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Topic: Mint, but expensive 50s Ricky Frypan |
James Williamson
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California & Hawaii
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 7:58 pm |
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Frypan turned up at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto…selling at $3800…it really is like it had never been played.
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 10:57 pm
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| Nice! You don't often see a long scale for sale. The 50s version is probably rarer still. I saw another one like it for sale last year for 4K and it probably wasn't as clean. It sold. |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 11:29 pm
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| gryphon has a nasty habit of asking really high prices for stuff! |
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Steven Cummings
From:
Texas
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 3:56 am
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It's a beauty.... 
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2014 11:33 am
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| You almost never see that, and the new steel smell may still be there. I wouldn't say the asking price is out of line for something this exceptional. Of course, the tone is what will be important and may be worth a mil. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 21 Jan 2014 9:22 pm
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I worked on two post-war long scale frypans. Didn't think they were all that rare.
That one is certainly a beauty. The price seems OK to me, being as pristine as that one is.
My favorite would be a pre-war hollow neck long scale, for that Dick MacIntire (sp) sound |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 22 Jan 2014 2:38 am
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| Yeah, Gryphon is not exactly known for 'cut-rate', but instead for really clean and collectible stuff. So it's about condition, condition, condition. That looks about as close to mint as a roughly 60-year-old guitar gets. You tend to pay significantly more for truly near-mint desirable vintage guitars. I see pretty beat examples for around 2 grand or more fairly routinely, not that they're necessarily getting it. But this is a nice piece. Still, if I was paying that kind of money, I'd probably go for a pre-war. |
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Jerome Hawkes
From:
Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2014 3:57 am
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There was a 50s frypan in as mint condition that just sold on eBay about 3-4 weeks ago for $2300. I would say gryphon pulled this figure out of thin air.
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Al Terhune
From:
Newcastle, WA
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Posted 22 Jan 2014 4:57 am
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| Still, if I was paying that kind of money, I'd probably go for a pre-war. |
Yep. If you are wanting a fry pan, this would do you good until a "real" one came along. I don't think you'd be satisfied. Even if you had a long-scale original, how often would you play the 50's one? It's more of a wall hanger...and isn't that a shame for what I'm sure is a great-sounding guitar. It was destined to be the Edsel. What's interesting is that they're only 20 years apart, but they seem world's away. I guess the difference (in terms of years) is the same between a 50's Tele and 70's Tele.
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 22 Jan 2014 7:32 am
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| chris ivey wrote: |
| gryphon has a nasty habit of asking really high prices for stuff! |
I don't think it's necessarily "nasty", Chris. They're a business and as such are pricing their inventory accordingly. I've gotten some good deals from them in the past, and passed on other instruments because I thought they were too expensive for me. They are no different than Elderly Instruments, Mandolin Brothers, or Gruhn Guitars in this regard.
In talking to Paul at Gryphon yesterday, he mentioned this guitar had two potential buyers already, and they hadn't even put it on display. He was wondering how people found out about it - I mentioned this discussion.
Like they say, GFAO (Go Find Another One). 
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Wally Pfeifer
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2014 7:42 am
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 That "plastic looking" backplate makes me nervous and skeptical. No nameplate? Anybody ever hear of Choy?  |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2014 12:22 pm
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| Wally Pfeifer wrote: |
| That "plastic looking" backplate makes me nervous and skeptical. No nameplate? Anybody ever hear of Choy? |
Many factory pans over the decades had the Bakelite back plate, 99.999 + .001% it's legit.
I played a Choy long ago at his shop, straight from his hands, and my ears loved it. I don't get the negs on this guitar, it's a Ric Frypan with a horseshoe PU, not some Nurf product, and should be killer. |
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