I bought some 1st gen '63-'70 pickups from him recently. Just as advertised and a good price. Plus, I vouched for a LTG member who was in another part of the world and he shipped another set overseas. Now, that was a very kind thing to do!
He's a good guy to do biz with. If he says they're legit, he's probably right. At the prices he sells things for, if one or two guards are takamines or something else, I don't think anybody is getting hurt.
My personal opinion is that he's had his parts for a long time, probably an old repairman who saved every replaced part for thirty or forty years and has reached the point in Life that he is Cashing It All Out.
He tends to sell like things at the same time. When I bought the pickups, he had two 1st gen sets of Guild Humbuckers for sale plus one or two
HB-1 models as well. He never has old, stripped guitars for sale. I think there are plenty of more worthy people to get mad at..........
