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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | "1/3 of your yearly salary"??????!!!!!!
LBJ, thank you for the sobering reminder of just how good we have it here in the United States....
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Location: Tychy, Poland | Just returned that guitar to owner, i've got it for whole day and played on it a lot.
It's ok. Well made, doesn't have any cracks.
Paint is in B= condition. Pickups are original, in good condition. Tremolo works.
It misses original Fender plate on back, but neck is dated december 1968.
It's all fine but...
i didn't found any reason, why i should go to work for next 4 months just to pay for that guitar. I borrowed Yamaha Pacifica from my friend, and - to be honest - i didn't hear very big difference.
I was playing on Hughes & Kettner Edition 1 60W amp which is pretty decent.
To be honest - i think prices for those guitars on e-bay are FAR to high.
Maybe i'm just electric-guitar-ingorant, i dunno. If i had 1,500$ to spend right now i'd buy AER 60W Combo and wood for making my own guitar.
Ps.
It's dark-red |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I have to agree with you, LBJ, if it didn't have the mojo for you, for whatever reason, then forget it. Plus you had the chance to play one for a day.
There are plenty of things you can spend that money on. Like rent, food and/or women. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | LBJ;
If it is indeed an almost original red '68 strat ('67 an '68 strats are particularly rare because at that time they were selling so poorly that Fender almost quit making them!) you are making a big mistake for not picking it up. If you decided in the end that you didn't like it, you could sell it for 10 to 15 times that amount.
Get it and learn to love it later! |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | from your point of view it's a steal but look at this this way: it's like spending $8000 for a guitar that you're not convinced that it'll fit you.
and you won't sell it for much more in poland, and it CAN'T be send out of poland because it was imported as a vintage instrument and it's registered in some sort of registry. Guy who imported it didn't pay tax etc. but for any sale outside of Poland, you need to get permission from heritage conservator, which is very hard to get. |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | just bought it for $1100. for this price it would be stupid not to buy it.
i'll post pictures as soon as i'll be able to buy digital camera (i had to sell mine just to buy this guitar) |
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Location: Up North | Congrats on getting your hands on a vintage strat for a great price. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | For the relative amount of cash, that baby must have real mojo ...
Congrats. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Congratulations with that Strat LBJ :)
I understand U, overhere there`s a MARTIN D28 Amber Sunburst Custom Limited Edition 2004 for sale ,for a mere 2000 usd...now I would really like that one, and Undoubtedly Every-one here would say " GET IT "..but I do n`t want to get hit over my head with a frying pan, ( I`m not as brave as U are .. :D
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Originally posted by Little Boy Jefferson:
just bought it for $1100. for this price it would be stupid not to buy it.
That's definitely a VERY good buy! Congrats!
Yesterday, I went to We Buy Guitars, located at Bellmore in Long Island to have my guitar for a set-up. After John finished working on it, he showed me their gallery, and all I could say was "wow!" I was staring at a room full of vintage guitars [electrics mostly]. There were strats in there that were selling for 20 grand and more. The folks there even demo-ed, briefly, a '59 Les Paul that has a $1/2 mil price tag -- sounds like joke, but that's really what the guitar's selling for.
Back to the topic, in light of what I experienced during my visit at the above-mentioned music store, your purchase was a darn good one. Enjoy it for many, many years to come. :)
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-- for OFC members in the NYC and LI area, who need their guitars serviced / set-up every now and then, I recommend John at We Buy Guitars. I'm very happy with the job that he did on mine. |
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fender stratocaster - what is it worth?
