oh dear look whos back in business.....

bigdawg

http://ld1.r.mailjet.com/3dez.html

ddlooping

What is this about?

P.S: so your email is rickhenry68@gmail.com then?

HAL9000

Woohoo! I'll have some of that - if it's MusicGround I know it'll be genuine...

ESchap

certainly brave decision to use the old name!  it's associated with fakery the guitar / amp world over!

fretfinder

Can't be the UK Richard Henry who is a respectable guitar dealer.

ddlooping

ESchap said:

certainly brave decision to use the old name!  it's associated with fakery the guitar / amp world over!

I see, thanks.

bigdawg

ddlooping said:

What is this about?

P.S: so your email is rickhenry68@gmail.com then?

No its not - just copied the web address from a guy in the US who was sent the email...

bigdawg

DD looping - google musicground and youll find probably the most dishonest vintage guitar dealer on the planet - only a couple of years ago they were making new 'Dumbles' 'Original' Bluesbreakers and Hofner Basses - managed to avoid a few costly prosecutions by some very famous people, and somehow managed to dodge prison after being convicted of receiving stolen goods.

Pretty much the company that destroyed made denmark street what it is today...

stickyfiddle

Wow.  £50 says at least one of those guitars listed is dodgy.

ddlooping

Thanks for the info, bigdawg, that does ring a bell.

Paul_C

I've been getting spam emails from them for ages - not sure they've ever stopped, despite their legal ups and downs.

bertie

so a '61 strat is synonymous with Jimmy Pages' tone ?!

and there's me thinking it was a lester, and tele

bigdawg

it is if youre trying to sell one!

Is it me or do those prices look a bit 'cheap'?!  £4k for a 69 strat - custom shops can be more than that?!

GuitarMonkey

Thought better of this post sorry

shobet

What did they get in the end, suspended sentences/slap on the wrist and a don't do it again you naughty boys? 

bigdawg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107289/Posh-music-shop-owners-hob-nobbed-celebrity-clients-convicted-1million-stolen-guitar-plot.html

randomhandclaps

Unbelievable - literally.

shobet

Ferraris and Bentleys, there seems to be good money in old wood. Must be some tasty profit margins on their vintage items.

bigdawg

whats really annoying is this on their website:

http://www.musicground.com/product_details.aspx?pid=491

That is pretty much my grail guitar, but no way on this planet I coudl be sure any part of it was real, or if it even exists

ThePrettyDamned

Oh dear...

badlydrawnbanjo

fretfinder;58931" said:

I thought Richard Henry was a respectable guitar dealer...

That's the impression I have always had. He's local to me, has some nice stuff for sale and works with an impressive client bass. Johnny Marr, Cast, buzzcocks etc

I don't actually know him although he has given me impartial advice in the past.