Don't you just love Car Boot Sales?

DrJazzTap

I have heard about a guy who bought a 72 custom deluxe Telecaster for.....£15. Typical story you always hear though. It was found in an attic, elderly seller who didn't know what it was. They just wanted it gone.

markj

A friend of mine bought a vintage Vox ac30 for less than £50 on a boot sale.

streethawk

DrJazzTap said:

I have heard about a guy who bought a 72 custom deluxe Telecaster for.....£15. Typical story you always hear though. It was found in an attic, elderly seller who didn't know what it was. They just wanted it gone.

Kind of thing my sister would do.

She ordered a skip once, I had to go and fish half of it out. Some of the 'junk' was BNIB. 

impmann

To answer the original question of the thread... no not really. The ones around here are mainly populated by pikeys and the lowest form of white trash, selling hooky or fake stuff for inflated prices, as the all pervading stench of horse burgers fills the air, and the lowest form of humanity scream at their revolting offspring whilst stomping about in those sweatshirts with airbrushed Wolves on the back, buying shit they truly don't need.

I used to enjoy them years ago but round here at least they are hell on a pasting table.

meltedbuzzbox

impmann said:

To answer the original question of the thread... no not really. The ones around here are mainly populated by pikeys and the lowest form of white trash, selling hooky or fake stuff for inflated prices, as the all pervading stench of horse burgers fills the air, and the lowest form of humanity scream at their revolting offspring whilst stomping about in those sweatshirts with airbrushed Wolves on the back, buying shit they truly don't need.

I used to enjoy them years ago but round here at least they are hell on a pasting table.

You need to go to the one in Crick

It is much as you describe the others but you have to pay £3 or £5 to get in and they have security patroling the boundaries to stop people jumping in. 

Bogwhoppit

meltedbuzzbox said:

You need to go to the one in Crick

It is much as you describe the others but you have to pay £3 or £5 to get in and they have security patroling the boundaries to stop people jumping in. 

Sounds like Harrods 

HarrySeven

I won't pretend that the "clientele" (or general experience) is any different near me...but I've always been fascinated by the utterly random tat that turns up from week-to-week...and over the years I've bought some amazing stuff (although, as mentioned above, uber-funky stuff is now much harder to come across).

littlethoughts

The last time I even tried a car boot sale all that was going was old VHS tapes, golf balls and knock-off sportswear. And of course, in the age of the internet anyone can google the name on the box and get a price. The only things that are that cheap are either stolen or, one assumes, have something sneaky wrong with them.

57Deluxe

I have 25 golf balls for 50p a pop if anyone interested - Buyer collects...

John_A

Once found a Japanese Boss DS-1 at a boot sale, which I got for a fiver, the guy I bought it off said it was his sons, and I should have got there 30 minutes ago as there were another 10 pedals which he'd sold for £25 for the lot!

MazzaG

I went through a phase of hitting the same car boot 6 weeks in a row purely in the hope of finding some gear, the only guitar related item I ever saw were a couple of budget classical guitars.

When will it be my turn for bargains?

boogieman

I used to go to boot fairs a lot when my kids were little to get toys and games for them. Found a few music bargains over the years: a Boss CS2 for £2 and a Coloursound Wah/fuzz for a quid.

tbm

Fully functioning Watkins Dominator 50 watt head, £20.
A mate got a 60s Hagstrom Viking in need of a bit of work, but basically fine, for €25.

HarrySeven

Yesterday's haul:

 

 

 

DrBob

Am strangely drawn to the black offset thingy !

dchwhite

@HarrySeven my hat is off again - excellent work

Like @DrBob, I think the little black offset looks cool - what is it, please?

RaymondLin

I want to hit the car boots sales now

Neil

Nice haul @Harryseven.

All I saw yesterday was an old copy of a Precision bass that had been left in a damp place with a bent neck and the fretboard coming away.

Do you do up your finds?

jonnyburgo

Back in the day pre internet I got a 76 fender musicmaster bass for £50, passed up the offer of a hofner 60s violin bass for £80, got a carlsbro valve head (cant remember the model) for £10, Original 60s tonebender mkii for £15!!!!! And passed on the offer of a 60s AC30 combo for £150 as I didnt have the cash. It all Encores and Elevations nowadays

HarrySeven

dchwhite said:

@HarrySeven my hat is off again - excellent work

Like @DrBob, I think the little black offset looks cool - what is it, please?

No logo, but I'm guessing maybe a Squier Cyclone?