BS: Jack & Danny guitars. Price?

Subject: BS: Jack & Danny guitars. Price?
From: Gurney
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 12:37 AM

I have inherited two guitars from a friend, and I'm toying with the idea of selling two of my own favourite guitars off.

These are both in good condition and very tidy.
One is a Jack and Danny acoustic.
The other probably is too, but it is labelled J & D, but looks very similar and feels the same, but a lower level of trim, plain bridge and no fancywork.
This maker was never imported into NZ, so there are none for sale secondhand.
I bought the only two, and I like them a lot, but five guitars is a little over the top. (I'm told.)

I'd like to know what this brand is fetching where the ARE sold, if anyone has an idea. I'm told they come from Taiwan.

The instruments that I inherited from Jack Robinson are an old Martin and a newish Taylor, so you can see why I'm keeping those. However, The ones I'm selling are excellent if somewhat downmarket guitars.

Subject: RE: BS: Jack & Danny guitars. Price?
From: Ernest
Date: 27 Aug 20 - 11:46 AM

J&D or Jack and Danny seems to be the house brand of the Music Store in Cologne, Germany - they sell acoustics, electrics and ukes under that brand. Probably made somewhere in Asia. I don`t see many on the second-hand market here, so they might be kept as spare guitars by those players who upgraded to more expensive brands.

Subject: RE: BS: Jack & Danny guitars. Price?
From: Ernest
Date: 27 Aug 20 - 11:47 AM

p.s. why is this thread below the line btw?

Subject: RE: BS: Jack & Danny guitars. Price?
From: Gurney
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 02:07 AM

Well, Ernest, I thought that as it is about selling and buying, it can hardly be classed as music.

I should mention that we don't have Amazon or other international trading sites here, just our own Trademe site. There are no J&D guitars there. There is J&Ds site online, which is well supported by enthusiastic owners praising their guitars.

Subject: RE: BS: Jack & Danny guitars. Price?
From: Gurney
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 02:25 AM

I tell a lie. There IS an Amazon site for NZ, but it seems to be specifically for dealers who habitually ship TO NZ, and when I specified 'Used Guitars,' what I got was anything with guitar in the title, and not even much of that. There were no guitars that were obviously 'used.'
I was impressed by the prices, though. The strings were about half what I expect to pay at music retailers here.

Subject: RE: BS: Jack & Danny guitars. Price?
From: G-Force
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 07:08 AM

I thought Jack & Danny was, you know, rhyming slang.