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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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01-23-2021 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by christianm77
This is not a good time to make major purchases.
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Originally Posted by Gitterbug
I don't think this is a reflection of the state of the market so much as a reflection of the quality of the current management team.
Gibson archtop production? I don't think the fat lady has sung yet. I think the margin opportunity in a M2M program that includes archtops is probably quite attractive if it's well-managed.Last edited by Hammertone; 01-24-2021 at 04:54 PM.
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I saw a recent-looking Furch archtop the other day on Reverb or eBay. Didn't bother to check but I wondered if they started making archtops again. Looked nice, reasonable price.
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Originally Posted by Litterick
Wealthy people always have to have something to spend their money on. If they aren’t traveling to Hawaii or Vail, they might consider a high end guitar, or (if they took string instruments in high school) a CELLO.
Heck, I’m not Uber-wealthy, but since I DIDN’T go to Hawaii in 2020 I found it easier to justify buying a new guitar.
Also, what else you gonna do with your free time. Talk to your S.O. 24/7???
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Slightly off-topic but since cellos were mentioned...
My buddy and bandmate Jon collects basses. I mean literally—he has about 35. He usually gets them for a song—old big-band or college basses that have been used and abused—and he has a talented guy in town who can rehab them for a couple of hundred dollars.
He has a lot of them painted by a local artist as well—some are airbrushed using car paints, some are acrylic artsy works. He has a couple of aluminum cellos that were popular with schools because they don’t warp or crack—has an auto guy sand them and polish them to a high sheen.
I guess my only point is that maybe quality violins and cellos are hard to come by, but basses seem to be not so desirable on the used market.
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Apparently by mistake posted a draft that I later decided not to post
Last edited by Lobomov; 01-24-2021 at 06:17 PM.
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Originally Posted by Lobomov
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Bought a Taylor acoustic last spring and a Mesa Rosette amp. This winter though I’ve been playing my 2017 Memphis Figured Natural 175 from the CME blowout through the ToneMaster Twin from a sale a year ago. I consider myself to be a lucky man.
Es 175 is gone from production
Mesa is no longer independent
Taylor is employee owned - probably a good thing
Hope Fender sticks around.
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Originally Posted by Jim Soloway
It is interesting to know there was a precedent. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
Interestingly enough, when Epiphone called it a day in 1957, Gibson bought Epi specifically to acquire its cheap upright bass manufacturing capabilities. The guitar-making stuff that came with the deal was a bonus, and has been described by some as a surprise to Gibson when they unpacked the crates that they received. Gibson upright bass production was a failure for a bunch of reasons, and they gave up on it by '64, when the last remaining uprights were shipped.Last edited by Hammertone; 01-24-2021 at 07:13 PM.
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Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
And just to clarify - they are still making them, just limited and through only a few dealers?
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Vinny
Dave’s L5 at 10599 says it’s on hold.... wonder if it’s anyone here?
( no not me ones enough)))
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
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Well they do have the semi hollow models and ES-350T. Looks like the Epiphone offerings are limited too. No Emperor, Broadway or ES-175 models . Wow, I can't believe they're asking $9,999.00 for a Jimi Hendrix Flying V and SG Custom.
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Originally Posted by RobbieAG
Finding 150 people with 10k to burn is doable .. finding more probably not.
Reviews are stellar
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Originally Posted by Lobomov
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
Danny W.
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Originally Posted by jazzkritter
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Another plate of crow I must eat......my dislike of Henry J. He actually wanted every genre of music covered. Hindsight is 20/20.
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New CEO is doing a great job. They will probably be back one day. But if they can't sell enough them, of course they will stop making them.
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Originally Posted by Danny W.
Keith
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Originally Posted by Lobomov
Last edited by Jim Soloway; 01-25-2021 at 02:32 PM.
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Originally Posted by Jim Soloway
I don't get it either .. I mean at least the V has that videly known picture to go with it, but the SG?
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Originally Posted by Lobomov
John
Sonny S. -- Les Paul Player
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