Guyatone

Al Braun · Post by **Al Braun** » 19 Feb 2000 3:33 pm

I was outbid on a Guyatone today on Ebay. It was a Dbl 8 with 2 pickups on the near neck and 1 on front. Everything was beautiful, chrome, legs, case, finish, etc., but, it was made in Japan in the 60s. I had never heard of one and dropped out around $650. Did I do wrong?
AL

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 19 Feb 2000 5:32 pm

You did well by dropping out. The previous doubleneck Guyatone sold for $295; the current one up there is at $305 as of this writing.

Sounds like someone got a little excited there. I wouldn't pay that much for a Guyatone personally. I hope whoever got it will be happy with it.

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HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 19 Feb 2000 7:46 pm

I'm in agreement here.You did yourself a favor by dropping out of this one.Definately not worth that kind of money.

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Blake Hawkins · Post by **Blake Hawkins** » 21 Feb 2000 10:11 am

Yep, Al, you did well by not getting that one.
The pictures look good...but on close inspection, most Guyatones are not the highest quality workmanship.

Tony Harris · Post by **Tony Harris** » 29 Feb 2000 2:25 am

I had a Guyatone 6-string a while ago - it had two pickups, and I never liked the sound of either of them, or both together!

Tele · Post by **Tele** » 29 Feb 2000 1:30 pm

Well, my first steel was a Guyatone D-8, sort of Stringmaster-clone. It wasn't that bad, actually the only weakness were the pickups. But hey, defintely not worth THAT much money...

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