jdd707 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 http://bham.craigslist.org/msg/3252321240.html What do you think? Fair price? Any problems you see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 With the replaced bridge (the bellied bridge isn't authentic to the model yr...should be rectangular) even if everything else is original you're talking max $1400 in the current market. LG2's seem to be making the rounds lately. I shopped around before I found my all original solid '56 with no playing issues or cracks. $1750.00 negotiated with a knowledgeable trader. You also have to know if it needs the neck reset. Ask specific questions about string height and neck straightness or angle. The pics suck. The earlier discussion re the $1250 '49 that needed the neck job should tell you where the market lies. A valuable guitar. I would have been OK with the deal but I blew it by whining that it might need the reset. The seller backed off and chose to deal locally only. THAT was a good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchristo Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 looks like it has been refinished also.....that will reduce the price too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Looks to be in nice shape, BUT...... He has some specs wrong. If it's an LG-2, it's x-braced, not ladder braced. By the vintage of this guitar, it will almost certainly have a sitka top, not adi. It looks very clean, but I would want to check the neck set, and the finish to see if it is original. Would also want to try to verify the year by the FON, if there is one. He's asking top dollar in today's market, so the guitar would need to be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdd707 Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 Yeah, those were my thoughts also. Not worth what he's asking but if in excellent condition (without refinish) could be worth a look at a lower price (which the posting indicates that he would concider). However, I always assume that a 55 year old guitar will be in need of a neck reset unless it was under the bed, in it's case, with the stirngs loosened. I thought someone here might be interested though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Those folks at the Fret Store must be on puppy chow. If that guitar as had red spruce top it is a rare LG in deed. At most you would be getting a refinished post-1955 LG-1 for which you would be laying out a whole lot more than what you would pay for a similar period LG-2. Value on the one in the ad - on a good day maybe $500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdd707 Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 Yeah Zom, I agree. The Fret Shop is a local place without a any real experts in vintage guitars. The seller gave himself away by noting that it was ladder braced, which didn't happen in the LG2 but was changed from X to ladder in the LG1 prior to '57. $500 is probably a good estimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 All the descriptions were generic model specs from all the sites we use for ID.ing, but he did say the stamped LG2 was there, so it's still an Xbraced guitar. Only the 3/4 sized so-called Arlo Guthrie model was ladder braced. I think he could do better than $500 based on the LG2 verification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdd707 Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 All the descriptions were generic model specs from all the sites we use for ID.ing, but he did say the stamped LG2 was there, so it's still an Xbraced guitar. Only the 3/4 sized so-called Arlo Guthrie model was ladder braced. I think he could do better than $500 based on the LG2 verification. IF it was a 3/4 size ..... upon which the current Arlo is based ..... it would be a fairly rare guitar. Right? Perhaps the guy doesn't know if it is X braced or ladder braced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 He might not know the dif. I've spoken with more than a few sellers who had never dropped a mirror into a soundhole. Rather they looked at the back and called it ladder braced. The shape of the 3/4 is not the same though, and somewhat rarer than the LG's. I saw one on Ebay recently, a 50's era model that started at $1300, and always thought I'd like to have one, but I have since become an Xbrace 'snob', and stick to that design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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