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Location: Upper Left USA | I am still waffling on this one.
Beat 1537
It has names carved into it, finish cracks, wood cracks, bowl cracks and so many little issues...
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Location: SoCal | Almost need a new top on it..... |
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| That would be the ultimate camping/beach/pass around the camp fire/practice guitar! A deep body that you do not have to worry about scratching. Still looks alright for this purpose. I'd bid $250 on it bet you'd get it. Good luck I am on a double neck quest and I have been finding all kinds of nice guitars for sale in here and on the bay. Always seem to find them when your trying to keep the blinders on ya know.
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Location: Bluffton, SC | A 1537 as an "ultimate camping/beach/pass around the camp fire/practice guitar".
There's just something inherently wrong about that, isn't there? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Like seeing a Mona Lisa paint-by-number? |
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Location: PDX | Looks like a great project for you Mike. I hope you can clear it with the boss.
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Go for it Woody! You need this one! Great deal!
(am I returning the favor yet?)
:D ;) :D ;) :D |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I haven't experienced 1537 GAS before, this is kinda weird. Whayt width do you think that neck is? |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | It'll be a 1 11/16" neck. If it's different, it would be the first one I've seen. |
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| I don't know....I am using my Custom legend as my Campfire/pass around on the beach/practice guitar right now. That is a 1K instrument. This deep bowl I'll bet sounds real close and at $250 bucks I wouldn't do a thing to it. How can you ever loose? I had the ultimate Practice guitar in a non electric deep bowl Legend. But it was in good shape I always worry about scratching it up outside. Like I do with the Custom I use now. This one has the multihole design, a deep bowl, and the old adamas electronics to boot. Very cool instrument. Always wondered what these elites sound like with the deep bowl. Go for it! If you fix it it can only be worth more.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Mike, with all those 1537s at the NW gathering, you didn't get GAS for one? I'm surprised. I've had several people say that mine is the closest thing to an electric and you seem to prefer the electrics. |
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Location: Alabama | All this waffling is making me hungry. Please buy this and keep me out of trouble. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Kind of sticky around here, ain't it!
Need some Maple Viper, er syrup? |
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Location: East Tennessee | Woody.
Go For It. :D
BTW. You need to increase your music store interventions. This will help. |
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Location: Alabama | You should do it - stop me please - I already have a 1117 that needs a little help and a breadwinner that needds a lot of help and eventually one of your custom pickguards. |
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Location: Alabama | I will go away from the computer now and sing softly "baby baby let me sleep on it.... i'll give you an answer in the morning". |
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Location: Houston, Texas | I'm not sure how playable this one is in its current state. The gap between the floating fretboard and the top appears to be a bit large and it appears as if something is wedged in there. I can only imagine what the frets must look like.
How much magic can the mothership do with something like this? It's so rough, including what appears to be a little piece off one of the ears of the peghead, that I'm not sure they could do it justice and still have it be a 1537. |
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Location: Parrish, FL | StephenT28 had a 1547 that was in this kind of shape that he had the factory work over. From what I recall about his comments, he got back a very nice guitar....but it was $$$$$$ |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Guitar came back like a showroom floor newbie but it cost me $650 to get it done....it was perfect and it was worth it. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Assuming it cost in the $600 range for repair, that still totals at around $850 for essentially a brand new 1537....that's a hell of a deal.
Oh....and for the $650 I had brand new re-issued two knob electronics put in the guitar...so if the electronics are good on the 1537 listed it would probably be several hundred less. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | The biggest possibility would be a whole new top, which would be somewhere around $400 I think. Then again, wouldn't that kind of ruin the "special" quality of the guitar?
What can they do to fix the crack in the bowl? I've never seen one with a crack like that one that wasn't completely busted to pieces. Looks like a straight-line impact, but the preamp knobs are still intact...
As for factory magic - there's none better! It's amazing what they can do. |
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Location: closely held secret | It's very tempting. Unfortunately the seller didn't show any close-ups of the worst top damage which looks like it may be associated with the bowl crack.
Still tempting, though.
Woody or Andrew - go look at it! It's over by Enumclaw. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I did discuss the instrument with Bob, the Seller. He says he's been watching this dialogue too!
I don't think it's a project I can complete myself and I'm really not wanting to fix it up to the 80% level. The damage in the upper bout will need a patch and there is something wedged under the floating fretboard. Too many uncertainties for me and I need to focus on the upcoming projects.
I find some pride in the fact that it was rode hard all these years and held up! The Owner has passed on and evidently got a lot of use out of it. Could we ask for more? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Ok.
I spoiled the BIN. We'll see what happens.
I think I really want to give it a try and refresh it enough to play for a while.
The Factory will eventually get their hands on it. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Does the BIN go away when you bid close to it? I just blew a deal last week by trying to get close to the BIN. It looks like this one is still playable and you may be able to make it presentable. I hope the top is salvageable. The wood binding may be impossible to duplicate if the top has to be replaced. |
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1537 with low BIN
