Craigslist tele ... sort of weird

Kmartphoto · May 22nd, 2008, 12:46 PM

Does anyone know anything about this guitar?

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/msg/690125618.html

The guy has listed it about 8 different times, and with a different set of pics. he was also talking about trades in several. Something about the listing just seems weird to me or I would buy this in a hot second. maybe im paranoid? maybe he just really wants to sell it?

ajgus · May 22nd, 2008, 12:50 PM

I didn't know '52s came in a Honey Blonde (?) & only $450?

BroadMaster · May 22nd, 2008, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Kmartphoto

Does anyone know anything about this guitar?

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/msg/690125618.html

The guy has listed it about 8 different times, and with a different set of pics. he was also talking about trades in several. Something about the listing just seems weird to me or I would buy this in a hot second. maybe im paranoid? maybe he just really wants to sell it?

Sounds like an average price for a better than average guitar. Throw in availability of a LEFTY with vintage appointments and you spell: good deal for a left handed player..... IIRC: these were originally referred to as 50s MIJ RIs. If I was a lefty, and wanted this version, I'd pull the trigger...... go for it. You don't like it, you can always put it on craigs list or in the classifieds here.

Call the guy, negotiate. Send money........ wait for guitar........ play it. Enjoy and good luck

ajgus · May 22nd, 2008, 01:31 PM

Call the guy, dude. Thats a deal & a half. Don't pass it up.

Kmartphoto · May 22nd, 2008, 04:36 PM

just talked to the guy and he seems legit. I'm gonna get it ...

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Jeru · May 22nd, 2008, 05:33 PM

My favorite guitar that I own is a CIJ tele custom RI, the made/crafted in Japan fenders are really nice guitars. That's a REALLY good price for what you're getting.

Go play it -- if there's nothing wrong with it, BUY BUY BUY.

J

Kmartphoto · May 22nd, 2008, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeru

Go play it -- if there's nothing wrong with it, BUY BUY BUY.

He's in Cali... I'm in georgia. hes gonna ship it. I was planning on building a guitar anyway so if this one is crap its cheaper than parts.

Cole · May 22nd, 2008, 05:42 PM

what a cool guitar! A lefty toooooo! Argggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! I want it! You see where the lister lives? Camarillo CA... that's where the old California state mental hospital used to be.

John Lipfert · May 22nd, 2008, 05:59 PM

It is sort of weird... they made that one backwards.

surfoverb · May 22nd, 2008, 06:07 PM

Why is there no 'telecaster' logo?

Kmartphoto · May 22nd, 2008, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by surfoverb

Why is there no 'telecaster' logo?

hmmmmmm .. well im gonna talk with him more tommorow and i will ask.

in the other listing he has the serial # as T026XXX

surfoverb · May 22nd, 2008, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kmartphoto

hmmmmmm .. well im gonna talk with him more tommorow and i will ask.

in the other listing he has the serial # as T026XXX

Thinking about it maybe there's no room for it, weirdo lefty Teles they are!

jwells393 · May 22nd, 2008, 06:31 PM

As a owner of a few Japanese Fender Telecasters I saw absolutely nothing weird about that guitar ...... other than it being left handed.

Why are there so many threads about supposedly wierd guitar listings for perfectly legitimate looking guitars?

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Why is there no 'telecaster' logo?

Fender didn't put "Telecaster" on left handed models in the '50s and they don't put it on left handed American Vintage '52s. If you look at the placement of "Fender", there's no room for "Telecaster".

......

Kmartphoto · May 22nd, 2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jwells393

Why are there so many threads about supposedly wierd guitar listings for perfectly legitimate looking guitars?

Because of the price and when I first found the listing he had relisted it a slightly new way every day for about a week. So I figured that no way the guitar hangs around that long for that cheap without some sort of weirdness. Like I said I am in GA and would need him to ship it so there is more trust needed than a standard EBAY or local CL transaction.

surfoverb · May 22nd, 2008, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jwells393

Why are there so many threads about supposedly wierd guitar listings for perfectly legitimate looking guitars?

It's the ads that were weird not the guitars...One was clearly a Deluxe Tele listed as a 52ri and the other the guy listed 8 times with different pics.

Better safe than sorry, who else better to ask.

Ira7 · May 22nd, 2008, 07:15 PM

It sounds fishy:

You should never have to CALL a guy on eBay about anything--plus you said it's been listed more than once? And he says to call because he "hardly ever checks his email," yet he's selling on eBay?

I might be wrong by a Tennessee mile, but these seem like red flags to me.

Kmartphoto · May 22nd, 2008, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Ira7

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You should never have to CALL a guy on eBay

its Craigs list not Ebay... once i talked on the phone with him its more obvios that hes a normal guy just not very tech savy

May 22nd, 2008, 12:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kmartphoto TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Atlanta Age: 34 Posts: 41	Craigslist tele ... sort of weird Does anyone know anything about this guitar? http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/msg/690125618.html The guy has listed it about 8 different times, and with a different set of pics. he was also talking about trades in several. Something about the listing just seems weird to me or I would buy this in a hot second. maybe im paranoid? maybe he just really wants to sell it?

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ajgus Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: chicago Posts: 2,302	I didn't know '52s came in a Honey Blonde (?) & only $450? __________________ "I'm still married to my first wife...and that's my first guitar...she don't talk back to me, she talks for me..." -Stevie ray Vaughan

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ajgus Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: chicago Posts: 2,302	Call the guy, dude. Thats a deal & a half. Don't pass it up. __________________ "I'm still married to my first wife...and that's my first guitar...she don't talk back to me, she talks for me..." -Stevie ray Vaughan

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Cole Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Louisville KY Age: 57 Posts: 215	what a cool guitar! A lefty toooooo! Argggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! I want it! You see where the lister lives? Camarillo CA... that's where the old California state mental hospital used to be. __________________ ~Cole Cole's website Cole's MySpace "The only currency we have is influential communication."

May 22nd, 2008, 04:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kmartphoto TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Atlanta Age: 34 Posts: 41	just talked to the guy and he seems legit. I'm gonna get it ... weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

May 22nd, 2008, 05:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jeru Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 100	My favorite guitar that I own is a CIJ tele custom RI, the made/crafted in Japan fenders are really nice guitars. That's a REALLY good price for what you're getting. Go play it -- if there's nothing wrong with it, BUY BUY BUY. J

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John Lipfert Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 111 4 Photos	It is sort of weird... they made that one backwards.

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surfoverb Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,889	Why is there no 'telecaster' logo?

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Ira7 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Coral Springs, FL Age: 51 Posts: 326	It sounds fishy: You should never have to CALL a guy on eBay about anything--plus you said it's been listed more than once? And he says to call because he "hardly ever checks his email," yet he's selling on eBay? I might be wrong by a Tennessee mile, but these seem like red flags to me.