The best deal/steals you got on a guitar?

fretfinder

A few years ago I did a straight swap of my PRS CE24 in so-so condition for a Cunetto Relic Strat. The Cunetto wasn't a great guitar actually so I sold it - for a lot more than I paid for the PRS.

richardhomer

fretfinder said:

A few years ago I did a straight swap of my PRS CE24 in so-so condition for a Cunetto Relic Strat. The Cunetto wasn't a great guitar actually so I sold it - for a lot more than I paid for the PRS.

Interesting you should say that - I played one a guitar show a few months ago and was surprised how poor it was. And due to the 'wrong' headstock shape, incorrect round-overs and contours, it looked nothing like a 'proper' old Strat. I can't remember exactly how much it was - but it was a lot more than a recent used CS Strat.

Sounds like you did a very good deal there!

Whitecat

Elwood said:

Whitecat said:

@Elwood mine is also due next week. Replied to your PM too.

Just snagged one, thanks for the heads up - any chance of a picture when your's arrives?

@DanR How are you finding yours?

Awesome, congrats! You're gonna love it. Mine is superb - the neck needs a little relief, suspect that it's been sitting in a warehouse for three years and the wood is just moving, but it sounds awesome and the fit and finish are otherwise really good. Some new strings and a quarter turn on the truss rod and it'll be 100%. I'll get a pic up soon hopefully...

DanR

Whitecat said:

Elwood said:

Whitecat said:

@Elwood mine is also due next week. Replied to your PM too.

Just snagged one, thanks for the heads up - any chance of a picture when your's arrives?

@DanR How are you finding yours?

Awesome, congrats! You're gonna love it. Mine is superb - the neck needs a little relief, suspect that it's been sitting in a warehouse for three years and the wood is just moving, but it sounds awesome and the fit and finish are otherwise really good. Some new strings and a quarter turn on the truss rod and it'll be 100%. I'll get a pic up soon hopefully...

I restrung it earlier and it sounds very nice.

 Action is a tad high but I will wait to see how it all settles as I'm guessing it's not left it's case in the past three years.

lasermonkey

ChuckManual said:

lasermonkey said:

Yamaha CS60 £149. 

  

Thread over. We have a winner.

 I think it was advertised in Music Mart or something similar. To be honest, I didn't know much about the CS60 at the time. I bought it sight unseen, and I thought that it was probably worth a punt for a ton and a half. It was Music Village in Cambridge who were selling it.
 I wasn't prepared for the sheer size of the thing. It's a two person job to shift it! 

Del_Preston

Haha that was definitely a steal @carlos - Glad you're still enjoying it!

57Deluxe

Oh, and I screwed Andertons down in a rather convoluted warranty deal that ended up me paying only £1150 new for my Gibson 335... 2007

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TwoToneGreen

Gibson R8 Les Paul - €2,400 new (they forgot to charge me VAT, though I acted in good faith throughout)
MIJ Boss CE-2 - €50
Gretsch 6118 Anniversary - €850 (bought in 2008 as the dollar tanked against the euro)

Slimbert

LTD EC-500 in great condition for £150 including a hard case. Plays way nicer than I expected and has ended up a "keeper".

tone1

My Angry Angus 'Belt Sander Special' Strat...
Nobody wanted it..I think it Sold new for £1700 and I got it for £525 I think...

Better deal was swapping a Cornford Carrera for a Les Paul Standard in Gecko Burst 

bodhi

Before Ebay came along:
Early 70's Gibson SG - £42
Early 70's Laney Supergroup 100W head - £85

More recent:
2008 Gibson Les Paul Standard R8 in full gloss - £1250
2009 Custom Shop Gibson SG Custom swapped for a 50th Anniversary Gibson Les Paul Standard R0 v2.

Elwood

@DanR @Whitecat ;

Come on guys, how am I supposed to live vicariously through you without pics!

Whitecat

Elwood said:

@DanR @Whitecat ;

Come on guys, how am I supposed to live vicariously through you without pics!

Ok then...
 
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/109356/ngd-last-week-knaggs-quebec-series-kipawa

ChuckManual

lasermonkey said:

ChuckManual said:

lasermonkey said:

Yamaha CS60 £149. 

  

Thread over. We have a winner.

 I think it was advertised in Music Mart or something similar. To be honest, I didn't know much about the CS60 at the time. I bought it sight unseen, and I thought that it was probably worth a punt for a ton and a half. It was Music Village in Cambridge who were selling it.
 I wasn't prepared for the sheer size of the thing. It's a two person job to shift it! 

Do you wear masks, striped jumpers and carry it in a bag marked, "Swag"...?

rossi

My  Black Vintage Zip guitar .30 quid and huge fun ..Wikingson bits and bobs ,two strat ceramics strapped together to make a bumhucker  .Ok its a one trick pony  for bluesy rock but its got a lovely Gibsony finger board and neck ,light weight and only needed a clean and new strings .I also put in a coil split .

Bennyboy-UK

I've had a few lucky strikes over the years, here are a few...

1988 Hamer Californian Custom with a solid figured maple body for £311(that bolt-on model was renamed in 1990ish "Elite" and Custom was used for the setneck.

A 1991 Hamer Californian Standard for £325 including original case. 

Mid 1990s Musicman Silhouette with a Floyd Rose for £380 !!