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Location: Northern Minnesota | I have a question for any of you.. I have a 1988 1719 Custom Legend six string in natural finish. It is still stunning, I bought it new. Now, I see a 1981 1658 Custom Legend 12 string in natural finish is available.. My question is: are the two worth more as a set? Certainly the serial numbers aren't even close, but in the real world, would this mean anything to have both, or just look nice for me because I like the look? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Look Nice.
If you are talking about the 1658 on d'Bay, that is a nifty looking guitar.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Matching sets, aligning serial numbers and such are cool but I have not seen any real jump in sale value.
Patch recently offered a 6 and 12 of similar pedigree for a darn good price and ended up breaking the set.
It never hurts to set the stage and frame a sale with a certain favor but there's no gaurantee you'll find the right buyer.
I was watching the Barrett Jackson auction last weekend where they had the Snake and Mongoose paired with their haulers. Lots of noise and Don and Tom were there as well. Only went to $1M and didn't make reserve... |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | The only real advantage in attempting to sell a set is that the person looking for the "one," if they really have to have it, will contact you about splitting the set and may even offer to make it worth your while. I have in days gone by bought the "set" and flipped the one I didn't want, but regardless of my ability to do that now, I'm not sure I would as the market no longer guarantees the flip.
Finally, and probably most importantly, a "matched set" is rarely worth more than the two separately, unless it's something rare, sold as a set, etc.. At one point I had all but one of the "book" models. They each sold separately to others who had other "book" models to complete their version of a set.
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Selling a set restricts the buyers significantly. When I'm after a new guitar, I usually start with a set amount of money, and then spend slightly more. If "the one" I set my heart on comes packaged as a set, it's probably more than twice my budget.
Then again, some people might have more money than they know what to do with. |
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Matching Custom Legends a big deal?