Complex sentence: Times were hard, and top shelf guitars were simply unaffordable to average musicians at the time, Victory MV's were hard to find, and if you wanted to special order one they were difficult & slow to get.
Split into simpler sentences: Times were hard, and top shelf guitars were simply unaffordable to average musicians at the time. The Victory MV's were hard to find, and if you wanted to special order one they were difficult & slow to get.