Rich Cohen
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I'm looking for an Guild Orpheum 12 string, either in mahogany or rosewood, preferably slot-head.
WTB Guild Orpheum 12 string
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SFIV1967
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Good luck finding one of the 16! And only 9 of them were in the Americas, the other 7 are in Europe.
At least 7 should be currently owned by LTG members as far as I know.
Finding a Mahogany one goes towards zero chance...(I have one, two more are in Europe but I don't know the owners, and the other two are in the US and we know the owners).
By the way, they were all slot head...so your preference is met anyways.
Ralf
At least 7 should be currently owned by LTG members as far as I know.
Finding a Mahogany one goes towards zero chance...(I have one, two more are in Europe but I don't know the owners, and the other two are in the US and we know the owners).
By the way, they were all slot head...so your preference is met anyways.
Ralf
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Rich Cohen
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Thanks, Ralf for the info. I'm trying my best.
Rich
Rich, let's talk. Do you still have my #?
Rich Cohen
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Resend it. Thanks.
Rich, let's talk. Do you still have my #?
All of a sudden, the odds swing toward Rich. Best of bargaining to Rich and chazmo
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Guild Orpheum Slotted Headstock 12 String Rosewood Natural | Reverb
Guild orpheum 12 string rosewood. Looks and sounds great. In like new condition.
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hmm....the floor looks familiar. Is that your Chazmo?
SFIV1967
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No that's not Chazmo's. But good call, that owner is trying to sell her for that price since November last year already, he seems to have no urgency in selling the guitar... That one was originally sold by Chicago Music Exchange in July 2016. (it was a NOS which originally came from NH inventory to CMG's inventory and CMG was getting rid of many leftover Orpheums via CME mid 2016)
Chazmo's Rosewood one was the one that was finished just before that Rosewood one for sale. Chazmo's is 2 weeks older. They made at least 2 in mahogany in between the two.
Ralf
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Just to be clear, the fireplace pic with the F-512 and the Orpheum is mine. The Reverb ad not. Mine's much better! merlin6666
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Oh that brings back painful memories. I had "bought" one of the two CME 12 strings but never received it. That was followed by weeks of dealing with incompetent and rude CME staff, and many more weeks until I received my refund. It turns out that they use different inventories for international and domestic transactions that are not well synchronized. So our member Wrbler had bought it around the same time and his transaction resulted in a shipment and mine didn't. Of course I had a loss due to exchange rate changes and CC fees, and CME made no effort of compensation. Its a nasty outfit. As for the guitar Wrbler eventually sold it after a few months and I found another new one at Tundra Music who were great to deal with. I vaguely remember that Wrbler may have sold it for considerably less than what is asked, if anyone cares. There are probably threads with more details.
SFIV1967
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Wrblr had actually bought two in Rosewood NT, he bought one from Thomann in Germany in June 2016 and the second was the one he bought end of July 2016 from CME which was shown by Guild during Summer NAMM 2015. Since Guild had no plans to bring the model back into production they sold her together with the other one to CME in July 2016. Wrblr sold the one from CME immediately when the one from Germany arrived, but he also had to sell the one from Germany a few month later due to life's circumstances...
The one on Reverb currently was the second one CME got in July 2016 (not the Summer NAMM 2015 model).
Ralf
The one on Reverb currently was the second one CME got in July 2016 (not the Summer NAMM 2015 model).
Ralf
merlin6666
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Thanks for the additional info. I knew that he bought the second as a backup for the one in transit from Germany but had no idea of the NAMM connection, they certainly didn't provide that info at CME and wrbler didn't tell me either. Oh well I am happy with the one I have and it's the guitar I played most often in those last months. Though I do contemplate selling it one day, though only as a package with the Jumbo.