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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 18 Sep 2007 8:13 am    
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Just saw this today. I'm not involved.

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/msg/423758887.html
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Stephen Silver


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Asheville, NC
Post  Posted 18 Sep 2007 8:30 am    
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and only $60,000

such a deal

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Earnest Bovine


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Los Angeles CA USA
Post  Posted 18 Sep 2007 8:43 am    
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Is this the same guitar that was previously offered at $100,000?
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Loni Specter


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West Hills, CA, USA
Post  Posted 18 Sep 2007 10:58 am    
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How about we buy it and have a raffle to raise money for BoB. $20. per ticket, let's see we need to sell ? to break even.??? Whoa!
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Ken Pippus


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Langford, BC, Canada
Post  Posted 18 Sep 2007 11:17 am    
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As it happens, I have the identical guitar, and you can have it for substantiallty less than $60K.

KP
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Loni Specter


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West Hills, CA, USA
Post  Posted 18 Sep 2007 1:43 pm    
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I have the same one as well and mine's not screwed up with that grafitti! Laughing
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David Petschulat

 

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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 18 Sep 2007 1:59 pm     Hard to pass up..
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Hard to pass up a $40,000 discount.
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Ben Elder

 

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La Crescenta, California, USA
Post  Posted 18 Sep 2007 7:30 pm    
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Mine (walnut) cost $59,600 less. Bought in Bakersfield ca. 1995. OHSC.

I wonder if Noel's was serial-numbered (T-1 or T-101 or...?). Mine's T-11# (Roman-numeral fretboard; no Fender decal on front; no employee penciled initials/dates; pots replaced so no specific date clues.)

(And what does it mean that the palindrome of Noel is Leon?)
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Paul Warnik

 

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Illinois,USA
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2007 1:09 am    
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If someone was to pay that much for Noel's triple neck Fender Custom then wouldn't that make his '47 Bigsby triple neck worth asking 10 times more than the Fender? And before you laugh at or flame me for that comment consider that a Fender Custom brings about $1200 and a original Bigsby now brings $12,000-and that is the lowest figure paid for a Bigsby in the last half dozen sales of them that I am aware have transpired in the last year or so-Add another zero to the end-If nobody is buying Bud's Bigsby for that same asking price or Joaquin's for $75,000 who would shell out that much for the Fender? Not even when I win the lotto Rolling Eyes
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Bill Quinn

 

Post  Posted 19 Sep 2007 7:14 am    
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I'd like to have one of those Fender amps the boys are using in the band photo. Not to get off topic but anyone know the original cost of these?
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John Billings


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2007 7:52 am    
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Bill, what model are the amps?
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Loni Specter


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West Hills, CA, USA
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2007 8:01 am    
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It's a shame that 1950's steels are so affordable in general.
A friend of mine has a Fender Nocaster/Tele that once belonged to Jimmie,then Stevie Ray Vaugn. I'll have it on display at the Oct.6th LA AMP SHOW, and then it will be on display at the Arlington Vintage show the end of Oct. in Norman Harris's booth. It is for sale at that show. How much do you think that will bring?
Bear in mind that the inflated vintage market has fallen off it's rediculous high of last year because off the general state of the economy. I'm banking on it fetching offers upwards of $800,000. Here's a pic.
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Dave Zielinski

 

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Pennsylvania, USA
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2007 10:02 am    
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60 Large and then you have to fix all those dang tuners!
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Jamie O'Connell


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Medford, Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2007 5:17 pm     Collectors only
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I am fairly sure that it won't be a musician who buys it Smile
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Bill Creller

 

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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2007 7:31 pm    
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It's a museum piece alright. Someone with big bucks may grab it, but if it winds up in a private collection, the public will never get to see and enjoy and remember who Noel was.
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Ron Whitfield

 

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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2007 7:38 pm    
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Noel lived in my old neighborhood of Downey, a suburb of LA, as did Marian Hall, and of course Paul Bigsby. They had good taste!
Downey was 2nd only to Beverly Hills for per capita income. Karen and Richard Carpenter also had a mini mansion there.
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Drew Howard


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Post  Posted 20 Sep 2007 6:55 am    
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"We're gettin' outa Downe-e-ey." - Tom Waits
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Paul Osbty

 

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Seattle, Washington, USA
Post  Posted 20 Sep 2007 8:31 am    
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Quote:
This guitar appeared in many famous movie soundtracks creating unique and wonderful effects such as the ray-gun sound in the movie "War of the Worlds".
I sure would like to know how that was done. I don't recall thinking it was made with any kind of guitar.
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Mike Black

 

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New Mexico, USA
Post  Posted 20 Sep 2007 9:16 am    
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Last edited by Mike Black on 10 Apr 2011 7:22 am; edited 1 time in total
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George Keoki Lake


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Edmonton, AB., Canada
Post  Posted 21 Sep 2007 10:48 am    
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Exactly. Hey, I have a pic showing Noel playing my (brand new at the time) Custom T-8. I'll gladly accept any offer of $59,999.99 for this guitar if anyone will bite. It's still in great condition. Very Happy
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Ron Whitfield

 

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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
Post  Posted 21 Sep 2007 11:52 am    
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Drew, whatever your point was there, I doubt you've ever even drivin thru, let alone know how VERY cool that whole SE area of LA was in the 50/60/70s.

The only way those day's could have been better, would be if living a dbl. life was possible, in order to be there AND in Hawaii after the war, where I've been since '75.

How's MI?
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Jamie O'Connell


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Medford, Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 27 Sep 2007 10:11 am    
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This same instrument is in an eBay auction.

Starting bid is set at $10,000 with a reserve. Big surprise: there are no bids yet Laughing
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George Keoki Lake


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Edmonton, AB., Canada
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2007 12:20 pm    
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While we're on the subject of FENDER, Elva West (TRADEWIND GUITARS) out there in Anaheim is making some mighty impressive "copies" of the old Fender...take a look here: www.tradewindsteelguitars.com (Click "Products")
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