10 Tips for buying secondhand gear
01 MAYBE BUY NEW!
Come on, let’s face it, we all like buying studio gear – but it can be (and usually is) more expensive than we’d like it to be. The first thing to determine before you buy secondhand is that the gear you are looking for is a used bargain. That is: can you actually get it, or its equivalent new, for not a lot more (or even less) money? In the music-production world there are some great pieces of vintage gear to be had, often at extortionate prices. This has meant that many companies are now producing great hardware emulations of this classic gear at a fraction of the cost of the secondhand originals, meaning buying new is probably a
