Izzy Moon brings to her craft more than 25 years of experience as a writer in the fields of broadcasting, advertising, entertainment, education, physical fitness and journalism. While many assessors are legitimate, an appraisal is not necessary to learn the details about your guitar.
Watch out for websites and individuals wanting to sell you paid appraisals. Use Google or other search engines to assist you with your research. Contact guitar manufacturers that are not online by looking up their street address and phoning or writing them about your instrument. Look on the head and back of the guitar for electric models which often have an engraved plate. Check hollow body models for a label inside the soundbox that can be viewed and read through the sound hole sor numbers engraved on the neck, head or fingerboard. You may have a rare and highly-sought collectible, or limited edition, and not even know it - until you look it up. This data is critical for determining the age and value of your guitar, whether it be a hollow-body acoustic style or solid-body electric.
