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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

3092.0. "What is this worth??" by AKOCOA::MAY_B () Wed Jun 07 1995 11:06

    Would anyone care to venture what a 1963 Gibson Model J45ADJ selling
    price range should be???   No,,, I am not selling,,, I am looking to
    buy.  This quitar has a cracked bridge and the stock adjustable saddle
    has been removed and replaced with a pickup.  I has numerous dings and
    scratches but basically very structurally sound (except for the bridge).
    No original case.  Any opinions???
    
    Thanks in advance
    
    Bruce May
    DTN 244-6375
    
    
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3092.1J45 priceMILKWY::JACQUESVintage taste, reissue budgetWed Jun 07 1995 19:1217
    
    If this guitar were mint and included the original case, it would
    be worth around $800. The absence of a case, and the cosmetic wear
    will knock at least $200 off this price, bringing it to about $600.
    
    The adjustable bridge saddle on these is the weak link and many
    people end up replacing it with a solid fixed bridge. The bridge
    replacement generally costs about $60 to have done by a luthier.
    
    So, if I were looking for one of these, I would be offering about
    $550 to $600. 
    
    BTW, a friend of mine recently traded one of these into a Boston-
    area music store. It was a nice guitar and I would have bought it
    from him if I had the bucks!
    
    Mark