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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Check out the "fantastic" repair job.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2561309190&category=33029
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....anyone have a guitar this guy can fix?
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Location: High, in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado | I think I'd be trying to sell it too! It must have belonged to Elcabong originally.
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Location: Central Oregon | If you look very closely at the reflection in the little E tuner in the photo of the peghead you will be rewarded with a picture of a young lady in a bikini. You may have to use your magnifier to see her better, that's what I did.
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Location: High, in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado | Nils, your so full of it!
I had to look though... Hahaha... You got me!
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Location: Central Oregon | What? You couldn't see her? She's standing there plain as day! So she's a little "broad in the beam", she IS wearing a bikini! A red one. And wearing sunglasses too! I gave her the benefit of the doubt & assumed it was the shape of the tuning knob making her look, uhh, robust. Sorta like the "House of Mirrors" they used to have at carnivals when I was a kid.
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Location: Germantown, MD | Nils, you should get your eyes checked. That young lady is a guy. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | She's also wearing "go go" boots and has a belly button ring!!!
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | You gotta love a guy who is so confident in his set-up job that he seals off the truss rod adjuster! :rolleyes:
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by amstphd:
Nils, you should get your eyes checked. That young lady is a guy.
OK, maybe it's a fat guy wearing a red bikini.
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | ....wearing "go go" boots and a belly button ring!! :D
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Guys, never argue with someone's delusional system; its usually futile, and just agitates the poor critter. As for the repair job, structurally & functionally, it may be OK. Aesthetically & cosmetically, it could stand improvement; "I liked the way it (finish) looked..." BALDERDASH, he ran out out energy and patience!! I'd say the opening price is about right, and probably won't get much more than that, if it does sell. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Oh yeah, and gluing on the trussrod cover......take him immediately out of the gene pool, please. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Aha! Here is the "before" picture!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33029&item=3550319058
I went back through the feedback & found when he bought it. Gotta be the same guitar, it's got a busted headstock with bolts & a burn on the case. Different girl in the reflection though. (this'ns nekked!)
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Well, Nils, I think you're right on the issue of it being the same instrument. As for the nekkid lady....you've been missing too many sessions with Uncle Sigmund, huh?
Jeez, and the guy didn't savor the fruits of his labors very long, either. That really seems suspicious to me. What did he find while doing the repairs (euphemism, intended)? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Nobody has realized what this really is! It is very difficult to find anything from the rare "Pete Townshend Signature Series"! |
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Location: Scotland | If it sells at the opening bid he'll make less than 40 bucks after fees. Even though it's a cack-handed repair it'll have taken a while to do, even to that standard. Break $40 profit down to an hourly rate for the time he spent "fixing" it & he's out of pocket. Which is nothing more than he deserves. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Don't forget to count materials. That clear glop that he used to make it "shinny" must have cost something. It looks like he used the full gallon of it, whatever it was. It's a good thing he didn't spring for the steel wool, it would have taken an easy ten bucks worth to smooth that sucker out & that would have really dipped into the ol' profit margin.
I have to admit, I'm starting to worry that I might have a weak moment & buy the damned thing for $105, just to get a better look at it.
One thing's for sure, the tuners are plenty "shinny", even if I'm the only one that can see the girls.
Hmm. Maybe the girls are some of the flashbacks the government promised I'd get if I ate those little pieces of paper back in the 60's. I've been waiting for years & I think I got cheated. They promised me an occasional free buzz for the rest of my life for a one dollar investment. So far they haven't delivered. I'm beginning to think they lied.
Which reminds me: I talked to the Sheriff tonight at the bar about playing music together. My wife & I stopped for dinner & Jack must have had the same idea. At any rate, over dinner we decided we're both going to be too busy deer hunting for the next few weeks to meet up, so we'll get together after the season is over.
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Fantastic repair job!!
