Les Paul Special single-cut Koa on Maple HxH

[bagman67]

Hey, kids -


Remember that amazing time when Warmoth used to make Les Paul-shaped bodies, before Henry Jooskewigglewicz and his gang of intrepid IP lawyers got all shirty with Warmoth and sent a cease-and-desist?  Well, you can relive those glory days by buying this abso-freakin'-lutely beautiful guitar body.  This is a koa-on-mahogany LP Special (meaning flat-topped, not carved), finished in glorious gloss nitrocellulose lacquer by yours truly.  2 humbuckers, standard LP controls.  There are a couple dings but nothing that can't be repaired.  There is a ding on the face of the body that I could not steam back out in the form of a 3/4-inch-long ding about as wide as a ball-point-pen line running from the left bridge stud  hole toward the other.  It's covered when the bridge is installed, but I was unable to repair it when I somehow managed to bang it during finishing.


There is a subtle amount of flame in the koa top, but it's not outrageously fancy.  You can sort of see it on the right and left sides of the neck pickup. 


I'd like to see $300 for this body, shipped in the USA.  If you want to combine with the neck I have posted, we'll talk.


No sales to non-USA buyers, sorry, gang.  Nigerian princes and egregious lowballers will be cheerfully invited to go have intercourse with themselves.


If requested, I can pull the bridge and stoptail studs, or I can include a black bridge and tailpiece at the buyer's request for an additional $25. 

 

[Verne Bunsen]

I've already got one build awaiting my attention, but I'd be lying if I said this body didn't have me counting my pennies...

 

[bagman67]

Central Scrutinizer:

Come on out son . . .
Between the two of us
We'll find a way to
Work it out

But seriously - if you want to make an offer, I'm open to non-ridiculous ones.

 

[bagman67]

I have an offer on Reverb that, once paid, will allow me to declare this listing SOLD.  I'll keep y'all posted.

 

[Verne Bunsen]

Whew!  :icon_biggrin:

 

[bagman67]

Payment came in.  Time to ship it!

 

[bagman67]

... and just for the record, I am very happy to have been able to use the word "shirty" in a for-sale posting.

 

[AirCap]

Whatever floats your boat.

 

[Cagey]

Payment came in.  Time to ship it!

Good for you! Nice part, reasonably priced, everybody's happy.

Did you know eBay is starting to collude a bit with the sellers on price setting?  I sold a Fender Super Champ a few months ago, and really just wanted it gone RFN so I was going to list it for $150 "buy it now", in the hope that somebody would snatch it immediately. The app comes back and says "Oh, no, Mr. Wagner. Those things are going for $245. We're so sure you'll get that that if you don't, we'll make up the difference." Or, words to that effect. Suggested I raise my price. I understand their cut is a percentage, so naturally they want everything to sell as high as possible, but that just seems... wrong, somehow.

So, I took their advice and raised the price, and as it worked out they were right. Took an extra couple days, but I got what they said I should plus shipping. Everybody ends up better off, except the buy who didn't know he could have bought the thing $95 cheaper. Makes me wonder about other listings.