson wants to play. I'm sending a Fancy one I bought from a friend who wanted Money. Single cut away. Has a Fishman in it. Sweet Case. Idk if I'll regret it. But that old Klunky one I started with. Bob final gave it to me. It sets in my closet. Just might take it out and Slam out Babe I'm gonna Leave you. Thanks Rhett for jarring my Memory
My couch guitar is a Larrivee OM-03R. My only gripe is that the scale length is a tad long. As for leaving it out, there are risks: pets, kids, jilted significant others...!
Expensive for a couch guitar!
What chord is Rhett playing at 1:39?
10 Years Gone
Here in Brazil we ALL have one like this. Almost every house has one, even if no one can play a single note. It's something cultural for us, maybe influenced by Bossa Nova and stuff. Also, since the beginning of the last century, we always had some amazing brands manufacturing this kind of guitar. A have a few with me and they have been played and loved for decades.
Só li verdades e estou com o meu Di Giogio velho na mão agora!
Exactly! Gianninis, Di Giorgios... you name it
For any serious guitarist who wants to discover the wide array of the instrument, I always suggest learning some Bossa Nova. I got into it about 5 years ago and it has opened my mind to so many new musical possibilities.
Every Brazilian I meet seems to be a Musician on at least some level.
The Brazilians known what they're doing. A 70s Giannini was the first guitar I played. Still have it, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
😂😂😂 Next year you need to do a follow up video interviewing wives/girlfriends/significant others their feelings after the couch guitar has been around a while...
From my wife: "Thanks Rhett, we can't have a simple f@#$ing conversation without him picking up that f@#$ing thing!"
People with just One and only Guitar need not have a Couch Guitar . They have a "Soul Guitar".
54 Strat is my SOUL GUITAR,! and I'm a drummer !
I have a one and only soul guitar AND a couch guitar. Best of both worlds 😅
My soul guitar is my Stonebridge OM 22 CM. Of all the guitars that have come and gone over the years, she's the one that I will never, ever part with.
*sole guitar
Not a classical or a nylon string, but the Taylor GS Mini I bought on a whim during pandemic lockdown has become my most-played guitar for just this reason: it's always out, and always handy to grab; it sounds great and is easy to play. I fully subscribe to the idea of a couch guitar. If nothing else, you'll play more.
When my mom passed I got her 1973 Garcia classical guitar. It’s the guitar I learned on when I was a kid. It’s not really valuable to anyone outside of my family, but my mom took excellent care of it and that old wood sounds amazing.
Oddly enough, my couch guitar is the Epiphone Casino Coupe. It's loud enough to hear what you're doing, but not as loud as an acoustic, so my neighbors can't hear it.
I have a GS Mini, great guitar, lightweight, easy to play for people with small hands/short fingers. The classical looks and sounds amazing for not much money.
I have one too. I don't leave it out for fear of getting dinged, though.
I realize that a good acoustic guitar can cost thousands. On the other hand, the cheapest gs mini is around $600. I wouldn’t call that “not much money.”
I wish if Rhett's Novo was my couch guitar !!
There is no room for anyone to sit in my living room... There are like 3-4 guitars on the couch and chairs at any one time. 😂
This is so true! I love this memory of my dad, when he played it in the evenings, watching tv. It's the most precious thing i own, after his death. It's a really nice quality guitar, aged so beautifully and it's always been played. I grew up around it, picking it up all the time from when i was 16. After i moved out from my parents my first girlfriend gifted me her nylon and it became my couch guitar, the one i would play all day and wrote my most beautiful ideas on. For many years i didn't use a couch guitar when i moved to another flat. That killed a lot in my development as a musician. Only recently i started playing more again. But it's mostly my mini-western guitar with steel strings. Not the same. Still don't have a dedicated couch guitar again. Thanks Rhett for reminding us! I still have the one my first girlfriend gave me. I'll have to bring it back to life! Loved it's sound. Often tuned the nylons down to C(!)-standard, which totally worked!
My wife had an Ovation that she got for her 8th birthday…her Uncle worked for Kaman, the company that made Ovation guitars. It stayed in tune, and had a really great tone. We have lent it to our Granddaughter, who is learning how to play at 10 years old…I miss having it out around our house, but our Granddaughter is making progress in her playing …she likes Taylor Swift…
Now, I have to go upstairs to play either my Epiphone DC II, or my Godin SDXT…you have to plug those in. Thanks for the video Rhett!
Got that exact guitar. I've only ever used it for session work. I've never even thought of using it as a so-called couch guitar. This is why I love this channel.
I would expand to say, "Every guitarist should have a Classical guitar."
(Note: It's CLASSICAL guitar, not "nylon string guitar.")
I've got a few guitars around, and I found the Cordoba Mini II incredibly nice for my couch guitar since its almost the same scale as a normal guitar, just with a smaller composite body and far better sound than anything nylon I found at any local shops, and I always see ones on sale on reverb too.
People with just one guitar 🤚🤭
The guitar that you just sit down and play without having to think about it. I have one that fits those needs very well, and I'm sure everyone has that one guitar. It's an odd, but interesting way to be incentivized to play guitar.
I have a child's acoustic guitar that I play on the couch when watching TV.
_Is that a Ukulele ?_ People ask.
_No._ I say.
😂😂😂 I bought a half- size student classical (Yamaha) model for my 10 year-old who said she wanted to play guitar. Guess where it is now?
That's right...on my couch!
I play it EVERDAY
The "couch guitar". I love it.
As a drummer, the equivalent is sticks and a pad. 10,000 hours on the pad beats a tiny fraction of that time on the kit.
Now learning guitar, I find my beater electric guitar is what I play most - because I'm not afraid of it getting messed up - it's always out, etc.
Love the channel, Rhett!!!
So glad this series is back!! I really prefer videos where you’re talking about gear related things. The videos I find myself going back to on your channel are ones about gear and guitars. Thanks Rhett!
Rhett, I have 3 of these, my Favorite Guitar to sit around and play, They just sound so Good, One of them i have I Took An Ink Pen and Jammed it into the wood and wrote , ''TRIGGER'' into it in Honor of Willie Nelson, Cousin Figel
In Brazil almost every home has one just casually laying around by the living room.
I think every Latin household has a Cross and a guitar.
@@Gene_Cali pretty much!
My couch guitar is an Acoustisonic tele (with a little Spark amp on my end table). It works well unplugged, and with the Spark, I can do anything I need to do in a pinch.
I have the bed guitar bud i'm on a whole other level
Have Sweetwater bought excess Yamaha stock?
I'm loving my daughter's Taylor GS Mini as my go-to couch guitar. I have a Taylor 414 of my own, but the smaller size of the GS Mini really makes me just want to pick hers up instead. I guess the smaller size makes it seem more fun and less serious somehow. It still sounds amazing though!
My only guitar happens to be a couch guitar lol
my couch guitar is a 60€ second hand Alhambra student classical that had severe past (frozen, used metal strings instead of nylon, some cracks). But it sounds good and is a hapoy camper in my house. Not to mention, it speaks different music, different technique, but so nice. It's my jazz go to..
I know a lot of bass players seem to think you need an acoustic bass for the couch, but my question is this: How do I get them to shut up about acoustic basses?
Nothing beats the mood of a classic guitar.
I guess this is great advice for people without small kids lol. We do have a couch ukulele though
My couch guitar is a Yamaha C 40. Couldn't agree more. You definitely practice more with one of these.
Baby Taylor - the perfect couch guitar that can fit in any car for any road trip, camping trip, etc.
I hear some 10 years gone
I haven’t played a nylon string guitar in forty years. Hmmm. I recall them as always having high actions.
My old Ovation is my couch guitar. Rock solid, good guitar.
the cheap ones that are everywhere have bad action! once you get to $100s for a guitar, like Rhett is using here, you will be able to find one that is super easy to fret. As in, so light you can play them without needing finger calluses.
My couch guitar is a Squier Mustang. It's cheap, small and plays incredibly well. I have a small amp if I want to plug in, but I rarely do. My other guitars are in my music room and my live guitars are in their cases & ready to go.
Switch to acoustic. Trust me bro
@@tbprodutions I have 3 acoustics that still get couch play occasionally, but I grab for my little mustang most of the time.
Does anyone play in standard anymore?
Anyone know the name of the song he starts playing at 1:12? It's on the tip of my brain....
Ten Years Gone
you also have a very nice couch dog.
Mine is a Gretsch Jim Dandy
I’ve had a couch guitar for the past 12yrs, for this exact reason. 👍
Nice post Rhett. The nylon string couch is probably ideal for all the factors you mention. My two nylon string guitars though are both Rameriz so not really the type of guitars to leave out for friends to strum cowboy chords. We have a vacation house in Thailand though and my two couch guitars there, a cheap Sigma and a Composite Acoustic carbo fibre guitar, do the job admirably. Both are steel string though and I reckon nylon would fit the bill better!
Your dog is ultra cute btw 😁
By the same extension, the guitar amp that I play the most is my Nu-X Mighty Space (and my Boss Katana Mini, before it went toe-up)... I have about half a dozen really nice tube amps, but the small portable amp(s) are just so stupidly convenient to just flip a switch and goof around on (not to mention they are way more volume-compatible than my tube amps). If I could only have one amp, would it be the Nu-X? No... but it definitely gets played the most.
My granfather passed back in January I received his 1975 fender FC-10¾, me my brothers and my father all took turns with it as kids. This past week I restrung it and cleaned it up. It's now my living room couch guitar.
My couch guitar is a little bit harder on the fingers, but i need the extra strengthening and finger toughness. Its the Gretch Jim Dandy. Awesome little parlor guitar. Its not bad on barre chords until you get up the neck. Although i need to work on my triads. So its perfect for that. I threw on light "earthwood" strings.
That's my couch guitar as well, and also the back porch guitar. I love that thing.
Man, I bought an inexpensive Yamaha acoustic last year as my couch guitar, and yep. It’s the one I leave out and grab. It’s actually on one of those $20 Amazon stands next to the couch in my office, but it’s just as likely to be on the couch.
Yama acoustics are insanely great for the money, by the way.
Leave the couch guitar out, that’s perfectly fine, but make sure you also take care of the humidity levels. I repair dried up couch, guitars all day long, every winter, in NYC.
Beautiful Instrument! Love YAMAHA as a company.
Yep, here we are yet *again*!
My "couch guitar" is an Orangewood. Super cheap, easy to play, just an all-around banger of a guitar. My Les Pauls are in cases and my Strat hangs on the wall in my office room, so I just naturally reach for the Orangewood because it's out and ready to go.
Love this! I have had my beat up old “Dorado by Gretsch” within reach from my couch and now I have a name for it. My parents bought this guitar for me when I was 12, which was 50 years ago. It is still the best playing, sweetest sounding little acoustic I’ve played. But of course I’m seriously biased. 😊
This is part of the reason why I keep my Strandbergs on a rack in my normal living space. They're super compact, lightweight, and comfortable, so I just mindlessly end up with one in my lap all the time. It's easily the most impactful change I've made to get myself to play more regularly.
I have a Spirit Steinberger as my couch guitar and I think being headless is a huge advantage. They're always in tune because you can't bump the tuners by accident. I can just stand mine in any corner or niche without worry.
My preference for a couch guitar is one with a smaller body, like a parlor guitar, a 00 size body, or even a 3/4 size. I discovered this after buying a gorgeous, maple jumbo by Lowden; great guitar that is just too big for comfort on the couch. This lead to the acquisition of a modest collection of various sized guitars, both acoustic and electric. Joyful in itself, but not a necessary excursion for everybody!
I have 2 "couch” guitars that I always keep by my favorite chair in the living room that gets played the most among all my guitars. A Martin D-HD28V that I have on a music stand by my chair and a Strandberg Boden classic that I just lean against the chair. Whenever I’m watching TV or a movie I’ll usually have one or the other in my hands just going through finger exercises, chords, scales, or just noodling and making up new song ideas. I don’t consider this my official practicing, but it’s really important. Like I’ll try to learn something in my more official music room and have focused practice on whatever I’m currently learning or working on, but the couch guitar noodling is used to later reinforce a lot of what I’ve tried to learn that day and brush up on older stuff too.
A number of years ago I was at our small local dealer that specialized in acoustic guitars. They were unpacking their very first order of Taylor GS Mini's. Dave handed me the first one. I tuned it up and spent a half hour with it, and never gave it back! They didn't know what to charge me so they put it on my account. It ended up being $375, $25 off because I didn't get the free ukulele they were offering with them. LOL It has lived next to my couch since and has probably been played by 100's of people. 2/3 guitar players, and quite a few wannabe's. Everyone smiled. That's what it was for. 8) Peace --gary
I have still my first guitar which is a Classical Yamaha CG-100A, 50 years old. $100. Still worth $100. Some of the finish on the back is a touch clouded. I always have it in reach. It plays wonderfully and sounds great. Sometimes I forget to change it's strings a regular basis, but it still works for me. It's think it's still around because I'm not too careful with it (reverse psychology). Couch guitar.
I always had my acoustic guitar on my couch. Only when I have people over is my guitar off the couch, but it still stays in my living room.
Got a Yamaha C40.... for the EXACT SAME REASON... THEY SOUND AMAZING......
Proud owner ofa Yamaha couch guitar! I bought it for the kids to learn on but I'm always playing it. 🤘
That's what happened to me. My cheap classical guitar became the most important (at times). The nylon strings are what makes it so easy to play.🤔👍
My couch guitar is a Martin LXK2 "travel guitar". It's a 3/4 scale acoustic that I bought because it was small enough to bring as a carry-on on an airplane. Never expected it to get much use outside some family trips, but it has ended up being the guitar that stays in the living room. The small size actually really helps me pick it up more because it's so little effort. It's so unobtrusive.
Why does every title have to be clickbait? I know everyone does it, but I'm so tired of this BS.
"THE ONLY _______ THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE!!!!!!!! MUST WATCH!!!!!! EPIC!!!!!! WAIT TILL THE END!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥 "
PLEASE Rhett, I love your content, please stop it.
My couch guitar is a Washburn C-40. Bought it on a whim about 25-30 years ago. I still have it, and still play it. It's such a friendly guitar to play, you can't help but love it.
The problem with the classical guitar for that purpose for me is the wide, very flat neck. I've got a pretty little Takamine G406S New Yorker Parlour guitar I've had for 10 years, it cost me £425, and it never leaves my sitting room. The neck is slim and so easily playable. I bought it specifically so I can pick it up for comfort any time I'm sitting watching tv, chatting, listening to music or just to have in in my lap. The guitar shop on Denmark Street in London I bought it from had fitted it with a pick-up and it sounds great plugged in but I rarely do that. Guitars are just the loveliest things. I've been playing since '71 and still get loads of pleasure just from looking at guitars and we all know what that's like.
Great video Rhett.
My couch guitar is a Steinberger Synapse. I can easily kick back and play it in my La-Z-Boy recliner bc the body is so small. The input jack is located in a channel in the back so the plug doesn't ever poke into me or the chair. Love that thing! I have a Roland Cube 80 GX right beside the chair if I want some volume.
Just found my couch guitar last week and it was one I never expected to pick. Went into guitar center trying to get a cheap electric rig for my barracks room since all my other guitars are in storage and ended up walking out with a D'Angelico acoustic they had on clearance for $260ish. Never considered them before but it's easily the best acoustic I've ever played.
Bass player here, but my couch guitar is a used Grote semi-hollow (knock-off clone of a 335) that I bought used locally for $100. I've only ever owned a Squier Bullet Tele and a Squier Paranormal Cabronita Baritone Tele (both of which I have, and I adore the baritone), and this Grote...well...the damn thing SLAPS! I love the sound of a nylon string guitar, and the guitarist in the Jazz Manouche band I play in just bought a nylon string Grande Bouche model, which sounds INCREDIBLE!
All of my basses are all affordable instruments, so I guess they all could be considered Couch Basses 😆
My mom's old nylon string classical guitar is my most played guitar as well.
1. It's quieter than playing electric.
2. It's easier to play than a steel string acoustic.
3. It sounds great.
What's not to love?
Couch guitar. Since I started playing in1961 I have never played guitar while sitting on a couch. Never.
Did the same thing about a month ago. Purchased a 3/4 size Walden nylon. All laminate. Shocking sustain and low-end. 48mm but instead of 52. Obsessed with it. New songs are pouring out. $160….Bizarre.
My "couch guitar" is a custom made Classical guitar, and it is by far the guitar I play the most, as it is easy to compose on due to the harmonic complexity it can produce. One important suggestion, get a guitar with a "cutaway" so you can play music that requires easy access to the upper frets, and your music will seamlessly transfer to electric guitars with a cutaway. This will give you greater flexibility in what you can create, and makes a huge difference if you are an advanced player. 😎
Hey Rhett. The top affiliate link takes you to a different guitar than captioned. It says CG172F but actually links to a CG122MSH. Just letting you know.
And; if (like me) your Couch Buddy is your least-used acoustic guitar, there’s probably a reason for it, either harder to play, or doesn’t sound as good as the others.
TIP: Tune it down a full step (DGCFAD). You’re probably not learning songs, doing serious practice, or looking for a hard work out from it. You’d be in the woodshed. You’re just trying to keep the fingers from rusting during the commercials. Makes almost any acoustic more playable, and you can play your chords and scales normally.
Everyone looking for a high quality and affordable ''couch" guitar, check out Crafter guitars (Korean made). I've had my "couch" guitar (or really piano guitar bc I just lean it against that) for 8 years. I've played it more than any other guitar I have and its awesome. My friend bought a GS Mini and when he played mine (same size guitar), he liked mine much more. I also bring that guitar to camp fires, vacation, friends house.
My favorite couch guitar is my Ibanez RG770 with maple wizard neck. It always sits in my living room and I am turning the second coming of Joe Satriani just by noodling 24/7 unplugged.
Well at least Yamaha has been upgraded from "corny, jazz-fusion stuff" to "couch guitar" in Rhett's eyes. 😅If they keep their head down and play their cards right, maybe they'll end up as a background guitar track someday.
I gave my friends daughter my old classical guitar to learn on. So I needed another couch guitar. I found a GRETSCH Jim Dandy to my liking. Plus it's a steel stringer so ne messing with catgut.
Didn't realize I was in the company of so many who had a couch guitar ..!! I have a Gretsch Jim Dandy .. The 3/4 neck and small body (but great sound) make it perfect to just have hanging on the wall 2 feet from where I relax after work and sometimes on weekends ..
Ha... my couch guitar is accidentally my most valuable guitar - a nylon string Spanish guitar by Alhambra - Rosewood back and sides, cedar top, ebony board; it was a present from a mate and is permanently out and played with whilst watching TV... it's far too good for my playing but its so enjoyable to play...
My couch guitar is a Taylor Academy 12 that I bought a few years ago for my daughter when she expressed a desire to learn how to play. Her desire and dedication faded quickly, but the Academy 12 has persisted as my go-to instrument of choice in our living room. I love it so much. The smaller scale and beveled arm rest make it the ultimate guitar for deep-couch noodling
My little Gretsch Jim Dandy handles couch duty and traveling to the beach or camping duties. Love the basic, edge of tinny sound... Wish I played more old time blues since this guitar suits it so well. But for just jamming and singing along, you can't go wrong with it's $200 or less price...
dude i have BEEN saying this! guess i can scratch it off my video ideas list lmao
Mine is a Yamaha LS6 ARE Electro Acoustic! 🤩
I have a Japan built G60 that I purchased in the 80's for $25 and it's a wonderful instrument that has aged very well, but it's not my "couch guitar". I have a desk guitar instead and it's a Japan built Fender Telecoustic in Fiesta Red. I bought it at a good price as a deal sweetener with another guitar. Why would I want this fiberglass thin body (and thin sounding) oddity as a quick go to? Its quiet! Unless I hit it hard no one can hear it if I am on a call, noise cancelling filters it out, but I can hear it just fine. I call it my thinking guitar and it gets played multiple times a day. To top it off the pickup is not bad and I can flip on the Fishman Mini to get a fuller sound as needed.
So a bit of a different take but it serves the same purpose.
Thanks for this! Considering the Yamaha NCX1 which has a pickup for amplification . It will become my couch guitar as my old yahama is completely bent out of shape.
Gibson ES-330 or Epiphone Casino make great couch guitars - unplugged you can hear yourself just enough yet still hear your RUclips videos, plugged in they sound even better
Gretsch G5427TG. Electric when I want it to be, and loud enough unplugged that I can hear what I'm doing. If I'm not playing it, it's in a stand next to my desk.
HA! I instantly recognized that Pioneer SR-202W reverb unit sitting on top of the Tascam mixer. My grandfather had that same unit as part of his stereo setup in the mid 1970's. Eventually, we inherited that old stereo system, along with that reverb unit, after my grandfather upgraded to more audiophile equipment. As kids, we would turn up the depth control to fully open up the green indicator, and it would drive my parents nuts! I always hated the sound of that spring reverb. It really sounded bad on an overall stereo mix. I never understood the point of this stereo component and why anyone would want a full spring reverb sound on the full stereo mix. I'm sure it could be useful on a single instrument, like guitar, but that's not how it was intended to be used, considering that is has the gambit of stereo RCA jacks on it. By the way, the reverb effect is purely mono, so it's even more useless for a full stereo mix, in my opinion.
I remember Al Dimeola saying that playing most Nylon string guitars was virtully impossible as the action was just too high. He used an Ovation to cure that I think. I cant get to an Ovation qwhere I ive so I am going to shave down the "ivory" bridge and hope for the best as Im so used o playing low action Les Pauls and the like :) Good video Rhett. Thanks
For guitar players with kids in youth sports, you should add a "Car Guitar" to your collection. I have an old and cheap parlor guitar in the back of the minivan that has been played for many hours (10 minutes at time) while waiting for the kids to get done with sports practices.
Ha! My couch guitar is a 1935 archtop Epiphone Zenith, strung with 10 gauge strings because the guitar doesn't have a truss rod and I want to preserve it. Makes it ideal to play with no effort.
I started playing studying classical guitar, sometimes I ask myself why I don’t gig with my couch guitar 😂
Yamaka nylon string guitars really start to sound good when they are 10 years old....you can often pick them up at garage sales for under $100....bargain!!!