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Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming | I have run into a 60's Penney's archtop guitar with a DeArmond FHC pickup w/case, that I may be able to buy. I know it's absolutely pre-1971 by the Penney logo. It looks like this was stored in a case under the bed for the last 40 years as the pickup looks like it just came out of the box and the sunburst guitar (probably made by Kay) is practically flawless. It plays fine, and actually sounds great, even with ancient strings. Anyone have any thoughts on it's value? I think I can get it pretty cheap. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | 100-150 or less |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
100-150 or less ...this decade, more in the next! |
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Location: notts | i had a univox archtop 1956 dearmond pickups made in usa sold for £240 pounds pics for this photobucket stuartbiggs dearmonds sound nice... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Didn't Harmony produce some of these under various department store brand names? |
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Location: NJ | depends which version of the dearmond you get |
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Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming | I think the pickup alone is worth more than $150. Here is one one the bay that is incomplete and a little beat with 3 days to go before the end of the auction. This one is complete and mint. The pickup is an "add on" and not pemanently installed on the body. I'll keep an eye on it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Go for it then and let us know how you made out.
My responce was a gut level reaction. |
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Location: Scotland | Those pickups can go for really stupid money, several hundred dollars. Stupid because they are, by current standards piss-poor pickups. But they have the "vintage mojo" and that's what counts in the vintage gear market. There's a fine line between something that's vintage and something that is long past it's best. Buy it and put the profit into something good instead of something that's just old. |
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Location: NJ | there is something kinda cool about the old dearmond jazz pickups and hell I still have a soundhole pickup in one of my martins |
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Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming | Thanks. I appreciate the input. Obviously, some people will pay a good price for them - not that I would buy one for my own use. |
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DeArmond FHC pickup and Penney archtop
