Outrageously priced Guitar!

Gaspode

Surely this guy is taking the p1ss here?
Nearly €30000 for this bland looking lump of wood.


I found this first and thought it was expensive at nearly €6000, but it seems a bargain compared to the esquire. and soooo much prettier!

Dord

I'd prefer the esquire tbh.

Mataguri

While that Esquire is ludicrously expensive it is in seriously good condition for a 51 year old guitar and no doubt some collector will snap it up. This on the other hand I have no words for.......

Gaspode

That's pretty awful too.
36 frets my eye, you'd need fingers like pins to play anything above 24 frets!

rcaz

I wouldn't pay it, but it's kinda the way the game goes, isn't it? Esquires are expensive anyway, let alone 1959 Esquires, and a '59 lefty Esquire in this good condition... I can understand why it's that expensive. I'm happy a guitar like this exists

Gaspode

It's sad to think though that some goon will part with that much money for a guitar, and then just sit it in a glass case. That's obviously where its been for the last donkeys years since there's hardly a single speck of dust on the thing.

It's no longer a guitar, it's furniture.

novarock

Its just the rarity that you are paying for. Chances are Leo Fender himself was directly involved in the construction of that guitar.

The kind of person that would buy it would only want it for that sentiment, rather than the sound of it. I think its a good thing that the humble electric guitar can be worth something like that.

Alanstrainor

Gaspode wrote: »

It's sad to think though that some goon will part with that much money for a guitar, and then just sit it in a glass case. That's obviously where its been for the last donkeys years since there's hardly a single speck of dust on the thing.

It's no longer a guitar, it's furniture.

I know, i hate to think that a guitar will see the rest of it's life as an antique and not being played.

PeterIanStaker

That Washburn is a bit Spinal Tap:)

MilanPan!c

My main guitar was handmade, there's only 250 of them (each numbered) and the thing still only seems to go for about 2K.

That 10K thing is a joke.

That being said, I've played a few 25K guitars that I'd buy in a heartbeat if I could. :P

dannyluvsu

Mataguri wrote: »

While that Esquire is ludicrously expensive it is in seriously good condition for a 51 year old guitar and no doubt some collector will snap it up. This on the other hand I have no words for.......

Hahahahaha...!!!

new fang

Gaspode wrote: »

Nearly €30000 for this bland looking lump of wood.

haha, that listing, i quote: "Come in it's original stupid clean lefty Tweed case."

way to talk up your merchandise there bud

punchdrunk

in fairness a genuine 50's left handed case is probably worth a pretty penny in it's own right!

Paolo_M

Era, I'd throw a bid on it only I play guitar right handed.

I thought it was nearly a sin to be left handed back in those day?
Even my gran tried to get my parents to teach me to write properly, I write left handed.