Help Me Sell My Guitar... (Please)

Duppy03

I'm not 100% sure I want to move this on, but I'm going to check something out tomorrow so it my well end up on the block. Anyway what I'd love your opinion on is what do to do with some old screw holes left behind from a previously fitted Bigsby B50 to make the guitar more "attractive" for a potential sale.

Should I:

A) Leave it as is, just part of the guitars history (my personal preference).

B ) Plug them with Dowling and colour with a closer match nail varnish as I can find. They'd still be visible of course but would that look better than two holes?

C) Replace the Bigsby B7 back to B5 in original screw holes and stick another "Custom Made" sign over the stop tail stud screw holes.

D) Fit a B5 with Vibramate to cover the stud screw holes and hopefully the old B5 screw holes too. 

E) Just keep it and stop buying guitars

Thanks

Strangefan

Pah just leave them, anyone who's actuslly a player will be more interested in tone and playability, just make sure you mention them if you put it on ebay  

CeeJay

I'm in the leave them alone camp, as a seller and a buyer. It wouldn't put me off buying it.

rlw

It's fucked and unsaleable.  I'll give you £150 to get it off your hands.

Seriously, I might attempt to fill the holes and reduce their impact as described but, really, I'd be tempted to keep that.

axisus

I'd leave them. A potential buyer may be put off by what you do compared to what they might want to do. I wouldn't not buy a guitar because of them.

Winny_Pooh

I think the original B3 (or did you really mean a b50?) and custom logo will be more attractive to buyers. 

Funkfingers

A or E. Do the least work on the guitar. The purchaser can apply his or her preferred remedy.

Personally, I am more offended by the cream plastic P90 covers. 

tony99

Leave them, make out like they're factory finish extra sound holes if you wish, but either way, leave them

BeardyAndy

Leave it. Someone may try and knock you for them but they may equally try and knock you for a dodgy repair, at least this is 'honest' as they say in the antiques trade!

ICBM

You could fit a B7 (that’s a B3) if it will fit or cover the screw holes - I’m not quite sure, they seem a bit too far forward - and put a Custom Made label on it.

The less potential questions there are the better, so you want it to look as stock as possible.

If the B7 won’t cover the holes then sell it as it is, or keep it.

skullfunkerry

Some sort of skull & crossbones sticker that covers them would finish it off nicely, I reckon...

Or just leave them as they are. As others have said, holes wouldn't put me off buying a guitar

mikeyrob73

Just bin it mate, never gonna sell that, its fucked beyond all repair 

just leave the holes and sell as is 

the_jaffa

What guitar is it? It's not a Gibson I recognise.

johnl

Another vote for leave them - I doubt they'd put anyone off honestly. 

Funkfingers

the_jaffa said:

What guitar is it? It's not a Gibson I recognise.

Midtown P90.

Cream plastics appear to be stock. OP appears to have removed the selector switch disc surround.

the_jaffa

Funkfingers said:

the_jaffa said:

What guitar is it? It's not a Gibson I recognise.

Midtown P90.

Cream plastics appear to be stock. OP appears to have removed the selector switch disc surround.

Cool, not one I'd come across before.

mbe

Would look neater with a couple of nickel plated slotted dome head screws rather than two gaping (but admittedly tiny) holes.

Sassafras

E

rossi

Stick an old coat hanger bent as in the 70's car aerial  style  and call it wifi connected.

Bellycaster

Does it have the Certificate?

Duppy03

Bellycaster said:

Does it have the Certificate?

Do you mean from the original purchase? I bought it used and there was nothing like that in the case.