For Sale: 1994 Patrick Eggle Berlin Stage & original Hiscox Case £525

spark240

I don't get all this.....the Op advertised in good faith with the manufacturers info.

but either way, surely a quick email to Eggle guitars from seller or potential buyer would sort it out and both parties are happy ?

RevMatt

Apologies to @SimpleSimon if my input has been unhelpful - that was not my intention, in fact my initial comments were really to flag up a few positive upgrades over the standard spec of this model (better pickups, bridge and and tuners).

SimpleSimon

No worries @RevMatt, ive pulled it as was always tentative and was hoping it would go quickly before i had chance to change my mind.

RevMatt

SimpleSimon said:

No worries @RevMatt, ive pulled it as was always tentative and was hoping it would go quickly before i had chance to change my mind.

Good thinking :-)  

spark240

SimpleSimon said:

No worries @RevMatt, ive pulled it as was always tentative and was hoping it would go quickly before i had chance to change my mind.

Dude if you lived closer it would probably be gone now

beed84

FWIW it looks like ebony to me; the lighter parts of the grain are too dark for it to be rosewood. Besides, not that Eggle is infallible, but I can't imagine they'd make such an error.

RevMatt

beed84 said:

 not that Eggle is infallible, but I can't imagine they'd make such an error.

Unfortunately, there are quite a few cases out there where there are inconsistencies between Eggle's paperwork and the guitars that the paperwork belongs to, so it's not unusual to find discrepancies. 

However, in the case of the Berlin Stage, it has always had Rosewood as standard spec - this is one of the distinctions between this model and the Standard / Plus / Pro. The 1994/5 catalogue (which is correct for the example in this thread) specifies the fingerboard as rosewood, and that seems consistent with the pictures that SimpleSimon included. I know some manufacturers use a lighter coloured ebony (Taylor being one), but the ebony used on Eggles is (on all the ones I've owned) very black with a very tight grain.

SimpleSimon

This thread just wont die! Initially i thought it looked like rosewood when i got it but looking closer its definately smoother and tighter grained than rosewood, much darker in natural light ( the pics were taken at night under a light so looks much lighter than in person)and muck darker along the side edge of the board. Im not convinced either way though it does have quite a snappy sound to it. As RevMatt states ebony doesnt have to be black, wood afterall is a natural product.

SimpleSimon

Back up for sale, to avoid any confusion the fretboard is described as ebony by the Eggle paperwork, however the consensus here is that it appears to be rosewood. Either way its a cracking instrument.

SimpleSimon

Come on guys, £550notes for a quality bit of kit with a proper case to rival any PRS Standard for less than SE money........

hotpickups

SimpleSimon said:

Come on guys, £550notes for a quality bit of kit with a proper case to rival any PRS Standard for less than SE money........

Seems too cheap @SimpleSimon considering these guitars go for £3000 plus new I believe ?

GLWTS

SimpleSimon

hotpickups said:

SimpleSimon said:

Come on guys, £550notes for a quality bit of kit with a proper case to rival any PRS Standard for less than SE money........

Seems too cheap @SimpleSimon considering these guitars go for £3000 plus new I believe ?

GLWTS

Thanks Fella, not kept a breast of the new (old company) 'Eggle' range, but  PJE's newer range sure are up there with the best in terms of price and quality. Would love an old wood Macon with a trapeze tailpiece and HB/P90 combo one day..........

RevMatt

Yep, I just spotted that Patrick is doing a singlecut Macon which really took my fancy until I saw the price - gorgeous! Pricing of old Eggles is not straight forward and expectations can be unrealistic due to the prices of some offered on eBay by bobabbott - but these rarely sell. 90s Berlins will fetch from £400 upwards depending on model, spec, condition etc...

moz91

PMd 

SimpleSimon

Still available, would prefer a straight sale

SimpleSimon

Now £525

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Voxman

Looks nice. Re Coil tapping...is this push-pull (on vol or tone pot?) with 3 additional tones using the 3 way toggle (but otherwise conventional tone and volume controls)?

And how is the fret wear and action? Is action low with no fret buzz and no choking?