Some light GAS

jammy · December 29th, 2005, 12:31 PM

I walked into my local guitar shop yesterday with no intension of purchasing anything, but a 50's RI *** tele with a bigsby caught my eye.
Sticker said £1000.

The guitar had been dropped and had a rarther large scratch across the back, and a couple of other dings - there was also some slight indentations on some of the frets, but I knew I could fix that

I asked the salesman how much he'd take for it with the damage - "£680" he said. I promptly left.
Called back in the afternoon and offered him £300, which he accepted :D so....

http://www.solar.myby.co.uk/misc/andy/newtele2.jpg

http://www.solar.myby.co.uk/misc/andy/newtele1.jpg

chickenpicker · December 29th, 2005, 12:41 PM

That's jammy!

Scatterbrain · January 1st, 2006, 07:03 PM

Great buy! Looks like a nice guitar.

Maybe you should have cropped the picture to remove the Ibanez.

It detracts from the other three.

How does the Bigsby clone sound?

jammy · January 1st, 2006, 07:23 PM

The Ibanez is my baby; "archy". Twas my first decent electric guitar, and it's still a great rock guitar.

The bigsby tele is just awesome - I can't stop playing it at the moment. It's got a "chunkier" warmer sound that my other tele. Love it!

December 29th, 2005, 12:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
jammy Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St Helens. Nr Liverpool, UK Posts: 128	Some light GAS I walked into my local guitar shop yesterday with no intension of purchasing anything, but a 50's RI *** tele with a bigsby caught my eye. Sticker said £1000. The guitar had been dropped and had a rarther large scratch across the back, and a couple of other dings - there was also some slight indentations on some of the frets, but I knew I could fix that I asked the salesman how much he'd take for it with the damage - "£680" he said. I promptly left. Called back in the afternoon and offered him £300, which he accepted :D so.... http://www.solar.myby.co.uk/misc/andy/newtele2.jpg http://www.solar.myby.co.uk/misc/andy/newtele1.jpg

January 1st, 2006, 07:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
Scatterbrain Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Junction, CO Age: 40 Posts: 265 22 Photos	Great buy! Looks like a nice guitar. Maybe you should have cropped the picture to remove the Ibanez. It detracts from the other three. How does the Bigsby clone sound? __________________ Oh, yeah?

December 29th, 2005, 12:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
chickenpicker Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,060 14 Photos	That's jammy!

January 1st, 2006, 07:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
jammy Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St Helens. Nr Liverpool, UK Posts: 128	The Ibanez is my baby; "archy". Twas my first decent electric guitar, and it's still a great rock guitar. The bigsby tele is just awesome - I can't stop playing it at the moment. It's got a "chunkier" warmer sound that my other tele. Love it!