Official Luthiers Forum!

At this price with free shipping, how can they do it?

The Steal

Cheers

Kim

A miracle my brother, it's a dang miracle!

Todd,

He could be referring to the tuner knobs or buttons I think, but I think the best tip....tell him he's dream'in

Cheers

Kim

I think he means the original buttons?

I don't know about vintage gibsons but I'm sure they're worth a fortune...

Maybe it would be worth it to buy these for someone who has a guitar of that era without the 'original' machines. If these are a perfect match, maybe the value of the guitar will be raised more than the price of the tuners (which is quite astronomical, for sure) ...Just thinking out loud here...

_________________
I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

I'm not going to fascilitate that one...you'll have to find someone else.

_________________
"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Think about it though guys... IF these are REAL, then I could see someone who does high-end vintage repair/restoration wanting them. Gruhn has a 59 Les Paul right now that's $175,000. If ya needed tuners for something like that, this price might not seem out of line...

-Mark

_________________
Pullman, WA

The more I know, the more I know I don't know.

trippguitars.com
OR
Find me on Facebook

Yeah, on something like that, you're not buying a set of tuners, you're buying the phrase "all original" for the description of your guitar. I don't know what the market is for those, though, his price could still be way out of line. (Though, I guess, technically they wouldn't be original to the guitar)

_________________
______________________________
Jonathan Kendall, Siloam Springs AR

The problem there is that there's a difference of at least tenfold between the
market value of a 58-59, vs a 54-57. I doubt they'll be flying off the shelves.

_________________
Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.

I bought them..... they were delicious
Evan

_________________
http://www.NewYorkGuitarRepair.com

I agree with Mark. I once sold 5 tuners from a 1960 Fender Esquire (the sixth was broken) to a guy restoring a guitar. He paid $250 for the 5 tuners. That price was $50 more than I paid for the guitar (yes, this was 1980, when Fenders weren't worth much).

_________________
"Building guitars looks hard, but it's actually much harder than it looks." Tom Buck

[QUOTE=Mark Tripp] wanting them. Gruhn has a 59 Les Paul right now that's $175,000.
-Mark[/QUOTE]

Not anymore...I bought it yesterday for my 17 yr. old daughter's graduation gift....



KIDDING!!!!!!!

_________________
http://www.presnallguitars.com

Are we sure those are 50's tuners? They look an *awful* lot like the original tuners on a 1971 LP Custom I have a round here... waffle back with gold keys.

There are tuners out there that I could see going for a price like that - those
ain't them.

_________________
Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.

175K for a 59 les paul .. must be an ugly one. The nice ones are at least 250+ ...

_________________
Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Not to highjack this thread, but do any of you guys have an idea what a 1940's Gibson acoustic archtop with cutaway is worth? It is in like new condition, and was just given to a family member of mine after the owner died. He bought it new in the 40's and never played it very much. I don't know the specific model but will find out.

Thanks!

John