Members fuzztone Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 That is what this one sold for on ebay last week. Seems like a bargain.I mean,jeez,what is that case worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 That seems about right actually. The old goldtops have dropped about 50% in the past year. I had a LP like that years ago and I sold it because it was unplayable and I didn't have the money to convert or fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 That one looks like it's been played a lot, over the years.My kind of rellicing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoddy Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 While those might be cool guitars from a collector's viewpoint, they play like {censored} due to the inherent design flaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 The worst design bridge ever as said before almost impossible to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 Since it's a player anyway, one could buy that, have an neck angle problems fixed, use what bridge they wanted (including the trapeze) and it would still hold it's value. Should be sweet sounding, those are the older, cleaner A2 P-90's. Have a few of those in Gibson lap steels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 Yea and it sucks because to make it intonate correctly, you have to "devalue" the instrument by replacing the bridge. Personally I wouldn't have a problem with doing that kind of work on it to make it play better. I think it would be worth it to me personally to put a standard tune-o-matic on there to make it playable....even if it cost me a few thousand dollars in collector mojo because it wasn't original anymore. Maybe there's some way of doing it so that it's reversable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoddy Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 Yea and it sucks because to make it intonate correctly, you have to "devalue" the instrument by replacing the bridge.Personally I wouldn't have a problem with doing that kind of work on it to make it play better. I think it would be worth it to me personally to put a standard tune-o-matic on there to make it playable....even if it cost me a few thousand dollars in collector mojo because it wasn't original anymore.Maybe there's some way of doing it so that it's reversable. The neck angle on many of those is so shallow that even to convert it to a TOM you still have to have a neck reset done to get the proper angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 i wouldn't mind owning that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 The neck angle on many of those is so shallow that even to convert it to a TOM you still have to have a neck reset done to get the proper angle. Yea, but maybe... like I said, there's some other bridge that could be designed to work that would offer up better intonation and be short enough to fit on those posts but offer the right height, and at the same time be reversable back to original. A true tune-o-matic would require drilling into the top for the stud mount and that would really devalue to guitar. I'm basically thinking of a replacement "cylinder" without the smooth rounded top but instead little ridges at the right locations for better intonation. A machinist might be able to fashion something out of nickle that would look correct and make the guitar playable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted February 13, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 How much would it cost to convert a guitar like that into a good player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigconig Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 seems like a screaming deal at $7k to me. If the case, tuners, pots, truss rod cover, knobs, etc. are all original, the parts alone are close to that. Plus looking at wood where the fore-arm wear is it looks like it may have a real nice top (old wood burst conversions are worth quite a bit too.) I personally don't like when guitars this old are chopped up, but I can see how some would be tempted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted February 13, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 seems like a screaming deal at $7k to me. If the case, tuners, pots, truss rod cover, knobs, etc. are all original, the parts alone are close to that. Plus looking at wood where the fore-arm wear is it looks like it may have a real nice top (old wood burst conversions are worth quite a bit too.)I personally don't like when guitars this old are chopped up, but I can see home some would be tempted. Yeah,I mean,the case alone must be worth $2500? Here is the auction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoddy Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 Yea, but maybe... like I said, there's some other bridge that could be designed to work that would offer up better intonation and be short enough to fit on those posts but offer the right height, and at the same time be reversable back to original. A true tune-o-matic would require drilling into the top for the stud mount and that would really devalue to guitar.I'm basically thinking of a replacement "cylinder" without the smooth rounded top but instead little ridges at the right locations for better intonation. A machinist might be able to fashion something out of nickle that would look correct and make the guitar playable. Actually...the original trapeze does have studs the go into the body, but they're small in diameter like a TOM and if you fashioned a bridge to go on them I doubt the could handle the pressure of the string pull without having some kind of stop tailpiece mounted behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 I'm thinking something like this in nickel....as long as it was short enough and didn't require drilling thicker holes in the face of the guitar to accomodate the posts. Would that be so hard to make? Another idea: replace the tailpiece with a Bigsby and just drop an intonatable roller bridge in instead of that wrap around bridge. I bet it would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 No there are no studs the bridge floats on the top held down by the strings kind of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Beatles27 Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 That one looks a bit beat, and and people have already stated, 52s aren't good players so $7000 seems fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 As for a stop/tunable bridge combo youl'd have to cut in to the top to get it so you could play it the neck is set that shallow or reset the neck and do a 54 conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mortatort Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 find a '59 for that price and you've got yourself a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sc4589 Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 The paint's faded, no wonder it's cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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