Esquire 53 porn

[petebrown]

Jesus, quite a stash there!

 

[Bluebird]

Holy cow, are those all vintage originals?

 

[Major Gruber]

Gosh! That's a real GAS you've contracted. If relief you of some of those symptoms can be useful, don't hesitate to ask, I love to help!

 

[Jazzerstang]

MAMA

 

[gmann]

Very nice! Cheap too IMO.

 

[kingbee1]

It's a real passion for me for over 40 years. I've been playing, buying and trading since I was on the New York/CBGB/Max's punk circuit in the late 1970's. I bought my first Les Paul for $214 bucks. Eliot from Rumbleseat was on the same circuit, playing with Wayne County.

I bought my first Junior from Timm at Guitar Trader in Red Bank. My first vintage stratocaster from Richie Friedman at We Buy on 48th. Bought my first 335 from Gil Southworth. Worked the New York guitar show for all the early years. Uncle Lou and Joe Menza were kind enough to school me on bursts and custom colors at these shows. Met scores of the original vintage dealers from back in the day. Sadly, some have passed. Also spent hours upon hours learning what I can. I did what can only be described as an "Internship" at Outlaw Guitars in Jersey. I've seen a lot of strats, tele's,Esquires, Juniors etc.
All of these guys were nice enough to answer my questions. They still do. I am still in touch with all the guys I've dealt with in stores since the 1970s. I still ask questions....I still have fun with it. And now...I get the questions, too.

So....yes...I take a bit offense when someone calls my '53 Esquire a fake on a public forum.

So, guys, I apprciate your kind comments. I'm gonna take my photos down because the world is not such a safe place anymore. Sometimes its just too much of a hassle w/insurance , security etc.

I'm glad to be on this forum. I don't feel I have to qualify my judgement or expertise anymore.
Although...I still promise to ask and answer a question or 2. Cheers.

 

[mattb-15]

MAMA

1953 Vintage Fender Esquire Guitar by Mark Lovett Video 1 - YouTube

Holy ****, this is is one of the best clean guitar sounds I've ever heard..what an instrument xx

 

[newrider1969]

Congrats on that beauty! I was just looking around for info on my 3 knob Fender Blender and happened onto the site of the previous owner of your '53. c-nelson.com. More beauties to be seen there too!

 

[songtalk]

Beauty sir. I would play it hard for as long as I walked the earth if it was mine.

 

[The Boss]

Wow, that's incredible. Don't let the trolls get you down! Co grass on the purchase, absolutely beautiful guitar. Impressive collection too!

 

[moosie]

Oh man...

Love that neck...

 

[stretford]

(link removed) about the seller of this guitar on the Les Paul Forum.

I know this is an old thread, but I think it is important that buyers are warned about this person, guitar-collector aka Adam Rindy (DTLA Guitars) aka Chris Nelson. I bought an original 1964 Dakota Red custom color Mahogany body Strat from him on eBay. I bought it at the same time as the OP and went through the same thing. He just disappeared and I feared that he had dipped out with my $28.000 (I paid by check). I finally got in touch with him (days after my guitar was supposed to be received/tracking number said it hadn't been scanned) and he made up a phony story about his assistant making an error in the shipping. I was supposed to receive it overnight shipping and instead it took over a week. I was relieved that he wasn't trying to scam me and I ultimately left good feedback. He was very apologetic and he seems nice over the phone, which is why I understand why the OP believes the bid story.

Fast forward six months and I have the guitar authenticated. It turns out that the body is a fake; only the neck is an authentic original Fender neck. The body had fake, manipulated wear on it. Because I waited so long, eBay was unable to refund my money. Adam aka Chris had agreed to pay me back today (we agreed on a date), but surprise, surprise...no payment. Whether or not he refunds my money, I think it is important for people to know who they are dealing with. After finding this thread, I compared the guitars that Adam sold on eBay to the guitars that are posted on Chris's websites and they are definitely the same person. I will update this thread if he pays me. I did tell eBay about this and he hasn't had a listing since; he may be restricted on listings at this point.

 

[London John]

Looks like a cool guitar to me, congratulations.

Still, what would I know.......I've got a bunch of cool fakes too.