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Location: New Hampsha | Try and figure out the typical Ebay buyer? There are great condition Balladeers going without bids at entry bids of $200 and yet somebody ponies up $175 for this Legend POS whose top has more waves than Hampton Beach! And cracked to boot!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7408940582&rd=1&...
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Location: 6 String Ranch | there's no explaining it, people are funny. |
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Location: Central Florida | My guess is, the buyer may be looking at it as a fixer-upper, given those cracks. As for those waves in the top, they may not be as bad is that picture would have you believe.
I had an '83 Custom Legend that had similar waves, but it didn't affect tone or playablility in the least, and was structurally solid. In fact, it was one of the sweetest sounding and playing O's I've ever owned. Not to be contrary, but who ever bought this may have gotten a sweeter deal than what immediately meets the eye.
With only $175 invested thus far, they could send that up to the factory and have the top/bowl assembly replaced and come away with a mint or near mint "vintage" Custom Legend for well under a grand. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I would suspect that the winning bidder has bought one of those build-your-own kits from StewMac and will adorn the kit with abalone binding, a carved walnut bridge, abalone rosette and bolt on the custom legend neck. Damn now that I think about it, that may not be such a bad little project. Dave |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | There's a red Custom Legend on the bay that has a bum fretboard. I thought about it until it got up over $200 last night. |
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Location: Tennessee | My guess is, the buyer may be looking at it as a fixer-upper, given those cracks. Or maybe the buyer suffers from Willie Nelson syndrome. I think the seller was one of our own ... the guitar could still play and sound very nice, and the top just adds a unique flavor. It could be very appealing for tortured poets in a coffee house setting. |
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Location: Flushing, MI | If it was playable, I'd pay $175 for a CL. I don't care what it looks like! My Legend, and Matrix both look pretty rough too.
I'm kinda looking around for another beater Legend or Balladeer with electronics this time, since mine doesn't. My only electric/acoustic is my Celebrity, so I need to correct this situation. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Originally posted by Jeff:
With only $175 invested thus far, they could send that up to the factory and have the top/bowl assembly replaced and come away with a mint or near mint "vintage" Custom Legend for well under a grand. The factory could do something like this :D .
The top on this one was badly cracked and the crack is still visable under the finish. The waves in the top were smoothed out, the bridge and resette were replaced, OP-Pro w/XLR installed. |
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Location: New Hampsha | But why buy a fixxer upper in the first place when for maybe an additional $50-75 you could snag a guitar that doesn't need fixing?!?!?
I'm a bottom feeder and lurk about on Ebay looking to find an American O that someone sat on so I can try a top replacement.
I'm not quite ready to toss in the towell and buy a perfectly unit to dissect, but at these prices I'm getting closer.... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I too will graze at entry level prices with occasional rises to the surface for air.
It's as much a fascination and obsession as it is a way to try new flavors.
Need any 1995 Collector's bridges? |
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Location: New Hampsha | No thanks, I have 18 of them.... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Mitch, that is beautiful. If your 1537 is done yet, could you post some pics of it? If I bought a fixer upper Legend, it would be a deep bowl CL. I'm not too concerned about the latest electronics, but I figure I'd need at least a $300 discount in order to justify getting a new top. If I had an extra $500, I might do it. That's about what it cost me to get the Boxster fixed last week. I could have driven a little longer with no brakes. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I could have driven a little longer with no brakes. We could have started a pool. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Mark, I'm picking up the 1537 at the upcoming OFC factory tour. I'll post some before and after pics then. The top on my old 1619 (which the factory graciously re-labeled as 1719) was not replaced, just refinished. Whoever bought that CL for $175 could get the top refinished and the frets dressed by the factory for about $300-350. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Going back to the original question....it's gotta be the gold tuners. Everyone knows that a guitar with gold tuners is worth at least $100-$150 more than one with chrome tuners.... :D
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