hoss
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Yeah, go ahead.Oh boo hoo!
Maybe I am overworked and too busy to have enough time for the vintage market at moment.
Yeah, go ahead.Oh boo hoo!
No one deserves to get taken on a 1985 Lace Sensor equipped Stratocaster let alone a burst. Regardless of wealth, career, social status or otherwise. We are all enthusiast a started in our childhood wanting to play and collect guitars. I know the celebrity in question and he has been nothing but super kind and generous with both myself and many other up and coming musicians. He is a much deeper musician than the public persona may suggest. But, It is this exact thing ( the fakes and forgeries and the ones that never seem to go to jail. ie: check the one less than satisfied customer in the Ebay section of this forum and look no further) gentleman that threatens to derail the train in the upcoming years. If you can't trust anyone or any instrument that you buy or sell, we should all get ready to take substantial write down on what we as collectors are holding. Its not about the money for some nor is it all about money for others. Its about maintaining a healthy state of the union. If I sold my fans a combination of fake and real tickets to shows how long would it last? Exposing the evil doers is one thing but the most baffling part is that people still do business with them and they are allowed to do business. Buyer beware. Wow.
Joe B
I do, I consider Tom a friend and I have other personal friends on the LPF.
But right now the negative stories are overwhelming.
Look at MG.
Murdoch sold a fake to Maverick in 2006 but I'm not sure it was the same guitar.
I do, I consider Tom a friend and I have other personal friends on the LPF.
But right now the negative stories are overwhelming.
Any photos of either guitar?
That particular matter is far from over………..:salude
Why? Don't you trust anyone? Not even Tom Wittrock or Eric Ernest? This is getting ridiculous. There are more good guys than bad guys.
I like vintage guitars. I'm not gonna stop enjoying them because of a few dishonest people. The world is full of them but it's also full of honest and trustworthy knowledgable people who value their name over dishonest gain. If I couldn't tell the difference between a fake and a genuine guitar then I'd have quit the business 27 years ago when I was offered a burst with a killer flame top for £1200 which turned out to be a fake which in the end cost someone their job and their reputation. Tony Rawlinson who used to manage the Rhythm House in Stockport and later managed A1 Music in Stockport owned that guitar. It was eventually bought for £6000 by Bob Murdoch of RKM Supplies from Sheffield. Murdoch sold a fake to Maverick in 2006 but I'm not sure it was the same guitar. Tony was last spotted selling mobile phone covers on Ashton Market.
I remember seeing that guitar in A1's window one Saturday morning in '88 or '89 when Tony brought it in and hung it up with the price tag on it.
His reasonning at the time was 'if Rhythm House can have nice expensive guitars for sale, so can we'.
It was eventually bought for £6000 by Bob Murdoch of RKM Supplies from Sheffield
Looks an interesting business!
Yes, selling Tokais. :hmm
All these reports are making me sad. I was looking forward to this year's Arlington show but right now I don't feel like buying another vintage guitar
All these reports are making me sad. I was looking forward to this year's Arlington show but right now I don't feel like buying another vintage guitar
But right now the negative stories are overwhelming.
FYI Chris Trigg of Vintage And Rare Guitars was unable to call it a replica despite every detail beyond the scale length being incorrect, but that should surprise very few.
All these reports are making me sad. I was looking forward to this year's Arlington show but right now I don't feel like buying another vintage guitar