Caleb Mares

Yes, Daniel, You are right. the Carlos guitar you are describing was made in the very early 70's. it was most likely though made in the late 50's actually or mid 60's because i currently own a Carlos Maple wood Guitar model 2490 and it was made in 1982. It works WONDERFULLY and even with how old it is, it has only needed to be repaired once or twice. These guitars seem to be high quality but since production of them has stopped no one know the actual price these are worth. I bought mine at a pawn shop for $29 and it works wonders. It had the original strings on it and only had one repair done on it when i bought it. I know that this is a very long time after you posted but in case no one had ever replied, you got what you payed for and more. Mine is 38 years old and works as if it was new. The old owner of mine must of really taken care of it because mine was in GREAT shape. Your is most likely 40-50 years old so i dont know much about that one but Carlos guitars definitely are worth $50 if that is what you paid. If anything with how high quality it is, you should be lucky it wasn't more like $500.