J-200 Koa Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Is this scheduled for your next restoration project? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130288478624 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Sweet sufferin' bald-headed Jesus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWilson Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Gee. it looks just like the new ones. I wonder how much a new one costs. Maybe it's just an old box with a new bridge in it. At any rate, that's a lot of money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imcdn Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I never realized that 75% of the cost of a guitar went towards the bridge, I guess you learn something new everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayla Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 It's interesting that in 1970 a rosewood bridge with inlays for a Gibson SJ-200 cost $19.95. Today there are picks that cost more than that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 All you need now is a $20,000 J-200 to put it on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Blackburn Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I've been wondering about Koa wood (from Hawaii?) and about its sonic qualities. I notice some high-end instruments (in Martin's most recent printed edition catalog) feature this wood -- not among the woods whose sonic 'temperament' is discussed by Ren Ferguson (in that magazine article, to which I referred readers, in my Amazon.com review for J-45 Gibsons -- please see my very first posting here, of about a week ago). Anyway, thanks to "Koa J-200 of Texas" for posting the link above -- I went and saw the "similar" J-200 with Koa back and sides (7,000 dollars!) and, looking at the picture of the back thought to myself, it's not all that attractive a wood -- not compared to say several 'decorative' species of Maple, but not even as nice as plain old Mahogany. So . . . it must have terrific sonic qualities, when properly seasoned and installed by a master luthier. [i can only guess at why my favorite writer here was taken aback by what he saw on the LINK above -- the photo of the item had disappeared with its sale.] Finding this an interesting place to visit, any old time of day or night! Mark B-of-the-frozen-North Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I think at nigh on 1500 samolians, that'd take the profit out of that Academy restore project. Better do some price shoppin' or scrap bin rummagin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcorner Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 All that money for the bridge and the bugger still wants five dollars for shipping. I had a girlfriend like that once - anything you got out of her cost you a bunch of money and then she always squeezed you for a bit more when you thought you hit your limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 All that money for the bridge and the bugger still wants five dollars for shipping. I had a girlfriend like that once - anything you got out of her cost you a bunch of money and then she always squeezed you for a bit more when you thought you hit your limit. I'm lost. Is that a good thing or bad thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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