- C

Funny you should say that. A mate of mine is selling his 62 es335 that hes been the sole owner. Nice guitar for not too much money, atleast nowhere near what its worth at the moment. £21k. He does have a roving eye though and may gladly trade your missus a couple of camels and a bunch of bananas for it.

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your right! thats not a bad price at all. I came across a guy yesterday on craigslist that is selling a mid 50's es 135 (which is why I brought that up) where as it is so far beyond my price range I cant even laugh about it, he did offer to ler me play it for a lil while. I'm meeting up with him at 4 pm this afternoon. The guy has tons of stuff for sale and mentioned a mid 70's strat. will post pics later.

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Just to update... I went and played the 1954 ES 135 this afternoon. I'm disappointed to say the guitar was a total wreck. the neck had been broken where it joins the body and was poorly repaired. there was an extra hole in the top and a crack in the top as well. As if all of that wasnt bad enough, it sounded HORRIBLE! I have a pic of it and another guitar on my cell phone, but have no idea how to get them to my puter.

Ok I figured out how to get the pics uploaded. The ES is on the left, but the real point of interest is the guitar on the right.

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Bump for the frakenstein freak of a guitar

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Harp shaped, there have been several made by different people. I remember one being quite recent although i cant remember much about it except it was expensive.
Shame about the 135 eh?

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Did someone mention "freak guitars"? Try this one:



Luthier Andy Manson with his mermaid guitar. More info here:

http://www.andymanson.co.uk/photos-group-95.html

Seems it's for sale! It could be yours...

Cheers - C

Shame? more like a crime! that poor poor guitar was in such terrible shape. Its hollow shell of its former self onto the other guitar. I've seen harp style head stocks a few times before, but never on a double necked 16 string. Did you notice the last 2 strings hang out over the edge of the neck?

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Now thats a secksee geetar! i would likely spend more time caressing the chest of this piece rather than the neck.

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Yes, you can almost adjust the bridge and give her a brazilian wax at the same time.

FYI... The MIM 60th anniversary strat that originally sparked this thread sold for $390

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could well be worth paying that listing a bit of attention over the next couple of weeks. Stay intouch with the seller too. If the buyer doesnt come good, get in like flint.

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I sent him my contact info with my best offer (which was $350 BTW) if the auction winner doenst make good I'm sure I'll be hearing from him. The Am STD DLX that I posted later in the thread is at $580 as of now with 3 days left. I suspect it will exceed the spending limit I had set for myself. No worries tho. I've pretty much decided to go ahead and spruce up my 88 MIJ '69 RI (against all advice otherwise) I dont want a wall hanger. I want to play that puppy till the bridge melts and the neck goes up in flames!

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by all means spruce it up. I advise you spend atleast a month considering what your going to do to it though. projects can run away from you if your not carefull.

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Of course! but thats a whole new thread.

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