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  1. Thread: Vintage?

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    Re: Vintage?

    For 2 or 3 decades, the term vintage referred to high quality instruments of significant age.
    In the fretted instrument world, it was applied almost exclusively to older instruments made by Gibson,...
  2. Re: And now for something completely different...

    I'm not going to bandy about numbers but, look at various neck tie sites. Those are just fabric (a raw material) and sewing time from standard templates. You have wood, paint, stain and backing...
  3. Re: And now for something completely different...

    Steve, all kidding aside, it looks like a well made product. Good luck with your endeavor.
  4. Re: And now for something completely different...

    I used to be cheap on stuff. Like is $x worth it? Well, if I figure I'll wear it a few times a year for a few years the cost per wearing gets pretty low. When I consider no one else will have that...
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    Re: Handcrafted PeeWee tenor resonator

    Great job, Steve. It looks the business! By the way, my avatar has me nursing one of my own-build tenors.
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    Re: Handcrafted PeeWee tenor resonator

    Great job, that looks like a real fun guitar.
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    Re: Old ibanez mandolin

    There are several catalogues on the ibanez.com website from the 1960s here - https://www.ibanez.com/eu/support/catalogs/ - the ones from 1960 and 1964 feature mandolins but none of them is anything...
  8. Re: "only known flat back epiphone mandolin made by the founder"

    Price has gone down considerably for this mandolin to $1250. BTW here are some photos for after the listing disappears.
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    Re: Conversion from cheap 6 string

    Steve, your post was one I read over a few times when I was planning my conversion!

    I did buy a "real" tenor guitar, and I've had 24 hours with it, a 1935 Gibson-made Cromwell (basically a...
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    Re: Bought this Ibanez M510 E on Reverb

    It's whatever makes you happy. That's a better deal than the $25,000.00 Gibson advertised on Facebook in another thread.
  11. Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    As Mike Wolfe would say, “I don’t want to buy the memories, I just want to buy the mandolin.”
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    I should offer him $700.
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    ....you can't really put a price on sentimentality, BUT $25K is a good start!
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    Only if the Strad-O-Lin belonged to your grandfather.
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    I could offer him my $24,500 Strad-O-Lin plus $500; think he'd go for it?
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    1898 Gibson Madolin style A - 1920s S# 63600 This is Correct

    $25,000

    Was My Grandfather's he bought it during WWII Willing to Negotiate on price right now.
    ...
  17. Re: Has Anyone Received Stimulus Check? (Possible Mandolin Conten

    Nope. But when I do, I'm going to buy this $25,000 Gibson:
    https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/149605-25-000-Gibson-on-FaceBook-Marketplace?p=1766287
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    I have a Stradivarius. Says right on the label: "Stradivarius / Made in China." I wonder if he's open to trades?
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    There is always one of that kind of guy that “KNOWS” that he has the unicorn horn! Can’t change human nature.
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    Back 20 or so years ago when I worked for a vintage guitar store, we attended a guitar show about every month. Mostly the same vintage dealers attending with some local guys depending on the...
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    Non original bridge, non original pickguard, that should lower it to at least $22,500.
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    The listing is still up. For posterity:
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    It's still there, so he might have blocked you :))
    I don't know what you guys' problem is, it says "This is correct" right in the description.......
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    Well, we are all drinking the same Kool aid here anyway so what does any member really know?
    Sounds like the seller (hopeful) suffers from recto-cranial insertion!
    Hasn’t this come up before?
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    Re: $25,000 Gibson on FaceBook Marketplace

    For that price you'd think you could get all 8 strings.
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