It's not vintage. Realistic price.....£1600 less 100 for the missing case. + 200 for the sixties case. So £1700. Same guitar if owned by Johnny Marr: £1700.
I got my hands on a vintage Gibson 355 at Richard Henry's studio. I hoped it was Johnny Marr's but it wasn't. Amazing guitar though. RH showed me a load of pictures he'd taken on Johnny Marr's US tour.
I've played one of Johnny's old guitars, a mapleglo Rickenbacker (I think it was a 335 i.e. a 330 with tremolo arm). Given to a well-known music journalist and author, and signed on the back with a marker pen.
As soon as it was listed I was after it and after finding out BIN price I was still after it! I made an offer but unfortunately it went quicker than I could sort. Its a beautiful guitar. Johnny never sells guitars. Seems he's funding something...
Maybe he's selling some gear so he can buy ToneWorld
Let's hope so. Someone like him would be a great owner. Don't know whether you were at the opening, but JM did say that the people there were the best in the business. You never know....
I wasn't at the opening but have been and bought a few bits from there. I was about to have them do a set up on my Les Paul but I'm not going to leave it with them in their current situation.
I wasn't at the opening but have been and bought a few bits from there. I was about to have them do a set up on my Les Paul but I'm not going to leave it with them in their current situation.
The person who did the set-ups has been made redundant, so any work like that would probably be subbed out at the moment. Regrettably, I agree with you. Much as I like the place and the people involved, I wouldn't want to leave any of my guitars there at present.
Ah, the fella with the long hair? He was the reason I was going to take it there as opposed to Steve in PMT. He certainly knew his onions on the mechanical side. I think he said that he used to be an engineer.
Ah, the fella with the long hair? He was the reason I was going to take it there as opposed to Steve in PMT. He certainly knew his onions on the mechanical side. I think he said that he used to be an engineer.
Rick Lowe. A great guy. He used to work at Dr Rock in Bury, Spectre Sound (Bingley?) and for many years at Sounds Great, before going with Gary Sharpe to Tone World.
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Realistic price.....£1600 less 100 for the missing case. + 200 for the sixties case. So £1700.
Same guitar if owned by Johnny Marr: £1700.
It does look lovely though.
Nobody's insinuating Johnny's buying it. Unless Richard knows something I don't!
Nobody's insinuating Johnny's buying it. Unless Richard knows something I don't!
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Oh dear...but not a total surprise to be honest. Shame, they are nice guys.
Still, it's a nice idea, isn't it, even though we just made it up?