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ok, so if ed's martin is 194x vintage....

exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
edited November 2003 in Musicians and Gearheads
i don't even want to know what it's worth.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2572839281&category=33028

that's a 50s 0-17.

scary.
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    I guess it'll sell for $700 US. My buddy's 1948 Martin 00-15 cost about $800 two years ago.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Pre war D35's can go for as much as 50 grand.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    We were at Mandolin Brothers in Staten Island last summer. 2 of us played the Oscar Meyer Weiner song on two $45000 prewar Martins. The owner was like," hmm $90000 for a hot dog song?
    He did however say that it was the best version he ever heard!
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    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by who's_pearljam?
    We were at Mandolin Brothers in Staten Island last summer. 2 of us played the Oscar Meyer Weiner song on two $45000 prewar Martins. The owner was like," hmm $90000 for a hot dog song?
    He did however say that it was the best version he ever heard!


    Oh I wish I were an oscar meyer wiener........
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    That,,,,is what I'd love to be.

    We were playing that song for a fringe festival play in NYC so we had it rehearsed, and we just picked up the most expensive guitars in the place , looked at each other, played it, then put them back.
    Be kind, man
    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by who's_pearljam?
    That,,,,is what I'd love to be.

    We were playing that song for a fringe festival play in NYC so we had it rehearsed, and we just picked up the most expensive guitars in the place , looked at each other, played it, then put them back.


    sounds like what I'd do too. How'd they feel?
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    To tell you the truth I like my Taylors better to play, but the old martins just sound so great. just the vibe of playing something that so many other hands have played is cool too.
    Be kind, man
    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    Originally posted by Pacomc79
    Pre war D35's can go for as much as 50 grand.

    Yeah, but that's a late-50's 00-17. A prewar 0-17 would be a $3000 guitar.

    Those guitars are so dark... 40-60 years on a mahogany body will do strange things...
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by mccreadyisgod
    Yeah, but that's a late-50's 00-17. A prewar 0-17 would be a $3000 guitar.

    Those guitars are so dark... 40-60 years on a mahogany body will do strange things...

    right. Some good some bad.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    Originally posted by Pacomc79
    right. Some good some bad.


    So long as it didn't suffer huge temperature and humidity changes, they would be mostly good things... Still, you've never heard a darker guitar than a vintage mahogany Martin parlor guitar.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
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