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Topic: 1960's Fender Steel |
Pete Storms
From:
Spokane, Washington
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Posted 5 Nov 2003 1:40 pm |
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Howdy Folks;
Does anybody know what a 1960's Fender D10 is worth? It has 11 pedals, 3 knees, sunburst finish, heavy steel or iron frame around the top.
I came across this in a local pawnshop and they are asking $999.95. What's a fair market price for this?
Thanks;
Pete |
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 5 Nov 2003 1:58 pm
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Pete
You are more than likely looking at a 2000 model, So far as cost,I would guess you are getting a great deal,,If you dont want it,I'll buy it  edited to add,,,,the knee levers are an after thought.Fender did not offer knee levers. Forum member Carl West a former Fender employee has something similar,,Carl,,you listening??[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 05 November 2003 at 02:00 PM.] |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 5 Nov 2003 7:16 pm
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According to The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide, $1,000 is top dollar for one of these. Unless it's really "mint", a more realistic actual value would be $750. I can almost guarantee you the pawn shop has no more than $250 in it! (Normally, they only offer you 20-25% of what an item is actually worth.)
Let your conscience be your guide. It's worth a grand only if your willing to pay it. |
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Paul Graupp
From:
Macon Ga USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2003 7:28 pm
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Donny: Although I never knew his name, I will never forget the pawn shop owner who had just opened the case on a National D-8 for me to see. I was kinda choked up because I knew I would never be able to afford such a masterpiece. I don't know how long I just stared at it and I'm sure there was a small tear in each eye that he noticed.
He asked the other employee: "How much we got in this one ?" I can no longer recall the figure he called back but it was something I could afford and actually had on me. I remember putting it in the back seat of my car and driving away thinking I had just bought the treasure of a lifetime. A heart doesn't forget something like that !!
Regards, Paul |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 5 Nov 2003 8:00 pm
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| Paul..........isn't that sorta like stealing from a blind man?? Is the guilt still with you? (I'm only joking!) |
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2003 6:51 am
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I have to go a long with Donny on this one. I believe it is over priced by several hundred dollars.
It is true most of us, who played during those incredible years in the evolution of the PSG, had a Fender. But the facts still remain; that for most, it simply does not fulfill what we want today.
Yes, Ralph Mooney and others had a signature sound on it. But unlike the non-pedal steel; where Fender is the significant leader in the past and now; such is not the case with their PSG. There are simply things it cannot "come up to snuff" with for most players.
This is the reason a Fender D-8 non-pedal steel can often go for 3 and 4 times or more than a Fender D-10 PSG of that era.
It just does not have "the" sound most want today. And in the end its the sound bubba, it be tha sound. 
carl
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