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Topic: eBay alert for collectors (Gibson Alum. EH)
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Denny Turner
Member From: Northshore Oahu, Hawaii USA
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posted 25 September 2003 03:03 AM
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There is a 1935 aluminum Gibson Electric Hawaiian on eBay, #46 of the first 96 electric guitars Gibson made, with it's matching amp in a separate auction, both in apparantly as Near Mint condition as anyone could expect to find on public sale IMHO.Guitar Amp My heart is broken knowing the winning bid will be way beyond my reach ...after a 3 week eBay Steels binge! Ain't that the way it always happens! I expect brokers to run the guitar up to about $3K and the amp just under $1K, and turn them for just under twice that amount. Aloha,
Denny T~ |
CrowBear Schmitt
Member From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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posted 25 September 2003 05:43 AM
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shucks, i was hoping nobody would notice this duo.
i'm not about to get this axe cheap anymore
the amp looks brand new
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Brad Bechtel
Moderator From: San Francisco, CA
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posted 25 September 2003 08:26 AM
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That's the finest set of matching Gibson lap steel guitar and amp I've seen on eBay. The amp looks like it came home from the store yesterday, and the steel isn't far behind it.
The fact that it's one of the rarest lap steels Gibson ever made only adds to the overall value.
I'd love to know how much the seller paid for this set at the estate sale.------------------
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Gerald Ross
Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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posted 25 September 2003 09:34 AM
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How come when I go to estate/garage sales all I find are leisure suits and broken Salad Shooters?------------------
Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
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Jon Light
Member From: Brooklyn, NY
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posted 25 September 2003 12:06 PM
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Damn Gerald--you'll have to take me along next time! |
George Keoki Lake
Member From: Edmonton, AB., Canada
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posted 25 September 2003 08:39 PM
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Notice the envelope...addressed to Edgar Bush...I wonder, was Eddie Bush's name "Edgar" ? Interesting. |
Denny Turner
Member From: Northshore Oahu, Hawaii USA
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posted 26 September 2003 01:40 AM
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Rest assured Crow, ....I would not have posted the notice if I didn't know for sure that no-one was going to slip in under the wire on this one!  ---------- I emailed the seller within an hour of it being posted, offering my car, or house, or soul, or wife, or kids, ...to no avail.  By the next mid-morning brokers had already determined same and were emailing their address books, beating the bushes for orders. It's been running about 80% ahead of the price / time-schedule we guessed. I'm ordering Pizza and Beer to sit and watch the last hour and particularly the last 2 minutes. The date/time stamps on the bidders list for the last 20 seconds should also be quite interesting in people vs robots, ...unless people have already beat the robots before they even spool up. Quite interesting to me.  Aloha,
DT~[This message was edited by Denny Turner on 26 September 2003 at 02:42 AM.] |
Denny Turner
Member From: Northshore Oahu, Hawaii USA
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posted 26 September 2003 01:46 AM
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That's also the first amp I ever saw with alligator covering ON THE INSIDE! DT~ |
Michael Devito
Member From: Montclair, NJ, USA
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posted 26 September 2003 07:21 AM
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I'm curious how this steel sounds. Has anyone here ever played one? I've got the EH-185 with CC pickup and that full-length metal plate construction. The sustain is amazing. Would the full metal body sustain even more? |
CrowBear Schmitt
Member From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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posted 26 September 2003 08:16 AM
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Micheal DV, i believe Basil Henriques(Baz)from England has one that he got not long ago
perhaps he could give his opinion on what the metal bodied EH150 sounds like ?
Baz are you around ?------------------
Steel what?
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basilh
Member From: United Kingdom
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posted 26 September 2003 07:04 PM
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Yep I'm here.......I sold the guitar to a man from Florida who plays up in N.Y. with Les paul once a month...
As far as sound goes, the guitar sounds typical mid 30's Gibson..by that I mean it's sounds similar to the other models, just a smidgeon more sustain and a little brighter than the EH-185 that I have, but NOT as full a sound as a 34-35 Frypan.
Baz
www.waikiki-islanders.com
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Steel players do it without fretting
http://www.waikiki-islanders.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |
Brian Wetzstein
Member From: Seattle, WA, USA
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posted 26 September 2003 09:04 PM
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wow. ive never even seen one like it before. i also wonder how it sounds.... |
basilh
Member From: United Kingdom
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posted 27 September 2003 05:57 AM
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BTW I just bought a Gibson Goldtone GA-30RVS amplifier....... for steel it's the ultimate amp for retro sounds....
Baz |
Chuck Fisher
Member From: Santa Cruz, California, USA
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posted 27 September 2003 08:31 PM
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went for 3550 to a MissLeenaWhat a neat guitar. must sustain forever CF |
Denny Turner
Member From: Northshore Oahu, Hawaii USA
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posted 28 September 2003 07:23 PM
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Several of us gathered to watch the last couple of hours, thinking it would be comparable to a football game. What a let-down; Miss Leena got it on a $50 bump (albeit an unknown proxy balance) that held for 6 hours. Maybe she had a hidden proxy as much as it would be expected to bring at the upcoming Arlington show.The eBay circus never ceases to amaze me. Aloha,
DT~ |
CrowBear Schmitt
Member From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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posted 04 October 2003 01:28 AM
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Gentlemen,
looks like that axe is back up for sale http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2562763503&category=33040 |
Denny Turner
Member From: Northshore Oahu, Hawaii USA
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posted 05 October 2003 11:23 AM
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Let's move this message chain to the new one on the subject.Thanks,
Aloha,
DT~ |
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