E-Bay Header Cliches

[Guilderagain]

Just poking fun here, but I'm sure some of you can relate (selling and buying)...

:lol:

Minty
Dead Mint
Near Mint
98% Mint
Stored under a bed
Stored in a closet
Plays Like Butter
Tone Monster
Mojo
Rare
Very Rare
Limited Edition
One of a kind
Custom
Flamey (just saw this on a Kay guitar, good excuse to sell for three times it's value)
Big Archtop (you've seen this on the archtop-electric views, what does it mean?)


Happy Friday!

 

[fronobulax]

Pre-Fender Westerly (as if it makes a difference)

If you know a little about Guilds the statement doesn't add any information, but if you know a lot and are looking for electrics it does become important. Some folks have noted that Fender started winding the pickups for certain models and the Fender versions are not as desirable, sound wise, as the "outsourced" models.

Of course, keeping in your humorous intent, anyone who used that phrase probably does not know about the pickup winding but just remembers the days when Fender gear, "pre-CBS" commanded a premium with used gear sometimes fetching more than a new version of the same thing just because one left the factory before the change of ownership.

 

[capnjuan]

In the Header...

Artist-owned
Estate sale
Collector grade
From an Asian/European/Bulgarian collection
Player

Start the text with ...

"I'm no expert ..."
"Appears to be in good condition ..."
"I get these out of barns ..."
"My luthier says ..."
"May have been played by Elvis / Mike Bloomfield / 'Biggie' Johnson"

Friday ....? doot doot doot doot doot doot doot doot .... That's Coastie on the far right ... :wink:

 

[Guilderagain]

Pre-Fender Westerly (as if it makes a difference)

I think it wise to remove my fun poking comments about Guild less I ruffle more feathers ...

 

[stclrob]

"This guitar has a few upgrades," mutilated, "but is otherwise MINT"

 

[Sarah93003]

Don't forget:

"never been gigged"

"it's worth three times what I'm asking for it"

"my lost is your gain" (type intended )

 

[coastie99]

I
Friday ....? doot doot doot doot doot doot doot doot .... That's Coastie on the far right ... :wink:

Doing my best Bill Wyman thing.

Bowie did a great version of FOMM on the "Pinups" album.

 

[fronobulax]

Pre-Fender Westerly (as if it makes a difference)

I think it wise to remove my fun poking comments about Guild less I ruffle more feathers ...

Whoops. You didn't ruffle any feathers. I was just observing that for a very small slice of the market pre-Fender actually does mean something. I gotta learn to lighten up when I post.

 

[john_kidder]

I gotta learn to lighten up when I post.

You'll find that helium does the trick - lifts without ruffling a single feather.

 

[capnjuan]

.. I gotta learn to lighten up when I post.

Yeah ... wassa matta you? :evil: FWIW; I think 'Pre-CBS to Fender amps' carries more weight - and should carry more weight - with ampistas than does/should 'pre-FMIC to Westerly Guilds' with Guild owners/would-be buyers .... at least until such time as the ex-Westerly craftspeople decide to tell us otherwise ... Meine zwei pfennig. Kaptain Johannes

 

[Guilderagain]

Whoops. You didn't ruffle any feathers. I was just observing that for a very small slice of the market pre-Fender actually does mean something. I gotta learn to lighten up when I post.

Fronobulax,

Naw, no problemo fellow Guild fan. I just realized that the Guild cliches I posted could have spawned a dreaded endless opinion thread about which era of Guilds are better, sought after more ect., that's all. I've seen it all too often on other forums. My editing was to keep it light.

Alex

 

[capnjuan]

... That's Coastie on the far right ...

Doing my best Bill Wyman thing.

Works for me ... FOMM ... it and dozens of other songs just boiling out of the car radio back in the day ...

 

[Default]

Meine zwei pfennig. Kaptain Johannes

Dieses ist mein glückliches Gesicht. Und wenn Sie don' t mögen es, Willkommen zur Tretenesel Stadt, Bevölkerung Sie.

 

[Guilderagain]

I don't know what you've written, but that sailor looks like one mean S.O.B! :evil:

Wouldn't want to cross his torpedo sights!

 

[capnjuan]

This is my happy face. And if you served like' t it, welcome to the Tretenesel city, population you.
.

From: Free Translation.com ... a/k/a ... the translation is worth what you're paying for it :evil: :wink:

I think the problem is that Heinz there sees himself as the torpedo... :shock:

 

[fab467]

"capnjuan" wrote:


Friday ....? doot doot doot doot doot doot doot doot ....

Hey capn - That's a great song from a great era. Back in the day, I gave it quite a few spins on the old record player! Interesting to note that Easybeats guitarist George Young is the older brother of AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young and co-produced their first six albums.

Thanks for posting.

 

[capnjuan]

Hi Fab; I see that you too are a higher-mileage guy .. Although I shoulda suspected anybody that would do up as Daniel Boone ... at least might be. Don't really follow either of them and didn't know about the EBs-to-AC/DC connection ... I guess all those guys with limited Top-40 success didn't just up one day and say: "Well, that's it ... we can't give our stuff away more ... I'm going into electrical engineering ... " although I'm sure some of them did but interesting to think that some of that energy survived ...

 

[Sarah93003]

I don't know...the torpedo guy looks like he didn't get out of the submarine fast enough to get to the bathroom and loaded his joes.

 

[MrBoZiffer]

I see this stuff all over...


"This USA hand-wired reissue is dead mint all-original closet classic. Only upgrades are replaced HAWT pups and locking tuners. Can you hear the 'STAIN? Get that vintage TEXAS M@J@ TONEZ. This baby will GNARL and BITE. Super WARM tonez. Tone to tha BONEZ. Investment collectors piece. Headstock repaired, made stronger. No Collection should be without one. Big time VINTAGE tonezzzz. Killer FLAME, custom color refin. Color adds TONEZ. This is tone HISTORY. Leo and Les wish they made one of these back in the day. Plenty of case CANDY. Clapton, slash, SRV, Jimi, Page, EJ TONEZZZZ."

:lol:

 

[john_kidder]

"This USA hand-wired reissue is dead mint all-original closet classic. Only upgrades are replaced HAWT pups and locking tuners. Can you hear the 'STAIN? Get that vintage TEXAS M@J@ TONEZ. This baby will GNARL and BITE. Super WARM tonez. Tone to tha BONEZ. Investment collectors piece. Headstock repaired, made stronger. No Collection should be without one. Big time VINTAGE tonezzzz. Killer FLAME, custom color refin. Color adds TONEZ. This is tone HISTORY. Leo and Les wish they made one of these back in the day. Plenty of case CANDY. Clapton, slash, SRV, Jimi, Page, EJ TONEZZZZ."

Wow - sounds great - is there a good BIN on that one? Maybe it even still has the original strings.