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Tele Member Posts: 965 |
posted 12 June 2001 03:44 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1438221726 wow, check this out, what a great guitar !!!! anyone take my mother-in-law in trade?? Andy ------------------ |
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Chris DeBarge Member Posts: 811 |
posted 12 June 2001 04:39 AM
Depends, what kinda shape is your mother-in-law in?  Seriously though, what an awesome guitar, I remember when this surfaced a few years back. If I sold everthing I own, and rolled a few bums for their spare change, I may make the reserve! |
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Jim Cohen Member Posts: 8715 |
posted 12 June 2001 05:03 AM
Ok, fellas, let's have a little fun with this one. I'll offer a copy of my CD, "Finally Here", to whomever comes closest to guessing the final bid price on this guitar (whether it reaches the reserve or not). Post your guesses right here in this thread. Only one guess per contestant, and you may not edit or update your guess after its original posting (If I see a "This message was edited by... etc" at the bottom of your post, yer outta there. Also, of course, the seller and bidders on the guitar are not eligible to participate! Only guesses that are posted before the bid price crosses the $1,000 mark will be accepted. (If you were gonna guess less than that, you're automatically disqualified, anyway Oh, one other thing: the auction closes on June 19, while I'm away in Italy, without internet contact (aaaughh!) so I won't know until around July 7 or 8 who won, so don't expect the CD to arrive until a few days after that, okay? Enjoy! [This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 12 June 2001 at 05:30 AM.] |
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Steve Feldman Member Posts: 2983 |
posted 12 June 2001 05:33 AM
quote: Point of Order: Do you mean "closest to guessing the final bid price on this guitar" WITHOUT going over the actual sales price? If that is indeed the case, and considering that this item will probably attract only a relatively small number of informed - though no doubt wealthy - bidders, I WILL GUESS $10521.52. Thank-you, |
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nick allen Member Posts: 653 |
posted 12 June 2001 05:58 AM
Almost totally random guess : $4,500.00 Nick |
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Jim Cohen Member Posts: 8715 |
posted 12 June 2001 06:43 AM
Good question, Steve (for a change ) No, I'll just take whoever gets closest to the final bid price, regardless of whether it's over or under. |
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Steve Feldman Member Posts: 2983 |
posted 12 June 2001 06:45 AM
Hey! I didn't know we were required to be so serious around here. |
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Bob Bowden Member Posts: 59 |
posted 12 June 2001 08:23 AM
Is the ashtray standard equipment?  I'll guess $2750. |
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Jerry Roller Member Posts: 3906 |
posted 12 June 2001 08:40 AM
$5476.00 Jerry |
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Paul C Member Posts: 968 |
posted 12 June 2001 08:44 AM
$6,211 and I doubt that will meet reserve. |
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Andy Volk Member Posts: 2966 |
posted 12 June 2001 09:11 AM
$6824.13 |
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Bobby Lee Sysop Posts: 14849 |
posted 12 June 2001 09:32 AM
I'll guess $3200. I'd pay that for it if I wanted a divorce. |
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CrowBear Schmitt Member Posts: 6016 |
posted 12 June 2001 10:16 AM
a very nice Guitar and a piece of History ! how 'bout 4300 $$$ Steel too costly ..... |
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Jim Cohen Member Posts: 8715 |
posted 12 June 2001 10:29 AM
quote:A divorce is cheaper, if'n ya shop around a little bit. Hey! Here's an idea. How 'bout "time-sharing" on this guitar?? We can pool together our meager funds and then share the guitar! So what if you only get to play it for three months out of the year? That's better than never, ain't it? So 4 of you guys just get together and decide what's your top dollar bid, divide it by 4 and designate somebody to "do your bidding". If ya win, each of ya gets it for 3 months out of the year. Sound like a plan? ------------------ |
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Joey Ace Sysop Posts: 7232 |
posted 12 June 2001 10:35 AM
Thanks Jim! I love to gamble when it costs me nothing. Put me down for: $4888. That's a bargain compared to vintage Teles, Stats,etc. ------------------ |
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Frank Estes Member Posts: 2451 |
posted 12 June 2001 10:38 AM
$3500 Jim, I will E-mail you my address later so you can send me my prize! |
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Jim Cohen Member Posts: 8715 |
posted 12 June 2001 10:52 AM
OK, Frank. You do that. Actually, this is a publicity stunt that my label cooked up to ferret out which ones of you guys don't already own the CD, so we can harass you with direct mail. |
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Herb Steiner Member Posts: 6119 |
posted 12 June 2001 11:06 AM
$4775, though that figure won't reach the reserve. Since I already own Jim's CD, I will donate my copy to a needy or homeless person. Should be plenty of those among the steel guitar population! ------------------ |
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Chris Bauer Member Posts: 1195 |
posted 12 June 2001 08:07 PM
Er... Do we have to guess BEFORE the auction ends??? $4925. |
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Joe Delaronde Member Posts: 901 |
posted 12 June 2001 08:56 PM
4150.00 Joe |
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CrowBear Schmitt Member Posts: 6016 |
posted 13 June 2001 10:30 AM
This axe is at 2999.99 today June 13. Still 5 1/2 days left ... Steel is gonna cost plenty.... |
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Jim Cohen Member Posts: 8715 |
posted 13 June 2001 11:54 AM
OK, guys. No more guesses accepted. Now let's just sit back and watch the fun. Good luck! jc |
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Jim Cohen Member Posts: 8715 |
posted 13 June 2001 06:14 PM
Well, not to spoil the fun... y'all can keep guessing here if ya want to. I just won't count them for the 'contest', but just for fun, y'all can keep posting your guesses. jc |
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Chris DeBarge Member Posts: 811 |
posted 13 June 2001 06:43 PM
$5678 and Andy's mother-in-law. |
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Bill Sharpe Member Posts: 351 |
posted 13 June 2001 08:46 PM
I'm guessing in the high range and bet it'll be 9 grand. ------------------ |
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Tele Member Posts: 965 |
posted 13 June 2001 11:55 PM
Chris, that's a nice offer for my mother-in-law but I don't think you'd get the Bigsby for it Andy ------------------ |
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CrowBear Schmitt Member Posts: 6016 |
posted 14 June 2001 10:11 AM
4 299 $$$$$ on 14 June. Still 4 and a 1/2 days left. it is gonna be in the high range.... Steel can't pay that much..... |
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Chuck Martin Member Posts: 259 |
posted 14 June 2001 10:44 AM
A great piece of steel guitar history but its only worth what the market will bear. I'll guess $4,575. |
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Glenn Suchan Member Posts: 1187 |
posted 14 June 2001 10:50 AM
A day late and a whole bunch o' dollars short once again  (for the Bigsby, that is). I guess this baby will sell at $7800 give or take a few quarters. 'Still might not meet the reserve amount. Good luck on being the winner of Jim's CD Keep on pickin'! |
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Jeff Lampert Member Posts: 2636 |
posted 14 June 2001 12:03 PM
$ 1,000,000,000,000 |
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Herb Steiner Member Posts: 6119 |
posted 14 June 2001 12:21 PM
Jeff, when did you get the job as Steel Guitar Purchasing Director for the Defense Dept.? ------------------ |
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Al Marcus Member Posts: 7471 |
posted 14 June 2001 12:48 PM
I wrote to buy one from Paul Bigsby and he told me $1000. (in the 50's?) I foolishly said no, course I didn't have that kind of money in those days. I could have bought a new CADILLAC for that, and I couldn't afford that either. But how about $6700. ?..........al |
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Randy Reams Member Posts: 92 |
posted 14 June 2001 12:52 PM
$7777.77 |
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Donny Hinson Member Posts: 9192 |
posted 14 June 2001 02:49 PM
$9876.54 |
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Bill Taft Member Posts: 540 |
posted 14 June 2001 04:18 PM
I figure the guy who buys that guitar has already plenty of money and really doesnt mind if he spends a bunch to get it. So I say it will bring $10,900.00 ------------------ |
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Gary Boyett Member Posts: 644 |
posted 14 June 2001 06:28 PM
I will guess $6395.00. Who would have thunk it... not if it was played by jimi, who knows http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1438040147 ------------------ [This message was edited by Gary Boyett on 14 June 2001 at 08:19 PM.] |
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Ray Montee Member Posts: 4090 |
posted 14 June 2001 08:58 PM
I'd guess: $7,250.49 and not a penny more. |
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Steve Feldman Member Posts: 2983 |
posted 15 June 2001 05:54 PM
There have been 20 bids in the last 2 days, folks, with some obvious interest by at least 2 repeat bidders. This could get interesting... |
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PAUL WARNIK Member Posts: 1417 |
posted 15 June 2001 07:50 PM
How about Maureece Andersons 1956 four pedal triple-8 mint condition maybe $15,000 or how about Pee Wee Whitewings 1951 triple-8 maybe $20,000 then there is THE ONE Vance Terry's 1951 triple-8 maybe $30,000 or what about THE QUAD-its the coolest in the world 1954 Bigsby two 8's two 10's five pedals side rails raised graphics fretboards dont forget the ashtray(only two Bigsby quads know to exist)maybe at $60,000 someday Ill sell this stuff on Ebay and get rich-but not today |
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Reece Anderson Member Posts: 1371 |
posted 16 June 2001 05:50 AM
I was always aware the fret graduation was not consistent on my Bigsby guitars. Looking at the pictures of the one on e/bay clearly shows the distance between the 7th and 8th frets to be wider than the distance between the 8th and 9th frets, which is contradictory to the mathematical formula for the graduated scale. Wish I had asked Paul Bigsby about that, but at the time I didn't have an inquiring mind. |
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