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https://www.soundaffects.com/pre-owned-c101/smitty-guitars-classic-s-electric-guitar-in-fiesta-red-pre-owned-p16251
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/177885/
The Bowes look great, I hadn't heard of him before but they look remarkably similar to the SVL guitars.
Sorry for cluttering your WTB thread, but its a free bump anyway.
this red Smitty looks cool, but the hum in the bridge is really not something I am after in a strat, and also the shop is asking almost the new price for a second-hand guitar that had been sold before for 600 pounds less, WTF???
I agree that few Smitty are for sell which is a good sign IMO.
No problem @PudWud, MB look great and he builds body and necks from blancks, which is not the case of SVL I guess so this is one difference.
BTW thanks a forum member, I found an SVL second-hand that was sold in Paris (my hometown), so I will get that one in a week (i did the downpayment).
But I will keep the thread active because I still want to try to fins a good Smitty or MB if any appears on the market and suits my needs... maybe a mapple neck for this one.
I saw that, and far too expensive....that particular guitar has been doing the rounds for ages and sold for around £1600 at one point...no one has kept it long, really don't know why...it was on ebay a couple of weeks ago at £1800 and then shows up on SAP for £2.5k ?????
I used to own a Sonic Blue SVL that I got direct from Simon in 2016. Was a very nice guitar, but as you say, he isn’t building completely from scratch. I don’t think it affects the quality of the final product in any way, it’s just something to consider in terms of how the money is spent.
I sold it about 2 years ago and as far as I know the guy who bought it from me is still very happy with it.
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/smitty-stratocaster-custom-classic-standard-handbuilt/1267561122-74-4835
I brought it outside the forum for £1675 if I remember correctly but the previous owner was a forum member and had it listed on the forum as well at the time.
I got £1800 for it in part exchange from Sound Affects and received a few offers around £1600 when it was on eBay which I did not accept as I knew what Sound Affects were offering against the new guitar I wanted.
It has indeed done the rounds having originally been sold by WG then Peach and WG again along with various private sales as well.
I am not a Strat player and it was brought for a specific project and fill a hole in my guitar collection. It's a nice guitar but I just didn't bond with it for some reason.
Interesting.....I don't know what SAP are thinking with that level of markup as the price is very close to a new one. Clearly it's not "bonded" with a lot of people for some reason...by my estimate it's had 3 or 4 owners in the last 18 months. Always liked the look of it but never played a Smitty so caution prevails.......
I appreciate that none of that mitigates against the now small gap between the used and new price, so if anything maybe they gave too much in p/x.
They're a great shop to deal with: guitars always arrive within 24 hours, well set up, with a no quibble exchange policy and a good warranty so you get what you pay for.
As stated here, I doubt it will sell for that price, did world guitars have it up for around £2350 when they re-sold it?
This is what always confuses me about Smitty guitars, they look fantastic but tend to not stay in the player's hands for too long. This has always been a bit of a red flag for me.
WG did have this guitar up used at about £2300 and they currently have a used one of similar spec around the same price so SAP are not significantly different in their advertised price to WG.
I think it sold for £2195 at WG or similar, it was up at £2395 there originally. I'm not criticising SAP as such, just think the price is a bit heavy handed. Like you, always liked the look of Smittys but when they move around this much it is a red flag.