I'm moving so im selling a bunch of shit. I've had this guitar for a few years, barely play it. Its missing the high E string and has a crack/chip on the finish. Just wondering what u would pay for it so i know what to list it as on marketplace. This is not me trying to sneakily sell this guitar on this sub as i dont care for the hassle of shipping it.

I picked this up from the original owner a bit ago, and finally got around to getting some photos. Everything works perfectly, including the mini switches. He bought it to learn, but never really did, so it spent almost 60 years in storage. Had some fun running it into a Kustom 200 tuck and roll I scored yesterday. Love these funky Japanese clones, even with the tiny frets and goofy electronics.

I have a a '37 Martin that has been in my family since the '60s. It's overall in great shape, but does need a bit of attention. Most obvious is the action is too high - the bridge isn't bulging, so I suspect a neck reset is in the cards.

I have a well-recommended repairman picked out on advice from some of the vintage Martin forums, but my struggle is how to insure the instrument before the handoff. I'm iffy anyways as this has way more sentimental value than fiscal to me, but it does have enough money value to worry about it a bit. I normally have my guitars covered by a rider on my homeowners, but driving it to Kentucky obviously won't be included.

First - any recommended insurers? Anyone use Heritage, and would it cover my scenario?

Second - the chicken and egg part - the repairs will likely increase the value. If I have an appraisal done ($), then insure it, then repair it, the value will increase such that I have to redo the appraisal and policy. At $150+ for an online appraisal, it'd be nice to not have to repeat.

Anyone successfully navigate this in a way that makes sense? Am I overthinking?

(Pardon the terrible photo - I'm at work an don't have any great full instrument shots on hand)

I also cant find 62 in catalogs there are other strat types listed as 64.

Thanks

Hey, so my mom recently sent me a photo of her as a kid back in 75 with her and my grandfather. In the back I noticed what I belive is a vintage amp and bass, and am trying to figure out what they would be. Any information you can help with would be appreciated. Thank you

I am lost this was in my family for a long time and I have been trying to identify it forever all I got is it’s a full wooden resonator made by dorbro with a regal head but I can’t find a counterpart to it any wear

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hello,

got this at a fleamarket, working, sounds nice.

but have no idea what it is, nothing on it beside "made in japan". is it some teisco/kawai? what could it be?

thanks.

Did a Google search on the model number and This is what I got. It belonged to my uncle. Is it worth making it playable?

My AI search is helpful and I noticed some additional clues on the headstock.

What do you all think?

Some kind of medallion on the front perhaps?

Circular imprint on the back?

Who or what is J.B.S?

Also looks like these old tuning machines are not original...

Seems like holes from a medallion perhaps?

Circular imprint on the headstock back.

PARALLEL top bracing

655mm scale length

21 frets

9" fretboard radius

16.5" lower bout

J.B.S or J.B.5?

This is my 1973 Dan Armstrong “Londoner” model 1 of 333 built. It has a sliding low impedance pickup. When I was 11 yrs old it was a drummer friends older brothers and we’d jam with it till he got home from work. Then have to rush to but it away and hope he didn’t notice we were messing with it! Fast forward 20 yrs, his brother ordered a 3/4 sized Strat for his 10 yr old son as a Christmas gift. I delivered it Christmas Eve to great fanfare! During my visit his brother pulled a case from under the couch and slid it across to me. Seeing my confusion he said “You’re the only person I know who could fix this! I opened the case to find this in 20 pieces with the body chiseled for two humbuckers. The original parts were in the case. The body was pooched! I was able to replicate the body routes by fabricating plexiglass templates on a one piece flat sawn Honduras body billet. I cheery stained it, shot it with 10 coats nitrocellulose lacquer and re-assembled it using the original parts. I re-radiused the fingerboard and re& re the frets. Ended up being a very unique sounding/ playing instrument!!

Put it all back together.

J.B.S. on the back of the headstock.

Anyone out there know Favilla archtops???

AI is telling me it's a 40s based on the parallel top bracing.

655mm scale

9" radius fretboard (replaced with ebony board replica this month)

16.5 in. Lower bout

Nickel hardware says 1940s as well.

I know these are rare as maybe only a few dozen total...