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Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 6:50 am
by graceless
Nice deal on a 1960 but the finish was murdered...prime candidate for a refin IMO. Fair price I'd say
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 1:03 pm
by Highnumbers
I wouldn't refinish that ^^ and a lot of that guitar's appeal is in the current finish.
It has character - and that's hard to come by in a refin.
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 1:27 pm
by smjenkins
That 1960 sold quickly. I hope it found a loving new home!
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:31 am
by graceless
Someone took sandpaper to it - that's about as far from character as I can think of! I love some natural wear but eh. I'm on the fence on this one...
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:59 pm
by Highnumbers
graceless wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:31 am
Someone took sandpaper to it - that's about as far from character as I can think of! I love some natural wear but eh. I'm on the fence on this one...
I didn't say it was original/natural wear. Just that it had character, IMHO.
But I'd rather have weird artificial wear on an original finish guitar (and I think it looks cool) than a refin, any day.
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:19 am
by graceless
This listing started the year at $5400 and is now here...let's keep in mind the 1960 above that just sold for thousands less
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 4:57 pm
by Jonesie
graceless wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:19 am
This listing started the year at $5400 and is now here...let's keep in mind the 1960 above that just sold for thousands less
Empire Guitars is a really cool store, but everything they have is horrendously overpriced.
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:12 pm
by HedonismBot
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 6:01 pm
by northern_dirt
A mustang.. cheapest way
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:38 pm
by andy_tchp
Buy an old AVRI and wait 40 years.
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:04 am
by northern_dirt
andy_tchp wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:38 pm
Buy an old AVRI and wait 40 years.
Bloody AVRIs aren't even cheap anymore.. haha
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:00 am
by alvinstraight
Supposedly a "1963" Jaguar spotted in a vintage shop in Sthlm today. Refin, routed, has another repair next to lower control plate, "hardtailed," modern pickups, respray on the back of the neck. Very light. About 30 000 sek or 3200 USD.
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 5:11 am
by alvinstraight
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:13 am
by higgsblossom
alvinstraight wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:00 am
Supposedly a "1963" Jaguar spotted in a vintage shop in Sthlm today. Refin, routed, has another repair next to lower control plate, "hardtailed," modern pickups, respray on the back of the neck. Very light. About 30 000 sek or 3200 USD.
Is that at Twang guitars? Because if so, then I'm pretty sure I saw that very same guitar hanging on their wall in 2016.
Re: Cheapest way into a vintage offset?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:38 am
by alvinstraight
higgsblossom wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:13 am
alvinstraight wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:00 am
Supposedly a "1963" Jaguar spotted in a vintage shop in Sthlm today. Refin, routed, has another repair next to lower control plate, "hardtailed," modern pickups, respray on the back of the neck. Very light. About 30 000 sek or 3200 USD.
Is that at Twang guitars? Because if so, then I'm pretty sure I saw that very same guitar hanging on their wall in 2016.
This was at Halkans! But Sthlm/Sweden is a relativist small place as far as vintage guitars go, so I imagine a lot of these guitars circulate through the 4-5 vintage dealers fairly frequently.
Total side note: I do remember visiting Midwest Buy&Sell (a classic Chicago vintage shop) a few years ago, and when they found out I was from Sweden they went on about how Halkans would come there once a year to stock up on new stuff.
