eBay Content: How Much?!?!?!

HarrySeven

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-HONDO-PROFESSIONAL-MADE-IN-JAPAN-LEAD-GUITAR-IN-VAN-HALEN-STRIPY-STYLE-/372472876711

marantz1300

that's the going rate.
cant see the problem.

Funkfingers

Almost ten times what it cost when it was new.

Meanwhile, in a link at the bottom of that item listing, there was this rather more realistically priced example. There was also this Cimar.

guitars4you

HarrySeven said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-HONDO-PROFESSIONAL-MADE-IN-JAPAN-LEAD-GUITAR-IN-VAN-HALEN-STRIPY-STYLE-/372472876711

does make you wonder doesn't it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - I certainly don't get such pricing

Henrytwang

They were well made guitars but not that good. A few years ago I could and did pick up Japanese built guitars of this sort for between £15-£60 at car boot sales. You can’t blame people for trying to get stupid money for them but in my opinion they’re not worth a great deal of money.

robgilmo

The problem is other people see this and all of a sudden that's how much they are worth, then the hype builds up, I've seen Japanese LPs selling for more than their Gibson counterparts.As good as people say they are if I had the cash I'd still rather drop it on a Gibson.

clarkefan

What do the two switches do? I'm imagining one is single/double coil, maybe the other is series/parallel?

gringopig

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Legionreturns

Damn. It's a lead guitar. I was looking for a rhythm one.  

Funkfingers

clarkefan said:

What do the two switches do? 

On a Fender Lead I, the switch closer to the neck is a neck/both/bridge coil selector.

The second switch is a series/parallel coil interconnection mode switch. It only operates when both coils are selected.

Up close, the genuine Fender Lead I pickup looks very like two single coils, shoved up next to each other, rather than a conventional Gibson-style humbucker.

boogieman

Unless it’s a trick of the light, the bottom strings on that VH guitar look a mile off the neck. It’ll need some major fettling to get a decent action. 

scrumhalf

If you don't ask, you don't get. Unfortunately, if you do ask, and it's a stupid ask, people tend to think you may be a either wildly optimistic or just plain nuts.