zombywoof Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Looks like a great candidate for your special touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson101 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I would like to buy that is it for sale!! I want to take on a KSdaddy type project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Looks 'tetched' all right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-200 Koa Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Add me to the list. That would be a great candidate for some TLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 one man's mojo, is another man's neglect....lol.....I'm sure Daddy could save it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 I would like to buy that is it for sale!! I want to take on a KSdaddy type project! Yup, over at Gruhn Guitars - gotta warn ya - even in this condition it ain't cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 For all of you who have asked - this beauty is for sale over at Gruhn Guitars. Gotta warn ya though - it ain't cheap. But this might be one of those head to your favorite local bank for a loan kinda guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I'll take it if they'll take an out of state personal third party postdated check. Don't drop it on a hard surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 If it is a 30's AJ, even in it's current condition, it's worth at least twice what my three acoustics are worth combined! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layla Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 For all of you who have asked - this beauty is for sale over at Gruhn Guitars. Gotta warn ya though - it ain't cheap. But this might be one of those head to your favorite local bank for a loan kinda guitars. $10,000.00 I'll take 2 please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson101 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Wow that's crazy!!! 10 grand for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Wow that's crazy!!! 10 grand for that? Once repaired it could be worth $30,000 plus if done correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 Once repaired it could be worth $30' date='000 plus if done correctly. [/quote'] Not quite that much - I recently saw one in really nice condition and 100% original go for $30,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Not quite that much - I recently saw one in really nice condition and 100% original go for $30' date='000. [/quote'] Must be that danged economy slumping the prices...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I'd be much happier with a red J185-12 (with crosses) and an SJ200 - both Custom orders, thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcorner Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Restorations are great, but in this case the guitar is so bad it isn't worth what they are asking for it - not even close. The tuners are gone, part of the fingerboard is gone. The bridge is gone. The nut is gone - saddle, obviously, and no original pins. Less than ten years ago I got an original AJ that had a refinished top (purple burst, don't ask) but had all its original parts for $6500 CDN - approximately $4800 US at the time. It cost less than $2000 to get it in tip top shape including a neck reset and fret job and it sold for a good profit without being unreasonable. This guitar would require about $4000 worth of work, I think, including trying to source some parts from the right era and it will never be worth more than $10-12K as a restored piece with so many changed parts. If there was profit to be had in such a guitar, you can rest assured that Gruhn wouldn't have it up for grabs. You don't find original AJs every day, but a basket case like this shouldn't be on offer for a dime over $5,ooo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 If I may pick brians? BC - you say an original AJ. Does that mean they started making them in the 30s? Are they as sought after as say an original 1957(?) strat. I always read with interest articles on these legendary guitars from 30s/40s/50s and tend to get the impression that they have great mojo but actually Gibson, Fender etc are making better quality guitars today that you can play rather than look at. Would a fully restored 30s AJ sound as magical as it should? ......runs for cover............... I know I'm a philastine when it comes to vintage stuff but I really have nothing at all against it as a concept. I love old buildings, especially walking around London. They were built to last, despite the efforts of the Luftwaffe. I have no intention of starting any collections but I am genuinely keen to understand the attraction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 If I may pick brians? Please leave Brian out of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Please leave Brian out of this Bugger! Bloody spellchecker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 There are few companies about which we can say the products they make now are equal or better than the "old days". Gibson is one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Would a fully restored 30s AJ sound as magical as it should? Can't answer your question because I have only ever played one and that was a long time ago. Don't really recall what it sounded or played like. Plus, I had not yet had the decades of playing this and that Gibson so I had little to compare it with. There are plenty of folks you see slamming this guitar or that and, you know the closest they ever got to that instrument was looking at a back issue of Vintage Guitar magazine. On the other hand. there will always be someone talking about their $300 made in Korea guitar claiming they would put this up against a 1930s Advanced Jumbo and their guitar sounds and plays better. But if I paid $30,000 for a guitar I can guarantee you I would, with my last dying gasp, be proclaiming it had no equal on the face of this earth. Funny how that works, ain't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 had a hard time finding it. Here is the stock number if'n you're interested. Look up under the GIbson / Epiphone flat tops link, then click on: AG5659 Gibson Advanced Jumbo $10K. That's the thing about them boys in Naishville, they got access to the good stuff. 'cause apparently they've been smokin' a bunch of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.