Members garthman Posted September 5, 2019 Members Share Posted September 5, 2019 Probably the score of the decade. And most certainly a case of being in the right place at the right time. The pawnshop in our local town usually have a few guitars for sale and I often pop in when I'm passing. A few weeks ago when I called in it turned out to be 5 minutes after a used Walden N730 had been put out on display. It was a discount sale due to one of the tuner buttons being broken - a large chip where it fitted onto the tang. Sale price £44.99 Solid cedar top, solid Indian rosewood back, layered (as Taylor say LOL) rosewood sides, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard and bridge. I bought it, of course. A blob of epoxy resin fixed the tuner and it plays like a dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted September 5, 2019 Members Share Posted September 5, 2019 Good score! My G-2070 Supranatura cost me €330, but it was definitely worth it. Nothing 'layered,' either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted September 6, 2019 Members Share Posted September 6, 2019 Whoa, Howard did you tell that pawn shop owner that Natura tuner buttons are $400.00/each? Sly haggling! Guitar looks great at 3X the price. Give us a sound bite next VOM1T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted September 6, 2019 Members Share Posted September 6, 2019 BTW, when I lived in Ottawa, A Cash Converters shop was busted for buying and fencing stolen goods. I knew a couple of the people working there, not well, but I did go in to look at guitars from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nabisco Posted September 6, 2019 Members Share Posted September 6, 2019 Beautiful Guitar. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted September 7, 2019 Members Share Posted September 7, 2019 Congratulations. Happy New (Cheap Used) Guitar Day. Sweet score. 👍 That's about $55 in the US. I've never seen a Walden classical until now. And it appears to have a pickup installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neal Posted September 7, 2019 Members Share Posted September 7, 2019 Cheap Serviceable Guitar Month! Mark it in yer calendars, it’s September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted September 10, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 10, 2019 Thanks all. Its' a lovely guitar and it would have been a good deal at 3 or even 4 times the price. They sold new for around the $500 mark - and over here we would have payed £500 due to tax. So yeah, good stuff. Joe - I think I'll keep the pawnshop owner in the dark and maybe up the frequency of visits. Deep - yes, I've fitted a K & K type PU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted September 10, 2019 Members Share Posted September 10, 2019 36 minutes ago, garthman said: . . . Deep - yes, I've fitted a K & K type PU. If I had to guess, I'd say the pickup probably cost at least as much as the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted September 11, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 11, 2019 12 hours ago, DeepEnd said: If I had to guess, I'd say the pickup probably cost at least as much as the guitar. Nah. £2.50 from China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted September 11, 2019 Members Share Posted September 11, 2019 11 hours ago, garthman said: Nah. £2.50 from China That's about $3.08 US. Sounds like your week for bargains. How does it sound plugged in? I tried building a stomp box with one of those MIC K&K style gizmos and I was very disappointed. Very low output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted September 13, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 13, 2019 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Piezo-Contact-Microphone-3-Transducer-Pickups-with-end-pin-jack-for-Kalimba-GN8/233306806959?epid=27018461409&hash=item36522b5aaf:g:O5MAAOSwqWtdSrVH Output was high. In fact I removed one of the transducers but I still ended up gluing a thin leather disc to the remaining two contact faces to reduce output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted September 13, 2019 Members Share Posted September 13, 2019 Congrats , scores like this make the hunt worth while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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