Re: My rant about the Gibson "A" models
What Jim, and others said. Plus those Gibson A's from the teens all have oval holes, a smaller market from the F5 style most people want to play. Add in no truss rod, some with issues, the going rate drops even more.
FWIW, I'm not seeing many minty teens Gibsons at $1,000. More like $1500-3000 (A1-A4 or Snakes!). Ones that have seam issues, cracks or aren't all original are lower and, project Gibsons are the only ones I see under $1K.
Final question, your Eastman 815 will fetch anywhere from $950-1200 (max) on the used market. Would you sell it to buy a $1K vintage Gibson? You already answered it. As gently as I can put this, and it isn't a criticism, it can't be a rant if you're not willing to do anything about it....
Jamie
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