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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 4996
Location: Phoenix AZ | This is the one ...
Collings Clarence White |
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Joined: January 2009 Posts: 29
Location: Citizen of the Galaxy | Saddle in it is wrong..... |
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 4996
Location: Phoenix AZ | Hmm, good eyes. Maybe he'll knock $50. off.
Seriously, you won't find a better sounding Dreadnaught. I haven't seen many of these for sale, ever. The lucky people that gots em wants to keep em. |
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Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2336
Location: Brighty in Blighty | Whats wrong with the saddle? |
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Joined: January 2009 Posts: 29
Location: Citizen of the Galaxy | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Hmm, good eyes. Maybe he'll knock $50. off.
Seriously, you won't find a better sounding Dreadnaught. I haven't seen many of these for sale, ever. The lucky people that gots em wants to keep em. I don't doubt what you say. But for 10 large, it had better be one of the best sounding dreadnaughts ever.... |
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Joined: January 2009 Posts: 29
Location: Citizen of the Galaxy | Older, vintage Martins had a long saddle that was carved at the ends to follow the slope of the bridge. This one is too short.
Also, the strings look like the dreaded Elixir's. |
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 4996
Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by dweezil:
Whats wrong with the saddle? Original saddle is sloped at the ends. Looks like it was replaced with a drop in saddle. |
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 4996
Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by TANSTAAFL:
I don't doubt what you say. But for 10 large, it had better be one of the best sounding dreadnaughts ever.... It is. I would never sell mine. Recently the few that have sold have gone for every bit of 10. This one looks to be in great shape. |
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Joined: April 2004 Posts: 13303
Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I saw that one and it has the wider manly fingerboard....if only it was a nice burst. |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777
Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | This is another example of 'Nature's Way'...
This is Nature's Way of telling you that you have Too Much Money! |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15654
Location: SoCal | Well, let's see. I could sell almost ever guitar I own and buy this one. Of course, then I'd be afraid to take it out of the house for fear of something happening to it...... |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750
Location: Boise, Idaho | It took me a year to convince myself that I was good enough for the OFC and I couldn't convince myself I deserved Cholloway's slothead. I don't have enough time to do that for this one.
Besides, I've just convinced myself that I "need" a Duotone that I found a great deal on. This would be the other end of the spectrum. |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 5881
Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | At this time, to the extent finances permit, I continue to prefer two $5,000 guitars over one $10,000 guitar. Of course, it might not always be like this. A few years ago, I prefered to own five $1,000 guitars over one $5,000 guitar. Don't you just love choices? |
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Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | I saw it too. The saddle is probably original but has just been lowered from the bottom rather than the top which is how you have to do these ones. I don't need another Collings braz. I don't need another D18 either but I couldn't pass that one up. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15654
Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Beal:
I don't need another Collings braz. I don't need another D18 either but I couldn't pass that one up. Didn't know need had anything to do with it...... |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 5563
Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I'll just try to get by with the '48 D-28...it has a Calton case also...and straight grained Brazilian...
I'll get over it...lol
very nice Collings though... |
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