Here is something you never see 64 Strat and Bandmaster amp new in box!

[Mark Davis]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1963-64-Fender-S...QQcmdZViewItem

[Brewboy]

Wowsers!
Mark, did you see the 65 that was played by SRV by the same sellers? Also VERY nice.

[flying]

Now thats some closet classics

[Duncan]

Wow, that is cool!

A friend of mine bought a 64 Strat AND a 64 Super Reverb from the original owner not too long ago. The Super had the original tubes in it, and the Strat still had the coil cord, bridge cover and all the hang tags in the case! The owner just strummed it at home, and neither piece ever left the house.

Only the first three frets on the Strat were worn, and the finish only had one or two slight nicks in it. The pickguard was warped pretty good, and the amp needed filter caps to become playable.

Much to my dismay, the Strat wasn't a particularly nice player, (I had a few guys try to set it up nicely) and the amp was good, but not great.

[64Strat]

My experience with the vintage stuff is that it's the old beat up pieces that got played hard are usually the ones that sounded (and played) the best.

[eddiewagner]

really unbeliveable stuff.

[JohnyyGuitar]

Wow.....dig the price, Things have really gone over the top now. Throw in a couple vintage cardboard boxes and let the bidding begin.

[Geo]

Amazing! Just when one wonders if there are any vintage "closet" guitars
still out there.

[JohnyyGuitar]

Who cares about the guitars, everybodys got them, that vintage cardboard is where it's at. They don't make 'em like that anymore. And lint too, vintage lint, belly button lint in particular, that stuff is worth a fortune now too, glad I saved mine, it's circa 1964. It's all cotton pre-cbs (cotton based synthetic). It's not for sale though, sorry. I stick ii back in (my belly button) every time I do a gig, that and my vintage strat, what tone, what a rush, how can you put a price on that, I'm like still living in the sixties, babe, so what if I'm bald, I still go my pony tail, I'll never grow up.
Actually if I can get a good price on my lint, I'll put a bid in on those ebay cardboard boxes, screw the guitar and amp, that stuff is always for sale.

[Stuco]

This is really a unique set. This vintage guitar market stuff blows my mind.

[Mr. Sparkle]

So, do you think he got his $196k for it? He has another strat listed that's "Stevie-Ray Vaughn-Played" for only $100k. Seems like the guy is either just showing off his stuff or positioning it real high so when he does get an offer he can really put the screws on.

[Big Tony]

That is truly amazing!

Now I've got to save all the cardboard boxes, that I've got in the basement, for ever!

/ Tony

[JohnyyGuitar]

Putting really high prices on stuff, like this guy is doing is an old marketing trick, gimmick, scam, call it what you will. It's done in realestate all the time.
The idea is basicaly to make the other stuff you are trying to sell seem cheap, even though it too is way over-priced. You are trying to drag the prices of eveything in the market up. And if you do get a 'live one' to buy that top priced item, well so much the better, but they really don't care if they sell the top item or not. Is that what this guy is doing here ? Who knows but it sure seems like it.
Example, if you want to sell you house that is worth 300k, but aren't in a rush, put it on the market for 600k. That will cause everyone else in the area selling their house currently to think they can get more for theirs and ask more. The asking prices in the area immediatly go up, and as soon as anyone buys one, a new precidence is set. And so by next year when you really do want to sell your house, that 600k you asked the previous year doesn't look so bad anymore. Of course this all only works in the proper market environment, and it seems that in the vintage market today, people are willing to pay anything. It's like a feeding frenzie and the last one out the door gets left holding the bag, or cardboard boxes in this case.
As a side note have you heard of the "bigger fool theory" ? it's an expression in the stock market. Basicaly what it is saying is that if you buy something at no matter what outragous foolish price, that there is always another fool out there dumber than you that you can unload it on.

[Mr. Sparkle]

Originally Posted by JohnyyGuitar

Putting really high prices on stuff, like this guy is doing is an old marketing trick, gimmick, scam, call it what you will. It's done in realestate all the time.
The idea is basicaly to make the other stuff you are trying to sell seem cheap, even though it too is way over-priced. You are trying to drag the prices of eveything in the market up. And if you do get a 'live one' to buy that top priced item, well so much the better, but they really don't care if they sell the top item or not. Is that what this guy is doing here ? Who knows but it sure seems like it.
Example, if you want to sell you house that is worth 300k, but aren't in a rush, put it on the market for 600k. That will cause everyone else in the area selling their house currently to think they can get more for theirs and ask more. The asking prices in the area immediatly go up, and as soon as anyone buys one, a new precidence is set. And so by next year when you really do want to sell your house, that 600k you asked the previous year doesn't look so bad anymore. Of course this all only works in the proper market environment, and it seems that in the vintage market today, people are willing to pay anything. It's like a feeding frenzie and the last one out the door gets left holding the bag, or cardboard boxes in this case.
As a side note have you heard of the "bigger fool theory" ? it's an expression in the stock market. Basicaly what it is saying is that if you buy something at no matter what outragous foolish price, that there is always another fool out there dumber than you that you can unload it on.

What he said.

[RichardL]

Originally Posted by Brewboy

Wowsers!
Mark, did you see the 65 that was played by SRV by the same sellers? Also VERY nice.

SRV was notoriously hard on his equipment. So its hard to believe that he played 163 gigs with that guitar and it still looks that good.

[Mark Davis]

Here is a real early pic of SRV's #1 before itr was totally worn.