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Location: Tychy, Poland | i have an oppourtunity to buy a '69 fender stratocaster. it's in very good/near mint condition. it plays well, sounds well.. but seller (my friend - btw) aks for equivalent of $1500. What is it worth in US? i don't know much about electric guitars. I personally didn't like any before playing on that fender. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | If you're sure it's really a 1969 Strat, and you like the way it plays and sounds....BUY IT!!!!
That guitar in good condition would be worth $2000 minimum in the U.S., probably more. Depends on color, if all the parts are original, etc. If it's intact, it's hard to think you would lose any money on it if you decided to sell it.
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Location: NJ | transfer those zloty for euros and run to the guys house |
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Location: Ohio | If it's authentic (as in not modified, truly near mint) Vintage Guitar Price Guide '07 has them about $7,000-$25,000+.
Second the "run, don't walk" approach. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | If it really is mint and playable, and you like it, buy it. No brainer. |
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Location: New York, NY | .... and if you don't want to buy it, email me... I'd gladly buy it in a second! :D |
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Location: Up North | What should LBJ be looking for to confirm it's authentic? |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Grif:
What should LBJ be looking for to confirm it's authentic? the second, third and fourth bullets :( |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | ok, i'll post pictures here in about 2 weeks (that guy went for a vacation to turkey). I'd have to take loan to buy that guitar, but if it's that much worth, i think i'll risk it.
his father bought that guitar from some german player in mid-80s and since then it was used sporadically in local cultural centre, until my friend started playing (about 7 years ago). But he plays mostly classical music and he wants to buy fagot. |
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Location: ranson,wva | ok,ill be the first to ask whats a "fagot"?....jason |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | fagot is extremely weird flute. it looks like these:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafika:FoxBassoon.jpg
and it's very expensive - playable fagot costs about $4000, good one - $10000 |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Oh, a Hautboy...
And if you get that question in a crossword,
the answer is Oboe.
I'd rather have a Stratocaster. |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | bassoon. Oh,i thought that the name "fagot" is used around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassoon |
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Location: ranson,wva | only if you are refering to elton john...jason |
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Location: big island | does elton play a bassoon too? ;) |
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Location: ranson,wva | randy, i could coment on that but i think that might violiate the slipkid manifest..lol jason |
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Location: big island | your spelling violates the slipkid manifest too! :D |
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Location: ranson,wva | didn't you know that i do that to gain pitty for being a poor illiterate hillbilly?? lol that was a funny one right there...lol jason |
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Location: Stow, Ohio | LBJ
There several ways to determine the age of that guitar.
1. Fender Stamped dates on the heel of the neck.(the neck has to be removed to see it)
2. also there will be a date for the body either in the neck cavity or the pickup cavity.
3. The volume and tone controls should have date codes on them.
Here is a link that might help
http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | If it is all there and even close to being a 1969, just get it and determine the exact age later. That is an absolute steal.
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Shovel...jump on that guitar!!! |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Jason_S:
didn't you know that i do that to gain pitty for being a poor illiterate hillbilly?? lol that was a funny one right there...lol jason you do a good larry, the cable guy impersonation. take your show on the road and you won't be a pitiful, poor, hillbilly anymore. |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | ok i've contacted friend, and i kind of booked that guitar. He'll be back at the end of the month, so i'll take that fender and i'll post some photos.
i'm still not convinced that i should pay 1/3 of my yearly salaries for a guitar but... i hope it's worth risk of living in paper-box. |
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Location: Stow, Ohio | if it is, what he says it is......then you'll make out like a bandit! |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | i'll post pictures there. i haven't seen ANY fender guitar, maybe except squier, so i want it to be checked by people who have more knowledge |
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fender stratocaster - what is it worth?
