Custom F-412 BL (SRV Unplugged)

[awagner]

You get someone like John Mayer who is a huge fan with deep pockets going up against mega collectors like Joe Bonamassa and I could see that price hitting 250k or more.

Not quite, but pretty damn close. Nicely done.

 

[hansmoust]

In the earlier days of what is now known as the ‘vintage guitar market’, or the collectables market in general, it was quite common to pay a ‘finder’s fee’ to someone who tipped you about a particular instrument or item that you were interested in as a buyer, player, dealer or collector.

I ‘tipped’ quite a few people who helped me find a particular instrument that I was looking for and I also received the occasional gift as a token of appreciation after helping somebody with info about an instrument being for sale or assisting one find a buyer.

I’m curious if in this day and age people still honor that tradition!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[chazmo]

Hell of a pay day for whoever bought it off Reverb. I think they owe Hans a big “thank you”. Man that’s 1959 LP burst territory. Most expensive Guild ever?

That may very well be the highest price ever paid at auction for a Guild, Mikey. I don't remember seeing anything even close. There are a couple of John Denver's guitars out there that might've changed hand privately over the years, but I'm not sure even those would come close. This one still amazes me as I don't really understand how this "used by the studio" provenance grabbed that big a price.

 

[chazmo]

In the earlier days of what is now known as the ‘vintage guitar market’, or the collectables market in general, it was quite common to pay a ‘finder’s fee’ to someone who tipped you about a particular instrument or item that you were interested in as a buyer, player, dealer or collector.

I ‘tipped’ quite a few people who helped me find a particular instrument that I was looking for and I also received the occasional gift as a token of appreciation after helping somebody with info about an instrument being for sale or assisting one find a buyer.

I’m curious if in this day and age people still honor that tradition!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

Sadly, Hans, since this ended up at an auction house, I doubt anyone will offer you a "finder's fee," but there's little doubt that that the SRV connection is what pushed this guitar way up in value.

 

[HeyMikey]

In the earlier days of what is now known as the ‘vintage guitar market’, or the collectables market in general, it was quite common to pay a ‘finder’s fee’ to someone who tipped you about a particular instrument or item that you were interested in as a buyer, player, dealer or collector.

I ‘tipped’ quite a few people who helped me find a particular instrument that I was looking for and I also received the occasional gift as a token of appreciation after helping somebody with info about an instrument being for sale or assisting one find a buyer.

I’m curious if in this day and age people still honor that tradition!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

The old fogey me would like to think this is still true, but in this day and age I don’t know how often that would happen.

 

[GAD]

Not quite, but pretty damn close. Nicely done.

Thanks.

The worst part is that while I was not in a position to buy it when it sold on Reverb a mere ten days later I could have and kind of regretted missing it…

In the earlier days of what is now known as the ‘vintage guitar market’, or the collectables market in general, it was quite common to pay a ‘finder’s fee’ to someone who tipped you about a particular instrument or item that you were interested in as a buyer, player, dealer or collector.

I ‘tipped’ quite a few people who helped me find a particular instrument that I was looking for and I also received the occasional gift as a token of appreciation after helping somebody with info about an instrument being for sale or assisting one find a buyer.

I’m curious if in this day and age people still honor that tradition!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

…and I absolutely would have thrown some of that profit your way.

What a ride.