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Andy79Andy79 Frets: 888
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Help please...
Im in the mood to spend up to a grand on a thin body of some sort
Ideally non cutaway with a P90. No Humbuckers

little Sister fits the bill but I prefer old knackered stuff really 

Some kinda Hofner maybe? Club 50 or Thinline Senator, 
Gibson ES-120T is the one but it really is twice what I want to spend..


All suggestions greatly received 
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  • WezVWezV Frets: 17500
    I have almost exactly what you need, but not quite in budget  ;)


    https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/193141/fs-wez-venables-paulette-lp-sized-archtop#latest

    Wez Venables Guitars
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  • Andy79Andy79 Frets: 888
    We may have to talk. Sycamore top.. Sycamore top!
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  • rossirossi Frets: 1741
    edited November 2020
    Gibson Midtown P90 .Its actually a flat topped  thinline like a Fender.Some have Richlite boards but I prefer my rosewood version . woops didnt read no cutaways .Mea Culpa
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  • TeyeplayerTeyeplayer Frets: 3432
    edited November 2020
    Sounds like you are after a B&G little sister crossroads. They are well regarded and occasionally come up secondhand in your price bracket. I honestly think anything old may prove a disappointment. Probably the waiting game ahead. 
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  • Andy79Andy79 Frets: 888
    Teyeplayer said:
    Sounds like you are after a B&G little sister crossroads. They are well regarded and occasionally come up secondhand in your price bracket.
    Does seem to fit the bill. Very hard to find them. 
    North American Guitars have them but there likely not in stock in the U.K. 
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  • BadnotesBadnotes Frets: 48
    Would something like this fit the bill? 

    https://www.gordonsmithguitars.com/shop/stock-guitars/gs-nocut-sn-19080/ ;
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  • Andy79Andy79 Frets: 888
    Badnotes said:
    Would something like this fit the bill? 

    https://www.gordonsmithguitars.com/shop/stock-guitars/gs-nocut-sn-19080/ ;
    That looks v cool. If I’m picking I would choose a neck position. And that’s solid. 
    Really nice guitars though, hadn’t considered them so far 
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  • TeyeplayerTeyeplayer Frets: 3432
    If you haven’t seen these already, there are B&G little sister crossroads in the Black Friday sale at The North American guitar, £988:

    https://thenorthamericanguitar.com/collections/the-vip-black-friday-sale/products/b-g-guitars-little-sister-crossroads-non-cutaway-electric-guitar-tobacco-burst-vip-black-friday
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  • Andy79Andy79 Frets: 888
    Nicely spotted. 
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  • TeyeplayerTeyeplayer Frets: 3432
    Andy79 said:
    Nicely spotted. 
    Always happy to facilitate and exacerbate gas, it’s the monetary equivalent of being a feeder! :)
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  • Andy79Andy79 Frets: 888
    Who knows how much the shipping and taxes are. Probably still works out more than £1500
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  • TeyeplayerTeyeplayer Frets: 3432
    Hadn’t spotted that. Pity. 
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  • Rich31kRich31k Frets: 857
    £1222. I’ve just gone through to checkout to see. 
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  • DB1DB1 Frets: 5035
    edited November 2020
    That's a bit naughty, isn't it? As in slightly misleading. They were selling them at about £1100 recently anyway. 
    Call me Dave.
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  • Andy79Andy79 Frets: 888
    Really? Thought these shipped from the USA? Surely there will be customs duty and VAT and handling charges and and and....
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  • DB1DB1 Frets: 5035
    Just checked and the email has come from their USA site, which is unusual for them. The Crossroads are made in China, the Private Builds are made in Israel, so not sure that they'd be coming from the USA. I bought a couple new from TNAG (no Black Friday or any other offers) for £1095 each, inc VAT and delivery pretty recently.
    Call me Dave.
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  • Andy79Andy79 Frets: 888
    Gotcha. Makes a little more sense. Still miffed the advertised price isn’t really the price 
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  • DB1DB1 Frets: 5035
    Andy79 said:
    Gotcha. Makes a little more sense. Still miffed the advertised price isn’t really the price 
    Yes, that's what I meant really. I agree - you open up an email that says it's 'price A' and you don't expect it to be 'price B'. To be absolutely honest, they're not my favourite, so I'm perhaps biased.
    Call me Dave.
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  • DB1DB1 Frets: 5035
    Andy, you should find a used Little Sister Crossroads for under £1000. I bought and sold four in the last year (long story) plus a Private Build - the PB is better, but the Chinese built Crossroads are not far behind them for a quarter of the new price. The first one that I had, I sold to @Wazmeister and it was absolutely superb. I'd buy that back tomorrow.

    It had a slimmer, rosewood (I think) fretboard than some the newer ones. It was superb. They are about.
    Call me Dave.
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  • Andy79Andy79 Frets: 888
    Wouldn’t mind trying one but I’m not crazy about the look of them. Something about them I just don’t really like and can’t say what. They look kinda delicate in an off-putting way
    They remind me off the Republic Miniolian weirdly 
    Sound pretty decent in the vids I’ve seen (every hollow with P90s sound good to me in vids) so I’ll pursue them slightly 

    I just bought a mustang by accident so this may be on the back burner for a week or two anyway 

    More suggestions welcome seeing as we’re back to the top with this
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