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A perfectly reasonable Buy It Now

Somewhere there is a story here about a bottle of Scotch and some Sheep, but I am not sure
but if it cost him 6500 clams to put that together then he took a %$*#(@# somewhere
 
as far as I can tell there is nothing spectacular about that guitar to justify $7000 frickin dollars. No exotic neck or fretboard woods, regular paint job, alder body and a gig bag...really....a gig bag :icon_scratch:

Must be 24k gold pickup covers and tuners, solid gold bridge and saddles and real Pearl tuner buttons......that's what it is, silly me, great deal then!

......am I missing something?
 
Ebay, home of the scammer'
buying site unseen from a place that you cannot go to and see the product, from a guy who writes up anything you can only check on after you receive a product you already have paid for.
 
$6500 to put together? Don't think so, can't get to $1000 even when factoring in shipping...


Warmoth Body                        $285
Warmoth neck/nut                      182
Cheap ass tuners                      25
Suhr V60 pickups                    300
Gold vintage bridge                    52
Pickguard                                  25
Pots                                          15
Gold PU covers                            9
Gold neck plate                          7.35
Gold jackplate/jack                    11
Gold screws                              10
Pots                                          15
5 way/gold tip                              15
Gold strap holders                        3.5
Gold UFO knobs                          15
Heart decal                                    5

Total                                        922.85





 
As much of a terrible deal we know it is, I feel bad for the sucker who thinks it's a steal. Because we all know there is someone out there...
 
jackthehack said:
$6500 to put together? Don't think so, can't get to $1000 even when factoring in shipping...


Warmoth Body                        $285
Warmoth neck/nut                      182
Cheap ass tuners                       25
Suhr V60 pickups                     300
Gold vintage bridge                     52
Pickguard                                  25
Pots                                          15
Gold PU covers                            9
Gold neck plate                           7.35
Gold jackplate/jack                     11
Gold screws                               10
Pots                                           15
5 way/gold tip                              15
Gold strap holders                         3.5
Gold UFO knobs                           15
Heart decal                                    5

Total                                        922.85
Jack, you obviously forgot to add in the $5577.15 gig bag.
Patrick

 
jackthehack said:
$6500 to put together? Don't think so, can't get to $1000 even when factoring in shipping...


Warmoth Body                        $285
Warmoth neck/nut                      182
Cheap ass tuners                       25
Suhr V60 pickups                     300
Gold vintage bridge                     52
Pickguard                                  25
Pots                                          15
Gold PU covers                            9
Gold neck plate                           7.35
Gold jackplate/jack                     11
Gold screws                               10
Pots                                           15
5 way/gold tip                              15
Gold strap holders                         3.5
Gold UFO knobs                           15
Heart decal                                    5

Total                                        922.85


just sent him a message with all that in it...gonna wait to see if he responds...
 
meh, was curious what he had to say. he said this, though

[quote author=guy on eBay]Some of that is not correct. The body was 400, its a nicer piece of wood. Not just a normal all part or warmoth body. Plus the paint job needs to be added in there. The nect is not 182, it was 250 with maple and rosewood. Tuner gold caps where 50, suhr V60 hand wounds are 350. The bridge with tremolo was 150. Pickguard was 40. Pots and jacks are of higher grad than normal, I put these together with alessandro parts, you can go to www.alessandro-products.com if you want to check out those prices. PU covers are 20, neck plate is def not just 7, jack plate is accurate, all that gold hardware came with the parts, so that is not included in the price. It has strap locks not strap holders, which are ernie balls they are 30 dollars. Gold knobs are 45, heart decal price is accurate.

If I was making this guitar out of plain normal products then yes, on some of these you would have been correct. However this is not a run of the mill put together quickly with cheap parts guitar. If you have any other questions by all means please ask. I do not sell or say anything that is not accurate. I stand by all of my guitars that I have put together. If someone gets this for only 1,200 then its a steal. And when you hear this guitar, you will know the care which is in it.

Again if you have any other questions please ask, I respond quickly. Thanks[/quote]
 
hah.
[quote author=ebay guy ]
Did please do not bid on it. This guitar is not up for that. That is the buy it now price. This is made with high end pots, wood, pickups, and an amazing tone. I do not throw people for a loop on here. If you are not interested then please dont bid and leave it be. Thank you
[/quote]
 
so, I sent him this:
[quote author=ebay guy ]
the $1200 isn't too far off what I was thinking of cause a finish had to be factored in for the body and neck, but I was more curious about the $7000 buy it now price. that wasn't a typo?[/quote]


and he replied with this:
[quote author=ebay guy ]
Um it's just because it's a rare looking instrument. And a very important one to me honestly. But if you want to make an offer buddy we can meet in the middle and I can ship it out first thing tomorrow for ya. What were you thinking?[/quote]

"rare looking instrument".....it's a white alder bodied strat with a maple/rosewood neck with gold hardware.....what?.....if I wanted to be a dick, I would shoot him a picture of Vincent...but I'm not gonna.....
 
not worth 7000, he didnt even paint on creame binding by hand
 
Disco Scottie said:
(click here for the link)

I mean, come on, it took him a year to put it together. That's only a little over $19 per day at his BIN price.

Using that philosophy, my Jazzmonster project must be worth at least $10K! :doh:

That eBayer is an idiot. No way that cost him $6500, unless he - wait a minute -  bought a Fender and a Suhr and had them stripped for this project?
 
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