Dave F Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Some of the CL and FB ads just kill me but I think this one on FB from a "Luthier" takes the cake. This guitar has its share of road-worn characteristics. It has its share of scratches, but no dents or cracks. Structurally it has no problems. Someone (not me) pulled the frets out, and never finished the job. At Sweetwater.com, a new one goes for about $3500.00. From what I know, the electronics work good. It’s a bit of a fixer-upper. Mainly for new frets. I received this as a payment, I am a luthier. I’m letting it go for more than half-price, $1500.00 firm. Its original hardshell case comes with it. No trades, cash only, local pickup. Cannot ship, too expensive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Looks like that guitar has already been the recipient of some shade tree lutherie. . And it didn’t give up those frets without a fight – a good bit of tearout out at several frets, but especially fret-19. Judging by the scraping along the bass side of the fretboard extension, it almost looks like someone may’ve already done a neck reset on it (?). The rosette looks like it may have something going on in that area, too. you think that the seller being a luthier, it would just be repaired and sold, of course, after a re-fret and fretboard leveling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Maybe it was Jaco’s acoustic guitars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Lot of super glue and rosewood dust. But $1500 is not low enough to make me sit at the bench for 9 hours with the aforementioned ingredients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorristownSal Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 You could buy a fantastic used recent model for $1800 with no effort. Yeah no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egoidealmusic Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 To say those frets were "removed" isn't accurate. Those frets were ripped out without any attention to how it shoud be done. Not to mention the other issue you can see, in addition to whatever issues you can't see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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