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FS/FT - '65 Gibson Lyre Vibrola - PRICE DROP
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I bought this chrome Gibson Vibrola for my
1969 Melody Maker. However, I've since
bought an Epiphone TV Pelham Blue SG with a vibrola, so the Melody Maker
is back to being a hard tail.
When I bought this, it was
described as a Gibson Vibrola from a 1965 SG Standard. It comes with
six screws for fitting to an SG, but they are not the original screws,
as there were none when I bought it. The mounting screws for the Gibson
Vibrola plate are original. You can tell there's plenty of age to it -
but I think the arm mounting screw is not original.
Obviously
there are scuffs and scratches - it's nearly 50 years old - so if
you're looking for a museum piece, this isn't it. There's some missing
chrome on the spring - you can see it on the photos. Relic and road
worn are all the rage these days, so if you're looking for a vibrola to
put on your Gibson with a real age to it (rather than some idiot using a
belt sander) - this is a brilliant place to start.
Setting a
price was difficult for this; ones of this age are often listed on US
eBay for upwards of £600 (surely in the US they're easier to find!), and
when you calculate the import duties, it's quite a wedge.
Here's
a link to one listed on eBay US where the price is £615! (The duty on
import would work out at something like 20% - so all told, £735 to
import!)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1960s-Gibson-Maestro-Lyre-Vibrola-Nickel-Tailpiece-SG-Firebird-1964-1963-0126-/181652052145?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2a4b4e58b1
So,
I've set the price at slightly more than a reproduction - which retail at £300
for a Gibson branded one (although those aren't actually Gibson
originals).
It's for sale or trade - tempt me, and offers welcome.
PRICE DROP: £260
Hope that sounds fair. Open to anything trade-wise, but I'm through the heavy metal pointy stage in my life. ![:D :D](/plugins/EmojiExtender/emoji/fb/4.gif)
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Definitely open to suggestions though. You never know what might catch my eye...
Anyone interested?
Anyhoo, anythng interesting around?
(That's a technical term)
The vibrolas seem to make a nice surf twang.
Need some cash for a guitar that's popped up quick..!