jaxson50 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Woman unearths dusty old acoustic guitar in her back room – and discovers it’s a Martin from the 1870s https://www.guitarworld.com/news/martin-parlor-guitar-1870s There are treasures out there, you have to keep looking 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, jaxson50 said: Woman unearths dusty old acoustic guitar in her back room – and discovers it’s a Martin from the 1870s https://www.guitarworld.com/news/martin-parlor-guitar-1870s There are treasures out there, you have to keep looking It's like the stuff from the Penthouse Forum. That stuff never happens to me. There I was looking around in a closet I have not put anything in, in years, and there it was a 1870's Martin guitar. I hope she doesn't sell it to Joe Bonamassa. He already has everything. He bought that rare 000-45 a while back. I did't even know they made a 000-45. Edited October 21, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I checked all my back rooms and found......DUST! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I'd have thought it worth more than what the article states. I recall an old "Antiques Roadshow" program in which a woman brought in her Father's old pre-war Stromberg arch top acoustic he used while playing in an old "swing" and Big-Band era ensemble. She said a music store offered her $1500 for it. But the Roadshow guy appraised it at $50,000! And that was for a guitar made in the 1930's. I think someone's selling the old gal short. Whitefang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Just now, DanvillRob said: I checked all my back rooms and found......DUST! There should be a 150 year old Martin there somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 15 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: There should be a 150 year old Martin there somewhere. I'd better take another look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 25 minutes ago, DanvillRob said: I'd better take another look. I just found a Stratavarious violin I had gotten in the 80's when they were going for only 4 million. Edited October 21, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I bought a 1955 ES-295 at a pawn shop for $100. Granted, the finish had been stripped off it, but it was mostly original (no LP trapeze, had a regular 175 type setup). Bought a 1950 Conn 28M alto sax at a yard sale for $25. Bought it for my daughter, who hated it because it was old and musty. When she got to college we sold it for $1700 to help with books. No comparison at all but today I bought a Yamaha Clavinova CLP-560 digital piano at a school auction for $20. The wires to the sustain pedal are ripped out, one key is broken, and I don't think one speaker is working but it will make me a good project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I have a 2-27 from 1870. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: It's like the stuff from the Penthouse Forum. That stuff never happens to me. 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) In the late 80s I was given (from a bassplayers attic) the amplifier section of an original Vox AC-10 combo; i.e. a genuine Vox 1960s valve amp with 'a JMI product' on the control panel. Amp had been rehoused in a homemade wood box (one repairman referred to it as 'the rabbit hutch')...I started a long process of taking it to various well-qualified techs and spent £££ (I am in UK) over the years getting it fixed. Until 2015 when the harp player in my band persuaded me to let his Dad sort it. For £130 the old guy took out ALL the vintage plastic bits (I've got them in a bag), put in new valves and parts and got it back working to the exact output specs it had when leaving the factory. It's still in the rabbit hutch and it sounds bloody amazing - I gigged it several times, it's plenty loud enough and because of the no-headroom class A 10w output it just goes splendidly berserk when you turn on your overdrive pedal. Also - I'm glad to say I called the harp player last night and he wants to get something live going again ASAP, so..... it's not over yet. Edited October 21, 2022 by jdgm 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 8 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: There should be a 150 year old Martin there somewhere. Chief, The Twelfth Fret, here in Toronto had a Martin from the 1800's for sale last week. When I read this thread today, I checked to see if it was still around, but no, it was sold. So these guitars do become available from time to time, but snooze and you lose. RBSinTo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted October 22, 2022 Author Share Posted October 22, 2022 11 hours ago, DanvillRob said: I checked all my back rooms and found......DUST! Better check the front ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Martin guitars might want it for their museum but they might already have one there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 10 hours ago, jaxson50 said: Better check the front ones Did.... front rooms have only dog hair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 No point in me looking in the back rooms or loft. My house was built in the 1930s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 2 hours ago, merciful-evans said: No point in me looking in the back rooms or loft. My house was built in the 1930s. If you find a D-28 from the 30's you'd be set for life. So far all I found was a 2001, 2013 and 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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