serial number puts it in that late 1980’s date and it has the ”made in USA” on the headstock
Ad is wrong. Easier to read the SN from the pic of the label:
If that is indeed the case, I would have serious misgivings about everything the seller has to say about being the original owner….. and everything else he includes in the detailed description of the guitar and why he is parting with it that appears in the information at the end of the listing.Ad is wrong. Easier to read the SN from the pic of the label:
FK100390 dates it to 1983.
I better get over to Goodwill asap. I must say I've taken an unusual sudden interest in pawn shops, garage sales, estate sales and thrift stores since picking up guitar again a few months ago. Stories like this one are fuel for the fire! Especially for maple!Plus one for either waiting until late fall or finding a nice used one. I love maple and I love rosewood, but in my experience we are talking about two discernable tonal profiles. I have a RW F-55 ( the 6 string version of what you are looking at ) and I can tell you now I will one day own a Maple F-50 / F-55 new or used because it will sound different enough.
Quick Maple story: I was in Zoo music Garland, TX on Saturday picking up an extra mic before my gig. Also nabbed a well-priced NOS Fender Vibro Champ XD ( killer amp in the 5w category ), but I digress. A musician came in with a Maple F-50 that was well played but structurally in great condition - played beautifully as it should have. He told me the story about how a year ago he found it in its case at a Goodwill marked at $195... He said he dropped $200 on the counter and got out of there as quickly as he could. He also said he ran every light going home
I have traded a few messages with this guy through eBay and got him straightened out on the year. Ths site - https://www.guitarinsite.nl/SERIENUMMERS-fgm_eng.php - says it's an 1983. After what he has had to say in these messages I think he's telling the truth on the original owner thing.
Goodwill is kind of like playing the lottery. I think the big shock in this guy's story is that everyone has a smart phone. How could they not know some idea of what they had? I used to love pawn shops in the 90's and early 2000's.. I find pawn shops in and around major cities price things way out of whack if they have anything at all.. It seems like every pawn shop has an obligatory black Epi SG with 5 strings..
yeah, but what better way to get a good base unit where you can muck around with the electronics and try out new pots, caps, and pickups?
For the benefit of all who have followed your original post and the story of the subsequent reconditioning you had done by Tom, probably would be best to post this in FS/FT section with an asking
Hi,
I hear you. I purchase and restore older cars, so I have seen some doozies in my time as well. As for houses, you can be there every day with the builder and still have TONS of issues. Building a house is fraught with compromises no matter how much you spend--local laws and requirements are sometimes the least of the issues!
