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If J.B payed more than 90k for that( which i think i read he did ) then its a bad purchase imho,even with the restoration it will still struggle to get more than 140k,maybe he's realised this and wants to move it on quick ? ,what i can't understand is he already owns a few original bursts so why purchase this battered one ?.
It was played a lot ( 2 refrets ) and has only had a Bibsby fitted, which now leaves a shadow, and a couple of small holes.
I'm assuming the tuners ( no mods done ) and pickups ( at least one ) have been replaced with sympathetic parts, so it is now a players grade instrument, which probably sounds great ( the fact that it was played a lot ), so I wouldn't imagine Joe would lose any money on it, and probably make a nice £15-25 K profit for taking the time to get the work done.
Compare this one to the French 'case queen', recently discovered too, which has far less ageing, and will probably be valued at least £100k more, which one would be more suitable as a playable instrument?, rather than a pure investment.
Maybe that's why it's a minter?
We're talking about 2 uncirculated bursts here, where do you get the idea that this 'proves' anything? or that these are 'old and knackered' 'well past their days' 'beyond resurrection' 'lemons' and 'bad instruments' ?????
We haven't heard one ( the one that has been played a lot, and shows wear ) and only have a single YT clip of the other.
Remember, we are discussing the holly grail here, not many left around to discuss, so I wouldn't be assuming anything about these guitars, unless you have first hand experience.
YMMV, IMHO, etc etc.
He might have tuned the fucking thing. That first guitar tone stank as well - how do you get it that buzzy?
I'm afraid I clearly don't/can't/unable to appreciate that.
At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer Watson, SS2, Vintage S, T62.
* Music Man Luke 1, Luke II
Please drop me a message.
18 months later, my first Fender Strat - £195 new (no case). At that time a Les Paul was £265
I don't think 'thin' is a word often associated with humbuckers, but old ones, or low output ones, work best when the amp is doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
As Dan of TPS might say, 'dynamics and compression', you lose a lot of that subtlety when using modern or higher output pickups, and not much tends to work well after it has been through YT recording.
One thing vintage stuff does have going for it, is we are probably talking about wood that has been dried out for at least 75 years and has spent a lot of that time as an instrument, some things tend to improve with age,
A 2022 reissue will be built from a tree that was cut down in the last 5 years at the most I suspect, so some of the mystique lies there.
Not everything at guitar shows are for sale. We bring along items that are for show only and for the show in Orange County Joe bought a stunning selection of some of the rarest guitars out there as well as the Tommy Bolin Burst. None of these were for sale.
He has had Glaser in Nashville refurb it and do the repairs. He told me one of the pickups could be salvaged the other will need a rewind which has not been done yet so he 'borrowed' the PAF's you see in the recent pics at the OC Show.
He said he is very pleased with the way it has turned out and it will become part of his touring roster. He should be bringing it back over the to UK next year when I am going to take the last owner since 1967 to come and hear it being played which should be quite something.
The Burst has been renamed 'Royal Albert' by Joe!
Presumably as it had fewer additional holes than the Prince Albert?
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