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Topic: How much would you pay for... |
Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2021 11:43 am |
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| ...a nice, original 1935 cast aluminum Gibson E-150? |
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Joe A. Roberts
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Seoul, South Korea
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Posted 25 Jul 2021 1:07 pm Re: How much would you pay for...
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| Jack Hanson wrote: |
| ...a nice, original 1935 cast aluminum Gibson E-150? |
Well, not $5999.00 plus shipping! |
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Anthony Blair
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Oregon/Florida, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2021 1:35 pm
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I purchased this one for $760.00 on Ebay last year, but had to revive it from flood damage (oxidation cleanup & electronic rework - maybe $30 + my time).
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Glenn Wilde
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California, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2021 3:01 pm
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| My Lapsteel limit is 1k for a single neck, i know there are one's more valuable than that but i don't even consider them. |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2021 3:26 pm
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Lap steel players are often spoiled from decades of picking up fine vintage instruments for a few hundred dollars. Imagine finding an early Tele, Strat, Les Paul, ES-335, or (fill-in-the-blank vintage premium electric Spanish guitar) for six grand. Lotsa folks would be crawling all over each other with cash in hand for that opportunity.
Remedial Econ 101 -- supply & demand. |
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Joe A. Roberts
From:
Seoul, South Korea
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Posted 25 Jul 2021 6:57 pm
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| Jack Hanson wrote: |
Lap steel players are often spoiled from decades of picking up fine vintage instruments for a few hundred dollars. Imagine finding an early Tele, Strat, Les Paul, ES-335, or (fill-in-the-blank vintage premium electric Spanish guitar) for six grand. Lotsa folks would be crawling all over each other with cash in hand for that opportunity.
Remedial Econ 101 -- supply & demand. |
Well hey, it is the starting bid that is 6k. For all we know, the reserve price could be more inline with those fill-in-the-blank vintage prices!  |
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Ryan Lunenfeld
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2021 7:23 am
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prolly like 1000? I've been looking for one for a while, but the prices I've seen them at, no one seems to pay them. There was one for $2500 on ebay for a long time that no one bit at. They seem awesome though  |
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Don Daringer
From:
California, USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2021 12:50 pm
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There are some outrageous asking prices and they mostly don't sell but sit. I look at it this way. The price of well known guitars from the 30's to the 50's is much more than the well known laps steels from the same era. The lap steel models on LP's, CD's and in concert that turn me on are attainable if you've got the will to deal with an older instrument and the $$. There are deals out there, I think I just got one. Now if we could just get the Tweed amp prices to take a breather.
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Pre, wartime and post-war time Rickenbacher B6's, 48' National Dynamic and a Scheerhorn. |
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Marc Bell
From:
Surat Thani, TH
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Posted 30 Jul 2021 2:32 am
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I'd take it for $3000 if it was all orig and in decent nick.
I bought a couple others in the past, an original one with case but an extra hole drilled in it for $2,000 and just a body for $900. No regrets!
As well as being a historically significant instrument from possibly the world's most collectible manufacturer, it is a great feeling and sounding steel. Plus it's one super heavy little guitar - a lot of lbs for your $ |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2021 4:37 am Re: How much would you pay for...
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| Joe A. Roberts wrote: |
| Well, not $5999.00 plus shipping! |
I wouldn't either, but it appears that someone did. |
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Michael Greer
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted 18 Aug 2021 3:42 am
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Hey Jack
I have only seen a couple for sale in the last 10 years.
I am particularly fond of cast lap steels and would like to have a Gibson cast lap some day.
Only problem is the 2 or 3 I have seen available were in the 3k to 5k range......way more $$ than this farmboy can spend on a lap steel.
As you know from "the book" there were approx 115 cast guitars made in 1935 to 1937 .
We can only wonder how many have survived and are sitting in someone's closet or basement.
The hunt continues my friend. |
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Allan Revich
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Victoria, BC
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Posted 21 Aug 2021 11:07 pm
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Fortunately for the instrument, and unfortunately for musicians,lap steel seem to be making a bit of a comeback. It’s all about supply and demand. Demand for vintage instruments is going up. Supply is shrinking.
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Marc Bell
From:
Surat Thani, TH
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 14 Sep 2021 9:14 am
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I’m glad that it is making someone happy now. It was obviously worth the asking price to whoever bought it.
I find these “way overpriced†threads kind of silly. I figured out a totally ingenious solution to dealing with instrument prices that are much higher than I’m prepared to pay…
I don’t buy the instrument. Brilliant, eh? |
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