The Geoff Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 What do you think of this? Geoff "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caprae Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Wow, I'm sure that's a deal at half that price. Raise your children and spoil your grandchildren. Spoil your children and raise your grandchildren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Ridiculous! Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Hay Geoff! I just saw your post back about three pages ago! saying you JUST became a grandpaw!!CONGRATULATIONS young fella and sorry I missed the original post http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geoff Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 Originally posted by ellwood: Hay Geoff! I just saw your post back about three pages ago! saying you JUST became a grandpaw!!CONGRATULATIONS young fella and sorry I missed the original post Thanks, Lee - well, you can't always see everything, can you? How's about $5000 for a Fender neck, then? Geoff "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Ferrington III. Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 At first I thought it was some sort of eBay glitch: Latin countries use the comma rather than the point as a decimal separator and that can confuse eBay. I've sometimes bid "29,01" on some Brit or American item only to have eBay ask me to confirm my bid for "2,901.00" At first I thought the same thing might happen with German bids. But hell, no... he wants 99 pounds for shipment as well. And, hey. Congratulations on becoming a grandfather! First you go platinum, then you're a grandfather... where will it all end! Band MySpace My snazzy t-shirt empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoes Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Well it's actually overpriced by about $2000 to $3000 USD to buy it at the roughly $7000 it's listed for. If assembled for sale as a 1964 Strat you'd need to buy the pickguard loaded with dated material to pull it off and find "any old body" that could be "vintaged" to resemble a 1964 blonde or sonic blue. Then you could comfortably join the thousands of common everyday rip-off dealers who sell used Fenders! Fenders are bolt-ons and Fender only placed serial numbers on one (1) part of the guitar. [neck, body or stupid neck plate thing] There are markings on pots, pickups, caps sometimes stuff written on pickguards. Want to build a vintage Fender out of parts and make a few thousand $$$$ ??? Just buy the parts with the serial numbers and fake the rest! It happens every day. I'd say most vintage Fenders out there now are justifiably open to heavy scrutiny as a result of this con game. If you watch... you'll see these floating through ebay all the time. I still think guitars are like shoes, but louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 as far as that goes, i could care less if the neck was pried from Leo's hands as soon as he personally made it and sealed in a time capsule. i like strats but c'mon. what is the point? nice price on the sellers pickguards! but guess what i bet he sells the stuff to some lawyer or doctor collector. ths whole vintage= high price thing is stupid in my opinion. if the guitar was mint and a real player with great tone than i could see a higher than normal price. and who are the idiots stripping guitars and selling the parts separate? refretted and the tuner holes were enlarged? great it is mint !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Dig those $2k-plus "vintage" pickguards at the bottom of that 'page... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Ferrington III. Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Originally posted by CaevanO'Shite: Dig those $2k-plus "vintage" pickguards at the bottom of that 'page... Yeah... I was pretty amazed at that too. That helped me understand that the price might not be a typo! He's got thousands of feedback points though, apparently from pretty mundane things (pan pots and so on) sold at pretty mundane prices. Maybe you can assemble a Pacifica with the parts and pee all over yourself while playing it! Band MySpace My snazzy t-shirt empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 !!!!! LMAO... forgot about the yamaha pissifica! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caprae Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 My leg is turning yellow just thinking about it. Raise your children and spoil your grandchildren. Spoil your children and raise your grandchildren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geoff Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 The following was posted over on ther Lowdown by RPMNYC: Re: music-outlet-shop on ebay. I was suspicious after the guy (who is listed as Frank Schauer, Oranjehofstr.29 50769 Cologne, Germany, e-mail: music-outlet@gmx.de Tel.: +49 221/2788734) did not return any phone calls or emails. I spoke to some friends in Cologne who own music stores, and they tell me it's the same guy that used to have a store called "Mega Music", which changed names every year or so. This guy has the reputation of being seriously dodgy, to the point of possible criminal activities. He was known some years ago for shipping containerloads of guitars from the US in various states and piecing together not-quite-correct items at way too high of prices. Also, the neighborhood in which this address is located is a great place to get mugged and NOT a part of town in which any reputable business would operate. Buyer beware...he often has upwards of a THOUSAND guitars on ebay at any given time, and should you ever have an issue the chance of your even communicating with him to resolve it are nil. I also had a bad Ebay experience with this guy - he sent me abusive emails - but I got my goods. His stuff is regularly 'way over the top pricewise. I'll *NEVER* deal with him again, and IMHO, neither should you. Geoff "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoes Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Yes indeed! I have taken this individual to task on several occasions. They had a honeyburst 1958 LP / mutilation at one time and I asked questions that yielded no replies. There were quite a few bastardizations that came through this idiot and he / they never seemed to think that it mattered in the least. Passing crap and corruption as fine instruments and writing them up as vaguely as possible. I haven't seen anything from him for some time now but recall the checkerboard tiled floor in the background of the pictures. I still think guitars are like shoes, but louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Originally posted by Guitarzan: !!!!! LMAO... forgot about the yamaha pissifica! Ahh, yes - the "Bladdercaster"! Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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