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Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: mikeluke on April 14, 2008, 09:09:19 PM: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230240982557&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=013

Looking to shift this on Evil Bay and not getting any bids - would appreciate any views of what you folks think that it is worth - must be more than the £1.57 that I offered Twinfan for his Signature Les Paul!!

Thanks

Mike
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: Jonny on April 14, 2008, 10:08:29 PM: I don't like bolt-ons. Nor do I think it would be a good idea to go for a Taiwanese made guitar.

Don't like the guitar either.

Somehow my reply seems rather useless. :roll:
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: Simon D on April 14, 2008, 10:09:51 PM: I'm surprised you haven't had any bids on that Mike, you've started it off very reasonably. I think the buy it now price of £245 to £250 is probably about right for the value. Never know, you might get a flurry of last-minute bids.

Sorry - can't let the above comment go - what's wrong with Taiwanese built guitars?
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: Ian Price on April 14, 2008, 10:11:16 PM: Hi Mike - I must admit that I don't really like it that much but am surprised that you don't have bids on it just yet.

Whereabouts in Basingstoke are you BTW?
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: Jonny on April 14, 2008, 10:13:42 PM: Quote from: Simon D
I'm surprised you haven't had any bids on that Mike, you've started it off very reasonably. I think the buy it now price of £245 to £250 is probably about right for the value. Never know, you might get a flurry of last-minute bids.

Sorry - can't let the above comment go - what's wrong with Taiwanese built guitars?

I don't really know. I guess I'm just operated by US / China / Japan or nothing.
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: Simon D on April 14, 2008, 10:23:39 PM: Some Taiwanese-made guitars are extremely good quality. My original Pacifica 112, which I bought in 1995, got played every day by me for 4 years, then got sold to a friend and sat in a damp cupboard until 2 years ago, when it was sold to another friend. It's now his main guitar and has given precisely no trouble - no warping, no finish problems, no electric problems, no loose frets (although it's now in need of a bit of a refret) - It's a seriously well-made guitar. Same goes for my current Pacifica 812 - those guys really know how to put a guitar together.
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: Philly Q on April 14, 2008, 10:26:04 PM: It's not unusual to have no bids with nearly 2 days to go, I wouldn't worry Mike. Guitar buyers seem quite canny, they don't usually go in with pointless early bids. Are there many people watching it?

But anyway I see you've got lots of feedback, you must be an eBay veteran?
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: Philly Q on April 14, 2008, 10:33:21 PM: Quote from: Simon D
those guys really know how to put a guitar together.

+1

Yamaha have been building guitars in Taiwan for a very long time. I had a Billy Sheehan Attitude Limited bass - not a cheap instrument at all - and it was extremely well made.

But I just found this! Apparently the Taiwan facility is now being closed and production shifted to China and Indonesia:

http://www.global.yamaha.com/news/2006/20060920.html
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: mikeluke on April 15, 2008, 10:12:42 AM: Ian Price - just north of the town - near the hospital.

Re Yamaha and Taiwan - I had a RGX Custom which was built there and it was really well made - top quality guitar - just didn't sit right for me to play it, but you could not fault the quality.
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: Ian Price on April 19, 2008, 08:28:45 AM: Quote from: mikeluke
Ian Price - just north of the town - near the hospital.

That's quite near me - I'm about a five minute drive from the hospital.
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: mikeluke on April 20, 2008, 06:39:45 PM: Small place!! What sort of stuff do you play?
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: Ian Price on April 21, 2008, 12:58:01 PM: Quote from: mikeluke
Small place!! What sort of stuff do you play?

I've got quite a wide range of taste when it comes to music - at the moment I'm pretty much playing some classic rock!
Title: What do you folks think this is worth?
Post by: mikeluke on April 21, 2008, 02:10:01 PM: Sounds familiar! This is us

www.thesockmonkeys.co.uk

We gig around Hants, Surrey etc