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Post subject: Re: Norman's Rare Guitars
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:16 am
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Thanks for posting. Another place on my list to go on vacation, now if I can only convince the misses, I think she could find something to to for a day without me :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post subject: Re: Norman's Rare Guitars
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:38 am
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Very cool, Bill. Thanks! :D


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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:27 am
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I should mention that I also visited McCabes Guitar Shop in Santa Monica.

http://www.mccabes.com/

No photos as my phone was full.

Very different place from Norman's. MaCabes had mostly acoustic instruments including banjos, autoharps, dulcimers, and a couple of sitars. They seemed to deal primarily with the folk music crowd. They also had some very nice vintage instruments.

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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:19 am
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Way to go bill I bet it was hard not to leave with one of those guitars. There's no way I would have left without one of those Les Paul's. And that why I shouldn't be allowed in places like that according to my wife.


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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:40 am
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Way to go bill I bet it was hard not to leave with one of those guitars. There's no way I would have left without one of those Les Paul's. And that why I shouldn't be allowed in places like that according to my wife.


Believe me, it was very difficult. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:36 am
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Ya gotta mix a little pleasure with the business! Sounds like a great facility...thanks Bluesky!

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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 5:48 pm
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Do you happen to know if he owns all that inventory or if many of the guitars are there on consignment?

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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 5:56 pm
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Sounds like you were able to squeezed a couple of days of fun into your trip. Glad it wasn't all work and no play.
Maybe next time you'll get to take a little trip 55 miles east of El Segundo to a little factory that I heard make pretty descent guitars, lol. :wink:

Thanks for sharing your story,
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:05 pm
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Maybe next time you'll get to take a little trip 55 miles east of El Segundo to a little factory that I heard make pretty descent guitars, lol. :wink:


I think I've heard of those guys too. Finler? Fentor? Something like that anyway.

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Post subject: Re: Norman's Rare Guitars
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:32 pm
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Do you happen to know if he owns all that inventory or if many of the guitars are there on consignment?


I think he owns most if not all of them. In the book I bought, which was published in 1999, Norm said he owns over 900 guitars. At McCabe's I saw a few with consignment on the tags, but I don't remember seeing any at Norms. Two people came in while I was at Norm's, one looking to sell a couple of guitars and the other looking to trade his for something else. I didn't see what they were but Norm bought the one's from the first guy. The second guy didn't find what he was looking for ( :shock: ) so no deal was made.

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socal323 wrote:
Sounds like you were able to squeezed a couple of days of fun into your trip. Glad it wasn't all work and no play.
Maybe next time you'll get to take a little trip 55 miles east of El Segundo to a little factory that I heard make pretty descent guitars, lol. :wink:

Thanks for sharing your story,
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Next trip. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Norman's Rare Guitars
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:35 pm
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socal323 wrote:
Maybe next time you'll get to take a little trip 55 miles east of El Segundo to a little factory that I heard make pretty descent guitars, lol. :wink:


I think I've heard of those guys too. Finler? Fentor? Something like that anyway.

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You must be thinking of Fedner Guitars, founded by Leon Fedner in 1949. ABC bought them in 1963 for $200 and sold them in 1990 for $50. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Norman's Rare Guitars
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:41 pm
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Ah yes......Fedner!

They make the Strategizer guitar.

Like Eric Clapner plays.

Someday I hope to own one.

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Post subject: Re: Norman's Rare Guitars
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:59 pm
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Ah yes......Fedner!

They make the Strategizer guitar.

Like Eric Clapner plays.

Someday I hope to own one.

:mrgreen:

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I really want a Chibson like Joe Bonanarama plays. Neither Norm's nor McCabe's had any. They could order one though if I was willing to wait for a slow boat from China. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:56 pm
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Avast......a high-speed sampan could easily make that voyage in only three or four months. I'm sure you'd have it in time for Quanz'aa.

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