£20k to splurge, what’s the closest I can get to a ‘59 Burst

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slugelise said:

Terry Morgan? There's one on reverb for £20k.

f*ck me - I did not realise this is now the asking price for such a guitar

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designerseye88 said:

Conversions are a pretty good option. Here's my 52/57 

that looks might fine - One of the finest 'old guitars' I played was a similar conversion a couple of years ago - If they are done well and right they can be very nice - But I've seen few very dodgy examples including one on Gardiner and Houlgate about 2/3 auctions ago that had barely any credible 'heritage' to it

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guitars4you said:

designerseye88 said:

Conversions are a pretty good option. Here's my 52/57 

that looks might fine - One of the finest 'old guitars' I played was a similar conversion a couple of years ago - If they are done well and right they can be very nice - But I've seen few very dodgy examples including one on Gardiner and Houlgate about 2/3 auctions ago that had barely any credible 'heritage' to it

Thanks @guitars4you . I agree, when it comes conversions the person who did the conversion is very important, this one was a Dave Johnson conversion done about 15 years ago now. 

Yeah that one at G&H did not look good at all. Hopefully the person who bought it wasn’t too disappointed. My only issue with conversions is when people start converting Juniors and Specials into bursts. 

Allo

45 k for a 68 and a tm..... I will take 2 of each please.only I will have to wait for my wages to go in.
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