CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4054
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted on May 26 2013 10:33 AM
TubesNtweed's post made me think how much hunting for and finding cool old guitars has changed.
When I found my first vintage guitar score there was no internet and only a handful of books on the subject or brands and a lot of the information the was still not accurate.
Now you can be standing at the yard sale or estate sale, get on your smartphone, check models, values etc. all in an instant.
Between that, Ebay, Antiques Road Show and the nonplaying public thinking every old guitar is worth a ton of money........it's tough.
Surf Skater, this is a truly awesome score in this day and age!
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stratomatic
Joined: Jan 11, 2012
Posts: 114
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Posted on May 26 2013 10:58 AM
Congratulations surf_skater. It would apear old people with old stuff are still having trouble working this new fangled internet  i keed i keed us youngins and our smart phones are having a hard enough time making sensible messages without the use of an analog keypad.
Last edited: May 26, 2013 11:01:51
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on May 26 2013 11:12 AM
CrazyAces wrote:
Between that, Ebay, Antiques Road Show and the nonplaying public thinking every old guitar is worth a ton of money........it's tough.
Surf Skater, this is a truly awesome score in this day and age!
Yeah... and everybody thinks the price they see online is what they can get from selling it to a dealer.
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Surf_Skater
Joined: Sep 06, 2012
Posts: 1300
Lawrenceville , GA
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Posted on Jun 01 2013 02:11 PM
Finally took the time to set it up. Cleaned everything ,adjusted the neck and put fresh strings on it. I've only had a few minutes to play it so far but it sounds great, more of a garage rock guitar. Great for Link Wray stuff like Dave said. If I can figure out how to post pictures, I will, but for now I'm looking forward to playing the heck out of it!
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PrestonRice
Joined: Oct 05, 2012
Posts: 1725
Austin, Texas
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Posted on Jun 01 2013 02:16 PM
I played one yesterday.
$1000.
— IMO.
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Surf_Skater
Joined: Sep 06, 2012
Posts: 1300
Lawrenceville , GA
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Posted on Jun 01 2013 02:41 PM
For what was a $100 buck guitar. Cheapest I've found was one for 800 that looked in worse condition than mine.
It looked like a dog had chewed on the neck.
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JeffH
Joined: Apr 17, 2010
Posts: 97
PA
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Posted on Jun 01 2013 03:11 PM
Congrats on the guitar (nice deal, too)! Dave, your demo sounded great - really nailed the Link Wray tone. I never saw one of those push-button vibrato circuits, too cool!
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PrestonRice
Joined: Oct 05, 2012
Posts: 1725
Austin, Texas
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Posted on Jun 01 2013 03:37 PM
Surf_Skater wrote:
For what was a $100 buck guitar. Cheapest I've found was one for 800 that looked in worse condition than mine.
It looked like a dog had chewed on the neck.
I really am just amazed that you managed to get this thing for $40.
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Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2290
Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on Jul 14 2018 03:21 AM
What do you think of their new reissues? I came upon one and just fell in love) China made, $500)
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Squid
Joined: Aug 22, 2010
Posts: 1019
Portland, Oregon with Insanitizers
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Posted on Jul 14 2018 03:30 PM
Samurai wrote:
What do you think of their new reissues? I came upon one and just fell in love) China made, $500)
Gorgeous body curves and luscious blue color. There's lots of pleasure in seeing this.
I had uncomfortable experiences with wooden bridges that can move around. The problem is they move around. This changes tuning and intonation. Sustain improved (in my opinion) when I replaced the wood bridge with metal.
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Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2290
Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on Jul 15 2018 02:20 AM
Squid wrote:
Samurai wrote:
What do you think of their new reissues? I came upon one and just fell in love) China made, $500)
Gorgeous body curves and luscious blue color. There's lots of pleasure in seeing this.
I had uncomfortable experiences with wooden bridges that can move around. The problem is they move around. This changes tuning and intonation. Sustain improved (in my opinion) when I replaced the wood bridge with metal.
It’s pinned there, not as on Gretsches
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Snufkino
Joined: Nov 03, 2009
Posts: 228
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Posted on Jul 22 2018 12:36 PM
So does the tremolo actually stay on if you hold the switch? At first glance it looks like it's just a momentary kill switch, but that doesn't explain the 9v power requirement.
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