SOLD - Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro 1991

Namaqua

RevMatt said:

Indeed, albeit an unofficial one focussing on guitars produced in the 90s:

https://patrickeggleguitars.org/smf/index.php

Thanks for that. I'll have a look!

Namaqua

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Parker

@maltingsaudio - you’re not Doug from Sandco are you?

maltingsaudio

Parker said:

@maltingsaudio - you’re not Doug from Sandco are you?

Guilty as charged

sawyer

I had a 95 Berlin Standard with wrongly numbered paperwork. I've always assumed when I bought it the guy went out the back and just grabbed the first case he came to, with paperwork belonging to another guitar. I remember getting a letter in the post thanking me for my purchase from Patrick Eggle guitars. Thought that was nice:)

Namaqua

Yep. There seems to be a few like that from the hand built era

RevMatt

RevMatt said:

maltingsaudio said:

Going to tag @RevMatt in this

On the question of serial numbers beginning at 500, this is thought to be correct and general evidence supports this, with the exception perhaps of the original run of JS Legends which definitely started at no. 1.

Just a bit of an addition to my previous response,  whilst I've heard the suggestion before that serial numbering began at 500, there are some other factors to consider:

Firstly,  serial number runs were unique to different models, so using this guitar as an example,  being no.  73 doesn't necessarily imply that it was the 73rd Eggle made,  but it may have been the 73rd Berlin Pro. 

Secondly, I have seen some examples with serial numbers lower than 500, e.g. a mate of mine owns a Vienna in the 300s.

I guess what I'm saying is that there are lots of anomolies, so you have to add a small serving of salt to the 'facts'. 

Namaqua

Actually it'll be the 74th Berlin Pro if 500 is number 1 

maltingsaudio

RevMatt said:

RevMatt said:

maltingsaudio said:

Going to tag @RevMatt in this

On the question of serial numbers beginning at 500, this is thought to be correct and general evidence supports this, with the exception perhaps of the original run of JS Legends which definitely started at no. 1.

Just a bit of an addition to my previous response,  whilst I've heard the suggestion before that serial numbering began at 500, there are some other factors to consider:

Firstly,  serial number runs were unique to different models, so using this guitar as an example,  being no.  73 doesn't necessarily imply that it was the 73rd Eggle made,  but it may have been the 73rd Berlin Pro. 

Secondly, I have seen some examples with serial numbers lower than 500, e.g. a mate of mine owns a Vienna in the 300s.

I guess what I'm saying is that there are lots of anomolies, so you have to add a small serving of salt to the 'facts'. 

@RevMatt  I agree with your comment about serial numbers being unique to different models, I would point out  the Vienna was announced quite a bit after the first Berlins were delivered. I don’t suppose you have an example of a Climax serial number do you?

RevMatt

Namaqua said:

Actually it'll be the 74th Berlin Pro if 500 is number 1 

Not sure if this picture will work here as it's taken from the Eggle forum and may only be visible if you're a member there (it's visible to me), but it's a picture of me with Patrick holding the first Berlin which he still owns - when I posted the picture I commented that it was serial no. 1 - but as it was a few years ago, I can't verify actually seeing the serial - just that Pat described it as number 1:

maltingsaudio said:

@RevMatt  I agree with your comment about serial numbers being unique to different models, I would point out  the Vienna was announced quite a bit after the first Berlins were delivered. I don’t suppose you have an example of a Climax serial number do you?

As far as I know, Climaxes didn't have serial numbers - I've checked this against a few that I know of and they back up the theory, but again, there may be anomolies.

Apologies to the OP for hijacking the thread, but at least we're keeping it alive - come on someone, buy the guitar!

rivercider

Very nice, GLWTS! Someone will be extremely happy with this.....

Namaqua

Big price drop. My roving eye has found a new lover

Parker

maltingsaudio said:

Parker said:

@maltingsaudio - you’re not Doug from Sandco are you?

Guilty as charged

@maltingsaudio - you fuelled my Eggle obsession. I was a kid when I came in the store as a fledgling guitarist. My appetite was whetted by the Jaguar adverts in Guitarist Mag. You compounded it by giving me all the literature that I built my desires on until I bought one a few years later in the Factory Direct deals. You also regaled me about trying the Red Special when you (or was it your mate!?) went for the second guitarist role in the Brian May band. 

Gutted you closed shortly afterwards (and before I got in to the full swing of spending GAS tokens. Manson’s of Plymouth and Swag benefitted instead!) Shame. Hope you’re well though!

Voxman

I've been lusting after a PE Berlin Pro for years
And this one looks a beauty...sadly, way above what I have available for another guitar at the moment.   

Namaqua

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JonHosker

Have a bump up...still musing over this.
Jon

Musicwolf

Voxman said:

I've been lusting after a PE Berlin Pro for years
And this one looks a beauty...sadly, way above what I have available for another guitar at the moment.   

I'm afraid this isn't going to be what you want to hear, but...........I have one (1993 model bought new), I will never sell it (even though I don't use it much these days), I lusted after one ever since they first appeared and I wasn't disappointed.

Namaqua

@JonHosker PM’d

Namaqua

Still for sale

Namaqua

Following a PM frenzy it is on hold