"Bill Lawrence Telecaster"

faktat · April 16th, 2003, 01:34 PM

As I was looking thru German EBay I noticed following auction:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...ategory=23 84

I began to investigate...

The ad says that mr. Bill Lawrence has built the Tele for this Dr. Briatore as a test guitar for Bill's pickups in '81 and that the guitar is fabulous, with original Fender parts and everything...

Only problem is that you can't reach the Dr. Briatore thru e-mail and when you check his earlier trades you see that he has sold similar (the same?) Tele already before, and with good feedback. Only when you check that trade with the buyer you'll get to know that the deal was actually never finished because the buyer didn't actually reach the Dr. at all...

Could be that the Tele exists - could be even a good one. However, it's extremely hard to verify...

Does anybody know about this Dr.?

:(

Kevin · April 18th, 2003, 11:51 AM

Looks like it was bought with "Buy it Now".

Hope the buyer used COD, considering what you said....

faktat · April 19th, 2003, 02:15 AM

...good luck. Hopefully he gets in contact with the seller!

KaBudokan · April 27th, 2003, 01:23 PM

You could always call Bill Lawrence and ask him about it personally. That would be the easiest way to verify the authenticity of it.

www.billlawrence.com

Generally, either Bill or his wife Becky pick up the phone. :)

April 16th, 2003, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
faktat TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 99 3 Photos	"Bill Lawrence Telecaster" As I was looking thru German EBay I noticed following auction: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...ategory=23 84 I began to investigate... The ad says that mr. Bill Lawrence has built the Tele for this Dr. Briatore as a test guitar for Bill's pickups in '81 and that the guitar is fabulous, with original Fender parts and everything... Only problem is that you can't reach the Dr. Briatore thru e-mail and when you check his earlier trades you see that he has sold similar (the same?) Tele already before, and with good feedback. Only when you check that trade with the buyer you'll get to know that the deal was actually never finished because the buyer didn't actually reach the Dr. at all... Could be that the Tele exists - could be even a good one. However, it's extremely hard to verify... Does anybody know about this Dr.? :(

April 18th, 2003, 11:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kevin Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 2,967	Gone... Looks like it was bought with "Buy it Now". Hope the buyer used COD, considering what you said....

April 19th, 2003, 02:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
faktat TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 99 3 Photos	I wish him... ...good luck. Hopefully he gets in contact with the seller!

April 27th, 2003, 01:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
KaBudokan NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1	Give Bill a call You could always call Bill Lawrence and ask him about it personally. That would be the easiest way to verify the authenticity of it. www.billlawrence.com Generally, either Bill or his wife Becky pick up the phone. :) __________________ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.