Red String - Liverpool

John_A · February 2021

Nothing wrong with the guitar IMO other than everyone is obsessed with lemon burst flame tops so it's priced accordingly

rlw · February 2021

Ok. I've bought it. I'll report back when it arrives.

Thanks for all the input - very helpful.

Switch625 · February 2021

Looking forward to your update!

rlw · February 2021

Now the problem is what to sell..............

gatheredinsong · February 2021

Hope it is all above board and that you're happy with it

rlw · February 2021

gatheredinsong said:

Hope it is all above board and that you're happy with it

Thanks - me too

Seziertisch · February 2021

Philly_Q said:

On the "Reborn Old" and "Love Rock" thing, don't they produce slightly different models for different markets? I think the ones Faber used to have were "Reborn Old". And I don't know if it's still the case, but for a time the ones imported into the UK had to have a slightly modified - non-Gibson - headstock shape.

Yes, the official UK models had/have a nib in the middle of the open book headstock, this doesn’t so I’m guessing that it is from another territory originally.

BlueStrat · February 2021

rlw said:

Ok. I've bought it. I'll report back when it arrives.

Thanks for all the input - very helpful.

really is a great looking guitar, hope you bond with it and upload a couple of pics - good luck with it

mark123 · February 2021

rlw said:

Ok. I've bought it. I'll report back when it arrives.

Thanks for all the input - very helpful.

Hope it works out and you've snagged a bargain

rlw · February 2021

We shall see. Not a word from the vendor yet.........................

mark123 · February 2021

rlw said:

We shall see. Not a word from the vendor yet.........................

If you haven't heard anything by tommorow afternoon there's a rabbit away and expect a bullshit response.

Hope i'm wrong and you get your bargain.

rlw · February 2021

Still not a word. I’ll message him this morning .....

rlw · February 2021

Still waiting..............

rlw · February 2021

So I cancelled the order, which then got a response if no apology.

This could be fun.

mike257 · February 2021

I'm in Liverpool and never heard of this lot. Assuming it's an online only thing. I'll ask around!

ThePrettyDamned · February 2021

I think the value of these may drop as FGN is distributed more widely now. You can get a similar looking plaintop from fgn with in-house pickups for less than a grand new. Sub in some new pickups and it's still a fair bit cheaper than this.

rlw · February 2021

It’s on its way.

rlw · February 2021

ThePrettyDamned said:

I think the value of these may drop as FGN is distributed more widely now. You can get a similar looking plaintop from fgn with in-house pickups for less than a grand new. Sub in some new pickups and it's still a fair bit cheaper than this.

FGN hasn’t been a great success as far as I could see - Coda heavily discounting for instance - but we’ll see. I see them as competing more with the mid range Gibsons.

The higher end Tokai are supposed to be as good as and better than Gibson USA and at £1200 that’s a pretty good price for a guitar listing new at £2k +.

Whitecat · February 2021

rlw said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

I think the value of these may drop as FGN is distributed more widely now. You can get a similar looking plaintop from fgn with in-house pickups for less than a grand new. Sub in some new pickups and it's still a fair bit cheaper than this.

FGN hasn’t been a great success as far as I could see - Coda heavily discounting for instance - but we’ll see. I see them as competing more with the mid range Gibsons.
The higher end Tokai are supposed to be as good as and better than Gibson USA and at £1200 that’s a pretty good price for a guitar listing new at £2k +.

FGN has had three different UK distributors in as many years apparently. Coda bought in stock from the previous one cheap because they were folding it up - so the discounts were built in, and most of it sold relatively quickly. Hopefully whoever is distributing it now is more capable and aids the marketing properly - they make excellent guitars..

rlw · February 2021

Whitecat said:

rlw said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

I think the value of these may drop as FGN is distributed more widely now. You can get a similar looking plaintop from fgn with in-house pickups for less than a grand new. Sub in some new pickups and it's still a fair bit cheaper than this.

FGN hasn’t been a great success as far as I could see - Coda heavily discounting for instance - but we’ll see. I see them as competing more with the mid range Gibsons.
The higher end Tokai are supposed to be as good as and better than Gibson USA and at £1200 that’s a pretty good price for a guitar listing new at £2k +.

FGN has had three different UK distributors in as many years apparently. Coda bought in stock from the previous one cheap because they were folding it up - so the discounts were built in, and most of it sold relatively quickly. Hopefully whoever is distributing it now is more capable and aids the marketing properly - they make excellent guitars..

Ah. Didn't know that about FGN. I looked at them, saw the discounts and thought to myself that they will be a hard sell secondhand unless you give them away. And the pointy cutaway won't help I guess.

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