Boudoir Guitar
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Well thats epic!!
Congrats!!!!!
Congrats!!!!!
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Has a compensated bridge installed but otherwise all original. Original bridge is in the case. Suck it Murphy Lab.
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Alright, I'm home and will give a fuller story. Plan to take lots of detail photos tomorrow in good light.
Drove down to the nearest "city" from me, which is an hour and 45 minutes, to do some x-mas shopping for my wife. As usual, I spent more on myself than on her
. I'm turning 50 in the spring, and my rational was "this is a perfect 5-0 marker gift" so will sit in closet for a few months. Because of the drive, though, it did mean making a decision on it without being able to reeeeeeally do as much research as I'd have liked. That said, this shop is solid and honest so while the guy might not have all his info straight, I know he wasn't purpsosefully being deceptive or making stuff up. And the good thing about these red-headed-step-child vintage instruments is you don't really have to worry about "fakes" or anything.
Missing pick guard. Shop owner says everything else is original and I have no reason to think otherwise except that the white plastic is in better condition than I would expect? @Eagle do these look like OG tuners or replacements? They work well and no signs of the white plastic crumbling or anything.
Finish seems a little faded color-wise. Not much gloss left. Finish checking all over, light swirl scratches everywhere, little buckle rash on the back. Basically, it looks like a 68 year old guitar that has been played a whooooooooole lot.
Structural condition is solid -- no signs of any damage around input jack or any cracks anywhere. Top doesn't appear to have any sink issues. Neck angle is typically shallow, but with the compensated bridge on, it's set up with very reasonable action and barely-not-straight relief strung up with 11s. Honestly, it plays fantastic. Neck shape is WONDERFUL.
Electronics are fine -- no crackles or pops or anything with the pots which turn smoothly.
Sound is awesome. Played it through a Fillmore and both clean and with moderate gain is sounded KILLER. metal-head shop employee noted that it sounds great with fuzz, which I do look forward to trying out.
Paid $3k. I have casually looked around at 125s before and know just enough to know that...as much as I like these old guitars I don't want to buy anything without playing it because I don't have the knowledge or experience to judge photos. This one played great, sounded great, has some room for adjustment left on the bridge, has a truss rod that still turns -- I don't know if I over paid or not, but coming across one of these up here in the hinterlands of northern New England is a rare enough event, and the likelihood of my driving 1.75 hours home to think/research and then drive back 1.75 hours before it was sold were not high, so pulled the trigger.
Really excited about having this thing.
Drove down to the nearest "city" from me, which is an hour and 45 minutes, to do some x-mas shopping for my wife. As usual, I spent more on myself than on her
. I'm turning 50 in the spring, and my rational was "this is a perfect 5-0 marker gift" so will sit in closet for a few months. Because of the drive, though, it did mean making a decision on it without being able to reeeeeeally do as much research as I'd have liked. That said, this shop is solid and honest so while the guy might not have all his info straight, I know he wasn't purpsosefully being deceptive or making stuff up. And the good thing about these red-headed-step-child vintage instruments is you don't really have to worry about "fakes" or anything.Missing pick guard. Shop owner says everything else is original and I have no reason to think otherwise except that the white plastic is in better condition than I would expect? @Eagle do these look like OG tuners or replacements? They work well and no signs of the white plastic crumbling or anything.
Finish seems a little faded color-wise. Not much gloss left. Finish checking all over, light swirl scratches everywhere, little buckle rash on the back. Basically, it looks like a 68 year old guitar that has been played a whooooooooole lot.
Structural condition is solid -- no signs of any damage around input jack or any cracks anywhere. Top doesn't appear to have any sink issues. Neck angle is typically shallow, but with the compensated bridge on, it's set up with very reasonable action and barely-not-straight relief strung up with 11s. Honestly, it plays fantastic. Neck shape is WONDERFUL.
Electronics are fine -- no crackles or pops or anything with the pots which turn smoothly.
Sound is awesome. Played it through a Fillmore and both clean and with moderate gain is sounded KILLER. metal-head shop employee noted that it sounds great with fuzz, which I do look forward to trying out.
Paid $3k. I have casually looked around at 125s before and know just enough to know that...as much as I like these old guitars I don't want to buy anything without playing it because I don't have the knowledge or experience to judge photos. This one played great, sounded great, has some room for adjustment left on the bridge, has a truss rod that still turns -- I don't know if I over paid or not, but coming across one of these up here in the hinterlands of northern New England is a rare enough event, and the likelihood of my driving 1.75 hours home to think/research and then drive back 1.75 hours before it was sold were not high, so pulled the trigger.
Really excited about having this thing.
Boudoir Guitar
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v6946 29 serial number,
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@Eagle -- I don't really care that this thing doesn't have the pick guard; think it looks better without; am not a big pinky-planter so not worried about damage without one. But should I try to pick one up just for future "value"? I ain't planning on selling this thing but nonetheless. If so, how much do these things typically go for?
Eagle
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That is a fair price and I can’t imagine how long you would have to wait for another one.
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Thank you!
James Freeman
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That is a fine piece of history, and not just music history.
Sascha Franck
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Lovely guitar. Would be really cool to have some sounds to listen to.
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Yes, there is something really cool about playing a guitar with grooves worn into the fingerboard from years and years of playing; with such well documented history of production; etc.
I can't wait to plug it into my digital modeler that was made to order in China and shipped over here on a boat to be drop shipped...
James Freeman
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That guitar deserves a pure all tube signal chain, a really nice Fender 50s 'Tweed' Reissue should do.
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Eagle
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Get in touch with Crazy Parts in Germany to see if they have a repro . £50 would get a repro that was pretty much impossible to tell from original.
SillyOctpuss
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I do love crazy parts they have some really great stuff on there. It can be a bit expensive but everything I've bought has been really good quality.
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If I did, it would probably be like a Vicky Verb - or some sort of tweed Princeton clone + outboard verb/trem unit. Dealing with vintage amps just does not appeal to me, and I’m not holding it in my hands, etc., so vibe points are so much lower.No vintage Bassman or Deluxe?
Do it! Spend spend spend!
