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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Black 87 Collectors on Ebay Did anybody here get this? |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | No, that's seen better days, but cheap eh?! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Not me. That guitar is a mess, but I guess for the money maybe a nice project. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I was watching it as a possible mothership project. John B said they could probably revive it. I hope that's what happens to it. |
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Location: Colorado | I saw it too, but also thought it needed a serious spa treatment. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | My old #55 was near mint in comparison...the bridge on this one is not original... |
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| I didn't see this one. am usually tempted by these project guitars. Currently I am struggling with buying one with a broken truss rod and repairing it. But I have resisted it so far.
From a cost standpoint, I usually can't make it work out to be that good of a deal unless I decide to live with some of the defects, have the spare parts on hand, or lots of spare time.
If you really just like to revive damaged guitars (like I do HP calculators), well that is another matter. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I spotted it two years ago when Daddy's wanted over a grand for it, but I noticed the non-original bridge even back then. I also kept an eye on it in the auction, because I'm well-aware that the factory can make it like new again. However, I know from experience that a new bowl and top with all of the abalone would be pushing a grand by itself. Which would be well worth it if the neck was in good shape.
BUT--The neck has a twist in it which can be very hard to remedy. If the factory had to build a new neck for it, the price of repairs (again because of all the inlay, which looks FANTASTIC by the way) could easily double. Besides, at that point the only original thing left of the guitar would be the pre-amp, which quite a few of us would upgrade anyway since it was already at the mothership.
The long and short of my reasoning is that it would be easier to order a new custom guitar than repair this one, it would likely cost about the same, and since repairs are at the bottom of the priority list, this project would probably take longer.
Still, I hope whoever got it puts it back in shape. They are amazing guitars. I played my natural 87C right after my Book Elite and Martin D-42 recently, and (This is saying A LOT with these three instruments.) I honestly can't decide which I like best! :cool:
Guess I have to keep all three then... :D |
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Location: Bellevue, Washington | I got this guitar actually :)
I can't see the neck twist they were referring to, seems very straight to me. There are lots of finish cracks in the top that they didn't describe, a couple of major ones. I'll try to get some pictures up in the next few days but am considering sending this one back to the mothership for some good ol fashioned spa time. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Definitely worth an eval. My plan was going to be to have them replace all the white binding, saddle, and nut with all black, and to upgrade the electronics to the Optima. |
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Anyone Here buy THIS?
