Hans, anyone! opinions on this one please!
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Walter Broes
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Link doesn't work Larry
Wow -- very pretty! I've seen those in a lot worse shape for offering prices of $3500; $3200 in this condition is definitely in the ballpark.
I believe that guitar has been running for some time at a slightly higher price, though I could be wrong.
Before I read the wordage, I thought it might be a refin (or at least oversprayed) because the label is rather dark and looks like it had been oversprayed. I would guess if the factory had refinished it, they would have stuck paper in the f-holes to keep the new finish from staining the inside of the guitar. I am making this guess because I would think that the factory would have done it that way in the first place, but it's just speculation on my part. To expand on the 'guess', I would think that it's a nice refin, but not a factory refin. Also, just because the tuners are from the fifties, doesn't mean they were put on in the fifties......
The binding is shrinking a little (normal), the tailpiece is replaced (normal), the original tuners are long gone, the bridge top is a Hagstrom from the sixties(?), the case has had a few drinks set in it (must have belonged to a jazz player! But, wouldn't an original case from that era be brown?) and the new finish is kluged around from resting in a guitar stand for years.
I'm thinking a price in the $2500 range, 'cause it's always a lot harder to sell a refin, if you get tired of the guitar, or don't like the klunk-o-matic feel of the pushbuttons.
Before I read the wordage, I thought it might be a refin (or at least oversprayed) because the label is rather dark and looks like it had been oversprayed. I would guess if the factory had refinished it, they would have stuck paper in the f-holes to keep the new finish from staining the inside of the guitar. I am making this guess because I would think that the factory would have done it that way in the first place, but it's just speculation on my part. To expand on the 'guess', I would think that it's a nice refin, but not a factory refin. Also, just because the tuners are from the fifties, doesn't mean they were put on in the fifties......
The binding is shrinking a little (normal), the tailpiece is replaced (normal), the original tuners are long gone, the bridge top is a Hagstrom from the sixties(?), the case has had a few drinks set in it (must have belonged to a jazz player! But, wouldn't an original case from that era be brown?) and the new finish is kluged around from resting in a guitar stand for years.
I'm thinking a price in the $2500 range, 'cause it's always a lot harder to sell a refin, if you get tired of the guitar, or don't like the klunk-o-matic feel of the pushbuttons.
hansmoust
Enlightened Member
Hello Larry,
Looks like a cool guitar but obviously I cannot say more about it without holding it in my hands.
Don't understand why they didn't refinish it in it's original color but I guess we will never know!
I have no reason to doubt the factory refinish claim but If the changing of the parts was done at the same time as the refinish, it was probably 1963 or later, because that type of tailpiece was not introduced any earlier.
Are you thinking of bidding?
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl
Looks like a cool guitar but obviously I cannot say more about it without holding it in my hands.
Don't understand why they didn't refinish it in it's original color but I guess we will never know!
I have no reason to doubt the factory refinish claim but If the changing of the parts was done at the same time as the refinish, it was probably 1963 or later, because that type of tailpiece was not introduced any earlier.
Are you thinking of bidding?
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl
hi evryone, and thanks for the help and insight. hans, not bidding, but maybe offer up a trade. thats why i was looking for a quess at its real value. the thing that scares me is the re-sale. refin's are a hard sell. thoughts? larry