kidblast Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 http://www.ebay.com/itm/MUSEUM-CLEAN-1958-FENDER-STRAT-STRATOCASTER-TIME-CAPSULE-1-OWNER-VINTAGE-GUITAR-/360716674217?pt=Guitar&hash=item53fc63a4a9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Nah. Not that money for a Strat. For a Les Paul, maybe... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 I know Bence, 48k is insane amounts o'money,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I've got a '59 that I can't get 8k for?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 I know Bill, IMHO,, that listing is going to die of loneliness. It is in remarkable condition tho.. (that's really what prompted my posting the link) But, lets get real,, I don't know anyone that would make that sort of purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Kid...back in the mid 90s, the Japanese were spending huge amounts of money for vintage instruments. A friend sold a 58 LP for $53k...bought a semi and has been "truckin' " ever since. I've tried to peddle my Strat for about 4 years now. Its greeted with enthusiasm at every show I take it to. The minute I mention selling it, they start tearing it apart and trying to get it for nothing. Most of these "experts" don't know their butt from their elbow. Getting back to the listing...I think perhaps he is shooting high and hoping to land somewhere around the 30-35k area. Even that in today's economy is a stretch IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Most of these "experts" don't know their butt from their elbow. Buy Low, Sell High. That's all they need to know, same as any other fake investment that has come along. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I have a sleazy lawyer friend...(well...not actually a friend any longer since we had a falling out over politics), and he 'sold' his '57 Strat on EBay several years ago for $25K. Of course, the PayPal transfer was bogus, so he lost his Strat.... he filed an insurance claim...which was denied...but being a sleazy lawyer, he argured that the 'fraud' took place in his home, so it was, in fact' stolen, (because the computer he used was in his home). Anyway...he got reimbursed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 People who buy guitars like that are not buying a guitar, they are buying what they think and hope is an investment. That price is way above what the guitar is worth as a guitar. But I admit, it's really nice looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 I can't fathom spending more than 1,200 for a strat of ANY make/year.... what ever... - some people have more money than sense no harm in trying to find a sucker I guess.. it just wont be me.. but the condition is just insane (if it is authentic) and from what we can see, it sure appears to be.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlo Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 http://www.ebay.com/itm/MUSEUM-CLEAN-1958-FENDER-STRAT-STRATOCASTER-TIME-CAPSULE-1-OWNER-VINTAGE-GUITAR-/360716674217?pt=Guitar&hash=item53fc63a4a9 Hey Kid, I have a strat, and there's no way that I would have paid that kind of dough for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I had a guy offer me $30,000 for my '64, in the early 90's. I just laughed, and told him, "no way!" Then he said: "Well, how much DO you want, for it?" I told him it wasn't for sale, at any price. (First, I didn't believe he'd actually pay that much, for it...and, Second...it really WASN'T for sale, at any price. Still isn't!) Guitars, are made to be played, not bought and sold, by folks with too much money, like some "commodity!" But, if the seller wants a boat load of money, for one... and, he can find an actual buyer, that's rich (or dumb) enough, to pay that... WTH?! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I'm still kickin' myself for not taking the 18k I was offered for my '59 by Milano Music back in '94. Like so many of us...we love our axes and find it hard to part with. Now that I'm in the twilight of my years...almost everything has a price tag on it. I can't take 16 guitars and 5 amps to the grave. I've never seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I'm still kickin' myself for not taking the 18k I was offered for my '59 by Milano Music back in '94. Like so many of us...we love our axes and find it hard to part with. Now that I'm in the twilight of my years...everything has a price tag on it. I can't take 16 guitars and 5 amps to the grave. I've never seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul. Understood. In my case, that strat was a birthday present, from my Mom, when I was 14. I'm 63, now. My Dad had died, 18 months, prior, and she was working 2 jobs, and going to night school, to get a better job, and still managed to find the money, somehow, for that guitar, for me! Needless to say, it's not for sale. It IS, in my "will," along with all my other "worldly possessions," and what the family and/or friends, (who are also players) that get it, after I'm gone, do with it...is up to them! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Needless to say, it's not for sale. Good call CB! Good call.. I've never seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul however Bill, this is a brilliant idea!!! (I have about the same #s you do..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hey Kid, I have a strat, and there's no way that I would have paid that kind of dough for it. I'm with ya Edlo.. My current two fenders were USA Standards (Stat/Tele) I bought in the mid 90s.. almost 20 years,, Seesh, that went by fast.. they were both well under 1k, and that's about all one needs to pay or a good strat or tele imho.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlo Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I'm with ya Edlo.. My current two fenders were USA Standards (Stat/Tele) I bought in the mid 90s.. almost 20 years,, Seesh, that went by fast.. they were both well under 1k, and that's about all one needs to pay or a good strat or tele imho.. Same here under a g in 95. That's all I needed then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 CB...the 2003 LP on my list was a gift from my mother right before she passed. Like your guitar from your mom...its not for sale...ever. I was 58 when I got it and I'm 67 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I've seen Strat's that aren't anything near as pristine as that going for around the same price,so the price that they're asking isn't really out of whack. If I had that kind of cash lying around I wouldn't have to think twice about buying it.Since a Les Paul Standard from the same era could be anywhere from $100,000 and up,the Strat is quite a bargain when you look at it. After subscribing to Vintage Guitar Magazine for several years and closely following vintage Strat sales etc.,this is the cleanest and most unblemished Strat that I've ever seen and the fact that all the case candy etc. is still in mint condition further adds to the uniqueness and value of it.I just hope and pray that it doesn't end up in a vault of some non-playing Chinese collector for no other reason but to grow in value so that in a few years he can unload it on yet another non-playing collector so that it can end up being shut away in silence until it goes through the same process in a few more years.A sweet instrument like that doesn't necessarily need to be played every day but should be at least taken out every now and then and savoured like a fine rare bottle of Cognac or vintage Napoleon Brandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 CB...the 2003 LP on my list was a gift from my mother right before she passed. Like your guitar from your mom...its not for sale...ever. I was 58 when I got it and I'm 67 now. Yeah, Man! Some things just don't have a price, IMHO. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 It IS, in my "will," along with all my other "worldly possessions," and what the family and/or friends, (who are also players) that get it, after I'm gone, do with it...is up to them! CB CB... everyone knows all my gear is set to go to my grandkids. I've already left detailed instructions to my son..... now all he has to do is get busy making some grandkids for me, ('course I prefer he get married first). I truly have left him instructions for each guitar, and some of the other stuff....don't much care about the amps, or the keyboards, (other than my old antique piano - from 1874). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Yeah, Rob...the problem becomes, will they actually listen/do what you want, after you're no longer around to make sure they do. LOL "Things," no matter how precious, they are to us, have a tendency to lose that appeal, in subsequent generations. Some, will (just because it was your's) cherish it/them, other's... will RUN, to the nearest music store, or auction house, to find out how much they can get, "cash-out," right away! Cynical? No, not really...just an ardent, and realistic, observer, of human beings. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 All of my stuff is to be sold via some professional type instrument type broker types, who will surely get their cut. The remainder, along with all of our worldly cash out, will keep wolves and bears safe and provide nice places for our grand kids and yours to enjoy Yellowstone. That's how we roll. The animals and trees and mountains need our stuff far more than any mangy family member. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Yeah, Rob...the problem becomes, will they actually listen/do what you want, after you're no longer around to make sure they do. LOL "Things," no matter how precious, they are to us, have a tendency to lose that appeal, in subsequent generations. Some, will (just because it was your's) cherish it/them, other's... will RUN, to the nearest music store, or auction house, to find out how much they can get, "cash-out," right away! Cynical? No, not really...just an ardent, and realistic, observer, of human beings. CB Yes, CB.... I'm aware of that possibility..... but on the chance that one of them might take up the guitar/piano/violin/banjo/mandolin, it'll be worth the shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Yes, CB.... I'm aware of that possibility..... but on the chance that one of them might take up the guitar/piano/violin/banjo/mandolin, it'll be worth the shot. Oh, absolutely! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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