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(Apologies if I've got mixed up!)
I bought an Orville by Gibson goldtop from him quite a few years ago. He was fine to deal with, a bit "serious" and he would only ship in a hard case, but that was made clear from the start anyway.
I would say you should look at the pictures closely and ask any questions you might have. My ObG was described as "Near Mint" but actually had quite a few dings (understandable given the age, of course). More annoying was the fact that most of the fretboard inlays turned out to be loose, which I had to get fixed by Feline Guitars. I think he should've mentioned that before selling it.
I got a bit pissed off and sold the guitar, although in retrospect it was really bloody good and I should have kept it.
Thomann case, if I remember right and I'm sure he provides them at cost.
Yeah, it was a decent quality case, unbranded but similar to an SKB. I think he charged £55 at the time which wasn't extortionate.
To me, it's worth much, much more than it's market value - probably more than the price he'd be selling it for on his site.
It has a perfect neck, it really resonates... it's the best guitar I've ever played. I feel a little like it's wasted with such a ham-fisted player like me... but by god, it's sensational.
An egf 1000 super real, great vintage sound and feel, hardware was a bit crap, I put Faber stuff on it which made a massive difference I also had to make a new nut.
I sold it when I made my 59,more coming btw.
I also had a Greco mint collection eg 59
1000d, great 59 feel and sound but quite heavy, near 10lb I think.
The only thing I would say is he's expensive and you probably won't get your money back.
I lost best part of £300 on the super real and it took ages to sell.
I'd have a high end mij over any gibson though, look at eBay and mlp forum for UK sellers.
(formerly customkits)
But it comes across as though he isn't too bothered about selling and will wait for the right price.
I didn't do enough homework.
Still i don't have to worry about all that crap now, I make all my own stuff Inc amps and acoustics.
I don't own anything made by any manufacturers, nice.
I'll have proper spec 56 and 59 kits coming out soon, just trying to get demo guitars and 2 kits for Germany done plus a full build before posting full details on here.
(formerly customkits)
1980 Tokai LS-80
It took ages I lost money, I could have bought a gibson les paul standard and probably got my money back but I didn't want one.
That's all i'm saying, keep looking and sometimes Mark ebay's some of them too.
(formerly customkits)
I wasn't flipping it just selling it, he is overpriced compared to a lot of other mij guitars imo, lesson learned.
As I said I don't have to do that crap anymore.
I'm giving my opinion and now think some high end mij are not worth that much money.
I asked him how much an egf1200 was and I think it was something silly like 2.5k at the time and it's got a veneered flame top.
See how much something with nitro, one piece back and neck etc, expensive.
Do your homework, I found it a funny market because no one knows a lot about them, I don't think they will sell as easily as a gibson unfortunately.
(formerly customkits)