Bevete sighting on Ebay!

[Wayne Gretschzky]

I think I almost miss this guy! His auctions for vintage Gretsch guitars are so entertaining!

Vintage 1950s Gretsch Blonde Country Club Flamey guitar Archtop Dearmond Bigsby | eBay

Of the builders / luthiers did at Gretsch. The Gretsch screw on strap buttons were too awkward in the rear channel of bigsby. Gretsch would later of course get Bigsby to re-design Bigsby to have a Gretsch logo, and accept the screw on strap button.

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[afire]

What a maroon. "Custom ORDER Gretsch Country Club...FROM 1956!! So hard to find where Buyer ordered a custom order from Gretsch with a BIGSBY!...Nearly impossible to find, yes this is a vintage 3k tailpiece from 1956."

More accurately, a '56 Club that has been defaced and devalued by the installation of 1960s or later B7.

 

[Pemberton]

Wow, what a sales pitch. Lengthy, comical and full of BS.

 

[tartanphantom]

I wonder if he still has that Jet 21 model for sale for $13,000...

 

[Pete66]

Where to begin! That Bigsby though! The price on this SOOOOOOPA RARE guitar needs to be at least halved! They hadn't got round to anodizing in 1956? That's when they stopped anodizing! So wrong and, I love blonde Clubs!

 

[Wayne Gretschzky]

And another... !!

FLAMEY Vintage Gretsch Syncromatic Catseye Acoustic guitar 200 300 Flawless Look | eBay

200 or 300 ?. We are unsure. No issues. Thinner finish for best tone. Only changes made during restoration, being for functionality. Gretsch sadly never started using Guitar labels with model numbers until years later.

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[drmilktruck]

And another... !!

FLAMEY Vintage Gretsch Syncromatic Catseye Acoustic guitar 200 300 Flawless Look | eBay

200 or 300 ?. We are unsure. No issues. Thinner finish for best tone. Only changes made during restoration, being for functionality. Gretsch sadly never started using Guitar labels with model numbers until years later.

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Plus $160 for shipping!

 

[Wayne Gretschzky]

Plus $160 for shipping!

Yeah... and if you can manage to get through all his listing claims the part that made me laugh to most was about the shipping, suggesting that USPS Ground is fine... "it's faster than they say". Ha!

 

[Pemberton]

And whatever the realistic value might be for that year and model, you can cut that in half because of the “full refinish head to toe.”

 

[Humpblock]

Can’t beat a “bound puck guard”, it’s a beauty because it “Be wet has a bad one because we tell you All the details”.

 

[afire]

The funny thing is that this guy has been around as long as anyone in the world of vintage Gretsch. Maybe longer than most. He can’t possibly be that ignorant. It must be willful. Most of us have been seeking knowledge on a journey of education while he’s been futilely trying to squeeze stupid amounts of money out of sometimes interesting guitars, but usually nothing special.

 

[ToneM1]

Odd cause Bigsby did Not make that type of Bigsby in 1956, so it's deffinately a later Bigsby. Beautiful wood, but folks don't realize that 98% of the time it's veneer, not solid wood on these old ones. That price is awfully hopeful..

 

[mister rain]

Odd cause Bigsby did Not make that type of Bigsby in 1956, so it's deffinately a later Bigsby. Beautiful wood, but folks don't realize that 98% of the time it's veneer, not solid wood on these old ones. That price is awfully hopeful..

clubs are solid wood tops. now, falcons…

 

[Wayne Gretschzky]

clubs are solid wood tops. now, falcons…

Vintage Clubs are laminate tops. Only the highest-end acoustic archtops got a solid (carved) top in the Golden Era.

 

[afire]

Gretsch never made an electric guitar with a solid carved top. The only possible exception might be the Sal Salvador in 1965. Even that is speculative, but the weird chain of events and very high price of the guitar for that one year only suggest that that might be true

 

[Lou Coppolino]

I recall buying a 1955 Gretsch Cadillac Green Country Club for $150.00 in the early 80's.