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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've got an early 60's Tennessean, mainly by default (it was my late father's guitar), I wouldn't sell it for the world..
On the other hand, its a bit of a quirky beast and unless someone is looking specifically for one, it would a whole harder to sell than the R8...
If you are looking to just "get rid" of the R8 then fine, but if you think you'll have an easier guitar to shift on with the Gretsch because its "vintage", then I think you will do the wrong thing....
If you do go for it, look out for binding rot, decent electrics that all work (they are a swine to work on), neck warpage at 15+ and of course fretwear.
I sold mine very quickly for about £1650 because I wanted to shift quite a few guitars.
I have had a quick look at your ad, and (if you can forgive my directness) I think that better photos would sell the guitar. A plaintop R8 is a beautiful thing but I would want to see the top carve and therefore some "arty" shots. Outside maybe? The forum seems to allow "huge" photographs to be uploaded into threads and I would take full advantage if I were you.
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