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what is a reasonable price
is it all original
any info on case
trem or hard tail
colour
any pics
I have a few pictures, will post them here once I get some more.
Not sure of the weight, but it's a good question to ask him
I'm really just interested to know what there like? Are they good VFM? It's difficult to compare prices given it's in Australia, but it's selling for 2500aud which is about 700aud cheaper than a custom shop I'm also looking at.
Although a '78 Strat is not "vintage", it's just old. These are the very guitars that really got the vintage market properly going, because they were all so poor. You *can* occasionally find a fairly nice one, if you look long and hard… supposedly. I don't think I ever have.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
He's since told me its "quite heavy", so I might skip it anyway.
It's not all original, but I can get it for 3000aud.
https://reverb.com/au/item/2794821-fender-american-stratocaster-1972-sunburst
What are peoples thoughts on this?
They're starting to fetch - or at least be advertised at - quite high prices now, and anything around £1.5K for a mostly-original, decent-condition one is probably starting to look fairly cheap.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I know it's not a collectors guitar, but how much does the tuner replacement impact the value, plus the other Mods.
I had a '77 or '78 once which I acquired cheaply in a very poor state, so I decided to strip the finish off - everything apart from the headstock face - when it was done I thought I would also re-contour the body to more like a 60s one, lined the neck pocket with veneer to make it a good fit, and redid the whole thing in a simple oil finish… well it was the early 90s, this was fashionable! All that took about a pound off the weight too - we didn't weigh guitars back then, but at a guess it went from about 9.5-10lb to around 8.5.
I kept the original pickups, although I replaced the bridge block - the old one had a broken arm stump more or less cold-welded into it, which was too difficult to get out - with a steel one. From memory it had Schaller minis already fitted.
After all this it was a really nice, resonant and full-sounding guitar, and I sold it for a good profit in those days - I think I got £500 for it. Of course in modern terms I had roughly halved its 'value'…
It's the same with amp parts - I recently had someone ask me to keep the knackered resistors I'd taken out. I'd already binned them. I can *just about* understand it with guitar pots and amp electrolytic caps, which have date codes that are sometimes not present anywhere else, so you need to keep them to 'prove the date' (although once they've been removed, they could belong to any other one, so it doesn't really…) but anything else is just worn-out scrap and belongs in the bin.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Would I buy one now for the prices asked for them? I don't think so.