Frank Zappa's 1971 F-30

rg2002 · Oct 14, 2016

I havne't been on this site for a while, so please pardon me if this is already posted, but FZ's 1971 Guild F-30 is up for auction. See page 218 of the acution catalogue. http://www.juliensauctions.com/imag...wnloads/juliens-2016-frank-and-gail-zappa.pdf

(and yes this auction is terribly sad and the rift among the Zappa adult children is awful)

adorshki · Oct 14, 2016

I'll be darned, I never woulda known he had a Guild if not for that, thanks!
Lotta Zappa love around here and just thinking, "Wow, from Paul Simon to Frank Zappa, those F30's really got around!"

rg2002 · Oct 14, 2016

FZ

adorshki said:
I'll be darned, I never woulda known he had a Guild if not for that, thanks!
Lotta Zappa love around here and just thinking, "Wow, from Paul Simon to Frank Zappa, those F30's really got around!"

I had no idea either. I've never seen a picture of him with it.

hmmm, I wonder how much . . .

rg2002 · Oct 14, 2016

Mississippi John Hurt as well

adorshki · Oct 14, 2016

rg2002 said:
Mississippi John Hurt as well

Yep, smack dab in the middle of those two, he'd be.
Chrissie Hynde too, just to expand the envelope.

txbumper57 · Oct 14, 2016

All those folks everyone has mentioned really don't matter much when it comes to music though right? I mean if Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber had an F30 then that would be something worth talking about!:eagerness:

TX

Once again, another complete joke! LMAO!:congratulatory: On a serious note Nice find on the Auction rg2002!

gilded · Oct 15, 2016

F30 rnt. That means it's rosewood, right?

davismanLV · Oct 15, 2016

I would think you'd separate the letters to read R NT. Which would be Rosewood, Natural Top. Right, Harry? I'm guessing here....

txbumper57 · Oct 15, 2016

davismanLV said:
I would think you'd separate the letters to read R NT. Which would be Rosewood, Natural Top. Right, Harry? I'm guessing here....

That answer is correct! R=Rosewood and NT=Natural top.

TX

docfishr · Oct 16, 2016

Wow, you sure have to scroll through a lot of Zappa Crappa to find it. Looks like they set estimated value at $2000 - $4000.
Sounds pretty reasonable so It will likely go way higher. Be interesting to see.

Darryl Hattenhauer · Oct 17, 2016

docfishr said:
Wow, you sure have to scroll through a lot of Zappa Crappa to find it.

In the 1960's, there was a poster of Frank sitting on a toilet. The caption was "Phi Zappa Crappa."

Darryl Hattenhauer · Oct 17, 2016

docfishr said:
Wow, you sure have to scroll through a lot of Zappa Crappa to find it.

In the 1960's, there was a poster of Frank sitting on a toilet. The caption was "Phi Zappa Crappa."
https://www.google.com/search?q="ph...7AkIMA&biw=1632&bih=954#imgrc=ySgtSKa9qjbp6M:

wileypickett · Oct 17, 2016

. . . and wouldn'tcha know it, the truss rod cover is upside down. So much for Zappa being hip!

fronobulax · Oct 18, 2016

wileypickett said:
. . . and wouldn'tcha know it, the truss rod cover is upside down. So much for Zappa being hip!

Perhaps it was deliberate because he knew it would be controversial...

Rick Schmidlin · Nov 21, 2016

I used to work for Frank as his personal assit. He always had great taste in his guitars.

Just reading some old threads and I saw this.

merlin6666 · Nov 22, 2016

Rick Schmidlin said:
I used to work for Frank as his personal assit. He always had great taste in his guitars.

Just reading some old threads and I saw this.

Wow please start a new thread and share some anecdotes and memories. Zappa was the best.

powerwagonjohn · Nov 22, 2016

yea, I am a big Zappa fan and to show you how old I am I had one of those posters in my first apt. In the bathroom. Thanks John

adorshki · Nov 22, 2016

merlin6666 said:
Wow please start a new thread and share some anecdotes and memories. Zappa was the best.

The "Early Life" section of his Wiki page is a veritable gold mine of insights.

rg2002 · Dec 22, 2016

FZ's Guild sold for $16K. anyone here?
http://forum.zappa.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=27277&start=75

adorshki · Dec 22, 2016

rg2002 said:
fz's guild sold for $16k. Anyone here?
http://forum.zappa.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=27277&start=75

Here?
$16,000.00?
Ahahhahahhahahahhahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!

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