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Topic: Fender 400...Price? |
Brian LeBlanc
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Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2007 11:25 am |
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Whats going price for these?
looking @ 1 posted on Craigs in Seattle
- "Blonde"
- complete
- minor dings
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2007 12:01 pm
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Seems like a 4-pedal long-scale usually goes for $600-700 in nice shape. More pedals doesn't kick the price up much, oddly.
You check sales history on eBay to get a better idea of exact selling prices.
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1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Brian LeBlanc
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Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2007 12:53 pm How do you check history?
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How do you check history?
duh...on ebay?
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Greg Simmons
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where the buffalo (used to) roam AND the Mojave
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 10 Apr 2007 5:04 pm
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Real good examples will bring a premium price. The one Greg has linked to isn't 100% original, but it's in pretty nice shape, and it's all there. The buyer did overpay a little, but then...that just shows how bad he wanted it.  Lately, the 400's are getting higher than "book" prices, and the 1000's seem to be going for slightly less. That's probably due to the weight and bulk of the thing, and also the fact that the D8 is intimidating to beginning players, who probably are mostly rockers who are following the Sneaky Pete path.
Should the right one come along, I might even buy another one myself!  |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2007 8:55 pm
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The one Greg posted was early AND unusual, so it brought a premium price.
The long-scale models are the most plentiful and the most popular...but the short-scale ones can be set up to play much more like a modern steel. They have a different sound - almost a Jaguar-type tone, much chunkier than the early ones - but it's a great sound and very versatile in non-traditional settings.
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Herb Steiner
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Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 11 Apr 2007 4:55 am
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A good example of the different sounds produced by the long-scale Fenders (pre-1964 w/soapbars) and the short-scale Fenders (black pedals, Jaguar pickups) can be found on Buck Owens' album "My Heart Skips A Beat/Together Again."
On "Together Again," Brumley plays his solo on an older 1000, while his solo on "Close Up The Honky Tonks" is on a newer 1000. Much more cutting and brittle a tone. Not a negative value judgment, as I like the sound on "Close Up," but it is a drastically different sound.
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