Guitar sale/purchase predicament

Subject: RE: Guitar sale/purchase predicament
From: Once Famous
Date: 22 Nov 04 - 02:59 PM

Freightdawg

The problem is that one can buy a halfway decent low end Martin new for the same price.

Subject: RE: Guitar sale/purchase predicament
From: freightdawg
Date: 22 Nov 04 - 02:22 PM

Thanks to all for the info - Brucie I'll check out that website when I get more than 5 minutes in a row to do something with.

Spot - I agree it is a great guitar. That's part of my hesitation in getting rid of it. I've considered making some adjustments to it (electronics, etc,) but can't sell myself on that idea either. Thanks for letting me know you have one, and how much you like it.

Les, thanks for the heads up. The folks I've considered consigning to all have nice shops to display their guitars, or in Elderly's case I am sure they know how to take care of a guitar. My fear in dealing with a distant location is the shipping and handling. I know all too well what can happen to something as large as a guitar in shipping transit.

Freightdawg

Subject: RE: Guitar sale/purchase predicament
From: Spot
Date: 22 Nov 04 - 02:07 PM

Hello all...
               FD..if your LL is anything like as good as mine(same age etc) I'd be keeping it!! Personally, I think you'd go a long way to get better value for money! I have a Lowden 032 as well, which is fabulous, 4 times the price, but no way 4 times better!! My feeling is that just because a guitar is megabucks doesnt mean to say its mega anything else...!! IMO, that is...
   
               Regards to all.....Spot

Subject: RE: Guitar sale/purchase predicament
From: GUEST,Les B
Date: 22 Nov 04 - 01:03 PM

$500 sounds like a fair price if it's in decent shape.

Let me give you a slight warning about consigning. Recently I took three "junker" instruments to a guy who, for a percentage, would do all the work of selling them on E-bay: write-up, photos, shipping, dealing with Pay Pal, etc.

He sold an autoharp and a six-string banjo in the first week, but the relatively new Johnson 12-string, with an older hard shell case, just wouldn't sell.

We subsequently tried two more auctions - with no luck, so I went and retrieved it from him.   I didn't bother to look at the instrument for a couple of days, and and then I discovered the bridge was peeling off, probably because he had stored it for a couple of months without a humidifier!   I took it to a friend at a repair shop and he discovere that not only was the bridge peeling, the braces inside were warped also. Ultimately I kept the old case and donated a $120 12-string for parts to the shop.

If you consign - make sure they know how to take care of an instrument. This guy didn't, not his fault really, so I ended up losing about $25 all told !!

Subject: RE: Guitar sale/purchase predicament
From: Peace
Date: 21 Nov 04 - 10:49 PM

If the condition is close to mint, $500 sounds fair, BTW. Especially with the hardshell case. You will get a buyer fast, IMO.

Subject: RE: Guitar sale/purchase predicament
From: Peace
Date: 21 Nov 04 - 10:47 PM

www.piens.be/list/Pages/Yamaha%20LL-11.htm - 6k

or Google

Yamaha LL-11

They list $690 American. But there is a price converter on that page (first one at the top) and it will convert to all kinds of money.

Subject: Guitar sale/purchase predicament
From: freightdawg
Date: 21 Nov 04 - 10:39 PM

Okay, I hope this is not too complicated of a story but here goes...

My little family of guitars is almost complete. One more out of the shop and I will have three (almost) identical pieces: a 6 string, a 12 string and a classical. My problem is I have another 6 string that no longer "fits". It is a really nice guitar, a Yamaha LL 11. It has a sitka spruce top, mahogany back and sides (my luthier says it is mahogany plywood) with a rosewood neck and fretboard. It is in beautiful shape. I sent a description to Elderly, and the owner sent back an estimate of $450 - 500 (usd) as its value.

I am thinking of perhaps down the road sometime adding another 6 string to my "family", but I would like it to be a high end Martin, Collings, Larrivee or some such (or maybe have another custom made). The problem is that the guitar would be cheaper than the divorce, as the Mrs. Freightdawg has been most gracious and accomodating with my Guitar Acquisition Syndrome to this point, but I don't know how far I can push it. So I am asking for my esteemed Mudcat friends for some advice.

I would like the guitar to go to a good home - one where it would be treated right and maybe even get out of the house now and then. I've considered placing it on the Mudcat auction, but I need to get a good price out of it, and I don't want to appear greedy. That way the Mudcat would get a pretty good percentage, too. Or, I could sell it through consignment at Elderly, or I could sell it on consignment here where I live (a risky shot, at best.) Or I could keep it as an eventual trade-in against the high-end guitar. (It would have about a $350 trade-in value).

Those of you who know guitars - is $500 a good price for a 6 year old guitar Yamaha? (I paid $700 for it new). It would come with a TKL hard shell case and a capo.

Thanks fer helping out,

Freightdawg