Can you afford 1/4 of a million dollars for this Telecaster?

Bob Martin · Post by **Bob Martin** » 4 Jun 2011 10:27 pm

Obviously this is not my guitar and I know nothing about it! The only reason I'm posting this is because I've never seen a guitar for sale for 250,000.000 dollars. I really wouldn't care if it was Leo's first prototype of the "Broadcaster" with no serial number and Leo's name stamped into the neck of it I don't think any guitar is worth that much

Check it out here on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1950-FENDER ... 2a1124e9e9

Sorry for the long url but I left it as it was so you can see if you wanted to follow the link due to the SN info in it.

Bob

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 5 Jun 2011 7:00 am

I agree. Provenance aside, it's just a guitar, but we all know about men and their toys …..

Jack Harper · Post by **Jack Harper** » 5 Jun 2011 7:09 am

i'm with you bob....thats just gone too far. but someone somewhere at sometime probably will. probably a shiek or a chinaman. they have the bux.
but let me tell you this story....
as a guitar player you can appreciate the subject.
i was visiting tommy bishop a couple of years back..
and a picture on his wall caught my eye, there were three guys and the youngest was holding what appeared, to me,to be a fender telecaster.
tommy ask if i could name those in the picture and it was obvious that the guy in the middle was hank williams and on the left was a young jimmy day, so i sez', that must be tommy bishop with the flat-top
and the telecaster,but,i'm confused though, 'cause the time frame is too early for the guitar.
tommy said, that is a pre-broadcaster, that leo fender brought to shreveport in the trunk of his car and sold it to red sovine for me to play.
i had joined his band at 18 when i finished
hi-school and we worked with hank during the week and on special bookings and that picture was taken on the last job that hank ever did. the skyline club in texas.
tommy kept the guitar under his bed for many years...
i can't go into "the rest of the story"
tommy is truely the last of the legend..........
country......

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 5 Jun 2011 7:18 am

They turned down my offer.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 5 Jun 2011 7:22 am

Jack, I would love to see that picture.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 5 Jun 2011 7:35 am

I guess E.C. and Paul McCartney could afford to buy it, but they're no Tele players.
Maybe someone like David Gilmour or John Paul Jones will get it.
Me I would take a Triumph motorcycle as a consolation price. $:\$

Olli Haavisto · Post by **Olli Haavisto** » 5 Jun 2011 8:59 am

There are stamps worth a lot more than that and they`re not even valid anymore.
Somehow "we accept Paypal" sounds funny in this context, btw

Dave Hopping · Post by **Dave Hopping** » 5 Jun 2011 10:00 am

Nobody can know what will be considered incredibly valuable in the future,so I'm holding on to my mint-condition '00 Line 6 AX2-212,'06 Indonesian Squier'51,and my Squier Bullet/Affinity hybrid Strat.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 5 Jun 2011 11:54 am

is that the original 3 piece bridge? i thought it should be the threaded kind. just want to make sure before i plop down 250 big ones.

hey bob...would ya buy it for me, ol' buddy?
our friendship is worth that.....right?

Wally Taylor · Post by **Wally Taylor** » 5 Jun 2011 11:55 am

I thought the Broadcaster only had one pick up? Someone educate me please.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 5 Jun 2011 12:26 pm

wally, the 'esquire' had a single pickup.....don't know if there was ever a single pickup broadcaster.

Olli Haavisto · Post by **Olli Haavisto** » 5 Jun 2011 12:29 pm

Chris go ahead, add to basket ! The threaded saddles were introduced much later.

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 5 Jun 2011 12:30 pm

Barry Blackwood wrote:Provenance aside

It's 'provenance' would pertain to it's owner/s or exceptional history (beyond just being an old Tele), wouldn't it?

Maybe the transitional aspect, a Broadcaster w/2 PUs, would be a factor in it's pricing.

If it's a superb sounding/playing example, I can see dumping that wad on it if $ is no matter, but still...

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 5 Jun 2011 1:16 pm

It's 'provenance' would pertain to it's owner/s or exceptional history (beyond just being an old Tele), wouldn't it?

Yes, it would. I stated "provenance aside," because to me it wouldn't matter what it's provenance was - it's simply not worth it. Only my opinion, of course.

Marc Jenkins · Post by **Marc Jenkins** » 5 Jun 2011 3:40 pm

Jack Harper wrote:probably a shiek or a chinaman

Nice one.

Bob Martin · Post by **Bob Martin** » 5 Jun 2011 4:18 pm

Jack Harper wrote:i'm with you bob....thats just gone too far. but someone somewhere at sometime probably will. probably a shiek or a chinaman. they have the bux.
but let me tell you this story....
as a guitar player you can appreciate the subject.
i was visiting tommy bishop a couple of years back..
and a picture on his wall caught my eye, there were three guys and the youngest was holding what appeared, to me,to be a fender telecaster.
tommy ask if i could name those in the picture and it was obvious that the guy in the middle was hank williams and on the left was a young jimmy day, so i sez', that must be tommy bishop with the flat-top
and the telecaster,but,i'm confused though, 'cause the time frame is too early for the guitar.
tommy said, that is a pre-broadcaster, that leo fender brought to shreveport in the trunk of his car and sold it to red sovine for me to play.
i had joined his band at 18 when i finished
hi-school and we worked with hank during the week and on special bookings and that picture was taken on the last job that hank ever did. the skyline club in texas.
tommy kept the guitar under his bed for many years...
i can't go into "the rest of the story"
tommy is truely the last of the legend..........
country......

Hey Jack, if the reason for the rest of the story going untold is due to this being a family forum and maybe it's a little to adult feel free to email it to me

But of course if it's because of privacy and to protect the innocent I understand

either way I enjoyed the story and would love to see the picture too.

Now Chris, if you really want that guitar just close your eyes and click your heels together 3 times and I will make it magically appear in your brain or what ever is left of it from the 70's and 80's LOL!!!

Bob

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 5 Jun 2011 4:26 pm

Bob Martin wrote:your brain or what ever is left of it from the 70's and 80's.

If you remember the 80s you probably need some 60s hard drugs and partying to not.

Wally Taylor · Post by **Wally Taylor** » 5 Jun 2011 6:35 pm

Thanks Chris.

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 6 Jun 2011 12:25 pm

I was going to call 'em with an offer, but they don't have a toll-free number.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 6 Jun 2011 12:44 pm

Item Condition: Used

That's a lot of money for a used guitar.

It's a moot point for me. I'm just not in the market for one at this time.

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 8 Jun 2011 9:13 pm

A guy here in town had one of those,I played it years ago [maybe 25 yrs] But it was beat up and the action was terrible.Needed some pro setup. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 9 Jun 2011 3:56 am

Or you can have one of these for $100,000.

heck you can have them both for $100,000,
heck $5000 ! even $4000 ! The one on the left is for sale and is a mint 1988 . the one on the right is my "working" 89...

And they both play friggin great...

I will take a quarter million though..I'll throw in a car and a house !

Jerry Hayes R.I.P. · Post by **Jerry Hayes R.I.P.** » 9 Jun 2011 7:43 am

At least I do have a case like the one which that guitar is in. What do you do with a $250,000 guitar, just set it in a glass case and look at it? I'd be afraid to take it out of the bank vault. But whatever, I wouldn't trade my old '83 top loader for any other Fender out there.....JH in Va.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 9 Jun 2011 9:08 am

jerry..i think it would be cool for you to buy it and then customize it like your other guitars!

big bob..ok..i clicked my heels together and nothing happened. i think my 'magical appearance' circuit is burned out. i'll have to go see doug m. to see what we can do about that!

Jeremy Threlfall · Post by **Jeremy Threlfall** » 9 Jun 2011 7:25 pm

imagine the ebay seller and paypal fees on that one!