Fender Custom Shop SRV Stevie Ray Vaughan #1 John Cruz Masterbuilt Strat 65K - WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Discuss !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - currently for sale via Reverb and GAK
Something like 6 only ever imported into the UK - around 8K when released - I worked for Academy of Sound at the time, when they released them at the NAMM Show in 2004 - I tried to buy all 6 allocated for the UK, but Fender insisted, quite rightly, 1 each to the first 6 dealers to order - So I acquired 1 and sold it immediately, some way in advance of it actually arriving into stock - 100 made by JC
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Personally, I'd get an original 60's strat, a P90 50's Les Paul and keep the (considerable) change - or maybe throw in a 60's SG Standard or 335, and still have a lot of change.
Don't understand that price
Bragging rights on SRV forum possibilities, but otherwise it is just a guitar.
Merit in the original 8K price ticket as all sold instantly world wide - as for 65K then you tell me - I dare say a seller will have a different story
https://reverb.com/uk/item/5881465-gibson-custom-shop-jimmy-page-signed-aged-number-1-one-les-paul-2004-played-by-page-tom-murphy-aged?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpuq-kpPO3AIVCLTtCh2bgAiLEAQYASABEgJPR_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&pla=1 -
similar scenario on the above link for a Jimmy Page LP
That's ludicrous money for a replica guitar. Even if you had that as disposable, why would you?
If you are a collector, you could probably buy a pre-CBS Strat, and a pre-CBS Tele and have money left over. Would most likely be a better investment as well.
a) do I want to invest so much in one item
b) might take a long time to sell so a poor return on capital
c) if you think it is worth X and I offer X less my margin, then you'd probably be pee'd off with my offer, so best not go there
So my best offer would be a potential commission sale - Wouldn't surprise me if that is not the situation with GAK - It certainly is a case of price and hope - I've seen a similar J Mayer black Strat for sale not to long ago around 20K - Who knows we might all be wrong this SRV Strat sells - My thought pattern is that even 50K would raise similar comments to above and so would 40K
You could argue that the listing at 65K on your site brings fresh promotional advertising and potential traffic and talking point, be it via such forums, twitter, face book etc - And if the dealer has no actual capital tied up in it, then a case of dangle a carrot and see what happens
Not to long ago I sold the John Cruz Gary Moore red Strat - it was discussed on FB at the time regarding the usual topic of is 8K silly price for such a guitar - Not only were all the UK/EU allocations sold within days I had at least another 10 customers ready to buy - So that sold for around 8K instantly and whilst it is expensive for many, you can see a valid price point for such exclusive guitars to appropriate buyers - As these sold so quickly and demand so high, then I would instantly expect any used examples to fetch over 8K and why not - These SRV Strat were 8K 14 years ago - But I'm out of touch if they fetch 65K
So I don't have an answer - If I told you it would fetch 25K you'd walk out muttering they now fetch 65K, or at least fetch an asking price of 65K - Sometimes, such guitar if not sold at 65K, don't get reduced in price, they just go back in a collection as the owner would rather keep it then accept 30/40/50K - same applies to select vintage guitars
To be truthful such prices are more realsitic for the appropriate market - not saying such amount of money is cheap as to most of us it is not - £23750 and 35K are somewhat more appropriate IMO - Certainly compared to 65K
In the case of a £65k SRV reproduction, for a broadly similar price you could have a Ferrari 612:
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/ferrari/612/ferrari-612-scaglietti-scaglietti/8749352
Or a cottage with 1.5 acres next to Loch Mask for fishing on gig free weekends:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/overseas-property/property-67422263.html
I know it`s apples and oranges - but you`d have to really, really want the guitar,
I think when they try to copy the actual wear patterns on a particular guitar - as opposed to just generally beating up a sunburst body and rosewood/maple neck - it always looks fake. It must be very difficult to batter something... but do it carefully.
The Rory Strats are the same, the bits of remaining paint look like pre-shaped transfers which have been rubbed into place.