Nothing annoys me more than this…

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nero1701 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404946346275?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7nf6ovh6toc&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rLKa2M3xRK-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Ah.  Now that's just 'mojo'.

Strat54

What irks me more is dealers and sellers just making shit up about guitars...this week Mr Jordan declared that Yuriy Shishkov only built 50 of the1954 50th Anni Strats in 2004.....what utter bollocks!! They made circa 2300 in a year fairly equally between the nine masterbuilders and their assistants so where he has invented fifty from lord knows, Boringly I have a mate obsessed with them who for the last 20 yrs has kept a register and he has 187 Shishkov's recorded thus far. 
Dirty guitars can be cleaned and strings replaced...lies tend to snowball.

Philly_Q

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nero1701 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404946346275?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7nf6ovh6toc&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rLKa2M3xRK-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Ah.  Now that's just 'mojo'.

Maybe, but look at the state of the frets.  That thing has been stored in a cold, damp garage or somewhere similar.

ElectricXII

Grumpy old men the lot of you!

BillDL

The poking out ends of the strings and most of the sections from the nut to the tuners aren't either.  That guitar has sat in a case where the fluffy lining in contact with the strings over the fretboard had absorbed moisture, but the headstock has been suspended in the void at the end of the case where the strings haven't been touching the damp fluffy lining.

How much is that selling for?

Philly_Q

BillDL said:

How much is that selling for?

£2,100, starting price.

Nerine

BillDL said:

The poking out ends of the strings and most of the sections from the nut to the tuners aren't either.  That guitar has sat in a case where the fluffy lining in contact with the strings over the fretboard had absorbed moisture, but the headstock has been suspended in the void at the end of the case where the strings haven't been touching the damp fluffy lining.

How much is that selling for?

Starting bid of £2,100. 

OilCityPickups

Philly_Q said:

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nero1701 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404946346275?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7nf6ovh6toc&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rLKa2M3xRK-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Ah.  Now that's just 'mojo'.

Maybe, but look at the state of the frets.  That thing has been stored in a cold, damp garage or somewhere similar.

Jeez that's manky ... 

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Philly_Q said:

Offset said:

nero1701 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404946346275?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7nf6ovh6toc&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rLKa2M3xRK-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Ah.  Now that's just 'mojo'.

Maybe, but look at the state of the frets.  That thing has been stored in a cold, damp garage or somewhere similar.

My tongue was buried so far into my cheek it nearly burst out the other side 

AK99

OilCityPickups said:

The stupid amount of packaging on pretty much every shaving product ... especially that blister pack plastic that is sharper than glass when torn, cuts you nearly to the bone ...  and is probably better to shave with than the over priced, multi bladed product contained in it.

Trainspotting Redux - the Director's cut:

Choose life.
Choose a job.
Choose a career.
Choose leisure wear and matching luggage.
Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics.
Choose a shaving product with a stupid amount of packaging and  that blister pack plastic that is sharper than glass when torn, cuts you nearly to the bone and is probably better to shave with than the over priced, multi bladed product contained in it.
And wondering who the f*ck you are on a Sunday morning.

 

Philly_Q

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Philly_Q said:

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nero1701 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404946346275?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7nf6ovh6toc&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rLKa2M3xRK-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Ah.  Now that's just 'mojo'.

Maybe, but look at the state of the frets.  That thing has been stored in a cold, damp garage or somewhere similar.

My tongue was buried so far into my cheek it nearly burst out the other side 

Oh yeah, I wasn't responding in an argumentative sense, just used your post as a jumping-off point.

snowblind

Recall seeing one of Huw Lloyd-Langtons old guitars up for sale after he passed away. It came with what looked like 40 years of accumulated rock'n'roll lifestyle dripping (almost literally) off it.

I believe it was this one.

https://www.guitar-auctions.co.uk/sale/2/100/Huw-LloydLangton--1974-Gibson-Les-Paul-Custom-20th-Anniversary-electric-guitar-made-in-USA-ser-no-397846

seen here after somebody went over it with a jet washer, wire brush and dettol.

Svartmetall

"Nothing annoys me more than this..."

See also: calling a vibrato a 'tremelo'. 

SlopeSoarer

It does always amaze me that some people are clueless about selling items and as a result I've picked up a few bargains along the way, for example this Crafter SA for £100 (after I'd given it a bit of love and attention). The guy couldn't shift it, he had really, really rubbish photos and it had obviously never been cleaned from the day he bought it!

OilCityPickups

SlopeSoarer said:

It does always amaze me that some people are clueless about selling items and as a result I've picked up a few bargains along the way, for example this Crafter SA for £100 (after I'd given it a bit of love and attention). The guy couldn't shift it, he had really, really rubbish photos and it had obviously never been cleaned from the day he bought it!

Ooooo that's lovely! 

darthed1981

munckee said:

realizing I’ve let sausages go out of date or child poverty....

How can you compare those two things!!

I let a packet of Tesco Finest sausages go a week out of date once and had to bin them I was fucking fuming!

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darthed1981 said:

munckee said:

realizing I’ve let sausages go out of date or child poverty....

How can you compare those two things!!

I let a packet of Tesco Finest sausages go a week out of date once and had to bin them I was fucking fuming!

A week?  Smell them.  If they're not rank, cook them!

Philly_Q

Svartmetall said:

"Nothing annoys me more than this..."

See also: calling a vibrato a 'tremelo'. 

You're fighting the tide on that one, King Canute.

darthed1981

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darthed1981 said:

munckee said:

realizing I’ve let sausages go out of date or child poverty....

How can you compare those two things!!

I let a packet of Tesco Finest sausages go a week out of date once and had to bin them I was fucking fuming!

A week?  Smell them.  If they're not rank, cook them!

I did - they were distinctly "gamey".

CHRISB50

Fez said:

TTony said:

It was her son's guitar.  He loved that guitar and she has many memories of him studying, learning and practising.  He used to play some of her favourite songs on it.  She remembers he collected a few stickers, and remembers him putting them on the guitar, each one related to an event that meant something to him at the time.  That guitar was his most treasured possession.

He left the guitar at home when he went off to University, for safe-keeping as much as anything.  Unfortunately he never came home again, and never will.  But the parents kept the guitar as it had so many happy memories associated with it.

His father never really recovered from the shock and the loss.  He lost his job and, although she tried to keep everything together, they ended up losing the house and the next one, and the one after that.  Moving from one short-term rental to another, they took the guitar with them each time, but it picked up the odd dent and scratch, a string or two broke and it started to look its age.

When the father finally succumbed, and she moved again, into the cold, damp, bedsit, she still took the guitar with her, and used to sit in the dark evenings, just holding it and remembering for her last days.

A distant relative is now clearing those last possessions, hoping to raise enough cash to cover the funeral bill.  They don't know much - anything - about guitars or the memories associated with this one.  To them, it's just another "thing" to get rid of.

So, stick a quick ad on marketplace and see if anyone can take it away.  Sure it looks a bit tatty, old and unloved, but they know enough to realise that trying to fix it up might damage it more.

So, a '59 Les Paul for £250 seems like a decent enough deal, even if it does need £9.99 spending on it for a new set of strings.

That is an imaginative piece of work, you should write some country songs.

The world doesn't need more country 'music'.