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UK used-gear figures you can quote: what gear keeps against its new price, what the common faults cost to put right, how both are worked out, and the files to take them from. Ranges checked October 2026.
What this is: a UK used-price guide covering 65 popular models of second-hand music gear, kept current by the person building flipper, a Chrome extension in private testing. Two of its tables are set out below as data rather than prose. Quote them with a link to the page they came from; we do not ask to see or approve your copy.
Value retention, 31 models in 9 categories
Digital pianos keep the most of their new price, around 78% on average, and Audio interfaces the least, about 48%. The best keeper in the set is the Yamaha P-225 at 90%. The widest gap inside a single category is in Synths, drum machines and samplers: the Roland SP-404 MKII keeps 85% against the Novation Circuit Tracks at 59%.
Model by model, with the method: how much used gear holds its value. The same 31 rows as a file: retention.csv.
Faults and repair costs, 273 faults across 65 models
The biggest group of listed faults is Medium - soldering / disassembly / YouTube guide, 135 of them, a typical job running £3 to £60. Half of all the faults listed come in under £50 to put right. The ratio that decides whether a faulty bargain is worth it: the Neck / headstock break on the Squier Affinity runs to £250, which is 213% of what a good one sells for (£80 to £155).
Fault by fault, with rough costs: common gear faults and what repairs cost. All 273 rows as a file: faults.csv.
How each figure is worked out
- Retention: the middle of the model's used, working-order range in the guide divided by its current UK new price, which is the regular street price at a major UK retailer (checked October 2026, not the launch list price). Models no longer sold new are left out rather than guessed at.
- Faults and costs: the fault list the price guide carries, with its own rough repair ranges and its own difficulty labels. The costs are rough figures for a typical UK job, not quotes.
- Both are a rough guide from the ranges the extension prices against, not a survey of every sale. Condition, extras and the exact version all move a real price.
Using the figures
Writers and journalists are welcome to quote them with a link to the page they came from. If a line helps, this is ours: value retention across 31 popular models, Gear Flipper UK price guide, checked October 2026. If you print a table, take it from the CSV so the numbers match exactly. What we will not give is an average profit, an expected monthly return, or any "how much you could make" figure: the data does not support that, and we would rather say so than be quoted on it.
On request
- A cut of the figures for one genre or price band, or by category (9 are already in the guide).
- A quote from the person who compiles the guide, on what the numbers say about buying and selling used gear in the UK.
- The used ranges for all 65 models as CSV - ask and we will send it.
One plain statement, so there is no confusion: flipper is in private testing, free while in testing, and is not affiliated with Meta, Facebook or eBay.
About flipper, in one paragraph
flipper is a Chrome extension for buying and reselling second-hand music gear in the UK. On a listing you have open, it identifies the exact model, sets the asking price against sold prices, shows the ranges behind the estimate, flags faults the seller mentions with rough repair costs, and works out profit after fees. It reads only the pages you open, and what it learns stays in your browser.
Contact: support@gear-flipper.com. Made in the UK by a sole trader; registered details on request. Every figure on this site, in one plain-text file built for citing: /llms.txt.