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London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:31 am
by zhivago
I just got back from my yearly trip to the London Guitar Show.

I saw a few nice vintage offsets, so I thought I'd snap a few pictures for OSG.

Overall, cool guitars...astronomic prices on pretty much everything...maybe I'm just out of the loop on the prices...god knows. :derp:

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Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:47 am
by MechaBulletBill
that's my old mustang! it's a real nice one :-* i am a little bit in love with that texan, too!

Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:57 am
by bdf83
Think thats the black XII from Hanks that I saw the other day. Looked awesome but if the Jazzmasters and Jags were anything to go by it must have been about double the price...

Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:22 am
by zhivago
MechaBulletBill wrote:
Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:47 am
that's my old mustang! it's a real nice one :-* i am a little bit in love with that texan, too!
Oh wow, I had no idea! It looked really nice!! 8)

Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:23 am
by zhivago
bdf83 wrote:
Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:57 am
Think thats the black XII from Hanks that I saw the other day. Looked awesome but if the Jazzmasters and Jags were anything to go by it must have been about double the price...
Provided that the finish was original, it was the rarest guitar in the building. It stopped me at my tracks...very rare to see it in Black. :-*

Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 10:06 am
by s_mcsleazy
that xii will haunt my dreams.

Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:55 am
by PorkyPrimeCut
Yeah, I'd happily walk out with the gorgeous black XII and the Texan next door.

Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:56 am
by PorkyPrimeCut
zhivago wrote:
Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:23 am
Provided that the fish was original...
:derp: ;D

Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:35 pm
by zhivago
PorkyPrimeCut wrote:
Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:56 am
zhivago wrote:
Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:23 am
Provided that the fish was original...
:derp: ;D
Damn auto-correct! :D

I just fixed it :)

Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:21 am
by PJazzmaster
thanks for sharing that report :)
My opinion on the prices: there aren't many unmolested vintage offsets floating around in Europe anymore and prices are constantly increasing, also caused by Reverb asking prices and all that daily /weekly rare vintage guitar videos (my opinion), and there was and is still a recent mainstream offset hype going on so that even "traditional" Strat and Tele players are suddenly considering and collection those.

On the other hand - and I am sure that this is no news for you - UK dealer prices were always much higher than the rest of the continent and both Europe and UK prices always much higher than US prices --- + plus all the recent Cites I fear that was caused by Cites II (when it comes to imports and exports)

Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:54 am
by zhivago
PJazzmaster wrote:
Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:21 am
thanks for sharing that report :)
My opinion on the prices: there aren't many unmolested vintage offsets floating around in Europe anymore and prices are constantly increasing, also caused by Reverb asking prices and all that daily /weekly rare vintage guitar videos (my opinion), and there was and is still a recent mainstream offset hype going on so that even "traditional" Strat and Tele players are suddenly considering and collection those.

On the other hand - and I am sure that this is no news for you - UK dealer prices were always much higher than the rest of the continent and both Europe and UK prices always much higher than US prices --- + plus all the recent Cites I fear that was caused by Cites II (when it comes to imports and exports)
+1...totally with you on this!! :)

Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:17 am
by JamesSGBrown
I work at the shop where Bills old Mustang is stocked! The Little Guitar Shop here in Birmingham.

I played those Jags- was quite disappointed actually. The '62 Jazzmaster however was bloody lovely.

Re: London Guitar Show - Vintage Offset Report...

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:55 am
by Paul-T
Does anyone else thing that the upper horn on the black XII looks somehow less curved than normal? Is that just a trick of the light/perspective or is there something unusual about the radiusing or contouring?