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Topic: Buy it Now for $12,000!! |
Dan Sawyer
From:
Studio City, California, USA
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Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
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Posted 6 Jan 2005 11:15 am |
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I'll bet the guy at Gibson who told him it was worth 15K is still laughing. 
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Half-assed bottleneck and lap slide player. Full-assed Builder of resonator instruments.
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2005 11:25 am
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The ad states that "Gibson" estimated the value to be about $15,0000. 
This is the same Gibson company that sells those solid bodied cookie cutter "Les Paul" guitars for $5000, right? (... let's call this one the Les Paul Deluxe or how about "Limited Edition". We can say that it has "special" pickups... that should add another $800 to the price of something that cost us $50 to make). 
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2005 11:33 am
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The seller is just another lying Ebay thief.
If he'd asked Gibson about it, they wouldn't have known what he was talking about.
Maybe after it goes unbid he'll come down a grand. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 6 Jan 2005 11:43 am
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Dobro / Dopyrera was never involved with Gibson.
National yes, and through National, RIckenbacher, but not Gibson. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Jerry Clardy
From:
El Paso, Texas, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Jan 2005 3:44 pm
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| Just curious, didn't Gibson buy the Dobro name, etc? I know they are now the manufacturers of Dobro. Would they get the records for this guitar when they bought the old company? |
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2005 4:10 pm
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Gibson does own the Dobro name, but I haven't seen any evidence that they have kept (or shown much interest) in the Dobro history. Unlike the early days of National which have been carefully documented by Bob Brozman, Dobro's history, model and serial numbers are harder to track.
The eBay guitar is a "No. 1 Hawaiian Guitar" from between 1936 and 1938. ( If anyone at Gibson told him it's worth $15K, they've been smoking crack -- I would suspect it's worth about 1/10th of that price. |
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Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 8 Jan 2005 4:55 pm
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Wanna bet that someone will actually fall for this? If they can sell genuine collectors rocks from Mars on Ebay, this guitar should be gold mine for the seller. 
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(I am not right all of the time but I sure like to think I am!)
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Bill Blacklock
From:
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 8 Jan 2005 5:58 pm
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| My buddy just sold the same instrument a couple of weeks ago on e-bay for $1100.US, he's sure going to be pissed if this guy gets his price. By the way if anyones shopping, Mandolin bro. have the same instrument for $1100. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 8 Jan 2005 6:09 pm
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If you told John D'Angelico in 1957 that his teardrop guitar would someday go for 100k he would have laughed in your face. You never know what someone will pay for an object that has emotional significance for them. I've never found guitar playing/ownership to be an entirely rational pursuit.
http://www.hrw.com/si/social/si_1914/si_electricguitar/lg09.htm [This message was edited by Andy Volk on 08 January 2005 at 06:10 PM.] |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 8 Jan 2005 7:46 pm
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Dobro & National both came out with these aluminum/or zinc guitars. I think they called these steels "The Horse Shoe Crab." At 2 grand per string, I got this guy beat.
 [This message was edited by HowardR on 08 January 2005 at 07:51 PM.] |
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2005 9:16 pm
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| The guy emailed me today, after I informed him that Gibson had nothing to do with this guitar. He stated that his friend gave him bad info to try to get him to sell it for him. I also told him it was worth $500 or so. With friends like that wasting your time, who needs hemorhoids! |
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Jerry Clardy
From:
El Paso, Texas, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Jan 2005 10:00 pm
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| Wow, Andy. That's a nice link. I'd like to see those guitars in person! |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 9 Jan 2005 1:31 am
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I have a Dobro model, 1935. Totally dead mint condition, I'm the second owner. Literally bought it from a little old lady who only played it in church on Sundays in the 1930's.
It's worth more than $500, though. I had a dealer offer me $700, so I assume he'd ask $1200 for it and take $1000 if someone flashed 10 Benjamins in front of his face.
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Herb's Steel Guitar Pages
Texas Steel Guitar Association
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 9 Jan 2005 5:18 am
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| If you turn it upside down I'd call it "The Monkey Face", Howard. |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 9 Jan 2005 8:05 am
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This one's for you, Magneto.....
Vega's version[This message was edited by HowardR on 09 January 2005 at 08:06 AM.] |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2005 9:53 am
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Just when I thought you couldn't surprise me any more with your collection ...
You pull this out ... too 
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Aiello's House of Gauss
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 9 Jan 2005 9:08 pm
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| I would bet my old early thirties frypan sounds better than all those pictured. So if they don't have "the sound", they must be wall hangers for 12 grand !! I have to say those cast zink guitars sure look cool though. |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 10 Jan 2005 5:18 am
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Those babies are players with excellent tone. The Vega (poor man's fry pan as they were known) is surprisingly good.
In this family, I'm the wall hanger.... |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 10 Jan 2005 6:37 am
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Gee no bids...
who'd a thunk it! |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 10 Jan 2005 6:46 am
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| My first lap steel was a (Boston-made) Vega that looked a lot like the last one Howard posted. It came in a purple-lined case that smelled like a four day old trout and sounded like an old radio playing in another room. I traded it for a mandolin but I'd been infected with the steel bug already, and as we all know, there is no antidote. There are a few steels I really regret selling. That Vega isn't one of 'em! |
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