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merlin said:

 Any ideas where I can source one? Although I don't think it's really necessary apart from completeness sake, so happy to keep it in a decent protecting case. 

No - Don't buy one!
I was just interested.

nickb_boy

Congratulations, what a great score!!  I saw this one on eBay and wondered if it would show up on this site at some point.

I can't wait to get the final bits of my funds together to go get myself a vintage single cut.

merlin

nickb_boy said:

Congratulations, what a great score!!  I saw this one on eBay and wondered if it would show up on this site at some point.

Yes, that was the one. He is a really nice guy with some cracking vintage guitars. He took an offer from me readily and I simply couldn't resist. 

merlin

Bridgehouse said:

Mine is now a decoration item in the music room:

Much more useful as an ornament than as a guitar case...!

Strat_a_tat_tat

merlin said:

Much more useful as an ornament

Precisely what my wife said about me last night... then she added: 'Of course, I mean the sort of ornament a relative gives you as a Christmas gift - so you just can't throw it away... even though you really want to.'

Lovely looking guitar, by the way.

fretfinder

Beautiful guitar, enjoy!

On another note (d'oh) is my bakelite Boosey & Hawkes clarinet bought new in approx 1965 worth anything?

monoamine

nice one. how does she play?

merlin

fretfinder said:

Beautiful guitar, enjoy!

On another note (d'oh) is my bakelite Boosey & Hawkes clarinet bought new in approx 1965 worth anything?

Boosey & Hawkes bakelite clarinets were made for students (a bit like the Les Paul Juniors). Main difference is that they're not very good quality. However they do hold their pitch well. I reckon £80 tops... Bakelite is an early plastic, basically a phenol resin and probably not the best material for clarinets. 

TTBZ

Have a wow from me, looks amazing.

merlin

monoamine said:
nice one. how does she play?

It's a wonderful player, already great action with no extra setup. Action is perfect and intonation went from slightly sharp as I played further up the neck, to pretty close to perfect. The neck is a lovely handful, just perfect! No dead spots, no choking, just does exactly what it needs to do! 

mburekenge

That is very tasty indeed. Enjoy.

Iamnobody

It doesn't get much better than a vintage sunburst SC junior. Wonderful! HNGD.

mark_jwedge

S**t the bed! That is a stunner! I love sunburst SC juniors and that looks great! Good score

merlin

So here's the thing. It's bloody perfect but I'm not sure I can justify keeping it. There's a big part of me that just wants to keep it and another (possibly bigger part) that would rather a new CS version that I can relax with and gig with and not shit my pants with in a noisy, crowded venue. Sad but true. This is NOT a hidden sales thread, but I'd love to know your feelings. Bear in mind that my main living is not playing guitar, but clarinet. I gig on guitar, and have a tour coming up in March, where I will play on about 8 songs, but mainly clarinets... Gulp. 

Bridgehouse

merlin said:

So here's the thing. It's bloody perfect but I'm not sure I can justify keeping it. There's a big part of me that just wants to keep it and another (possibly bigger part) that would rather a new CS version that I can relax with and gig with and not shit my pants with in a noisy, crowded venue. Sad but true. This is NOT a hidden sales thread, but I'd love to know your feelings. Bear in mind that I my main living is not playing guitar, but clarinet. I gig on guitar, and have a tour coming up in March, where I will play on about 8 songs, but mainly clarinets... Gulp. 

Sell it and you will regret it.

Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but for the rest of your life...

Bridgehouse

merlin said:

So here's the thing. It's bloody perfect but I'm not sure I can justify keeping it. There's a big part of me that just wants to keep it and another (possibly bigger part) that would rather a new CS version that I can relax with and gig with and not shit my pants with in a noisy, crowded venue. Sad but true. This is NOT a hidden sales thread, but I'd love to know your feelings. Bear in mind that I my main living is not playing guitar, but clarinet. I gig on guitar, and have a tour coming up in March, where I will play on about 8 songs, but mainly clarinets... Gulp. 

Oh and if you were touring out of the country then I'd say leave it at home anyway what with Braz Rosewood etc..

merlin

Bridgehouse said:

Oh and if you were touring out of the country then I'd say leave it at home anyway what with Braz Rosewood etc..

The tour is UK only, but I wouldn't take it on that either. I have a 1975 Arbiter DC Junior with a Lindy Fralin that would do for touring. I will probably take my Trussart with TV Jones' and Bigsby as it happens... 

Bridgehouse said:

Sell it and you will regret it.

Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but for the rest of your life...

Yeah, maybe for longer! Harsh but fair! 

Moe_Zambeek

Sell it, move on. Otherwise it's an expensive ornament

ICBM

merlin said:

So here's the thing. It's bloody perfect but I'm not sure I can justify keeping it. There's a big part of me that just wants to keep it and another (possibly bigger part) that would rather a new CS version that I can relax with and gig with and not shit my pants with in a noisy, crowded venue. Sad but true. This is NOT a hidden sales thread, but I'd love to know your feelings. Bear in mind that my main living is not playing guitar, but clarinet. I gig on guitar, and have a tour coming up in March, where I will play on about 8 songs, but mainly clarinets... Gulp. 

Keep it and use it - that's what it was made for. It's not in museum condition anyway.

Given the wear on the end of the headstock and that the head has never been broken, I'd guess it's a naturally strong one. I had a '57 like that - it looked like the head had been used to dig roads with, but it was never broken. On some of them the wood grain follows the curve of the headstock quite well, and the mid-50s ones are also often quite 'flared' behind the nut rather than 'scooped' as some of the later ones are - have a look at the shape from the side and the grain if you can see it. That can make them much stronger than you would expect and less of a worry for gigging.

Classical musicians gig with violins worth tens of times as much as that, anyway.

I wouldn't fly with it though, that is a step too far.

Voxman

Luverly  many congrats.