Hey youse guitar aficionados ....

[Thumper]

Gots some pics for an upcoming estate sale ... what am I looking at here?

http://pictures.estatesales.net/14282/346509/6649927.jpg?634871297901270000

http://pictures.estatesales.net/14282/346509/6649926.jpg?634871297887870000

http://pictures.estatesales.net/14282/346509/6649925.jpg?634871298039500000

[BarryBobPosthole]

The top one is a Fender strat and you can usually get into a new one for about a grand or so. that one looks to be in good shape. The bottom one is a Gibson, I think probably an L5 which is beautious piece of work. If it truly is an L 5, it might go in the 3-4 K range. It sure it purty.

Look at elderlyinstruments.com and you can probably get some comparable prices. They're about as good a price as you can find.

BKB

[Thumper]

It sounds like they'd be out of my price range anyway unless no guitar lovers show up. I figured that was a Strat on top ... just don't know enough about them to know for sure. Bof'em sure do look nice though. I just went back to check them again and realized I'm a week off. Lynn's taking me to Hotlanta for 5 days on my birthday, so I was checking out the upcoming estate sales up that way. We'll be taking a couple day trips up to Scottsboro, Alabama to the Unclaimed Baggage Center, then hitting estate sales around Atlanta over the weekend. I screwed up ... this sale is THIS coming weekend ... we won't be there 'til NEXT weekend. Dang!

[BarryBobPosthole]

Well, after looking further, the headstock didn't look quite right on that bottom one. Its a d'angelico brand guitar and I know nothing about them. I did some searching though and here's a link to some of them.

http://www.gbase.com/gear/dangelico-excel-exl-1sh-6036098-2009-reissue

I'm sure Len will pop in here and comment. He prolly knows.

BKB

[Thumper]

Ha! It pays to be a puMPhEad SysOp ... I had to fix your link to get it to work.

[Thumper]

Wow! $1600! Yep, that looks PERSACTLY like it. Nice looking guitar any way you look at it. Maybe Mr. Conine can go over and grab those puppies!

[BarryBobPosthole]

You might check on that Stratocaster. Depending on its history and shape it might be worth something. But you'd really have to know more than I know to know if its a great deal or not.

Some poor soul probably took a lot of pride in those guit-fiddles. and now his widow is selling his shit so she can go to the islands with the pool boy, Juan. Poor bastard.

BKB

[LJ3]

You need to look at the headstock
Of the strat. Could be worth
10-15,000 depending on the model and where it was made.

BBP my brain did the same thing looking at the "Gibson"

[BarryBobPosthole]

I think it might be a knockoff of the L5. the fretboard is what fooled me. But the shape of the headstock and the pickguard made me go look again. Still, a purty axe.

BKB

[LJ3]

Yeah, I think you're right. Which also leads me to assume the Strat is a jap strat. Cheaper materials, lighter wood, made by Japanese chirren.

I still LOVE the tone of the cheap ones, though. They weigh about half of what my strat weighs.

[BarryBobPosthole]

I gave my son a G&L Legacy for his 18th birthday and he never plays it. I'm thinking of repossessing it and spending some bucks on a Marshall just to plink around on. Nice guitar and plays very much like a Strat and designed by the master himself. I think I overshot it a bit when I got it for him but it belonged to a friend of mine who made me a helluva deal on it.

BKB

[LJ3]

Sounds like you need to let that axe know its loved and appreciated!

I have deliberately avoided playing one in the store because I know myself well enough to know what will happen after that :)

My American deluxe standard (stupid model name, much?) will have to suffice. I still play her every week or so but she needs a TLC trip to a good luthier for some of the wear and tear over the last 30 years...

Shit, doing that math made me feel really old!

[BarryBobPosthole]

That a classic guitar there, Len. I think I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on a new acoustic, I just don't know what yet. The Taylors are calling my name, but I think it may be another D28. Just love those.

BKB

[Thumper]

Shit, doing that math made me feel really old!

Don't look now, but you're getting VERY close to adding another year to that worn out old noggin of yours!

Just sayin'. :D